WWE NXT star Arianna Grace is set to make her in-ring debut at TNA Under Siege against Tessa Blanchard.
Grace, the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Santino Marella. She was established as the official liaison between WWE’s NXT brand and TNA partnership. Tension began between Arianna Grace and Tessa Blanchard, who had aligned herself with Robert Stone and his newly appointed Deputy Director of Authority, Victoria Crawford.
Their feud heated up on this week’s TNA Impact. During a tag match between Blanchard & Crawford and Masha Slamovich & Nikkita Lyons, the match ended in disqualification. Santino Marella came out and said the match couldn’t end like that, so he ordered it to restart.
Before that could happen, Robert Stone showed up and said the decision would stand. Blanchard and Crawford were declared the winners by disqualification which Santino didn’t agree with. Later on the show Arianna Grace is seen upset about how Robert Stone overruled Santino’s decision. However, she get’s confronted by Tessa Blanchard.
Tessa Blanchard says she got tired of Arianna Grace’s attitude. As Grace’s was about say something Blanchard slapped her hard, leaving her on the ground. Following this incident, in another backstage segment, Arianna Grace confronted Santino Marella demanded a match against Tessa Blanchard at TNA Under Siege.
Although Santino Marella was hesitant, he gets interrupted by Robert Stone who remarked that it was the first smart decision Santino had made. Stone then walked off, saying he would get the match made official for TNA Under Siege by speaking with the higher-ups.
