5 Current free agents that WWE and AEW could try to sign

#2 WWE and AEW could try to sign Tessa Blanchard

Tessa Blanchard

I'll start this slide out by saying I'm not addressing any attitude or behavior issues Tessa Blanchard may or may not have. She's had a few matches for WWE with NXT and IMPACT Wrestling showed immense faith in her talents by making her its first female World Champion. That's not something they did lightly, and it was a huge sign of respect that Sami Callihan was willing to drop the title to her.

She kicked off her reign with some good defenses, but once the global pandemic hit, she opted to stay safe at home in Mexico alongside her partner, Daga. As the summer approached, it became apparent that Blanchard needed to appear at this year's Slammiversary to defend her title. Things didn't work out, and IMPACT stripped her of her title and released her from the company.

Atleast you know what’s up.World Champion Out ✌🏽 https://t.co/AiRyaZykdr pic.twitter.com/EdYLNi09eQ

— Tessa Blanchard (@Tess_Blanchard) May 21, 2020

Once she was done with the promotion, many believed that she would eventually end up in either WWE or AEW. WWE allegedly sent "feelers" out to her and her representation. But due to limited or no crowd presence, it didn't make too much sense for a big name to sign and debut to limited crowd noise.

Be your own brand of BADASS 💎 pic.twitter.com/cC4Duh8lct

— Tessa Blanchard (@Tess_Blanchard) March 25, 2020

Like Klein and Kelly, AEW would instantly boost its women's division by adding Blanchard since she'd likely be booked as a bigger deal in AEW than WWE. Her father is in AEW and if she did sign with WWE and have that inevitable feud with Charlotte Flair, Flair would obviously go over as she usually does. Wherever she goes, Blanchard would instantly put either division on notice. While neither AEW or WWE would book her like IMPACT did as its primary Champion, she'd still be a top star in either promotion.