Quotes from Tessa Blanchard

Carrying on the Blanchard name is a huge honor for me because my grandfather, my father and my step-father - they've all put a lot into their legacy and for me to carry that on, it's a lot of weight on my shoulders.

I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.

That is the great thing about Impact - they care about each individual talent and everything that we put out on TV has a lot of thought and time put into it.

I got to travel to Australia and I got to main event at Korakuen Hall.

Rebellion' was amazing, there was a lot of anticipation leading up to that event.

Taya has never beaten me in a fair fight one-on-one. Taya has always needed a stipulation or a special guest referee or something that puts the odds in her favor.

I have very high expectations out of myself.

I've always done whatever is necessary to retain my Knockouts title by any means necessary.

I get to travel all over the world and win titles everywhere I've gone.

I do not regret anything I do.

I try not to get my hopes up too high with anything, because I'll never be let down that way.

I am a huge fan of intergender wrestling. It's something that I would love to see Impact evolve to one day.

I remind myself to be grateful and remember where I came from.

Being lean doesn't make you any more worthy, any more beautiful or any more valuable. It doesn't make you a more fit person, it doesn't mean you've worked harder in the gym, people who are leaner than you aren't better than you.

I am grateful to both Impact Wrestling and the WOW executives for working out the details to allow me to pursue my dream of competing at the highest levels within our industry.

One thing about WOW that I love is that we're taking women from all different parts of life. We have girls from jiu jitsu and an MMA background. We have mothers. We have students. We have people from everyday life who found this love for professional wrestling.

WOW and Impact are both different brands, but Tessa Blanchard never changes. I'm the same Tessa Blanchard there as with Impact.

I've really grown to find myself. I've started to learn the TV style, if you would. And with WOW, I've been able to meet some of the best people.

I wish my grandpa could have seen me wrestle, even once.

People think that we hired a bunch of actresses and taught them how to wrestle, and that couldn't be further from the truth.

Honestly, I want to wrestle everybody.

One person that I really love to wrestle again is AR Fox and Brian Cage again too because those are two of my most favorite matches.

Everywhere I go, the styles are different. When you wrestle in Japan, it's more strong style. When I go to Mexico, it's definitely more high-flying. And in my matches I've had with Taya in Impact, it's been a lot more ground-based.

I've gotten to wrestle some of the best women and men in the world - Brian Cage, AR Fox, Scorpio Sky, Tracy Williams, David Starr.