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Countdown to Slammiversary

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jul 20, 2024 | PPV Reports 2024

TNA Wrestling makes its way to la belle province on Saturday night for Slammiversary. But who will...

PCO, Speedball happy to hype Slammiversary in Montreal

Posted by Jeremy Housewright | May 23, 2024 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

To hype Slammiversary on July 20th at the Verdun Auditorium, in Montreal, TNA held a Press Pass...

AEW Rampage: Danhausen goes Orange in Montreal, and Danielson and Garcia deliver a Classic

Posted by Tommy "Milagro" Martinez | Dec 8, 2023 | TV Reports

It’s Friday night and you know what that means? Yeah, I’m actually doing AEW Rampage, especially...

Minas Panagiotakis’ AEW Dynamite Montreal photo gallery

Posted by Minas Panagiotakis | Dec 7, 2023 | Photo Galleries

SlamWrestling.net photographer Minas Panagiotakis was at the first ever AEW Dynamite in La Belle...

Excerpt from ‘The Great and Inimitable June Byers’

Posted by John Cosper | Nov 21, 2023 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

EDITOR’S NOTE: SlamWrestling.net contributor John Cosper has a new book out. It’s called The...

Crowd report from Elimination Chamber: Montréal goes in-Zayn

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Feb 19, 2023 | Event Reports

MONTREAL – The moment when I recognized that the city of Montréal was truly all-in for...

Elimination Chamber heading to Montreal

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Oct 24, 2022 | News

The last stop Premium Live Event on the road to WrestleMania in Los Angeles will be in Montreal....

Crazy Manny & Green Phantom at heart of Montreal’s IWS

Posted by Domenic Marinelli | Aug 2, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The International Wrestling Syndicate out of Montreal, Quebec doesn’t need an introduction to...

Risen from the ashes, Meave O’Farrell back in action

Posted by Alexandra Robertson | Feb 14, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Sometimes, you have to step away from your passion only to later realize how much you love what...

Tabarnak De Team has been invited to the Private Party in Montreal

Posted by Alexandra Robertson | Nov 4, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Suited up in plaid cut-off shirts and sporting long beards, Mathieu St. Jacques and Thomas Dubois...

Live, Raw shake-up leaves plenty in wonder

Posted by Alexandra Robertson | Apr 16, 2019 | WWE House Shows

MONTREAL – The night started like any other Monday Night Raw, the crowd going wild in...

Zayn finds motivation in uneven year

Posted by Pat Laprade | Aug 5, 2017 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The last time Sami Zayn was in Montreal, he main-evented the Bell Centre against his most famous...

Zayn has his ‘WrestleMania Moment’ at Montreal house show — and Owens cries!

Posted by Pat Laprade | Mar 25, 2017 | WWE House Shows

MONTREAL – Friday night in Montreal, Sami Zayn has his “WrestleMania moment,” defeating...

Kevin Owens a hero to Montreal crowd

Posted by Pat Laprade | Sep 15, 2015 | WWE House Shows

MONTREAL – It was Kevin Owens’ homecoming last night in Montreal and the crowd reacted...

Early days helped build up Rikishi

Posted by Caleb Smith | Sep 17, 2014 | Interviews

The name Rikishi conjures up images of hapless wrestlers caught in a precarious position. Just...

It’s official: Kevin Steen bound for WWE

Posted by Pat Laprade | Aug 12, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

It’s now official. After months of rumours and speculations, former Ring of Honor World...

Bret Hart expects a great response at Raw in Montreal

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jul 7, 2014 | WWE House Shows

Bret “The Hitman” Hart went 15 years without any presence in Montreal for the WWE, but...

WWE in Montreal all about Cena

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 13, 2014 | WWE House Shows

MONTREAL – WWE’s matinee show on Sunday at the Bell Centre is not one people will...

WWE Montreal show a celebration of Sami Zayn

Posted by Pat Laprade | Sep 7, 2013 | WWE House Shows

MONTREAL – Friday night was a celebration of one of ours, the WWE debut of Montreal’s...

Mat Matters: ‘Llakor’ Michael Ryan was a friend to all Quebec wrestling

Posted by Pat Laprade | Apr 13, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion

Quebec wrestling was hit with sad news this morning of the passing of Michael Ryan, better known...

El Generico bound for NXT

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jan 30, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

For the first time since Pierre-Carl Ouellet in 1993, the World Wrestling Entertainment has signed...

Piper front and centre at TOW Stardom

Posted by Yves Leroux | Sep 23, 2012 | Other House Shows

MONTREAL — Friday night at the Pierre Charbonneau Center, Rowdy Roddy Piper made Montreal...

Missed flight leads to new ToW main event

Posted by Pat Laprade | May 7, 2012 | Other House Shows

MONTREAL — A ToW show is always full of surprises, good or bad. Sometimes, it’s an...

Montreal’s Alex Silva inks TNA deal

Posted by Pat Laprade | May 1, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

From great depths often come great heights. For Montreal’s Alex Silva, the death of his...

Montreal crowd loud and passionate for WWE

Posted by Pat Laprade | Mar 17, 2012 | WWE House Shows

MONTREAL — WWE champion CM Punk rightfully praised a hot crowd on Friday night: “With...

Inter Species Wrestling brings pandas, lobsters and more to i-PPV

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 26, 2012 | Interviews

The world of Internet pay-per-view may never be the same after Inter Species Wrestling enters the...

Already stacked Montreal CRW show gets a Million Dollar bonus

Posted by Pat Laprade | Oct 31, 2011 | House Show Reviews, Interviews, Other House Shows

MONTREAL – It’s not every day you can see a show with a Hall of Famer, a former WWE...

TNA makes an Impact with Montreal house show

Posted by Pat Laprade | Oct 8, 2011 | TNA Impact House Shows

MONTREAL – The Claude-Robillard Center, where TNA Impact Wrestling held its show Friday...

Final IWS show filled with blood, nostalgia and great wrestling

Posted by Yves Leroux | Oct 11, 2010 | Other House Shows

By PATRIC LAPRADE and YVES LEROUX Hardcore wrestling hit a peak in 1999. ECW got a national TV...

Benjamin, Helms, Grenier, Demolition cook up hot T.O.W. show

Posted by Yves Leroux | Sep 25, 2010 | Other House Shows

MONTREAL – T.O.W. seems to have found a winning recipe to attract today’s wrestling...

It’s Vachon week in Montreal

Posted by Yves Leroux | Nov 9, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

MONTREAL – It is rare that a pro wrestler commands so much love from his native land, but...

Montreal’s TOW show features many past WWE stars

Posted by Pat Laprade | Sep 27, 2009 | Other House Shows

MONTREAL – Friday night in Montreal, the TOW promotion managed to get the longest reigning...

Femmes Fatales debut hot in Montreal

Posted by Pat Laprade | Sep 9, 2009 | Other House Shows

MONTREAL — In a city known for beautiful women, Saturday’s NCW Femmes Fatales gala was...

Ouellet makes Nash tap out in grudge match

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jun 23, 2009 | House Show Reviews, Other House Shows

MONTREAL – In what was billed as the second biggest grudge match in the history of Quebec...

Ovila Asselin a rose by any other name

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 3, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

It’s the names that are intriguing, not the result. Consider this St. Louis bout from May...

El Generico defies the odds

Posted by Bob Kapur | Nov 7, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

When Ring of Honor makes its Montreal debut tonight, hometown hero El Generico has the chance to...

Terry Garvin: A career overshadowed

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 2, 2006 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

It’s unfortunate that Terry Garvin’s legacy as a pro wrestler has been clouded by...

Samoa Joe makes a big splash in Montreal

Posted by Yves Leroux | Jul 5, 2005 | Event Reports, House Show Reviews, ROH House Shows

MONTREAL – Ring of Honor champion Samoa Joe made his debut in Montreal Friday when he faced...

Steen believes in goals, not dreams

Posted by Yves Leroux | Mar 7, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Kevin Steen BORN: May 7, 1984 in Marieville, Québec HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT:...

Tony Lanza dead at 84

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 26, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

He was, quite simply, the greatest wrestling photographer the world had ever known. And now, with...

Ring of Honor invading Montreal

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 19, 2005 | Interviews, News

By YVES LEROUX & COREY DAVID LACROIX – SLAM! Wrestling MONTREAL – After surviving...

Gino Brito honoured at inaugural MWO show

Posted by Yves Leroux | Jan 16, 2005 | House Show Reviews, Other House Shows

MONTREAL — Friday evening, yet another new wrestling federation was born in Québec. Already...

IWS delivers ladders, tacks, tables

Posted by Yves Leroux | Sep 26, 2004 | Other House Shows

MONTREAL – With their fifth anniversary now entrenched well into recent memories, and the...

Onyx crowned champ in CWA re-birth

Posted by Yves Leroux | Mar 1, 2004 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Other House Shows

MONTREAL – Under new management, the Championship Wrestling Association presented their...

What If? asks Rocky Della Serra

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 19, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Gerry Della Serra BORN: October 6, 1958 in Montreal 5’11”, 232 pounds...

Remembering Grand Prix’s Jack Curran

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 12, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

The obituaries that have run on well-loved Montreal TV and radio personality Jack Curran over the...

Armand Rougeau considering comeback

Posted by Yves Leroux | Feb 28, 2002 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

After a 17-year absence from the ring, yet another Rougeau is considering a comeback. In 1986,...

Rougeau to run the Molson Centre

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 24, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

It looks like the pinnacle of Jacques Rougeau Jr.’s Lutte International 2000 will actually...

A fourth generation of Rougeau debuts

Posted by Yves Leroux | Jun 2, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Event Reports, House Show Reviews, Interviews, Other House Shows

Jacques Rougeau Jr’s Lutte International 2000 has never stopped believing in itself and with...

Yvon Robert Jr.: Following his father

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jan 15, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

REAL NAME: Yvon Robert Jr. BORN: Montreal, Quebec DIED: April 30, 2008 6′, 240 pounds AKA:...

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