Last week, Tessa Blanchard was excited to announce that she would debut in MLW for the Fightland event on September 12 in Charleston, South Carolina. Then, things got weird.
Later in the week, CMLL released a statement stating that Blanchard was only scheduled for that one date with MLW. There were no future arrangements. The statement came across as an odd thing to say when there didn’t appear to be any chatter about this MLW appearance causing negative issues. After all, Blanchard is signed with CMLL, and CMLL has a strategic alliance with MLW to send wrestlers back and forth.
Earlier this week, it appeared that MLW pulled the promotional material hyping Blanchard’s appearance. It still wasn’t clear what is going on.
Now comes some clarity on the situation. CMLL announced that Blanchard will wrestle Starlight Kid on their Saturday show at Arena Coliseo in Mexico City on September 12. That means Blanchard will not be at MLW Fightland.
That’s not a lot of clarity, but it is some. Whatever happened behind the scenes is still a mystery for now.
Receiving a singles match against one of Stardom’s stars wouldn’t normally be considered a punishment, so the assumption is that CMLL and Blanchard remain on good terms. Blanchard is also still booked to challenge Persephone for the CMLL World Championship in a four-way with Starlight Kid and Mina Shirakawa at the 93rd Anniversary show on September 18 at Arena Mexico in Mexico City.
What’s your take on this story between Tessa Blanchard, CMLL, and MLW?
