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Card Exam: Ontario Dominion Day shows

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 2024 | Canadian Hall of Fame

It wasn’t always Canada Day, of course. Up until October 1982, Canada Day was called...

Mat Matters: For the longest time Big Mac (1941-2024) was Ontario wrestling

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 16, 2024 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion

I was at a wrestling show on Sunday in Toronto that I could walk to from my home. At the Destiny...

The brief, hyper-local career of Helen Peebles

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 9, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Hyper-local is one of those phrases that are thrown around today, referring to the idea that, in...

Big-muscled and big-hearted Ontario wrestler Rob Rage passes away

Posted by Bob Kapur | Nov 5, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

Tragedy struck the Ontario independent wrestling scene on Saturday night, with the passing of Rob...

Card Exam: ‘Legalized murder’ debuts in Owen Sound, one dead

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 7, 2023 | Results

The news on September 15 that Metroland was shutting down its weekly newspapers in Ontario...

Mat Matters: Humbled by history

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 13, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Results

Historians can be a smug bunch. It doesn’t really matter the subject, but if someone has...

Ron Doner, dead at 87, was a community man

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 19, 2023 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

You won’t find results for Ron Doner much beyond southern Ontario and neighboring states....

AEW’s Dynamite debut in the north: A night of scissoring, patriotism, and overall good fun

Posted by Amos Mina | Oct 13, 2022 | AEW House Shows, Event Reports, Events

TORONTO — Since its debut in 2019, All Elite Wrestling has only run live events across the United...

Friends, family supported Brandon Jacobs’ wrestling dreams

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jan 12, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

As a child growing up in Kitchener, Ontario, Brandon Jacobs watched wrestling on TV, dreaming of...

Ontario’s ‘Hacker’ Scotty O’Shea has emergency brain surgery

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

Many Ontario wrestling fans woke up on Thanksgiving Sunday to the news that Curtis Sturrock, who...

Ontario veteran Bob Biladeau dies of COVID

Posted by Greg Oliver | May 29, 2021 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

Every wrestling journey begins somewhere, and for Bob Biladeau, who died Friday at the age of 64,...

Behind the Gimmick Table: Ruddick finds a healthier addiction in collecting

Posted by Rasslin Merch Machine | Feb 7, 2021 | Not Another Collectible!

Al Ruddick of Brantford, Ontario, is a fixture on the Ontario independent wrestling scene, called...

For Scott Hunter, commentary adds narrative to wrestlers’ stories

Posted by Kari Williams | Aug 17, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Scott Hunter has called nearly 1,000 matches in his career. But when he first stepped into the...

RIP Shaunymo – a tribute to a fallen brother

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 27, 2020 | Obituaries, Opinion

On June 23, Shaun “Shaunymo” Morris, a deathmatch wrestler from St. Catharines, Ontario,...

Carter Mason is living his childhood dream with Catalyst Wrestling

Posted by Alex Podgorski | Jun 22, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Few wrestlers are as proud and passionate about their careers as Carter Mason. He has wrestled all...

Jim Hutchison: From headlocks to chainsaw-carving

Posted by Mark Chetcuti | Mar 15, 2020 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, The Artistic Canvas

James Hutchinson is a chainsaw-carving, horse-training, country-living grizzled veteran. Though...

Strong mother: Leah Vaughan proves there is wrestling life after being a mom

Posted by Dorathy Gass | Nov 18, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Mom, wife, and recreational therapist at a local senior’s home by day; lean, mean wrestling...

Conscience clear: Psycho Mike debuts in Japan

Posted by Kari Williams | Jun 21, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Psycho Mike Rollins’ conscience has been making its presence felt during Rollins’...

Shockmaster debuts at Chinlock Wrestling legends convention

Posted by Kari Williams | Jun 13, 2019 | Interviews

The day Fred Ottman donned a Stormtrooper mask adorned in purple glitter, crashed through a wall...

Willie Mack’s career all about ‘opportunity’

Posted by Kari Williams | Jun 11, 2019 | Interviews

Nearly a decade into his career, Willie Mack earned a tryout with WWE’s NXT brand. He spent...

Size meant nothing: The Life of Otto Bahn

Posted by JEFF GOODRIDGE | Jan 31, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

To Ontario’s independent wrestling fans, he was Otto Bahn, the short-statured but loud and...

Wrestling reunites Vickie Guerrero with her ‘second family’

Posted by Kari Williams | Nov 29, 2018 | Interviews

With a background in theater and as a dancer for the El Paso Diablos, Vickie Guerrero was as...

Mat Matters: Reunited, and it feels so good

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 10, 2018 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

I’ve lost track of how many reunion of old wrestlers that I have been to, between the...

1957: The year the Ontario government questioned pro wrestling’s validity

Posted by Andrew Calvert | Mar 19, 2018 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Interviews

The world of pro wrestling has always had a history of conflict with the various sports...

Guest column: Smash Wrestling’s growth has been a wild ride

Posted by TARIK | Aug 9, 2017 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

By TARIK – For SlamWrestling.net The growth of Smash Wrestling as a company has been unreal....

Justin Sane smartly keeps a day job

Posted by Caleb Smith | Sep 21, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Wrestlers, like actors, portray two faces. There is the face or character who is in the ring and...

Guest column: Smash vs Progress brings UK’s best to Toronto

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 16, 2016 | Opinion

By TYSON DUX and SCOTT HUNTER – For SLAM! Wrestling Who says that there’s nothing new...

Trish Stratus first woman to receive CAC’s Iron Mike Award

Posted by Kari Williams | Apr 5, 2016 | CAC, Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus has been on the cusp of movements her entire career — from...

Guest column: Josh Alexander – ‘Why I am walking away from wrestling’

Posted by Guest Column | Jun 16, 2015 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

By JOSH ALEXANDER – For SLAM! Wrestling For the better part of 10 years, I’ve been...

Deathproof provides a twisted family reunion

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jun 12, 2015 | House Show Reviews, Other House Shows

To the fans and the roster of Deathproof Wrestling, the company doesn’t put on shows as much...

Jesse Scott has survived wrestling’s ups and downs

Posted by Caleb Smith | Nov 5, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

You may not have heard of him, but he has influenced the careers of many wrestlers as a trainer,...

Why Tyson Dux is the Godfather of Ontario wrestling

Posted by Caleb Smith | Sep 11, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Tyson Dux is the Godfather of the Ontario independent wrestling scene. He is revered by his peers,...

Guest column: Ashley Sixx, my personal fight against cancer

Posted by Guest Column | Mar 1, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

By ASHLEY SIXX – For SLAM! Wrestling When I was given the opportunity to write a guest...

Josh Alexander closing in on the next level

Posted by Matthew Byer | Sep 19, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

There comes a time when you can sense that a young wrestler on the independent scene is starting...

Eddie Osbourne’s journey home to B.C.

Posted by Matthew Byer | May 15, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

For Ontario wrestling fans, the name Eddie Osbourne immediately brings to mind the image of...

World of Warcraft + wrestling = Scotty O’Shea

Posted by ANTHONY SICILIA | Jul 12, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

At first glance Curtis Sturrock doesn’t resemble your run-of-the-mill wrestler, what with...

Examining Mike Rollins’ psycho mind

Posted by ANTHONY SICILIA | Feb 23, 2012 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

By now, the Ontario indy scene is very familiar with “Psycho” Mike Rollins. The next...

Duncan McTavish dead at 80

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 6, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Matt Gilmour, who died Monday morning, is one of those wrestlers who traveled the globe, perhaps...

Highlander Robbie still making a living on indy circuit

Posted by Colin Hunter | Mar 7, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Four years later, it seems Highlander Robbie MacAllister is still coming to terms with what he...

Bernie ‘The Cat’ Livingston was happily a part-timer

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 27, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

BORN: October 25, 1932 in Port Credit, Ontario 5’11”, 230 “minimum”, 240...

Read this obituary of Jack Laskin!

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 30, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

“His last creative act was writing this obituary, just to be sure all the facts were...

Nikita, bad girl Russian, a young up and comer on Ontario scene

Posted by Blaine Van Der Griend | Nov 10, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Moving to a foreign country is never easy. The food is different; the language is different; the...

Best in Ontario to be honoured this Saturday

Posted by Bob Kapur | Jan 7, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

While WWE and TNA may be the only wrestling companies some fans are familiar with, there are...

Former Ontario wrestler Damien Truth dies at 29

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 14, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Former Ontario independent wrestler Damien Truth — real name Damien Evans — died...

Jason Cage DVD honest look at Ontario indy wrestling

Posted by Stephen Dean Johnson | Jul 20, 2009 | Other Reviews

It may seem audacious for an indy wrestler to cut a two-disc retrospective DVD highlighting his...

Phil Atlas gaining experience points daily

Posted by Dan Wilson | Jul 6, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

As if in an role-playing video game, indy wrestler Phil Atlas values what he calls experience...

The Highlanders answer fan questions

Posted by Dan Wilson | Mar 2, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The Highlanders — Rory and Robbie — recently took the time to answer questions from...

Highlanders return to their Ontario roots

Posted by Dan Wilson | Feb 17, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

The Highlanders are on their way back to Ontario, one of the places where it all got started for...

Rip Impact committed to in-ring excellence

Posted by MATT JOHNSON | Nov 19, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Rip Impact is one of the hot young stars on the Ontario wrestling circuit. Unlike some wrestlers,...

Humble Highlander grateful for WWE run

Posted by MARK XAMIN | Sep 9, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Just hours after his release from the WWE, Rory MacAllister, one half of The Highlanders, chatted...

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