Tessa Blanchard Hit With “Racist” Chants at TNA Unbreakable in Las Vegas

TNA Wrestling’s decision to bring back Tessa Blanchard continues to blow up in their face—this time in front of a live audience that wasn’t having it.

During the mixed tag team main event at TNA Unbreakable 2025 in Las Vegas, the crowd made their feelings crystal clear. As Blanchard teamed with Frankie Kazarian to take on Joe Hendry and Masha Slamovich, fans erupted with chants of “F**k you, Tessa!” which escalated to “She’s a racist!” and “Raaaacist! Raaaacist!” as the match went on.

The chants weren’t subtle, and they didn’t let up—highlighting the unresolved tension surrounding Blanchard’s 2020 controversy when she was accused of bullying and using a racial slur against wrestler La Rosa Negra. Despite widespread backlash, Blanchard has never publicly apologized or made amends, a fact that continues to haunt her every appearance.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp confirmed awhile back that TNA has “no intention” of addressing the controversy, and that media members have been shut down when trying to ask about it. “They’ve been told, ‘Well, she addressed it five years ago in a media call. She denied it,’” Sapp said.

But fans clearly aren’t buying the denial—or TNA’s silence. Whether TNA wants to address it or not, this crowd reaction proves one thing: the issue isn’t going away. If TNA and Blanchard think they can move forward without confronting the past, they’re already being proven wrong—loudly and publicly.