Josh Barnett Weighs In On Getting WWE Talent On His Bloodsport Events

Josh Barnett has had a number of WWE stars on his GCW Bloodsport events, something he spoke about in a recent interview. Barnett was a guest on the Not Sam Wrestling show and he spoke about the particulars around getting WWE to agree to let him have their talent work his events and more. You can see the highlights below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

On booking WWE talent on his shows: “The thing that’s completely overlooked is that every athlete that is on their roster comes with a contract that has a certain value to it. That value is important, not only to the valuation of company at large, but that’s an investment that they’re paying into that person. Allowing that investment, and the costs with it to be on my show is no small feat.”

On making sure he books talent, WWE or not, properly: “If I put together a match and it doesn’t elevate the people within it, regardless of who won or lost? I failed. I’m there to help them to make sure the match goes a certain way…to be as prepared as possible.”

On managing to make those connections in WWE to eventually get talent on his shows: “I had Shayna Baszler. I’ve had a lot of athletes that were attached to me in WWE through the years… I just was always consistent about it…As things have changed, Nick and [Triple H] were just receptive to it.”