WWE has been working with other promotions recently, such as Bloodsport, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Marigold, and TNA Wrestling, with its stars working matches or making appearances for those promotions.
They’ve also brought several TNA stars to NXT, including Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace. This is a change from what WWE usually does, as they only let talent work on other promotions with which they have working relationships, such as Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling promotion.
Once again, a WWE star is set for a match in another company, and that’s Shayna Baszler, who previously worked on Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport X event on WrestleMania weekend. She was recently involved in a program with Lola Vice in an underground match at NXT Battleground.
Baszler put Vice over after being dropped with the spinning back fist before Vice rained down strikes, with the referee stopping the bout. Shayna held onto the referee’s leg after the bout to sell the KO.
As seen below, Baszler is slated to work the Bloodsport XI event on July 28th in Brooklyn, NY.
For her, the "debut" in Josh Barnett's Bloodsport was not that but in fact her stepping into the ring she was forged from – the crucible that has made her a champion in MMA and Pro Wrestling.
This July, she returns to her birthplace to once again reign in blood and glory.
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— 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 (@JoshLBarnett) June 26, 2024