Tessa Blanchard Accused of Attacking 83-Year-Old WWE Hall of Famer Ahead of TNA Rebellion

Tessa Blanchard just crossed a serious line—and Masha Slamovich is done playing nice.

On the April 10 episode of TNA iMPACT, Slamovich dropped a bombshell: Blanchard allegedly “went to Brooklyn and attacked 83-year-old legendary wrestling trainer, Johnny Rodz.” That’s right—Rodz, a WWE Hall of Famer and the man credited with helping shape generations of top-tier wrestlers, including Slamovich herself, was targeted by her upcoming Rebellion challenger.

Earlier in the night, Blanchard hinted that she planned to visit Rodz but didn’t make her motives clear. She did, however, send a thinly veiled threat: “If Johnny Rodz really did ‘build’ Masha Slamovich, I’m going to prove just how easy it is to break her.”

Now it looks like she meant every word. Although no video footage has surfaced yet, Slamovich confirmed during the broadcast that Blanchard “attacked the pro wrestling legend”—and she’s not holding back anymore. The reigning TNA Knockouts Champion made it very clear: this just got personal.

Blanchard is set to challenge Slamovich for the Knockouts Title at TNA Rebellion on Sunday, April 27, at the Galen Center in Los Angeles. But if this brutal pre-show mind game is any indication, this match might be far more than just about gold.

Masha Slamovich wants retribution. “You don’t touch the people who built me,” she said off-air, according to backstage reports. “Now you’ve got something worse than a title match—you’ve got a war.”

How far is too far in the name of mind games? Was this a power move by Blanchard—or a step over the line? Drop your thoughts below—we want to hear it all.