Tessa Blanchard

Tessa Blanchard was (born July 26, 1995) in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is a Third Generation American professional wrestler, actress and stunt woman. She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer, Tully Blanchard and granddaughter of Founder of Southwest Championship Wrestling and Professional Wrestling Hall of Famer, Joe Blanchard. She spent a portion of her career in Impact Wrestling, where she became the first Woman in history to hold a Men's Heavyweight championship. Among many other accolades, she is the first American woman to hold the Women's Championship in Mexico, had the first ever Women's Match to be televised in China, and holds the record for longest Women's Wrestling match of all time at 76 minutes. She has also previously performed for World Wrestling Entertainment where she appeared in the Main Event of the first ever Mae Young Classic and WOW - Women Of Wrestling alongside Lakers Owner, Jeanie Buss and Founder of GLOW, David McLane on ViacomCBS.