Matt Hardy discusses Tessa Blanchard's return to TNA.
Blanchard shocked fans at TNA Final Resolution earlier this month, as she made her return to the company by attacking Jordynne Grace. Blanchard's return comes just over four years after she was terminated from the promotion.
Blanchard's return was met with fan backlash, mainly stemming from the allegations of racism and bullying that have followed her for years at this point.
On the latest edition of his The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy podcast, Matt Hardy talked about Blanchard's return and said that anybody that was working with her was informed ahead of time. Hardy also stated that Blanchard made herself available to speak with anyone backstage that had any grievances with her.
“I do know there was some of that feedback online especially. There were a few people that I was sitting in the room with who changed like, ‘Oh man, you know, she was here at one time.’ They’re like, ‘Man, she didn’t do things right or whatever else.’ One thing I have heard is that, you know, everyone that she was going to be working with, they were given the heads up and they knew that was going to be happening. But also, apparently they’ve been following her pretty close and just seeing how she’s been as a performer, how professional she’s been and whatnot. It seems so far, so good. I know she was available to speak with anyone who may have had any kind of grievances with her at the end of the night. I think as a society too, if someone is actually trying to right their wrongs and get their life back on course, we still have to be able to give second chances or third chances. If I hadn’t got second chances, I’d have been fucked. There’s a lot of people, especially in pro wrestling, that sometime if they’re trying to prove themselves and they seem like they are worthy of being given another opportunity, you got to let them have it.”
When asked about Blanchard not being under contract with TNA yet, Hardy stated that the whole return is basically a work in progress.
“I think it’s a work in progress. It seemed like they were trying to do everything the right way.”
Lance Storm recently detailed the backstage reaction to Blanchard's TNA return. Check out his full comments by clicking here.
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