Josh Barnett Comments On WWE Talent Working Bloodsport Shows

MMA legend Josh Barnett appeared on the Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast to talk about a number of topics, including WWE talent working his Bloodsport shows and how he believes it makes them better wrestlers.

Barnett said, โ€œI would never define it as easy. I just think that through years of communicating with people in the WWE, with having not just Shayna [Baszler], even though she is one of my students, but a variety of wrestlers have either been trained by me, or while theyโ€™re in WWE were coming to get training from me, and developing relationships over time and showing myself to be someone that can be trusted with their talent. I think thatโ€™s just really what it comes down to. Thatโ€™s not something I take lightly. I know thereโ€™s no slight in saying โ€˜easy.โ€™ But perhaps itโ€™s because I do treat it so importantly that thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m allowed to use these athletes. I think that they see that what they get by being a part of Bloodsport makes them better. Even if theyโ€™re gonna go back to NXT or WWE or anywhere theyโ€™re gonna be, and maybe what they do resembles nothing like what they did in Bloodsport, and thatโ€™s okay, that doesnโ€™t matter. But I know that theyโ€™re a better wrestler for being in that ring, and I believe that the WWE thinks the same way.โ€

You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.

(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)