Tessa Blanchard should be AEW's biggest priority.

This is definitely a topic we've talked about a bit, and one where I don't know that there was a clear cut opinion, so it should lead to some interesting discussion in a seperate thread devoted to it. Ultimately I think one hurdle that I've mentioned in the past, is that if what I've read is true (which is no guarantee, but very plausible) is that currently Tessa has no desire to leave Mexico until after her wedding, and she is confident she can get back in. (Given that she's not a permanent resident and needs to actually marry Daga to be able to cross easier.

Ultimately, it's a situation where she would have to take some steps before coming aboard. Given that Excalibur is currently off tv because of a promo from literally 15 years ago (I've read that he asked to be left off, not Khan making him), I think the current mob mentalities suggest that she has to kind of make some stronger statements first.

Personally I'm all for 2nd and 3rd chances, so I'm on board with giving her a chance. I think it would require maybe her addressing the women's locker room a bit privately, but as long as they felt comfortable, go hard. I would definitely start on a short term deal though, as a test run. If it's not working, cut bait. If it works, extend it and push her to the moon.

They have enough women they don’t have time to use as it is. No need to add another one lol

Pretty sure she's stuck in Mexico anyways lol I don't see them bringing her in though

Absolutely yes! Unequivocally.

I wouldn't want to see her in AEW

I'm happy with very little women's wrestling to be honest.

When's the last we have even seen Sabian, Archer, those Janela at the bar vignettes, etc on Dynamite. AEW is starting this we have a larger locker room for 1 show and now we have nothing for ya.

I think everyone agrees she would instantly bolster the roster, but a lot of fans seem to worry about her attitude. Given that I've never met her, and have no valid opinion, it's probably worth a try. 

She'd be the best in-ring talent in the women's division, instantly. Her chasing Britt Baker for the title could be the first big feud in their women's division.

2-3 years down the road I think this division is absolutely on par with NXT or better. They've got some talent that is a couple years away from being incredible, some talent stuck overseas that is already really good, and I think they absolutely have some future stars. Shida is already a star, and better than the overwhelming majority of the NXT/WWE roster. Britt grew into a monster heel and has elevated herself to star status/potential. Nyla is a powerhouse. Give Sadie Gibbs another 2-3 years and she could be the top star in the company. She's got that much potential. Then you've still got Bea Priestly who's planning on doing AEW full time in a couple years once she's done what she wants to do in Stardom. Love her or hate her as a person she's accomplished a lot. Deonna already said she wants to come here eventually, she just wanted to find herself in Impact first. (She said as much in an interview very recently). Then you've still got Shanna, Swole, Statlander, (Holy S's batman), Allie, Abadon, Anna Jay, Penelope. Riho is crazy young still (22,23? Something like that). Yuka is a huge crowd pleaser. Like this division is really quite well stocked, it's just the victim of some bad timing right now, and it needs time to grow.

That isn't even factoring in people they're trying out like Ivelisse, Diamante, Conti, Ellering, etc.

Are their great women on the indie scene that could come in and make immediate impacts? Absolutely. I'd love to see them sign 20-30 more women and put the division size wise on par with the men. So many on the indie circuit I think could contribute. Unfortunately the majority of the public won't go for that. There is this crazy dumb narrative of "get some stars" "No not the japanese ones, american stars" "No they can't come from WWE either, we want new stars" "Ok here's some new great talent" "Well we haven't heard of those girls". All the facepalms. (No one on here has said that, but I've seen almost that exact train of thought more times than I can count now.

Bottom line the women get judged by a different standard than the men, and not in a good way. It happens in almost every sport. Tennis is one of the only ones where you can actually watch the women as often as the men, but even then the pay discrepancy is still there. Our women's hockey teams are among the best in the world, but there isn't even a hockey league for them to play in on tv. It took a pandemic and sports shutting down to see any measure of WNBA coverage since they beat some other sports back.

I dunno, I rant about this a lot, but it always drives me nuts lol.

Translation to the topic itself: If I'm AEW, I'm willing to try Tessa out, but I'm not bending over backwards for her, or promising her the world. She'd be a huge asset in the short term, but long term I think their prospects are totally fine with or without her.

I can type out a longer explanation but the short version is basically research indicates that ^ is not entirely accurate. There's been a ton of sport science research and workplace related research done in that field, and a staggering amount of evidence to say that those cutthroat environments are not the best for performance at all. That's not to say the exact opposite is either, but the cutthroat cultures are not a great approach from a performance based perspective. Steve Magness and Brad stulberg have a great book on this subject called peak performance.

Edit: I'm not saying a complete buddy buddy environment with no accountability or competition is the best either. I wrote it above but it could get lost in the mix. Just that the old cutthroat stab each other in the back, everybody walk on eggshells approach is not superior from a performance perspective in the long run.