Tessa Blanchard

“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.”

“Watching promos of my dad and stepdad... it's a lot to live up to. I don't want to make them look stupid.”

“I get to travel all over the world and win titles everywhere I've gone.”

“I got to travel to Australia and I got to main event at Korakuen Hall.”

“Progress only happens with change, and people love something different.”

“I have very high expectations out of myself.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Women today are respected as athletes now and that's a really cool thing to see.”

“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.”

“I would love to wrestle Scorpio Sky again, that's one of my most favorite matches.”

“Honestly one woman that I would really love to face would be Taya Valkyrie.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“I'm a born legend.”

“I broke my shoulder, or my collarbone, I shouldn't say my shoulder, and I had surgery, six screws and a plate in here.”

“They've helped me out so much - Dad from a business aspect and my stepdad on following my heart. They're both so different but so much alike. I get to pick both of their brains.”