#gcw bloodsport

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[image ID: a loose oil sketch of three matches from Bloodsport 9.

at the top-right of the page, Marina Shafir and Killer Kelly. Kelly is standing and bent over forwards, with her hair falling over her face. Shafir clings to her back, her right arm on Kelly's neck and her left arm braced on the floor. Shafir's left leg surrounds Kelly's torso. the dark tones of Shafir's tights mix with the dark backdrop.

at middle-left, Kota Ibushi and "Speedball" Mike Bailey. Bailey lies with his back to the mat, his legs around Ibushi's waist. Ibushi kneels over Bailey, his left hand pushing down on their chest. Bailey's hands grab each of Ibushi's wrists.

at bottom-right, Jon Moxley and Alex Coughlin. Coughlin is on his back, in profile. his right arm is bent at the elbow. Moxley covers him, his head on Coughlin's chest, his right arm pulled back and bent at the elbow. Coughlin's face is not visible, instead covered by the dark backdrop.

in the sketch's top third, hebrew text in gold reads "רפלקציה על הקרבה" in square script. in the bottom third, english text in gold reads "shootstyle" in capital letters. /.End ID]

three studies, done while watching bloodsport.

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Masha Slamovich vs. Shayna Baszler (GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport X)

This is the Shayna we've been missing.

Beyond the flashing lights of the World Wrestling Federation lies a dim soul who wishes to get in the ring and fight. Her opponent is none other than Masha Slamovich, a wrestler whose resume speaks for itself. A wrestler whose style is influenced by two things: Violence and technique. Masha is the perfect opponent for this dim soul I'm talking about, as she can awaken to her rival's instincts and can undoubtedly give her the fight she's looking to have since god knows when. Said dim soul knows the mastermind behind it all, and in what presumably is a new era in the company she works for (and has sadly given her the middle finger with inconsistent booking) Shayna Baszler comes to Bloodsport with one idea in her mind: Prove to people she will still kick ass whenever she has the chance, and Triple H be damned if this monster of a wrestler didn't do that here.

Shayna's booking is not a secret to the people that know what she's capable of doing. One of the biggest sins in modern WWE (and there's a lot) is not giving such a credible competitor a booking worthy of her capabilities as a performer. Shayna's run in NXT was fantastic because Hunter understood what she needed to do. Wrestle.

Shayna's whole character was bringing violence to the table and bone-breaking action at its finest. We were talking about a wrestler who was experienced in MMA and had traveled the world before signing with WWE. There was no way to fuck it up. And when you put Shayna in front of another wrestler whose bookers simply don't get her (Dakota Kai) the dynamic was told since Day 1. Everything that I said here was not taken into consideration when Shayna debuted in the Main Roster and became...whatever the hell she is now.

The good thing is that WWE's version of Shayna is not in this match, and it shouldn't by any means because this match MEANS something for both competitors. This match was more about the fight than it was about WWE and GCW working together. Bloodsport is known as the hardest-hitting event in wrestling. Therefore, the competitors are meant to hit hard and use every tool in their arsenal to survive and be victorious. The ring has no ropes. It's just the mat. The mat that has the blood of many engrained into it. The mat that has sweat, tears, and passion engrained into it.

Shayna's home is the mat, and by facing Slamovich in this fantastic and severely underrated bout she proves to be an insane competitor still. She steps into Masha's territory, and while Slamovich has her number for the most part of the match, Shayna is willing to do so and embraces the fact she's getting to WRESTLE. Shayna still has that grit and violence in her, and this match awakens a long-forgotten side of Shayna that fans have been accustomed to forget/ignore because it's better to have her being a vampire or whatever the fuck. An underrated piece of work from the sickos' Wrestlemania.

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Match of the weekend for me is Eddie Kingston vs Mark Briscoe at Supercard of Honor.

MVP of the weekend is Billie Starkz for doing about 50 million shows this weekend.

Show of the weekend might honestly be the Stardom American Dream show, even if Supercard of Honor was the better show the Stardom show felt very nice and happy that these gals were able to really hit a homerun on a very rare american soil and prove how good they are.

Overall a really great weekend, Marina Shafir was absolutely fantastic in her bloodsport matches, Takuya Nomura vs Fuminori Abe was fun as fuck, we got alot of good fucking wrestling over the weekend and im happy that alot of indie wrestlers got to do a shit ton of stuff, especially the women this year, felt like the women stole the weekend on the indies.

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Happy Kota Ibushi day to all who are celebrating

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They're talking about Bloodsport...

On live television

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folded in half and spread wide what can't this man do

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me??? crying watching kota ibushi??? you’re absolutely right!!!!

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Julius Creed vs. Matt Makowski, GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XI, July 28, 2024

The beauty of the Bloodsport format is that a lot of intensity can be packed into a short amount of time and that we can see different sides of familiar wrestlers or meet new ones. In this case, I got a chance to see Julius Creed in person for the first time, and here is a running tally of my impressions during the five minutes of this match:

“Oh wow, that’s a big guy.”

“Wow, he was fast on that double leg takedown.”

“Oh yeah, he does not look happy to be here.”

“Huh, Makowski is hanging in there with Creed, but trying to lift him up and throw him is an act of outright hubris.”

“Oh damn, that was a nice double underhook overhead suplex from Creed.”

“Huh, that slap really seemed to just piss Creed off.”

“Makowski got a nice little burst of offense there.”

“OH JESUS CHRIST, CREED KILLED HIM.”

Weeks later, that last diving lariat to a sitting Makowski is the singular memory from Bloodsport XI that outshines everything else. You need the other four minutes to see Creed’s blood start to boil over to lead up to that lariat.

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Zilla’s Fatu Discord is wilddd 🤣

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NEW VIDEO JUST DROPPED!!

It's just a short little surface level OP-ED Yap Session type deal about WWE's Post-Vince McM*hon Era!

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Fuminori Abe vs. Takuya Nomura (GCW Josh Barnett's Bloodsport X)

They're Astronauts because they're levels above everyone.

I watched Bloodsport because of this match. I watched a GCW show for god knows how long because of this match. And I had the privilege of showing my friends what were they missing. I can say that this match made Bloodsport one of my favorite shows last weekend and the fun part is that for their standard this is just a mere, mere piece of what they can do. Astronauts rule, and I hope more people realize what true brotherhood in wrestling looks like.

It's simple. If you're willing to do love in pro wrestling, your standard starts and ends with the Golden Lovers. If you're willing to do BROTHERHOOD in pro wrestling, your standard starts and ends with Astronauts, because by fighting and bleeding together, such a bond gets stronger by the minute. I don't need exaggerated acting for a bond of brothers, because brothers fight, brothers hate each other sometimes, but they always end up standing tall, and together.

For the most part, my friends were screaming with every kick and saying "But you told us they were partners!" and I maniacally laughed while watching Abe knee the fuck out of poor Nomura with such ease and grace, uncommon to a GCW event. Because of course, this match is even better considering they're doing this in a company that represents everything wrong with modern wrestling. They're so insanely good their body of work doesn't suffer from downgrades or the time given to fight and make sure the crowd does not forget who they are. I remember reading Abe's blog hours before this match, and he said this match was like bringing Bati-Bati to the US. I'm sorry, but for me, a girl who has seen enough Astronauts matches to realize what they were about the second they stepped into Bloodsport's mat, this was my Main Event.

And of course, this match deserves every bit of hype surrounding it because, as I said, this match is done in GCW. GCW is taking credit from this match but they don't do anything to deserve it. Watch it.