# Barnett Replies "You and Me Both" to GCW's Bloodsport Reborn Label: CONFIRMED Promotion: Indie By WrestlingNews.com Staff Published Nov. 10, 2026, 1:25 PM ET URL: https://wrestlingnews.com/story/barnett-replies-you-and-me-both-to-gcw-bloodsport-reborn/ > Josh Barnett replied "You and me both" on Tuesday, Nov. 10, to a fan who said they were not consulted on GCW's Bloodsport Reborn teaser. Outlets read it as Barnett saying GCW did not consult him. GCW has not given a date or details. ## The quick version - Barnett replied "You and me both" to a fan on X who wrote, "I wasn't consulted about this," under GCW's "Bloodsport Reborn" graphic. - Fightful, F4W Online, eWrestlingNews and Wrestling Inc all read the reply as Barnett saying he was not consulted. He has not said more. - GCW has named no date, venue or talent. Its graphic does not mention Barnett. Josh Barnett, who ran Bloodsport from 2019 until April, replied on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, to a fan on X who joked that they were not consulted on GCW's new "Bloodsport Reborn" teaser. Barnett wrote, "You and me both." Fightful, F4W Online, eWrestlingNews and Wrestling Inc all reported it. Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) posted the teaser on Monday night. ## What was posted GCW's graphic reads "the legacy continues," then "Bloodsport REBORN," then "coming soon." It names no one. A fan wrote under it, "I wasn't consulted about this." Barnett answered that fan. eWrestlingNews says the fan was joking. Barnett has not added anything or said what he would have wanted to be asked. ## Why it matters Barnett told Ariel Helwani on Monday that Bloodsport was "not running at the moment" and that he was looking for investors. See [our story on that interview](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/josh-barnett-says-bloodsport-is-shopping-for-investors/). F4W Online says GCW's teaser came shortly after that interview and that the revival "looks to have come as a surprise to Josh Barnett." That is F4W's reading, not Barnett's statement. ## The background Fightful says Bloodsport began as a GCW concept in 2018 with Matt Riddle, and that all events carried GCW branding. Barnett took over in 2019. In April he said the series was stopping "for the foreseeable future," per Fightful. On April 21, GCW promoter Brett Lauderdale wrote on X that "Josh's version of Bloodsport may have come to an end but the legacy lives on," and asked, "Who or what is next for Bloodsport?" Wrestling Inc reads that as a hint the brand would return with someone else in charge. ## What we do not know GCW has not commented on Barnett's reply that we could find. We do not know if Barnett has a legal claim to the name, who GCW has in mind, or when the show will happen. A reply to a fan is not a statement about rights or plans. **How we know.** Source: Barnett's reply on X, as embedded and read by Fightful, F4W Online (Joseph Currier), eWrestlingNews (Thomas Lowson) and Wrestling Inc (Eric Mutter). We read all four stories and the posts from Barnett and Lauderdale. We did not open GCW's own post. We did not contact Barnett or GCW. Nothing in this story is a rumor. ## Sources - Josh Barnett (@JoshLBarnett) on X, "You and me both", Nov. 10, 2026. https://x.com/JoshLBarnett/status/2120146462164373607 - Fightful (Jeremy Lambert), "Josh Barnett Says He Wasn't Consulted On Bloodsport Reborn", Nov. 10, 2026, 9:53 AM (the reply, the GCW history). https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/josh-barnett-says-he-wasnt-consulted-on-bloodsport-reborn/ - F4W Online (Joseph Currier), "Josh Barnett responds to GCW's Bloodsport revival announcement", Nov. 10, 2026. https://www.f4wonline.com/news/indies/josh-barnett-responds-to-gcws-bloodsport-revival-announcement/ - eWrestlingNews (Thomas Lowson), "Josh Barnett Wasn't Consulted On GCW's Bloodsport Reborn", Nov. 10, 2026. https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/indie/josh-barnett-wasnt-consulted-on-gcws-bloodsport-reborn - Wrestling Inc (Eric Mutter), "GCW Teases Return Of Former Josh Barnett Promoted Event Bloodsport", Nov. 10, 2026, 11:15 AM EST. https://www.wrestlinginc.com/2312130/gcw-return-josh-barnett-bloodsport-reborn/ - Brett Lauderdale (@Lauderdale11) on X, Apr. 21, 2026. https://x.com/Lauderdale11/status/2046397907545346483 - Game Changer Wrestling (@GCWrestling_) on X, "Bloodsport Reborn, coming soon", Nov. 9, 2026, as embedded by Wrestling Inc. https://x.com/GCWrestling_/status/2119971545040753103 - WrestlingNews.com, "Barnett Says Bloodsport Is Shopping for Investors", Nov. 10, 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/josh-barnett-says-bloodsport-is-shopping-for-investors/ - WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read four outlets' stories and the Barnett and Lauderdale posts, and checked them against our earlier Barnett story. We did not open GCW's post or contact either side. How we credit sources: [Editorial standards](https://wrestlingnews.com/editorial-standards/).