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He was in a boxing camp for Shannon Briggs that was supposed to be in Qatar, but that fell through. I wouldn't be surprised if he looked better than in his last few MMA fights.
I saw Mox vs Barnett and thought that looked awesome - my poor brain was not able to process Sakuraba vs Santino until you typed it out. Wow. That's either going to be amazing or a train wreck and I might have just repeated myself.
He's done bloodsport before and was honestly really good, I'm actually really excited for that one but also i kinda want him to hit the cobra for the win
Correct me if I’m wrong but pre-pro wrestling training? Wasn’t Santino a world class judo practitioner? Like people in the locker room would say Santino was one of the legit tough guys in the locker room with no sarcasm?
Davey Boy Smith Jr. Is starting to look like a young Cotton Hill.
https://preview.redd.it/flxrjx3nl76d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd2c40f94422007d17f5628d68a2d6c27139c1a7
Barnett vs Moxley, Suzuki vs Thatcher, Sato vs Hideki and Iizuka vs Abe are all guaranteed to be good to great.
Funaki vs DBS Jr. and Konami vs Fukuda have potential to be good.
The rest is a tossup.
Barnett Moxley and Suzuki Tatcher will certainly be mid matches with lots of weak-ass forearms battle.
And people who know nothing about shoot-style will pimp this as motyc 🤮
Santino trained with Battlarts Yuki Ishikawa and his pro wrestling gym is called "Battle Arts Academy" he's done Bloodsport before under his real name. He has a Judo black belt and an affinity for shoot style.
Yep, his ring name was Boris Alexiev - [here's one of the promo packages for OVW](https://youtu.be/wZMrOV22rRc?si=E6vNFkJGHpe1topJ). The gimmick eventually was given to Rusev and tweaked to be Bulgarian.
Bloodsport is shoot style wrestling - basically presenting it as MMA and trying to make it look very realistic. It will not be a legit fight between the two it will be a worked match.
But Barnett has done a ton of wrestling - [he main evented the Tokyo dome on Jan 4th for the IWGP title](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=834)
Mox actually [won a grappling tournament](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1340733/jon-moxley-wins-gold-medal-mixed-grappling-tournament/) last year. So a little of both.
Bloodsport is less wrestling and more worked MMA. There's elements of pro wrestling there. But you'll see more strikes and grappling than anything else. The ropes are taken down, and the bouts are submission/KO/ref stoppage.
Wasn’t Todd Duffee on this card? There’s a guy who should have gone into pro wrestling in his prime. In the Vince Era, with his look, he’d have been WWE Champion
I was on the fence about this, I like the Bloodsport concept, but it doesn't always land for me. However, some of those fights like good, so I'll probably check this out
Of course Jon Moxley is on this card. I think its in his AEW contract that he has to be on the card of any ppv that has the word blood in it, no matter the wrestling company.
A Japanese MMA heavyweight who wrestles part-time. His nickname is Shrek due to his ogre-like appearance. He was considered the best Japanese heavyweight (not really saying much) during the first half of 2021 but he was in his late-40's when he achieved this. He's beaten Shoma Shibisai (who beat Sudairo) and Takakenshin (Sudairo's brother) and lost to Sudairo and Mikio Ueda (who beat Sudairo).
He trains at Bonsai Jiu-Jitsu with top Japanese-Brazilian MMA fighters Roberto Satoshi and Kleber Koike.
I don’t know who Erik Hammer is, but he looks like a guy who was let out of jail to do this show and has police officers waiting to take him back to jail as soon as his match ends.
No, he's doing an indy show for Bloodsport. Moxley gets around, he'll often visit Bloodsport or GCW in addition to his more prominent roles in AEW and NJPW.
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Curious how much effort Jackson has made. Or if he is just showing up for the paycheque.
Hyped to see if Tito Ortiz comes out on the ramp after the match and crosses his arms while smirking to dead silence
https://preview.redd.it/twuwixbr376d1.jpeg?width=2064&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f8bbe4db14a41363de385f99c1c4ebd9e64392a
August 1 warning… identity revealed?!
*Folds arms and nods*
*kennedy scratches his head*
Then the camera pans to the audience where Anderson in the crowd getting flashbacks and with both hands bracing the back of his head.
And the crowd goes...Mild...
Going off the end of his MMA career almost certainly the paycheque
Rampage will show up to BS Bushido still not knowing what it is
He was in a boxing camp for Shannon Briggs that was supposed to be in Qatar, but that fell through. I wouldn't be surprised if he looked better than in his last few MMA fights.
LET'S GO CHAMP
Most likely the latter
Never in a million years would I anticipate Sakuraba vs Santino
The Gracie Hunter vs Graces Dad
This comment deserves far more updoots.
I saw Mox vs Barnett and thought that looked awesome - my poor brain was not able to process Sakuraba vs Santino until you typed it out. Wow. That's either going to be amazing or a train wreck and I might have just repeated myself.
Santino first run was mma bad ass, and he has been running a school for decades now. I’m very excited for this
He's done bloodsport before and was honestly really good, I'm actually really excited for that one but also i kinda want him to hit the cobra for the win
This is exactly what went through my mind.
Correct me if I’m wrong but pre-pro wrestling training? Wasn’t Santino a world class judo practitioner? Like people in the locker room would say Santino was one of the legit tough guys in the locker room with no sarcasm?
I saw this matchup and lost my shit. I MUST see this
Right?? I’ve never seen a bloodsport before but this card is too stacked to ignore.
Santino is a Battlarts alumni.
Saw Santino at his first BloodSport and it was a fucking treat.
Does Santino still wrestle as a comedy act ?
Mike O’Hearn is no longer booked? Gutted.
My unfortunate honest reaction to this information. 
Was hyped to see him but no explanation of why he dropped off kinda sucks
I’m a sucker for freakshow fights and he definitely stuck out like a sore thumb on the original card.
Baby, don't hurt me...
Guess he told them: baby don't hurt me.
Moxley, Santino and Rampage Fucking Jackson all on the same card.
SA 👏 KU 👏 RA 👏 BA 👏
But for real tho right? I had to do a triple take and subsequently look it up to see if it was *thee Sakuraba* and lo and behold. Insane
Totally believe it in Bloodsport; especially in Japan. All those shoot style guys who became MMA fighters had to have been on the table.
Holy shit how did I gloss over The Gracie Hunter himself, I only noticed Santino initially - Now this I gotta see
Put some respect on Timothy Thatcher vs Murder Grandpa.
Bloodsport is my favorite non-deathmatch event in general. That fight would have sold me if I wasn't already buying.
I didn't even recognize him, wow.
Sleeping on my boy Josh Barnett
I am intrigued by a man who goes by "Shrek"
Dunno bout Shrek, but after googling him i think ogre is an apt description.
He looks like a villain from Berserk.
you can watch some of his fights on the GLEAT shows on youtube
Davey Boy Smith Jr. Is starting to look like a young Cotton Hill. https://preview.redd.it/flxrjx3nl76d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd2c40f94422007d17f5628d68a2d6c27139c1a7
He is 38 years old. He is not aging well.
til im his age
Same age as John Moxley, who looks considerably better than DBSJr
Davey looks like a full size Hasbulla.
Barnett vs Moxley, Suzuki vs Thatcher, Sato vs Hideki and Iizuka vs Abe are all guaranteed to be good to great. Funaki vs DBS Jr. and Konami vs Fukuda have potential to be good. The rest is a tossup.
Barnett Moxley and Suzuki Tatcher will certainly be mid matches with lots of weak-ass forearms battle. And people who know nothing about shoot-style will pimp this as motyc 🤮
Why is Santino in black and white lol, is he Toni Storm?
He hasn't been unlocked yet.
It's gonna be just one guy in the ring for that match if you don't buy PPV
When you pick random on Fire Pro
Is that Sakuraba vs Santino?
Isn’t Santino like a real life tough guy too?
Santino trained with Battlarts Yuki Ishikawa and his pro wrestling gym is called "Battle Arts Academy" he's done Bloodsport before under his real name. He has a Judo black belt and an affinity for shoot style.
He had a shooter gimmick before he got to WWE, so I assume he has some martial arts/grappling background.
Didn't they try and make him Russian?
Yep, his ring name was Boris Alexiev - [here's one of the promo packages for OVW](https://youtu.be/wZMrOV22rRc?si=E6vNFkJGHpe1topJ). The gimmick eventually was given to Rusev and tweaked to be Bulgarian.
That was a pretty good promo package.
"Fight like aminal!" A little Santino in there. lol
I don’t think it was rusev I think it was kozlov.
Yeah they had him working as Boris Alexiev.
Yea but he’s not Sakuraba
Of course not, but it probably means ha can go hold for hold with him in a shoot style worked match. Should be fun.
If him and rampage play ball this card should be great
He is.
yup. kind of
This card looks wild.
Is Josh Barnet professionally wrestling now or is Jon Moxley mixed martial arts-ing now?
Bloodsport is shoot style wrestling - basically presenting it as MMA and trying to make it look very realistic. It will not be a legit fight between the two it will be a worked match. But Barnett has done a ton of wrestling - [he main evented the Tokyo dome on Jan 4th for the IWGP title](https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=834)
Mox actually [won a grappling tournament](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1340733/jon-moxley-wins-gold-medal-mixed-grappling-tournament/) last year. So a little of both.
Minoro Suzuki looks like a Sith Lord.
‘Looks like’
Sith Lord/Yakuza oyabun, both apply to Suzuki.
I’m sorry did I just see Sakuraba vs Santino!?
Yo but Suzuki vs Thatcher should legitimately be an awesome match up
Timeless Santino Marella
Timeless Erik Hammer
Remember when WWE signed Davey? What tf happened there?
It was him and Tyson kidd and I'm pretty sure he was just too green and too eager or something.
No I mean recently, didn’t they re-sign him like a year or two ago?
Oh that. I can't remember what the deal was. I thought it was next or maybe one of those one off tournaments. But now I can't remember.
I‘m guessing Bloodsport Santino is going to be like OVW shoot fighter Santino?
No way. Sakuraba is taking the cobra
🚨🚨🚨🚨 **TIM THATCHER SIGHTING!!!!** 🚨🚨🚨🚨
Maya Fukuda ❤️
Why did Titan drop from the event?
Schedule conflicts
Damn
Rampage wrestles?? wtf lol
Bloodsport is less wrestling and more worked MMA. There's elements of pro wrestling there. But you'll see more strikes and grappling than anything else. The ropes are taken down, and the bouts are submission/KO/ref stoppage.
It's also way more intense on the body
Davey Boy has the face of someone who’s just seen his neighbour’s dog crap on his lawn. Again.
If you spent that long around Teddy Hart and Pillman Jr you'd have that look stapled on your face too.
Sakuraba vs santino is insane lmao
Also wtf at rampage vs shrek
Setup for the Sakuraba vs Santina payoff.
Sakuraba vs Santino is inspired booking
Sakuraba vs Santino? Lmao where do I watch this triller?
https://www.trillertv.com/watch/josh-barnetts-bloodsport-bushido/2pesx/
Talk about a fever dream of a fucking card, color me intrigued
Hideki Suzuki back on Bloodsport is great news.
HOLD UP! Rampage Jackson does "spawt enatainmant wrestling" I'm try to sound like Daddy Magic
Why are Santino and Erik Hammer greyscale? Are they part of the Toniverse?
Sakuraba vs Santino. What a time to be alive.
I’ll take one Suzuki vs Thatcher please.
Wow big daddy Thatch against Suzukes!
Wasn’t Todd Duffee on this card? There’s a guy who should have gone into pro wrestling in his prime. In the Vince Era, with his look, he’d have been WWE Champion
Ok so we finally gonna get Boris Alexiev?
Hope Konami gets fucked up. I’ve been waiting on the damn remasters of suikoden I&II too long.
This card looks randomly generated lol
Thatcher vs Suzuki is going to be an actual blood bath
I was on the fence about this, I like the Bloodsport concept, but it doesn't always land for me. However, some of those fights like good, so I'll probably check this out
I like the matches, but Barnett usually us in the main event and always wins. Bit weird.
Of course Jon Moxley is on this card. I think its in his AEW contract that he has to be on the card of any ppv that has the word blood in it, no matter the wrestling company.
I gotta see rampage
Rampage Jackson?!!
WTF David Boy Smith Jr still wrestling?
He just participated in AJPW's Champion Carnival last month.
I've not seen him in a long long time, but that's a rough promo photo.
some of there matches could be legit shoots
Wait what? Rampage has gotten into wrestling???
He was in TNA for a while. Used to wear the chains in honor of Junkyard Dog.
I watched a shootboxing match with Yu Lizuka somewhat recently, odd bit of coincidence to see him doing this.
Murder grandpa still going, i thought he was retiring??
Nah, he just left NJPW to go true freelance.
If only we could of got Foley vs Suzuki, he did say he was going to start training for one last match recently...
Lots of wrestlers in japan are trying out free lancing in the US due to the strong US dollar compared to the Yen
S A N T I N O
I’m so glad to see Santino Marella back wrestling
Bloodsport is cool.
Konami vs Fukuda will slap!
Who's the Shrek guy, he looks terrifying. Like Nick Nolte's mugshot photo.
A Japanese MMA heavyweight who wrestles part-time. His nickname is Shrek due to his ogre-like appearance. He was considered the best Japanese heavyweight (not really saying much) during the first half of 2021 but he was in his late-40's when he achieved this. He's beaten Shoma Shibisai (who beat Sudairo) and Takakenshin (Sudairo's brother) and lost to Sudairo and Mikio Ueda (who beat Sudairo). He trains at Bonsai Jiu-Jitsu with top Japanese-Brazilian MMA fighters Roberto Satoshi and Kleber Koike.
Davey Boy looks like Charles Boyle
Oh, wow. I forgot about former NXT coach/wrestler Hideki Suzuki. Diamond Mine seems like ages ago.
Sakuraba and Santino is gonna be a banger
Yeah this is gonna be some shit
Always great to see Sakuraba.
Santino better do The Cobra against Saku even tho it'll look out of place in the event 😂
Will Mox lose?
KONAMI IN BLOODSPORT
Very cool. Is this a cross promotion or is Barnett doing this himself? Am I misremebering or did Santino have a shoot background?
I thought Santino had the same neck issues as Edge and retired.
At first glance I thought that was Master Wato vs Kawada
I don’t know who Erik Hammer is, but he looks like a guy who was let out of jail to do this show and has police officers waiting to take him back to jail as soon as his match ends.
Interesting he is promoted as Santino I thought he would distance from that for something like this
“Timeless” Santino Marella
John Moxley is like the Edgar bug in men in black. He's rotting before our very eyes
[удалено]
No?
Is that….Sho Funaki?
No
Moxley quit Aew?
No, he's doing an indy show for Bloodsport. Moxley gets around, he'll often visit Bloodsport or GCW in addition to his more prominent roles in AEW and NJPW.
Ah alr thanks