5 biggest free agents AEW could sign in 2021

#1 Tessa Blanchard could sign with AEW

I’ll always look back on these and smile. Love you, Zelo. https://t.co/WMQx0V5kjG

— Tessa Blanchard (@Tess_Blanchard) March 31, 2021

Tessa Blanchard has connections in AEW. Her father, Tully Blanchard, is a part of the company.

She has been absent from the wrestling ring since the start of the pandemic. After several disagreements with IMPACT Wrestling, she was stripped of the title and released by the company.

Since her release, both WWE and AEW have been rumored to be interested in signing her. She is yet to sign with either company.

Given her connections to AEW, she could very well head there and join her father in The Pinnacle faction. However, she also has connections in WWE, having competed there earlier during the Mae Young Classic tournament. She was also an enhancement talent on NXT for a while.

Tessa Blanchard is the biggest name in women's wrestling who has not signed with anyone. If she signs with AEW, it would help to bolster their oft-criticized women's division. Currently, it looks like they are trying to improve, so the addition of Blanchard would go a long way.

Given her controversial history with backstage behavior, there remains some risk. If AEW does sign her, it should lead to some interesting storylines.