Tessa Blanchard

**Tessa Blanchard** (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional wrestler, performing under her real name. She is a former one-time IMPACT Knockouts Champion and the first woman to hold the IMPACT World Championship. Blanchard has also wrestled for various U.S. independent promotions, including SHIMMER Women Athletes and the Japanese joshi-promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. A third generation professional wrestler, Blanchard is the daughter of Four Horsemen member Tully Blanchard.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *Buzzsaw* (Hammerlock DDT)
	+ *Magnum* (Diving double knee facebreaker)
	+ Single-armed straight jacket crossface
	+ Slingshot belly-to-back suplex
* **Signature moves**
	+ Double arm suplex
	+ *Draping Flatliner* (Reverse STO from the corner turnbuckle)
	+ Figure four headscissors
	+ Indian deathlock
	+ Jumping cutter
	+ Lifting full nelson into reverse STO
	+ Running knee strike
	+ Short-arm clothesline
	+ Sitout powerbomb
	+ Slingshot suplex – adopted from Tully Blanchard
	+ Tequila Sunrise facebuster

* **Nicknames**
	+ "The Buzzsaw"
	+ "The Diamond"
	+ "Forever"
	+ "The Queen of the Carolinas"
	+ "Undeniable"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **Independent circuit**
		- "Lo Horseman" (Instrumental) by Smoke DZA
	+ **NXT / World Wrestling Entertainment**
		- "Nightmare" by CFO$
		- "Nightmare" (Remix) by CFO$
	+ **IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "This Time I Want It All" (w/ "Undeniable" Intro) by Pea McGee (APM Music)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **American Pro Wrestling Alliance**
	+ APWA World Ladies Championship (1 time)
* **Canadian Wrestling Federation**
	+ CWF Women's Championship (1 time)
* **The Crash Lucha Libre**
	+ The Crash Women's Championship (1 time)
* **East Coast Wrestling Association**
	+ ECWA Women's Championship (1 time)
	+ ECWA Super 8 ChickFight Tournament (2014)
* **Exodus Wrestling Alliance**
	+ EWA Florida Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ EWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ IMPACT World Championship (1 time)
	+ IMPACT Knockouts Championship (1 time)
	+ Mash-Up Tournament (2019) – with Sami Callihan
	+ IMPACT Year End Awards
		- Knockout of the Year (2018)
		- Finisher of the Year (2019) – *Magnum*
		- Match of the Year (2019) – vs. Sami Callihan (Slammiversary XVII)
		- Wrestler of the Year (2019)
* **Lucky Pro Wrestling**
	+ Kings and Queens Tournament (2015) – with Anthony Greene
* **PCW Ultra**
	+ PCW Ultra Women's Championship (1 time)
* **Pro Wrestling eXpress**
	+ PWX Women's Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ PWI ranked her **#38** of the best 50 female singles wrestlers in the *PWI Female 50* in 2016
	+ PWI ranked her **#15** of the top 50 female singles wrestlers in the *PWI Female 50* in 2018
* **Remix Pro Wrestling**
	+ Remix Pro Fury Championship (1 time)
* **RISE Wrestling**
	+ Phoenix of RISE Championship (1 time)
	+ RISE Year End Awards
		- RISE Match of the Year (2018) vs. Mercedes Martinez (75-minute iron woman match on RISE 10: Insanity)
		- RISE Moment of The Year (2018) – New world record at RISE 10 for longest one on one women’s wrestling match in history at 75 Minutes
* **SHIMMER Women Athletes**
	+ SHIMMER Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Vanessa Kraven
* ***Sports Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#3** in the Top 10 Women's Wrestler of the Year (2018)
* **Women Superstars Uncensored**
	+ WSU Championship (1 time)
* **WrestleCircus**
	+ WC Lady of the Ring Championship (1 time)
	+ WC Sideshow Championship (1 time)
* **Zelo Pro**
	+ Zelo Pro Women's Championship (1 time)