Various: Big Bill on His Time in TNA & Process Leading to Joining AEW, Marina Shafir vs. Jody Threat Set for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII, MLW News

Nov 12, 2024

Big Bill Comments on His Time in TNA & Process Leading to Joining AEW

A recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast featured Big Bill as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Big Bill’s thoughts about having talks with WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque prior to him joining TNA Wrestling in 2021.

“I talked briefly to Finn when Impact offered me to go there. I was like, ‘WWE has done so much for me in terms of rehab and they’ve paid a lot of money. I don’t want to insult them.’ He said, ‘Just talk to Hunter. He’ll understand.’ Before I went to Impact, I texted Hunter and wanted to let them know, super appreciative. ‘I’m super appreciative. I’m not ready to come back to WWE. I want to go do this. Down the road, we’ll see.’ He was super cool about it. That’s exactly what he said, ‘Do what you have to do, down the road.’ That’s the only time I reached out to them at that point.”

Big Bill also gave his thoughts about the process that led to him leaving TNA and joining AEW in 2022.

“Per show. For a certain amount of time, I couldn’t do certain other promotions. That ran out. Then I was on a handshake deal. I had started hearing that maybe there was interest other places. I asked them for a contract, they were like, ‘Ah, we don’t want to pay that much.’ I totally understand that. That’s what I thought I could get elsewhere. I worked on a handshake deal with them, and then the opportunity came with AEW.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1 & 2

Marina Shafir vs. Jody Threat Announced for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII

Josh Barnett recently announced one new match for the card of Game Changer Wrestling’s Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII event, which takes place on November 24th in Jersey City, New Jersey.

This new match announced was a singles match of Marina Shafir vs. Jody Threat.

To women wrestlers set on a collision course…

Pain
Agony
Will
Blood
Violence
Glory

And that's exactly why they're meeting in the ring known as Bloodsport.@AEW's Marina Shafir vs @ThisIsTNA's Jody Threat at Josh Barnett's: Bloodsport XII

Get your tickets now!… pic.twitter.com/yNNhxT4KzB
— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 (@JoshLBarnett) November 12, 2024

Current card for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII:

MVP vs. Josh Barnett
Dominic Garrini vs. Kevin Ku
Masha Slamovich vs Lei Ying Lee
Charlie Dempsey vs. AKIRA
Josh Alexander vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
Marina Shafir vs. Jody Threat

MLW News & Notes

This past Sunday’s Lucha Apocalypto event for Major League Wrestling in Cicero, Illinois featured Matthew Justice defeating Bad Dude Tito Escondido in a Falls Count Anywhere match to become the new MLW National Openweight Champion.

MLW announced that CMLL talents Mistico and Barbaro Cavernario will be making an appearance for the company at their Kings of Colosseum 2025 event on January 11, 2025 at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas.

MLW also announced that their Slaughterhouse 2024 event will be airing on their official YouTube channel on November 23rd.

MLW also announced two new matches for the card of their One Shot 2024 event on December 5th in New York City, New York: