Card Exam: Ontario Dominion Day shows
It wasn’t always Canada Day, of course. Up until October 1982, Canada Day was called...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 2024 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, Event Reports, Events, Other House Shows, Results
It wasn’t always Canada Day, of course. Up until October 1982, Canada Day was called...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 7, 2023 | Results
The news on September 15 that Metroland was shutting down its weekly newspapers in Ontario...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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....
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Oct 10, 2021 | Canadian Hall of Fame, News
Many Ontario wrestling fans woke up on Thanksgiving Sunday to the news that Curtis Sturrock, who...
Read MorePosted 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,...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Jun 27, 2020 | Obituaries, Opinion
On June 23, Shaun “Shaunymo” Morris, a deathmatch wrestler from St. Catharines, Ontario,...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Kari Williams | Jun 21, 2019 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
Psycho Mike Rollins’ conscience has been making its presence felt during Rollins’...
Read MorePosted by Kari Williams | Jun 13, 2019 | Interviews
The day Fred Ottman donned a Stormtrooper mask adorned in purple glitter, crashed through a wall...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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....
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Sep 16, 2016 | Opinion
By TYSON DUX and SCOTT HUNTER – For SLAM! Wrestling Who says that there’s nothing new...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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,...
Read MorePosted 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,...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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 MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Dec 14, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
Former Ontario independent wrestler Damien Truth — real name Damien Evans — died...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Dan Wilson | Mar 2, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
The Highlanders — Rory and Robbie — recently took the time to answer questions from...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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,...
Read MorePosted 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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