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Welcome to Wrestling Inside the Ropes with James Stewart.

I'm the best.

I'm the best in the world.

I've been the best ever since day one when I walked into this company and I've been vilified and hated since that day.

And Mike Sarge Riley.

I don't know if you realize it or not, but you're trespassing of private property.

When you walk through here, through these ropes, you're in my yard.

Bad things happen in my yard. Wrestling inside the ropes.

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Mike Riley, I think the lead story in pro wrestling right now is Tessa Blanchard,

and the social media backlash she's gotten for having apparently a racist and bullying history.

I did a breaking news podcast on Saturday night and went into detail about some of the issues at hand with her.

In short form, at 1147 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Saturday morning, Tessa Blanchard tweeted the following.

Quote, hey women, try supporting one another. Cool things happen, unquote. And seemingly

out of nowhere, current female wrestlers from all over the world, multiple different companies

quote tweeted Tessa Blanchard, giving specific details of Tessa using the N-word and bullying wrestlers.

This is a big deal because Tessa Blanchard is challenging for the Impact Men's World Championship as we're recording this.

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