Bloodsport & GCW Bloodsport
“We are not a gimmick. We’re just wrestlers. It’s a hard-hitting and competitive combat sport. If you want to see professional wrestling with all the glitz and gimmick stripped away from it, and see people trying to win and showing grit and guts, then tune in and watch. It’s not that we’re any less colorful, but this is stripping away all the superfluous of what people think professional wrestling is and returning to its roots.” – Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett (Barrasso, 2019)
– Bloodsport – www.joshbarnett.com
Like other things, Bloodsport inspired and influenced a unique pro wrestling MMA event known as GCW Bloodsport!
– (Left Image) Bloodsport – www.joshbarnett.com
GCW: Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 2 Trailer compared to the First Fights in Frank Dux’s Bloodsport
To quote Ray Jackson, “That’s why they call it Bloodsport.” (Arnold, 1988)
Source:
Arnold, N. (Director). (1988). Bloodsport [Film]. Cannon International.
Barrasso, J. (2019, September 13). Josh Barnett’s ‘Bloodsport’ Marries Pro Wrestling and MMA. SI. Retrieved April 5, 2023, from https://www.si.com/wrestling/2019/09/13/josh-barnett-gcw-bloodsport-atlantic-city