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  Ring of Honor ‘the way wrestling should be’

  

  Posted by Mike Crisolago at 10:12 am on July 26, 2009
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  Standing in a near-empty Ted Reeve Arena, surrounded by rows of black folding chairs, Ring of Honor owner Cary Silkin’s eyes lit up while describing a “wonderful moment” he experienced during a morning jog in Toronto.

  “I looked up and it was Maple Leaf Gardens,” Silkin said. “This was a monument. Toronto has a rich wrestling history and I’m glad ROH can contribute to the legacy of that.”

  On Friday, before the first of two Ring of Honor shows at the arena, Silkin recalled greats such as The Sheik and Bruno Sammartino gracing the ring at the Gardens.

  “Wrestling and history are two words that, unfortunately, don’t go together,” Silkin said. “But [Toronto] is a smart and knowledgeable crowd.”

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  City strike can’t pin Ring of Honor

  

  Posted by Mike Crisolago at 12:49 pm on July 24, 2009
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  Two of pro wrestling’s greatest legends and arguably the best independent wrestling promotion in the world will descend on Toronto this weekend, and fans are getting excited.

  On Friday, July 24th and Saturday, July 25th, American wrestling promotion Ring of Honor presents “Death Before Dishonor VII” at the Ted Reeve Arena, featuring Canadian wrestling icon Bret “Hitman” Hart, with “Nature Boy” Ric Flair making special appearances.

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  New generation adds Canadian flavour to Lucha Libre

  

  Posted by Mike Crisolago at 4:00 am on July 20, 2009
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  Hundreds of children, adults and even elderly women chanted “Demon! Demon! Demon!” as they rushed toward the wrestling ring where Blue Demon Jr., a Mexican Lucha Libre legend, celebrated a well-earned victory this past weekend at the Harbourfront Centre.

  At the same time, local wrestler El Sombre crawled on the ground alongside the ring apron, battered and beaten, before stumbling back to the dressing room.

  Life isn’t always easy for a Canadian Luchador.

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  Lucha Libre

  

  Posted by Superfeed Editor at 12:06 am on July 16, 2009
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  From NOW Daily

  By Jordan Bimm

  Just two years after Chris “the Canadian Crippler” Benoit’s ’roid-induced double-murder/suicide hamstrung pro wrestling’s public image, lucha libre is giving sports entertainment a much-needed facelift – from behind a mask.

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  Toronto wrestling icon ‘made the show sing’

  

  Posted by Mike Crisolago at 1:16 am on June 25, 2009
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  There was a time in the mid-1980s, as a young Toronto wrestling fan, when I feared that Billy Red Lyons was very disappointed in me.

  I never met the white-haired pro wrestling announcer who interviewed my favourite superstars every week on Maple Leaf Wrestling. But when, with his trademark nasal voice, he’d run down an upcoming Maple Leaf Gardens card and close by imploring, “Don’tcha dare miss it”, I worried that he’d find out that I did indeed miss it. And that he wouldn’t be happy about it.

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