Blanchard defeats Miller with a roll of quarters at Bound For Glory

Tessa Blanchard defeated Gia Miller in a controversial singles match at TNA Bound For Glory on October 12 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts, securing the victory after striking Miller with a roll of quarters while the referee was distracted. The contest was the culmination of a months-long feud that began with an in-ring assault at Slammiversary and marked Miller’s official in-ring debut for the promotion.

The rivalry intensified at Slammiversary when Blanchard attacked Miller after a match, driving Miller’s head into the steel steps. The company portrayed Blanchard’s subsequent absence from television as a suspension tied to that incident. Blanchard has said that her time away beginning in July was actually for a planned personal medical procedure: she disclosed in a video published online that she underwent breast augmentation surgery on July 30 in Guadalajara and took about a month off to recover.

Sunday’s match began with outside involvement from Blanchard’s associate, who repeatedly distracted Miller before being ejected from ringside. Miller’s former tag partner intervened to remove the associate and assisted Miller for the remainder of the bout. Once the...