Various: Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone III Set for TNA Rebellion 2024, Nick Khan & Others from WWE Attends GCW Bloodport X, Dark Side of the Ring Ratings, Indies

Apr 5, 2024

Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone III Announced for TNA Rebellion 2024

TNA Wrestling announced one new match for the card of their Rebellion 2024 event, which takes place on April 20th at the Palms Casino Resort in Paradise, Nevada.

This new match announced was a singles match of Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone.

BREAKING: @Walking_Weapon will face off with @alexhammerstone on April 20 at #Rebellion LIVE on PPV and the TNA+ World Champion tier from the Palms in Las Vegas!

Get tickets and be there LIVE: https://t.co/LoHD9Rg8B1

Get TNA+: https://t.co/SjpCtpS013 pic.twitter.com/55axPRIFLW
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) April 5, 2024

Current card for TNA Rebellion 2024:

TNA World Championship – Nic Nemeth vs. Moose (c)
TNA Knockouts World Championship – Steph De Lander vs. Jordynne Grace (c)
TNA X-Division Championship – Jake Something vs. Mustafa Ali (c)
TNA World Tag Team Championship – Speedball Mountain (“Speedball” Mike Bailey & Trent Seven) vs. The System (Eddie Edwards & Brian Myers) (c)
Full Metal Mayhem match – Eric Young vs. Frankie Kazarian
Josh Alexander vs. Hammerstone

Nick Khan, Charlie Dempsey, & More WWE Talents Attend GCW’s Bloodsport X Event

Game Changer Wrestling owner Bret Lauderdale revealed on Twitter that WWE President Nick Khan was in attendance backstage at Thursday’s Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport X event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bloodsport was a spectacle!

Thanks to everyone involved for making it happen.

Only in GCW!#JBBSX pic.twitter.com/Q33WQQAb1P
— brett lauderdale (@Lauderdale11) April 4, 2024

Besides Khan, WWE talents CM Punk, Nia Jax, Karrion Kross, Natalya, and Braun Strowman were also in attendance at the event.

Braun Strowman and Nia Jax are also at Bloodsport!#Bloodsport #GCW #JBBSX pic.twitter.com/sIZndAbNTZ
— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) April 4, 2024

In regards to WWE talent who competed at the event, Charlie Dempsey made a surprise appearance and competed in a match against Matt Makowski. Besides Dempsey, Shayna Baszler had been previously advertised and also competed at the event.

Charlie Dempsey is wrestling at Bloodsport!!!!pic.twitter.com/87amcxZ4II
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) April 4, 2024

Dark Side of the Ring Ratings – April 2, 2024

Tuesday’s episode of Dark Side of the Ring drew 149,000 viewers on VICE TV, down from last week’s 150,000 viewers.

It drew a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demographic, down from last week’s 0.05 rating.

This episode focused on Harley Race.

Source: Spoiler TV

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

AEW recently released a new AEW Timelines video focusing on Athena’s current longest ever ROH Women’s World Championship reign in ROH history.

Thursday’s Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow 2024 event for WrestleCon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featured ECW legend The Sandman making a surprise appearance. Near the end of the match between Paul Walter Hauser and Sami Callihan at the event, The Sandman made a surprise appearance and helped Hauser defeat Callihan.

Thursday’s Impact! show for TNA Wrestling featured Jonathan Gresham making his return to TNA. During the show, a video segment aired featuring Gresham being in a group therapy session and stated that he is done with the lies and if one wants to be honest, you have to live a lie. This was Gresham’s first appearance for TNA since this past November under their prior name of Impact.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Virus and Averno will be making an appearance for the company at their Azteca Lucha event on May 11th in Chicago, Illinois.

Dean “Mojo” Mutadi, former Mojo Rawley in WWE, announced on Twitter that his Paragon Talent Group recently purchased a co-ownership stake in Black Label Pro Wrestling.

Pro Wrestling Revolver recently announced that Jon Moxley will be making an appearance for the company at their Another Friday event on May 17th in Dayton, Ohio.

As noted before, Stardom founder and head booker Rossy Ogawa was fired by Bushiroad this past February over allegations that he was he was poaching Stardom talent and staff for a new Joshi promotion. In a recent interview with Tokyo Sports, Ogawa stated that he recently held a meeting for his upcoming new promotion and an official announcement could be made during this month. Ogawa stated “I could feel the passion of each wrestler, and we had a fruitful discussion. I am confident that this will be a success. We received a lot of opinions from the wrestlers, and we want to manage them well. I think I’ll be able to make an announcement sometime this month.” (English translation via PostWrestling.com)

In a recent interview with The Rachel Hollis Podcast, Ronda Rousey gave her thoughts about being interested in working in the indies for the future of her career if she ever decides to return to wrestling. Rousey stated “Honestly, I don’t like performing in big stadiums. Non-televised house shows are my favorite. If I were to continue wrestling, I’d probably do some indie stuff in town. That’s the stuff I enjoy. I love it when it’s small enough and you can interact with the crowd. Those are things I enjoy. I don’t feel like I have to be on TV and in a stadium to have a good time. If anything, it puts a lot of undo pressure on it. I just want to go out and have fun. That’s kind of what got lost I think because it snowballed into being about the women’s division and trying to elevate everybody. I had to check myself when it got to the point of, ‘Okay, this company isn’t going to work with me to create something great and I’m just an action figure on their board.’ I just want to be here and have fun with my friends. That’s what it’s about. I think the women there now are amazing and they got this and I believe they are going to continue without me. I get the most fulfillment doing small shows and what I’m doing is not dissected by a million people.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

House of Glory recently announced one new match for the card of their Cinco De Mayo event on May 5th in Jamaica, New York:

Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Rey Fenix