Tessa Blanchard was born on July 26, 1995, in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Tessa Blanchard is a professional wrestler. She currently joins Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide & Women of Wrestling known as WOW. Tessa also appears in many independent promotions. Tessa Blanchard Family background also from WWF wrestling.

Tessa Blanchard is a former 1 time The Crash Women’s Champion, 1-time WOW World Champion, & 1 time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion. Tessa Blanchard is best known as her time in Impact Wrestling. Tessa is also a 1-time Impact Knockouts Champion & 1-time Impact World Champion. This makes Tessa Blanchard 1st woman hold a men’s championship in professional wrestling history. Tessa Blanchard’s net worth estimated at $3 million.

We at Lessons Learned In Life love to share the Tessa Blanchard Quotes of Motivation and Inspiration. We compile the Top Inspiring & empowering Tessa Blanchard Quotes for you to be inspired that will help in your life to boost your confidence.

Tessa Blanchard Quotes

1.“I don’t want to be good, I want to be great.” — Tessa Blanchard

2.“Depending on what country I go to, my style might be a little bit different and my tactics might change a little bit, but at the end of the day, I’m still Tessa Blanchard and I’m still the same wrestler.” — Tessa Blanchard

3.“I’ve always done whatever is necessary to retain my Knockouts title by any means necessary.” — Tessa Blanchard

4.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

5.“I try not to get my hopes up too high with anything, because I’ll never be let down that way.” — Tessa Blanchard

6.“I think that wrestling guys have elevated my game in a whole different way. My timing, my transitions, everything is crisp. It’s a whole different level.” — Tessa Blanchard

7.“I put pressure on myself to be the best and to carry on the Blanchard name with dignity and with pride.” — Tessa Blanchard

8.“If Gail Kim gets in my business, I’ll make sure there is no more Gail Kim.” — Tessa Blanchard

9.“On the independent circuit I’ve traveled the world, I’ve won championships, I’ve won tournaments – I’ve defeated some of the best out there so I feel like I am one of the best.” — Tessa Blanchard

10.“Witnessing the crowd come to their feet mid-match, that’s the ultimate sign of respect.” — Tessa Blanchard

11.“I was a musical theater nerd in high school.” — Tessa Blanchard

12.“I broke my shoulder, or my collarbone, I shouldn’t say my shoulder, and I had surgery, six screws and a plate in here.” — Tessa Blanchard

13.“But while Taya is so good, she is still no diamond. She is still no Tessa Blanchard. I am one of the best in the world!” — Tessa Blanchard

14.“Not a lot of people know this story but I actually got into the business without even telling anyone in my family. It was something I did on my own and I had been training for six to eight months before I told my dad and my step-dad.” — Tessa Blanchard

15.“Honestly, the All In women’s locker room was such an inspirational group of women. What I love about all the women involved – Chelsea, Britt, Madison, Jordynne Grace, Brandi Rhodes, Tenille Dashwood, Penelope Ford, Mandy Leon – is we all bring something so different to the table for a common vision.” — Tessa Blanchard

16.“I never wanted to be a wrestler, I wanted to get into musical theater. I always wanted to be on Broadway.” — Tessa Blanchard

17.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

18.“No matter what it is, I wanna be great. I wanna be the best at it.” — Tessa Blanchard

19.“To make a name for myself, I feel it’s important to do that before I go anywhere else. The impact has given me the platform and the exposure to do that.” — Tessa Blanchard

20.“When I first started wrestling I knew that I wanted to work as long and as hard as it took to be able to have a great match with anyone.” — Tessa Blanchard

21.“I know what my goals are, and I always keep that in the forefront of my mind.” — Tessa Blanchard

22.“There were so many times I was called to go do a match and drive 8 or 9 hours from North Carolina to Orlando, Florida just to go do the NXT extra spots and then nothing, which would break my heart every time, but I was just very young then.” — Tessa Blanchard

23.“I wanted to go and I wanted to drive the miles for no pay, I wanted to set up the rings, I wanted to set up the chairs, I wanted to go to training six-seven days a week for hours upon hours and blow myself up to where I can only work on instinct. I wanted to sleep in my car. I wanted to do all of that.” — Tessa Blanchard

24.“Honestly, one woman that I would really love to face would be Taya Valkyrie.” — Tessa Blanchard

25.“People think that we hired a bunch of actresses and taught them how to wrestle, and that couldn’t be further from the truth.” — Tessa Blanchard

26.“Every time I step into the ring there is a different obstacle but I’m very confident in myself and my ability.” — Tessa Blanchard

27.“I think when I started wrestling, I hadn’t realized how difficult locker rooms were going to be. I thought they were going to be more inviting than they were.” — Tessa Blanchard

28.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

29.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

30.“Scott Armstrong got me my tryout at the WWE Performance Center. I went there and got my tryout and it was one of the most physically trying things in my life.” — Tessa Blanchard

31.“I’ve gone places where they’ve told me what I need to do, what I need to say, who I need to be, what moves I need to perform. And at Impact, I get to just be me. I have creative control to be me and do what I want.” — Tessa Blanchard

32.“WOW and Impact is both different brands, but Tessa Blanchard never changes. I’m the same Tessa Blanchard there as with Impact.” — Tessa Blanchard

33.“On numerous different occasions I have had people tell me that I am only booked because of my dad, because of who I was dating, or any other exceptions other than my hard work, so in my mind, I wanted to put in the extra hours in the ring.” — Tessa Blanchard

34.“My main goal in Impact Wrestling is to win the Knockouts Championship.” — Tessa Blanchard

35.“Women today are respected as athletes now and that’s a really cool thing to see.” — Tessa Blanchard

36.“My favorite wrestler of all-time is Johnny Valentine. I believe him to be the best bad guy ever in wrestling and he is my absolute favorite.” — Tessa Blanchard

37.“No matter whether someone has been in the business longer than you or for less time, you can learn something from any of them.” — Tessa Blanchard

38.“I watch a lot of old-school wrestling, and one of my favorite matches is my dad vs my step-dad at Starrcade ’85, Magnum TA vs Tully Blanchard. In that match everything looked so aggressive, everything was so real, and it looked like a brutal fight.” — Tessa Blanchard

39.“I would love to wrestle Scorpio Sky again, that’s one of my most favorite matches.” — Tessa Blanchard

40.“Both my stepdad and my dad have said, ‘Follow your heart and your dreams, but Tessa, this is a business and you need to become the best.’ They don’t sugarcoat things and I’m very, very blessed for that.” — Tessa Blanchard

41.“Female-wise, one person that I really, really, really would like to share the ring with is Gail Kim. I say that because I believe her to be one of the best women’s wrestlers in the world!” — Tessa Blanchard

42.“In a perfect world, I would love to be great at everything.” — Tessa Blanchard

43.“I’ve wrestled some of the best wrestlers in the world – both male and female.” — Tessa Blanchard

44.“I am a huge fan of intergender wrestling. It’s something that I would love to see Impact evolve to one day.” — Tessa Blanchard

45.“I get to travel all over the world and win titles everywhere I’ve gone.” — Tessa Blanchard

46.“My dad had already retired by the time I was born.” — Tessa Blanchard

47.“I got to travel to Australia and I got to the main event at Korakuen Hall.” — Tessa Blanchard

48.“You got to be able to work hard. And that’s what I do. I work hard because that’s what’s necessary. You have to go that extra mile.” — Tessa Blanchard

49.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

50.“I was part of the first-ever women’s match to ever be televised in China. That’s something no one can take away from me.” — Tessa Blanchard

51.“After my freshman year of college, I really wanted to pursue wrestling.” — Tessa Blanchard

52.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

53.“After my WWE tryout in 2014, I thought for sure that I was going to get signed and that it is finally happening and that I was going to finally be there. Then, when it didn’t happen I was heartbroken. I always think it is because God had a plan for me.” — Tessa Blanchard

54.“Tasha Steelz, I’ve watched a few of her training videos, and she is super athletic.” — Tessa Blanchard

55.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

56.“I wish my grandpa could have seen me wrestle, even once.” — Tessa Blanchard

57.“Rebellion’ was amazing, there was a lot of anticipation leading up to that event.” — Tessa Blanchard

58.“I think that I am misunderstood because people perceive me to be a certain way because I am generational. They expect me to be entitled and expect me to have things early on. I think people misconstrued that honestly.” — Tessa Blanchard

59.“I do not regret anything I do.” — Tessa Blanchard

60.“I want to become one of the most versatile wrestlers in the world.” — Tessa Blanchard

61.“I love hard work and proving people wrong.” — Tessa Blanchard

62.“I was so excited about my spot on the Mae Young Classic.” — Tessa Blanchard

63.“I would like to face everyone on the Impact roster. It is filled with amazing performers, I would be honored to share the ring with any of them.” — Tessa Blanchard

64.“Honestly, I want to wrestle everybody.” — Tessa Blanchard

65.“I came into Impact and I ran through the entire Knockouts locker room just like I said I would.” — Tessa Blanchard

66.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

67.“I love wrestling, no matter if it is guys, girls, or whatever it may be.” — Tessa Blanchard

68.“I am getting to travel all over the world doing what I love and making a living out of it. That is a huge blessing to me.” — Tessa Blanchard

69.“I love getting in the ring with Britt Baker. She is one of my favorite people that I got in the ring with.” — Tessa Blanchard

70.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

71.“The impact is such a fun place to work, I enjoy it so much I can’t stress that enough.” — Tessa Blanchard

72.“And one thing for me is I’ve never been motivated by money.” — Tessa Blanchard

73.“I have very high expectations for myself.” — Tessa Blanchard

74.“I am not owed anything in this life, especially in wrestling.” — Tessa Blanchard

75.“I don’t think I’d be the wrestler or the athlete that I am today if I didn’t have some of the intergender matches that I have.” — Tessa Blanchard

76.“I do, I put so much pressure on myself whether it’s in the gym, whether it be in wrestling, whatever goals I have.” — Tessa Blanchard

77.“I train seven days a week. I’m mentally and physically prepared for any situation that I might be thrown in, and that’s what puts me in the upper echelon compared to other Knockouts.” — Tessa Blanchard

78.“I have a huge family name to live up to and a huge legacy to live up to. I feel the pressure of that every day of my life, but I feel like it’s a blessing and a curse.” — Tessa Blanchard

79.“So, I’m a huge Chris Jericho fan. I’ve always been a huge Chris Jericho fan.” — Tessa Blanchard

80.“I am happy to join Selina Majors in providing women with a fully comprehensive training program designed specifically for them. I was trained by men, and while that worked for me, I know a more supportive community for women wanting to join our profession will increase participation.” — Tessa Blanchard

81.“I remind myself to be grateful and remember where I came from.” — Tessa Blanchard

82.“I do feel like since I am a third-generation wrestler, I do have to hold myself – and there are a lot of people that expect certain things out of me – I’m an athlete, and I’m a top athlete.” — Tessa Blanchard

83.“Progress only happens with change, and people love something different.” — Tessa Blanchard

84.“I hope to share the ring with Gail Kim one day.” — Tessa Blanchard

85.“I’m a born legend.” — Tessa Blanchard

86.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

87.“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.” — Tessa Blanchard

88.“After hours, I would train, train, train, six or seven days a week, until 2 or 3 in the morning sometimes.” — Tessa Blanchard

89.“Gail Kim has done so much and has so much knowledge. I think she’s extremely underrated. She wants the product to be great and she doesn’t mind taking the extra time to get it there. That is a really invaluable thing for me.” — Tessa Blanchard

90.“And I’m so grateful to have that family name and continue my family’s legacy, but I’m also very excited to create my own.” — Tessa Blanchard