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Tessa Blanchard is making a major move ... the former TNA wrestler and world champion is officially joining Major League Wrestling.

Tessa announced the news during an exclusive appearance on TMZ’s “Inside the Ring” podcast ... telling us she’s “super, super excited” about beginning this new chapter.

“I’m going to be starting with MLW here soon, and I’m super, super excited for everything to come,” she said.

Former UFC star Rampage Jackson almost opened up a can of whoop ass on his cameraman, chasing after the shutterbug and then firing him after the two got into a heated argument that was captured on a live stream.

Check out the intense moment, captured on both Rampage and DeenTheGreat's streams ... which starts off with Rampage and the cameraman -- who is offscreen -- having a back-and-forth about who talks more crap about each other's "people."

At one point, Rampage asks the cameraman for an example of how he talks crap -- but the photog doesn't care to get into it and tries to cut the convo short.

Alex Apodaca was supposed to be the stepping stone for Bella Mir ... but the massive underdog had different plans -- like winning!

The UFC had been building the 23-year-old up for years, and that's why, with her skills and pedigree, the daughter of the legend Frank Mir was around a -6000 favorite against Apodaca, then-3-1, on Dana White's Contender Series.

So, yeah, a tune-up on paper ... but that's not where the fight's fought.

The fake 49ers player Daejon Love may have had the cars, cash and big talk ... but one woman says his story fell apart with a simple roster check.

A woman named Cara joined us Monday on "TMZ Live" ... telling us she looked Love up early on and quickly realized his name wasn't anywhere on the San Francisco 49ers roster.

When she questioned him about it, Cara says Love fired back with a five-minute voice message breaking down NFL contracts ... claiming a thumb injury prevented him from passing the medical portion of his deal, so he couldn't appear on the official roster even though he was supposedly still with the team.

Emma Navarro was celebrating a hard-fought U.S. Open victory Monday ... but her opponent was having a very different kind of moment just behind her.

Navarro beat her opponent -- Lois Boisson -- in a three-set first-round battle at the U.S. Open ... but the drama didn't end when the final point was over, as Boisson was seen smashing her racket repeatedly into the ground while Navarro celebrated her win.

The rackets remained scattered on the court as Boisson walked away, with ball girls eventually coming over to collect them.

A gang of wrestlers and Real Housewives stars, including Porsha Williams and Teresa Giudice, came face-to-face in Atlanta ... but thankfully, the only thing getting slammed was a phone screen!

Pixel Flow rolled out a celebrity game night last week -- Bravo stars and wrestlers in the same room -- and yeah, there was some trash talk.

Teresa, Porsha and Ashley Darby held things down for the RH crew ... while Dean Muhtadi, fka Mojo Rawley, Cassie Lee, fka Peyton Royce, Jordynne Grace, and Kacy Catanzaro repped the wrestlers.

90 Day Fiancé star Loren Brovarnik and creator Noelle Foley were also in the house.

The celebs took turns playing the super popular game -- and with their screens projected for everyone to see -- there was nowhere to hide.

Pigs on a conveyor belt. Color-matched pixel cubes. Level up. It was as simple as that ... everyone witnessed every bad tap.

Before heading to Porsha's home turf, Teresa teased the trip on social media, billing the event as a "friendly competition."

Fake 49er Daejon Love allegedly had his hand out years before his arrest ... with two women suing him over thousands in unpaid loans.

Court records obtained by TMZ show Love was sued twice in small-claims court in Sacramento County -- once in 2020 and again in 2021.

In the first case, Olivia Datu claimed Love borrowed $4,900 from her over the course of several weeks ... including $1,200 for a credit card payment and $3,700 for work on a Dodge vehicle.

Lionel Messi is hanging up his Argentina jersey for good ... announcing his retirement from international soccer in an emotional message to fans.

Messi said Monday he'd spent weeks thinking about his future following Argentina's loss to Spain in the World Cup final, ultimately deciding it was time to walk away from the national team.

The 39-year-old said the decision "hurts me a lot," but explained he's proud of everything he experienced and accomplished with Argentina ... and thanked his family, teammates, coaches and fans who supported him throughout the ride.

Novak Djokovic suffered a surprising loss in the first round of the U.S. Open Sunday night -- and he threw up and broke down in tears during the match.

Djokovic -- considered by many to be the best tennis player who ever lived with 24 Grand Slam singles titles -- got knocked out by unseeded Mariano Navone in five sets,  7-6 (5), 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

In the fifth set, while down 3-1, Djokovic started tearing up as the crowd tried to cheer him on to victory, but nothing could help the tennis great who's been struggling lately with health issues.

WWE Superstar Paige is pissed ... after she says a collector crossed the line during a recent interaction at the airport in Chicago.

Paige walked TMZ Sports through the story outside LAX this week, and it's clear the incident made the former champ uncomfortable ... when the guy showed up uninvited with dozens of photos to sign.

"I'm usually pretty chill about it, honestly. I'm like, whatever," she told us, but this time was different.

The alleged fake 49ers player went all-out selling his supposed millionaire lifestyle ... and TMZ has obtained videos showing Daejon Love flashing cash, jewelry, luxury cars and what he claimed were multimillion-dollar homes.

A woman who says Love tried to scam her tells TMZ ... she met him on Facebook Dating ... and says he spent nearly two years trying to convince her he came from generational wealth and was looking for a "genetically superior" woman to start a family with.

Love's pitch eventually turned into some pricey pillow talk ... because in another video filmed from bed, he tells the woman he spoke with his financial adviser about opening an investment account for her.

Aaron Donald is officially back in the NFL ... and the Los Angeles Rams just assembled a defensive nightmare by pairing him with Myles Garrett.

Donald is coming out of retirement and rejoining the Rams on a one-year, $20 million deal, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The move ends months of speculation surrounding the future Hall of Famer ... and gives L.A. one helluva pass-rushing duo after the Rams landed Garrett in a blockbuster trade with Cleveland earlier this summer.

Josh Jacobs has been sidelined by the NFL amid his criminal case ... TMZ Sports has learned the league placed the Packers star running back on the Commissioner's Exempt List.

We're told by the NFL Jacobs may not practice or attend games while he's on the list.

The league tells us Jacobs can, however, be permitted at the Packers' facility on a limited basis -- with the club's permission -- for meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehab, along with other approved non-football activities.

A 20-year-old San Diego State student says the alleged fake 49ers player tried sweeping her into an "NFL wife" lifestyle ... until she started checking his story, TMZ has learned.

The student tells TMZ ... she met Daejon Love at Cheetahs strip club in San Diego in April, where he told her he played in the NFL. She says Love kept reaching out afterward ... talking Lamborghinis, NFL training and even asking how much she paid in bills, implying he could take care of them.

TMZ has obtained exclusive video of Love from around that time ... including clips of him talking on camera and flashing the kind of lifestyle she says helped sell his NFL story.

Fake 49ers player Daejon Love's alleged $1.3 million romance scam could keep him behind bars ... prosecutors say he's a serious flight risk with little tying him to any community.

According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, prosecutors are asking a judge to keep Love detained, arguing the evidence against him is strong and he has "every incentive to flee" if released.

The government alleges Love spent years meeting women on dating apps, convincing them he was a wealthy NFL player or successful investor before allegedly getting them to hand over money for fake investments.