{"id":110263,"date":"2022-02-19T06:10:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T11:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=110263"},"modified":"2022-02-19T06:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T11:10:36","slug":"minoru-suzuki-bloodsport-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/19\/minoru-suzuki-bloodsport-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Minoru Suzuki Set for Bloodsport 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josh Barnett\u2019s Bloodsport returns with its\u2019 eighth edition as a part of the Collective on March 31, 2022. The first announced participant is the event\u2019s original and mainstay, Minoru Suzuki.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Minoru Suzuki is Bloodsport Bound<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*BREAKING*<\/p>\n<p>MINORU SUZUKI returns to GCW for 5 big shows starting at The Collective in Dallas!<\/p>\n<p>3\/31: Dallas<br \/>Josh Barnett&#39;s Bloodsport<\/p>\n<p>4\/1: Dallas<br \/>Joey Janela&#39;s Spring Break 6<\/p>\n<p>4\/9: Los Angeles<br \/>4\/10: San Francisco<br \/>4\/23: Detroit<\/p>\n<p>Tickets and additional info coming soon! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCDKPjpvXr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gCDKPjpvXr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCWrestling_\/status\/1494374725698658305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suzuki has a 2 &#8211; 0 &#8211; 1 Bloodsport record, with his first victory coming at the very first event when it was held under the patronage of current WWE Superstar Riddle. Two of them fought in the main event with Suzuki winning by a Rear-Naked Choke. Pancrase veteran\u2019s presence on top of the card was felt in the first Bloodsport promoted under the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/01\/25\/minoru-suzuki-latest-name-announced-for-josh-barnetts-bloodsport\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">aforementioned Barnett<\/a>, where two MMA legends fought to a time limit draw. The third Suzuki outing in the Bloodsport ring happened last year when he submitted Chris Dickinson by a Single-leg Boston crab.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although his opponent is yet to be announced, Suzuki is scheduled to make additional appearances at GCW\u2019s events:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4\/1: Dallas, Joey Janela&#8217;s Spring Break 6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4\/9: Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4\/10: San Francisco<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4\/23: Detroit\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. GCW events air on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fite.tv\/watch\/gcw-believe-me\/2patp\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FITE<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Barnett\u2019s Bloodsport returns with its\u2019 eighth edition as a part of the Collective on March 31, 2022. The first announced participant is the event\u2019s original and mainstay, Minoru Suzuki. 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