By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
TNA issued the following press release on Monday to announce the signing of Shotzi Blackheart.
TNA Wrestling has signed Shotzi Blackheart, as first reported by Busted Open on SiriusXM.
A California native, Blackheart made her pro wrestling debut in 2014 and formerly was the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion (with Ember Moon). She appeared at the TNA live events in Dothan, Alabama, in mid-October.
Here are 10 Fun Facts about Shotzi Blackheart:
- Has been riding motorcycles since she was 18.
- Is a paranormal investigator and has hunted ghosts all over America for her YouTube series, CHAMBER OF HORRORS.
- Majored in musical theatre at AMDA in Hollywood.
- Is a huge horror movie fan and one of her dreams is to direct her own horror film.
- Was named PWI’s 2025 Independent Wrestler of the Year and appeared on the magazine’s cover.
- Is obsessed with Elvis Presley.
- Has her own chicken farm.
- Rode every ride across all four Walt Disney World theme parks in one day.
- “I’m proudly Filipino.”
- “I got married and wrestled in my wedding dress all on the same day.”
Powell’s POV: Shotzi is a great signing. With Shotzi and the recent additions of Zoey Serrano and Shayna Baszler, things are looking up for the Knockouts Division.
(Jason Powell, founder and editor of ProWrestling.net, has covered pro wrestling full-time since 1997. He hosts the weekly podcast, Pro Wrestling Boom, and appears regularly on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast. Reach him via email at dotnetjason@gmail.com and on social media via @prowrestlingnet.bsky.social or x.com/prowrestlingnet. For his full bio and information on this website, click here.)
