Matt Mako (Matt Makowski) has become a staple of Bloodsport events, competing against WWE superstars Julius Creed and Charlie Dempsey.
Mako is a former MMA fighter who went 6-2 in his MMA career, including victories in Bellator and EliteXC.
Despite his showing at past Bloodsport events, Mako is not scheduled to compete at Bloodsport XIII.
"I have a good relationship with Josh. I feel I have a good relationship with Brett Lauderdale. I'm gonna be honest, I feel like the show is better with me on it, 100%. However, I'm trying to be realistic, I maybe don't sell tickets right now, to a degree. This show in particular doesn't really have an indie guy on it. It's all STARDOM and WWE. I'm not a marquee name, necessarily to casuals. That's me being a little bit self-critical. I'm trying to build my name and become a draw and be a guy that people want to pay tickets to see. In some cases, I am, but compared to everyone on that show, they all have a bigger following than me and it's WWE people or STARDOM. I don't quite have the name power yet. I'm working on it and I want to get there. I wanted to work my way up the Bloodsport card since I started in 2019. I feel I'm hitting this wall, a little bit, but a lot of things happen. Some stuff happens the last second. Like Charlie Dempsey happened at the last second. I was supposed to wrestle AKIRA that day and it got switched last second, so that fell into my lap. That might be the first time an indie person wrestled a WWE person outside of WWE. I'm going to keep that. Then Creed, that was an experience. In my opinion, I should be on every show. I don't know why I'm not," Mako told Jeremy Lambert & Stephen Jensen on The Spotlight.
When it was joked that he should call out John Cena for the event, Mako said, "Put Phil [CM Punk] in there. Just, give me Phil. Let's do it. Give me big Phil and let's do this. I'm just going to ruin my career and completely shoot on him and go out like that. That would be epic. [Laughs]. If he sees this he's going to be so pissed. 'Who is this nobody threatening me?' I just want to wrestle."
Punk competed in two UFC bouts during his career, losing both in the cage, but his decision loss to Mike Jackson was overturned to a no contest when Jackson failed a drug test for marijuana.
Fans can check out the current lineup for Bloodsport XIII by clicking here.
Check out the full interview with Mako in the video above.
