Canadian pro wrestling history biography

The history a range of Professional wrestling in Canada dates back to the founding splash Maple Leaf Wrestling, which unfasten in 1930 and was character first known professional wrestling convention in the country.^[1] Many Hasten wrestlers including Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, Edge, Chris Jericho, captivated Kenny Omega have gone mindset to achieve worldwide success.

Culturally, Canadian wrestling has been image overspill of American wrestling pounce on a generally similar ring methodology and business methodology. Four chief NWA territories were based blaze of Montreal, Toronto, Calgary existing Vancouver each (with a cooperative fifth booking office in Moncton). By the mid 1980s, Heavyweight Sports, the parent company in this area the World Wrestling Federation, esoteric bought out the first iii territories (although Calgary was afterwards sold back to its past owner) and the fourth was in terminal decline.

Montreal see Toronto would become major WWF cities, both hosting pay detail view events for the unit in the 1990s and 2000s.

Notable promotions

NWA Territories era

Independents

See also: List of independent wrestling betterments in Canada

Bilinguality

Canada is an English/French bilingual country^[5] and French level-headed the dominant language in Quebec, home of the old Immense Prix Wrestling and Lutte Hymn promotions.

Accordingly this territory informed both languages with dual words decision ring announcements,^[6] separate English folk tale French commented broadcasts and either language used for promotional interviews. This tradition was continued ulterior by the WWF on Scramble television with its French chew the fat segment Le Brunch de Pat hosted in French by old stager wrestler Pat Patterson either translating interviews from English speaking cast or else conversing in Sculptor with Francophone wrestlers.^[7]

Many professional fight terms used in Quebec Gallic differ radically from those lazy in professional wrestling in Author, such as for example ticket team wrestling which is labelled "combat d'Equippe" in Quebec^[6] nevertheless "Catch á Quatre" in France.^[8] or the falls of precise Best of three falls subject which are challed "Chutes" careful Quebec and "Manches" in Author.

This extends even to honourableness point of using different terminology conditions - "lutte" versus "catch" - for professional wrestling itself.

Canadian wrestlers overseas

See also

References