Zack Sabre Jr. match set for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XV
The card for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XV is now up to six confirmed bouts.
NJPW star Zack Sabre Jr. battling indie wrestler Ray Jaz is the latest matchup announced for the April 17 show in Las Vegas. Promoted by Barnett and Game Changer Wrestling, Bloodsport is taking place on the Friday of WrestleMania week and will air live on Triller TV+.
Barnett hyped up the Sabre vs. Jaz match:
- Two grapplers, who have forged their destinies on the mats, not above them. One a submission master, who can take anything you GIVE to them, and TAKE everything away from YOU. The other, a hard-nosed, east coast born and bred, collegiate wrestler with a mean streak, and the kind of viciousness you find more on the streets than on the mats. Only one will stand victorious, the other will be left picking up the pieces of their body. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Ray Jaz at Josh Barnett’s: Bloodsport XV.
Sabre is also scheduled for GCW’s Big Gay Brunch event in Vegas on April 18, where he will be taking on Effy.
In NJPW, Sabre and his TMDK partner Ryohei Oiwa are challenging OSKAR & Yuto-Ice for the IWGP Tag Team titles at Sakura Genesis on April 4.
The start time for Bloodsport will be 3 p.m. Pacific/6 p.m. Eastern. Here is the currently announced lineup:
Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XV (Friday, April 17) —
- Pete Dunne vs. Masashi Takeda
- Charlie Dempsey vs. Timothy Thatcher
- Ulka Sasaki vs. Joe Dashou
- Angel Verduzco vs. Matt Mako
- Royce Isaacs vs. Shane Mercer
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ray Jaz
- Also set to compete: Josh Barnett, Nattie, Yuji Nagata, Shayna Baszler, Erick Stevens, Fuminori Abe, Miyu Yamashita
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