Various: Alex Hammerstone on Feeling TNA Stopped Caring About Him for His TNA Departure Decision, Josh Barnett vs. Gabe Kidd Set for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII, Current Card for 4/10 ROH TV Show, Indies/Misc.

Apr 10, 2025

Alex Hammerstone Comments on His TNA Departure Being “I Felt Like The Company Stopped Caring About Me”

As noted before, Alex Hammerstone’s contract with TNA Wrestling expired this past February and made his surprise return to Major League Wrestling at this past Saturday’s Battle Riot VII event.

Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown on SI held a recent interview with Hammerstone. One of the topics discussed included Hammerstone’s thoughts about his departure from TNA and his belief that the company had stopped caring about him for his decision to leave the company.

“At a certain point, perception is reality. So I’m sitting there and from my perception, I felt like the company stopped caring about me and maybe I needed to do something in a different way. Maybe they were looking for something that I wasn’t giving them. But also that was never a conversation that was had. I’d be very happy to be sat down and told, ‘hey, creatively, this is what we want to do. So we need to see more of this out of you.’ And I never got that. It was just like, hey, where are we going creatively? And a lot of times it’s like, well, you know what you’re doing with this guy. You know what you’re doing this that guy, so why don’t you know what you’re doing with me?”

Josh Barnett vs. Gabe Kidd Announced for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII

Josh Barnett recently announced one new match for the card of Game Changer Wrestling’s Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII event, which takes place on April 17th at the Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

This new match was a singles match of Josh Barnett vs. Gabe Kidd.

A relationship that spans years.

One that saw a master impart his knowledge to a young and hungry wolf. A pup now grown into a ravenous, mad dog.

Will the teacher have to put a bullet into this rabid predator or will the student bite that hand that feeds completely off?

Gabe… pic.twitter.com/QabfDAVF2O
— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 (@JoshLBarnett) April 9, 2025

Current card for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII:

Natalya vs. Miyu Yamashita
Pete Dunne vs. Timothy Thatcher
Leyla Hirsch vs. Jordan Blade
Charlie Dempsey vs. Shinya Aoki
Karmen Petrovic vs. Maika
Karrion Kross vs. JR Kratos
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jonathan Gresham
Shayna Baszler vs. Konami
Royce Issacs vs. Tavion Heights
Josh Barnett vs. Gabe Kidd

Current Card for Thursday’s ROH TV Show

Ring of Honor recently announced the current card for tonight’s ROH TV show on HonorClub.

Current card for April 10th ROH TV show:

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs (Ross & Marshall Von Erich) vs. mystery opponents
MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) vs. mystery opponents
Preston Vance vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Marina Shafir vs. mystery opponent

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

In a recent episode of CMLL Informa, CMLL announced that this year’s CMLL x NJPW Fantasticamania Mexico event will be taking place on June 20th at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. It was also announced that the main event of this upcoming show will be a match between Los Ingobernables de Japón and United Empire.

TNA Wrestling recently announced that their Unbreakable 2025 event on April 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada will feature a ceremony to honor the UNLV Rebels hockey team for them winning the 2025 ACHA D1 National Championship.

Pro Wrestling Revolver recently announced that they will be holding a new event called Let Us Cook on May 17th in Dayton, Ohio.

As noted before, former MMA fighter and WWE wrestler Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison with time served following his conviction of the charges against him over an attempted murder shooting incident in February of 2022 in San Jose, California. Post Wrestling’s Jack Wannan reported that Velasquez is currently eligable for paraole in March of 2026 based on recent California Incarcerated Records and Information Search (CIRIS) records.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced that NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Thom Latimer and Stu Grayson are the next official competitors for the 20-Man Gauntlet match at their Northern Rising event on May 10th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

DDT Pro Wrestling recently announced that Konosuke Takeshita will be making an appearance for the company at their Dramatic Dreams 2025 event on May 17th in Osaka, Japan.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling recently announced they will be holding three events this July in Texas. It was announced they will be holding two events called TJPW Live in Houston on July 10-11 in Houston and an event called TJPW Live in Dallas on July 13th in Dallas, Texas.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 recently announced that Calvin Tankman and Kidd Bandit will be making their official debut appearances for the company at their May 3rd event in Shinkiba, Japan.

Steph De Lander announced on Twitter that she recently got engaged to Mance Warner. De Lander stated ““Love is like the open sea…” here’s to forever with you ♥️🌊🌈☀️🌴” and posted a photo of her wearing an engagement ring. Warner responded stating “My wife.“

United Kingdom indie wrestler Lou Nixon announced on Twitter that his booking with Game Changer Wrestling for their Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII event on April 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada was recently pulled due to him being informed too many matches had been booked for the show. Nixon stated “Well just been told the worst news imaginable for me, despite being told l’d be apart of the show months ago, I have lost my spot on Bloodsport next week in Vegas due to too many matches being booked. I understand it’s business and I can’t be angry at that but Bloodsport just like last year was the whole reason I was going to Maina Week this year and to be a regular part of that show is probably my biggest goal in wrestling Now that has been taken away from me I don’t know where that leaves me for Vegas next week, or in pro wrestling as a whole for that matter. I can physically get over the time and money I will lose that l’ve put into this but emotionally I feel like my heart has been ripped out and I really dunno what’s next now…”