WWE target Tessa Blanchard NOT out of contract with Impact as AEW also eye star
WWE target Tessa Blanchard is NOT out of contract with Impact until next summer, SunSport understands.
The 24-year-old wrestling star is one of the most sought-after stars in the world at present.
She has grown a huge fanbase after putting on a number of stellar matches for Impact over the past few years.
It had been rumoured she was out of contract, and free to sign with any other promotion she wanted.
But it is understood that is not the case, and she is still under terms until at least the summer of 2020.
Blanchard was part of WWE's NXT development show in 2016, before she left under a cloud.
But Vince McMahon's company have been trying to get her back and on the black and yellow brand.
She first joined Impact in the summer of 2018, and is believed to have signed a two-year deal.
The WWE's main rival AEW have also looked into signing her up in the future.
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During a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet about her rise to the top, she said: "It all just kinds of seems unreal to me a little still.
"When I first started wrestling, I was driving 14 hours for a show just to set up the ring and hopefully get an opportunity to make 75 bucks and sleep in my car, then turn around and drive 14 hours back time.
"When I first started wrestling, people would always say 'You're only here because of your family name, you're only here because of this, because of that. Anything except for hard work."
