Tessa Blanchard Denies Racism Claims Shares DMs with La Rosa Negra

Professional wrestler Tessa Blanchard has publicly denied longstanding accusations of racism, sharing private messages with fellow wrestler La Rosa Negra to demonstrate their reconciliation amid renewed online scrutiny.

The controversy resurfaced this week when Blanchard posted a year-end message on social media wishing blessings to her followers. Several users responded by referencing allegations from 2020, in which multiple female wrestlers accused her of bullying and toxic backstage behavior. The most prominent claim involved an incident during a 2017 tour in Japan, where Blanchard was said to have spat in La Rosa Negra's face and used a racial slur during an argument. Those accusations, which Blanchard has consistently denied, led to her temporary hiatus from wrestling and the relinquishment of her TNA World Championship at the time.

In a series of posts on X dated December 18 to 20, 2025, Blanchard addressed the criticism directly. "I'm not perfect, made plenty of mistakes in my life.. racism is not one of them nor has that ever been in my heart," she wrote. She described the 2017 incident, which she noted occurred about eight years ago rather than ten, as having been...