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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 27, 2020 10:41:56 GMT -5
Wasn't she already the highest paid wrestler on Impact? After all they did for her she tried to pull a selfish move with no ground to stand on and hold up the title. Callis and the grew be taking these risk with wrestlers but when it comes time to act and cut bait they play no games Now her rep is shittier then before she came into Impact and she has racism on her name. Can't think any wrestler going risk their rep for her in WWE and AEW and top brass knows they can't trust her as talented as she is, her risk is not worth the reward and that's the worst position you can be in Yeah and again if people want to argue that Impact should not have invested as much as they did in her due to her reputation... fair point. But Callis and Damone really protected Tessa and made her look like a star. So to me no matter how you slice it Tessa is in the wrong. Though I cannot help but shake the belief that this is similar to Kross and Scarlett where there is an offer from either WWE or AEW on the table and she was just trying to get out Well, Kross and Scarlett is a bit diff tho. Impact wasn't paying them shit and both were saying give us a raise or cut us. They dragged the stuff with Kross forever I don't see WWE giving her a deal or if they did they would be pulling back. As crazy as they are, they respect you more when you finish out your deal. AEW idk. She might have been hearing offers but whatever offers were out there is going to look bad on either company if she pulled up to them right after this
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jun 27, 2020 12:17:22 GMT -5
Yeah and again if people want to argue that Impact should not have invested as much as they did in her due to her reputation... fair point. But Callis and Damone really protected Tessa and made her look like a star. So to me no matter how you slice it Tessa is in the wrong. Though I cannot help but shake the belief that this is similar to Kross and Scarlett where there is an offer from either WWE or AEW on the table and she was just trying to get out Well, Kross and Scarlett is a bit diff tho. Impact wasn't paying them shit and both were saying give us a raise or cut us. They dragged the stuff with Kross forever I don't see WWE giving her a deal or if they did they would be pulling back. As crazy as they are, they respect you more when you finish out your deal. AEW idk. She might have been hearing offers but whatever offers were out there is going to look bad on either company if she pulled up to them right after this I didn’t like how the Kross stuff played out, but I get where Impact was coming from. He tried to force their hand by going public with his issues with the company, had they acquiesced then what’s stopping anyone else from trying that later? At least behind closed doors, you can theoretically have good faith negotiations (which apparently happened, but Kross wasn’t happy with the raise offered and went public) but once you open that door of giving in to talent who complain on a podcast then you’re gonna see others try it. It was a shitty situation, but I atleast get why they took that stance. Sometimes you have to stand your ground and be the asshole to protect your contract integrity, especially if things go public, otherwise you might as well not sign people to deals. The Kross thing didn’t feel like the WWE guys, where they were blatantly trying to horde talent, the Kross thing was Impact basically saying “as management, we can’t afford to look publicly weak here or the floodgates could open” This sounds like Tessa tried to hold them up and they said “go f*** yourself”, I doubt people are spamming her inbox with contract offers.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Jun 27, 2020 12:25:09 GMT -5
Well, Kross and Scarlett is a bit diff tho. Impact wasn't paying them shit and both were saying give us a raise or cut us. They dragged the stuff with Kross forever I don't see WWE giving her a deal or if they did they would be pulling back. As crazy as they are, they respect you more when you finish out your deal. AEW idk. She might have been hearing offers but whatever offers were out there is going to look bad on either company if she pulled up to them right after this I didn’t like how the Kross stuff played out, but I get where Impact was coming from. He tried to force their hand by going public with his issues with the company, had they acquiesced then what’s stopping anyone else from trying that later? At least behind closed doors, you can theoretically have good faith negotiations (which apparently happened, but Kross wasn’t happy with the raise offered and went public) but once you open that door of giving in to talent who complain on a podcast then you’re gonna see others try it. It was a shitty situation, but I atleast get why they took that stance. Sometimes you have to stand your ground and be the asshole to protect your contract integrity, especially if things go public, otherwise you might as well not sign people to deals. The Kross thing didn’t feel like the WWE guys, where they were blatantly trying to horde talent, the Kross thing was Impact basically saying “as management, we can’t afford to look publicly weak here or the floodgates could open” This sounds like Tessa tried to hold them up and they said “go f*** yourself”, I doubt people are spamming her inbox with contract offers. Kross was wrong for making it public but Impact did him bad. He was getting paid reportedly $20,000 for the year which is nothing. Kross said from jump it isn't personal and he's willing to work he just wants to be paid. All Impact had to do to make Kross look like the bad guy was say bring your ass to work and honor your deal. Even with it that low if Kross said no, people would have turned him but that's not what happened Impact started telling the details of everything and burying him. He said he wanted $100,000 so they offered him a total of $100,000 over 3 years in which he wouldn't even get past $50,000 until the 3rd year. They pulled his gear from the shop. Stopped using him on TV knowing it is a pay per appearance deal and stopped letting him do indies. Him and Scarlett both said pay us and they let Scarlett go but kept Kross out of spite. Once Scarlett was gone an she signed with WWE a few months after they knew they were going to lose him and had him sit until his deal ended and threatened to extend it. Nothing Impact did was right. This was just an ass move from Tessa. Rule number one, don't burn bridges and she torched it and stomped on the ashes
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 27, 2020 13:06:49 GMT -5
Dont think I have posted this at this forum before.
Was 4 years ago 3 friends of mine got invited to a show in TX or LA to film,do commentary and take ringside pics. The guy doing the pics always brings his portable backdrop. Then takes free promo pics of every wrestler on the show. Sends them the pics so they got a good looking pic they can use for whatever. He has been doing this since about 94.
Never had anyone turn him down,cause hell it is a free pic done by a pro with a green screen.
Well at the show was Tessa,and others. So JP walks up to Tessa introduces himself"Hey Ms Blanchard I'm JP. I do promo pics got my back drop set up over there. If you would like a free pic just come over when you have the time. It's nice to meet you. I have met your Dads many times" I assume JP was talking about Magnum and Tully.
All of the sudden Tessa's face got all scrawled up. "YOU SHOULD PAY TO TAKE A PIC OF ME!WHY WOULD I LET A NOBODY TAKE A PIC OF A LEGEND?" Then she walked off.
The promoter,who has known JP and us for years,apologizes to JP. Then walks off towards Tessa.
"I don't know what he said to her Gallos. But it was loud and she walked out of the room grabbed her stuff and left the show." JP was told later by someone that heard the conversation that the promoter told Tessa "There is no room in here for someone with an unchecked ego. So here is 1/3rd what I was going to pay you. Now leave quietly please!"
ANd keep in mind when she did this while Tessa was getting some hype on the indies,the average wrestling fan had no clue who she was.
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Jun 27, 2020 14:05:13 GMT -5
Serious question...is Tessa bipolar?
That could POSSIBLY explain her irrational behavior. That or she’s an entitled bitch.
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Post by chrom on Jun 27, 2020 14:52:10 GMT -5
Serious question...is Tessa bipolar? That could POSSIBLY explain her irrational behavior. That or she’s an entitled bitch. Entitled bitch most likely. She's grown up hearing the accolades Tully and Magnum got and believes she deserves it as well
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Post by XIII on Jun 27, 2020 16:45:26 GMT -5
Not even going to lie, I kind of want Tessa in the WWE just to watch the entire thing burn. She’ll probably get tossed faster than Public Enemy in that Battle Royal
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jun 27, 2020 17:10:45 GMT -5
I’m trying to think of another time a champion (even midcard) was fired, let alone the top champion. I know there has to be one but the best I can come up with is Chynas WWE contract expiring while she was Womens Champion and the belt disappearing for six months. Or was she fired? I remember there were backstage problems at the time. Ric Flair in WCW in 1991. You could count Stan Hansen with the AWA Title in 1986. And, Jerry Lawler with the same belt in 1989.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jun 27, 2020 17:17:58 GMT -5
This is not exactly defending Impact ,more about blasting Tessa. But man Impact believed her hard, they pushed her for the WORLD title,not the woman's title. If I was on her shoes I would be so grateful for giving a shot at breaking a barrier. I'm of two minds on it. Yeah, she's an ingrate, for sure, but it's not like it was altruism on Impact's part. They wanted to get attention on the company, and pushing her in a high profile did just that, it just, uhh, went south, bad.
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Post by chrom on Jun 27, 2020 17:32:40 GMT -5
Sounds though she's refusing to give back the belt
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Post by matthew25177 on Jun 27, 2020 17:35:26 GMT -5
I’m trying to think of another time a champion (even midcard) was fired, let alone the top champion. I know there has to be one but the best I can come up with is Chynas WWE contract expiring while she was Womens Champion and the belt disappearing for six months. Or was she fired? I remember there were backstage problems at the time. Ric Flair in WCW in 1991. You could count Stan Hansen with the AWA Title in 1986. And, Jerry Lawler with the same belt in 1989. In Lawler's case, it was because Lawler wasn't getting paid his Superclash 3 money, the show bombed so badly, Verne only gave his son Greg and the Senior circuit their cut and the other involved parties started realizing that they had basically lent Verne their talent for free and were never going to see that money. The end result? No one wanted to work with Verne anymore, and his promotion died a quicker death than it would have otherwise suffered. As for Tessa, Impact is going to give her the "Benoit" treatment, and I could see Impact do one of the following: - Make the TNA champion (Moose) the Interim Impact Wrestling champion - Keep the title vacant til Slamiversary - Do an Emergency taping and have a battle royal to determine the new Impact champion
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Jun 27, 2020 17:57:02 GMT -5
Sounds though she's refusing to give back the belt This girl. I almost can’t wait to see what she does next. And I second the poster that said I want to see a WWE run just to see what kind of idiotic nonsense she would pull. Lmao
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Post by XIII on Jun 27, 2020 17:58:55 GMT -5
Sounds though she's refusing to give back the belt Tessa is down with OPP!
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Post by cornettesracket on Jun 27, 2020 19:22:32 GMT -5
Sounds though she's refusing to give back the belt She can stan Hansen it then.
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Post by autisticgeordie on Jun 27, 2020 19:38:02 GMT -5
Sounds though she's refusing to give back the belt She can stan Hansen it then. Going to be honest, now I have the image in my head of Tessa dressing as Stan Hansen.
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Post by octopus on Jun 28, 2020 0:57:39 GMT -5
Sounds though she's refusing to give back the belt Not true. Impact have the belt, she has a replica with her name on.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jun 28, 2020 1:14:27 GMT -5
Mean Gene: Hulkster, what do you say about Tessa and her fiance?
Hulk Hogan: THEY ARE INSEPARABLE, MEAN GENE! INSEPARABLE!
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Post by J. Hova on Jun 28, 2020 2:49:39 GMT -5
I have this distinct feeling that she is going to end up being the female version of Teddy Hart (minus the sexual assault and drug stuff, hopefully). She might end up being lucky to work period by the time she is 30.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jun 28, 2020 3:07:54 GMT -5
Imagine being asked to send in some promos from home on your f***ing phone camera and that being too much for you.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jun 28, 2020 3:16:53 GMT -5
This is not exactly defending Impact ,more about blasting Tessa. But man Impact believed her hard, they pushed her for the WORLD title,not the woman's title. If I was on her shoes I would be so grateful for giving a shot at breaking a barrier. I'm of two minds on it. Yeah, she's an ingrate, for sure, but it's not like it was altruism on Impact's part. They wanted to get attention on the company, and pushing her in a high profile did just that, it just, uhh, went south, bad. Honestly, I don't even think Impact got that much hype out of it. They put their men's title on a woman, but no one really cared, and no one outside of Impact talked about it, and the reason no one in the business got excited over it is because Tessa and her ego was the one that did it.
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