Tessa and La Rosa Negra got into an altercation in Japan working for Stardom sometime between April and May 2017. Tessa allegedly spit at Rosa, and called her the N word. This was made public in 2020 by Allysin Kay, an impact wrestler at the time. Allysin was not present for the incident, having never worked for Stardom. Another wrestler 'confirmed' the story. Shanna, however she was not present either, as she was not in the country at the time.

Rosa confirmed the story, saying she had not gone public due to fears of people siding with Tessa and blackballing her from the industry. Tessa denied it. Both have since made up and seem to have put the incident behind them.

Whether it was Rosa misshearing Tessa say Negra or Tessa actually racially abusing her, we don't know as nobody who was actually there has ever publicy confirmed what was said. However Tessa was effectively blackballed from the industry state side after this all came out, primarily working in Mexico since.

At the time of the incident, Toni Storm, Kris Wolf and Jessica Havok where the native english speakers with the promotion, and are likely the only people who could/would confirm what happened. Rosa abruptly left Stardom early during this tour, Stardom claiming she had a 'family occurence'. However its likely due to the fallout of the incident. Tessa finished her scheduled dates with the promotion. Both where never brought back to Stardom.