DEVASTATING Acts Of Self-Sabotage That RUINED Wrestling Careers
5. Tessa Blanchard "Bullies And Belittles Countless Female Wrestlers"
Tessa Blanchard had the world at her feet and - literally, by all accounts - spat on its face.
She had an "in" to the business, being the daughter of wrestling royalty Tully Blanchard - and she could not have broken through at a more opportune time. She debuted in 2014, just one year before WWE was pestered into giving a sh*t about women's wrestling. She was a precocious talent who turned heads with her distinct, dynamic powerhouse game when the demand for high-end women's wrestling was stronger than ever in the North American market.
The conditions could not be more favourable. Very quickly, she had lapped all but a handful of her peers as an in-ring talent. She exuded an unteachable star presence. And, not to be too Jim Ross about things, but it's important: she boasted a physique that developed her fanbase.
Talk about "down bad": the stans practically fainted when she did nothing except turn around.
Why, then, isn't she one of the biggest stars in wrestling?
Because she alienated entire locker rooms with her entitlement and arrogance, was by several accounts impossible to deal with, and even, as Allysin Kay alleged, "spat in a black woman's face in Japan and called her the N-word".