Professional wrestling in Canada

The history of Professional wrestling in Canada dates back to the founding of Maple Leaf Wrestling, which opened in 1930 and was the first known professional wrestling company in the country.[1] Numerous talent from Canada, such as Edge, Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega, have gone on to achieve worldwide success.

Notable Promotions

• Border City Wrestling
• Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling
• Grand Prix Wrestling
• High Impact Wrestling
• International Wrestling Syndicate
• Maple Leaf Wrestling
• Northern Championship Wrestling
  • NCW Femmes Fatales
• Smash Wrestling[2][3][4]

Canadian wrestlers overseas

• A-1
• Abdullah the Butcher
• Akam
• Jason Anderson
• John Anson
• Fred Atkins †
• Ben Bassarab
• Chris Benoit †
• Brute Bernard †
• Sinn Bodhi
• Rick Bognar †
• Bob Boyer
• Max Boyer
• Dino Bravo †
• Tyler Breeze
• Gino Brito
• Farmer Brooks
• Traci Brooks
• Bulldog Bob Brown †
• Kerry Brown †
• Leo Burke
• Samson Burke
• Don Callis
• George Cannon †
• Christian (Cage)
• Melissa Coates
• Carly Colón (through his mother)
• Steve Corino
• Crazzy Steve
• Nick Cvjetkovich
• Scott D'Amore
• Paul Diamond
• Tye Dillinger
• René Duprée
• Edge
• Ron Garvin
• George Gordienko †
• Archie Gouldie †
• Sylvain Grenier
• Hart wrestling family
  • Stu Hart †
  • Smith Hart †
  • Bruce Hart
  • Keith Hart
  • Dean Hart †
  • Bret Hart
  • Owen Hart †
  • Natalya
  • Teddy Hart
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr.
• Chris Jericho
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (through his father)
• Rocky Johnson †
• Tyson Kidd
• Gail Kim
• Gene Kiniski †
• Klondike Bill †
• Ivan Koloff †
• Killer Karl Krupp †
• Jinder Mahal
• Rick Martel
• Rosa Mendes
• The Missing Link
• Geeto Mongol †
• Kenny Omega
• Kyle O'Reilly
• Maryse Ouellet
• Pierre-Carl Ouellet
• Kevin Owens
• Pat Patterson
• Roddy Piper †
• Lanny Poffo
• Bobby Roode
• Jacques Rougeau
• Raymond Rougeau
• Mike Sharpe †
• Tiger Ali Singh
• Lance Storm
• Trish Stratus
• John Tenta †
• Test †
• Luna Vachon †
• Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon †
• Paul "Butcher" Vachon
• Taya Valkyrie
• Vampiro
• Val Venis
• Petey Williams
• Sami Zayn

Note: † denotes wrestler is deceased

See also

• Canadian Death Tour
• Montreal Screwjob

References

1. Jun 30, foxsports; ET, 2017 at 10:28p (2016-11-17). "WWE's 10 Greatest Canadian Wrestlers of All Time". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
2. http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/GuestColumn/2017/08/04/22742953.html
3. https://playbackonline.ca/2017/07/07/deals-dhx-super-channel-fight-network/
4. https://lastwordonprowrestling.com/2019/08/08/preview-the-summit-shimmer-smash-rise-femme-fatales-8-10-19/