Shotzi Blackheart provides clarification on earlier comments regarding WWE’s restriction on her working with TNA, despite the existing cooperative relationship between the two promotions.
A recent interview reveals that WWE star Shotzi Blackheart was already in preliminary talks with TNA during her suspension from WWE due to injury. Upon her return, she expressed a desire to leverage the current working relationship to create a potential crossover event.
During the conversation, Blackheart described her request to WWE to collaborate on a storyline, noting that the company had not given her permission to proceed.
Shotzi Blackheart explains WWE and TNA crossover situation
Following widespread media coverage, Blackheart turned to X (formerly Twitter) to clarify that her earlier remarks were driven purely by enthusiasm for a TNA collaboration. While stationed in NXT, WWE also offered a SmackDown storyline involving TNA talent, but she pointed out that introducing a third angle would have been challenging to integrate.
There was no negativity behind my comment. At the time TNA was utilizing NXT talent. I was working in NXT, but I was also being pitched to start a potential SmackDown storyline, so my understanding was that adding a third storyline would have been a lot to juggle.
The intention…— Shotzi Blackheart (@ShotziTCB) October 28, 2026
