Various: Charlie Dempsey Set for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII, Anthem Sports Group President Carlos Silva Issues Statement on Tuesday’s Management Changes in Anthem & TNA, Indies/Misc.

Charlie Dempsey Announced for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII

Josh Barnett announced that WWE NXT talent Charlie Dempsey will be making an appearance for Game Changer Wrestling at their Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII event on April 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A modern wrestler who seems like a someone who has stepped out of the past with his Catch-as-Catch-can skills and approach.

Lighting suplexes, limb wrenching submissions, and the ability to scramble in and out of position like the best of them – Is it any wonder that he's making… pic.twitter.com/Ol6e0XUGz4

— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 (@JoshLBarnett) March 26, 2025

Dempsey joins Natalya, Pete Dunne, Karrion Kross, and Karmen Pretrovic as those from WWE currently announced to be competing at GCW’s upcoming event.

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Anthem Sports Group President Carlos Silva Issues Statement About Tuesday’s Management Changes in Anthem & TNA

As noted before, Anthem made another shakeup to the management teams for their company and TNA Wrestling. Eight executives were fired as part of a round of firings affecting both companies. Among those who departed TNA included TNA Talent Relations and Producing Gail Kim.

In an official statement to PWInsider’s Mike Johnson, Anthem Sports Group President Carlos Silva stated that the reason for Tuesday’s management shakeups was due to Anthem’s current restructuring plans for TNA.

“Today, we announced a restructuring, resulting in staffing changes at TNA Wrestling. These decisions are always difficult, but it became apparent that we needed to make adjustments to our business strategies. We are grateful for those who worked here and thank them for their years of dedication to the company. Finally, we want our fans to know that we are committed to producing the absolute best product and highest-quality content that we can, and we appreciate their continued support.”

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently released a new video featuring owner Scott D’Amore visiting the Maple Leaf Gardens, now known as the Mattamy Athletic Centre, ahead of their Northern Rising event on April 10th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

As noted before, a new documentary based on the Von Erich Family will be among the episodes for Investigation Discovery’s upcoming new Hollywood Demons documentary series. Besides Kevin Von Erich, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Chris Jericho was also interviewed for this upcoming documentary episode.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that CMLL talent Atlantis is the next official competitor for this year’s Battle Riot match at their Battle Riot VII event on April 5th in Long Beach, California.

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that former TNA talent Hammerstone will be making an appearance for the company at their Crazy Scary Spooky Hilarious event on May 3rd in Los Angeles, California.

WrestleCon recently announced that they are currently offering free admission for their WrestleCon Vegas convention event on April 20th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In a recent interview with WrestleZone, Matt Hardy gave his thoughts about The Hardys current work with Leon Slater in TNA Wrestling. Hardy stated “I do, and I think Jeff does as well, because Jeff has an even more vested interest in Leon. Jeff was Leon’s favorite wrestler growing up, right? His whole Swanton 450 that he does is kind of like an homage to Jeff. Leon is a great guy. He’s 20 years old. He’s crazy athletic, and he gets it. He gets the idea of how you need to be physical, and there needs to be aggression in what you’re doing for there to be a level of believability in it that you need. That’s something that Michael Hayes instilled in both of us. Yes, I do think Leon is someone that we would like to help and teach, and do all that we can to give him all of the later-in-wrestling lessons that we can to help him progress his movement. He’s a great guy on top all this.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Prestige Wrestling recently announced that Xia Brookside will be making an appearance for the company at their Nothing To Lose event on April 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Prestige Wrestling also recently announced one new match for the card of their Roseland XI event on April 12th in Portland, Oregon:

• AZM vs. Hyan