Women of Wrestling promotion receives backlash over new Tessa Blanchard t-shirt
As previously noted, Tessa Blanchard was announced for the Women of Wrestling promotion’s relaunch.
On Thursday afternoon, WOW released a new t-shirt for Blanchard on ProWrestlingTees.com with the term “nuclear” written on it. Here was the tweet to promote the shirt…
Stand back she’s NUCLEAR! Get your new @Tess_Blanchard t-shirt exclusively on @PWTees right now! 🤯 ☢️
Click the link to get yours:https://t.co/nnNKo02CY9 pic.twitter.com/vZIjACCA9I
— WOW (@wowsuperheroes) October 7, 2021
The tweet ended up being “ratioed” with more quote retweets than likes with fans bringing up the past accusations made towards her of bullying and racism. Here were some of the top reactions to the shirt…
shoutout Botchmania one time https://t.co/dTBBWEpURp pic.twitter.com/bIck9fEMr4
— Lightmare on Elm St. 🍃💨 (@XeryHighLife) October 7, 2021
Oh so y’all doubling down on the racism and the bullying huh? https://t.co/ge1iK4fWT2
— Public Enemies Podcast (@TheEnemiesPE3) October 7, 2021
Rejected shirt prints.
"Not Sorry"
"Ya'll mad Ima head south"
"Toxic"
"Radioactive Heat"
"Ima keep it real my N-word" https://t.co/LGfSKPFQwo— The Macho Beard (@Machobeard4life) October 7, 2021
advertising your cornerstone star as toxic and damaging to everything she touches is certainly a bold strategy
let's see how it plays out for them https://t.co/cDZGVEBi9q
— rep-turn of the living dead (@repalec) October 7, 2021
Soooooo…..you’re marketing her as “yeah we know she’s a racist POS but we don’t care”?? https://t.co/JLLRYOu29Y
— Darren (@SHOTZFIRED91) October 7, 2021
Run me the receipts of who buys this shirt. It's not nuclear, it's negligent. Add that to a list of her favorite N-words…
"I'm sorry" should've been on this. Disgusting! https://t.co/yjqtW8n6TS
— MuscleManMalcolm (@MalcolmMuscle) October 7, 2021
What a terrible shirt…
Also, way to trivialise her piece of shit behaviour. https://t.co/62ieyDRXLY
— 🤘🏻 《Fan》 (@MaidenEngland96) October 7, 2021
I don't think that's quite the apology she should be making right now… https://t.co/NMtsY8b7c8 pic.twitter.com/ZxiTsCCAuv
— Just Alyx (@JustAlyxCentral) October 7, 2021