Various: Karmen Petrovic vs. Maika Set for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII, Rumor Killer on Gail Kim & Ariel Shnerer Issuing Ultimatum to TNA President Carlos Silva Prior to Firings, Indies/Misc.

Apr 1, 2025

Karmen Petrovic vs. Maika 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 announced was a singles match of Karmen Petrovic vs. Maika.

Karate vs Judo!

Karmen had an electric debut at Bloodsport XII in Jersey City with her lightning like kick KO.

Maika is looking to use her Judo skills to hit her opponents with the earth, and take their arm home as a souvenir.

Will Karate striking overcome the grappling and… pic.twitter.com/9eUsGQFBsE
— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 (@JoshLBarnett) March 31, 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

Rumor Killer on Gail Kim & Ariel Shnerer Issuing Ultimatum to TNA President Carlos Silva Prior to Firings

As noted before, eight executives were fired from TNA Wrestling and their parent company Anthem last week. Among those fired included TNA Talent Relations and Producing Gail Kim and TNA Executive Producer and head of creative Ariel Shnerer. Prior to his firing, Shnerer had been involved in a backstage incident at a recent WWE NXT show regarding talent not wanting him to be in the locker room that resulted in WWE SVP of NXT and Talent Relations Shawn Michaels getting involved.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that his sources denied recent rumors of Kim and Shnerer had issued an ultimatum to TNA President Carlos Silva prior to their firings. Those spoken to reportedly stated that no such situation had occurred.

This rumor originated from a recent report from BodySlam.net and Negative BQ podcast that claimed that Kim and Shnerer did not like each other backstage and the continued backstage turmoil led to both of them giving Silva an ultimatum demanding that he pick a side. This report claimed that Silva did not pick a side and decided to fire both instead.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Pandemonium Wrestling announced that they have pulled Shelton Benjamin from their The House Always Wins event on April 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada due to issues beyond their control. It was also announced that they are currently seeking a replacement for Benjamin’s scheduled match against Kevin Blackwood at the event.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that his sources within TNA Wrestling stated that subscriptions for the company’s TNA+ streaming service has doubled over the past year. Those spoken to reportedly largely attributed the increase to the recent departure of several key marketing figures in the company.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp also reported in a recent Q&A article that WWE NXT talent Jacy Jayne left a strong impression on TNA officials during her appearance at TNA’s recent Impact! tapings.

Major League Wrestling announced that tickets for their upcoming Battle Riot VII event at the new venue of Thunder Studios Arena in Long Beach, California recently reached sell out status.

Former ROH and TNA talent Jonathan Gresham recently announced on Twitter that he will be launching a new wrestling school called Octopus University this May in Conyers, Georgia.

West Coast Pro Wrestling recently announced that “Legit” Leyla Hirsch will be making her official debut appearance for the company at their co-promoted UNIT3D event with Deadlock Pro Wrestling and Prestige Wrestling on June 1st in Los Angeles, California.

Netflix announced that they will be presenting this year’s WaleMania X event on April 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was not stated if this event will actually be airing live or as a VOD or if Netflix is only just a sponsor.

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced that Trent Seven is the next official competitor for this year’s Super Strong Style 16 tournament on May 4-5 in London, England.

This past Sunday’s PROGRESS’ Chapter 178: Fix Your Heart event in London, England featured The Sunshine Machine (Chuck Mambo & TK Cooper) defeating Smokin’ Aces (Charlie Sterling & Nick Riley) to become the new PROGRESS Tag Team Champions.

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Philly Special event on April 6th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

Zayda Steel vs. Ashley Vox

WrestleCon recently announced one new match for the card of their Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show 2025 event on April 17th at the Pearl Theater At Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada:

Six-Man Tag Team match – TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Bad Dude Tito, & Shane Haste) vs. Hechicero, Flip Gordon, & Michael Oku