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Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP) is a Canadian professional wrestling Professional wrestling promotion, promotion owned by Scott D'Amore. MLP is the spiritual successor to Maple Leaf Wrestling, a promotion run by Frank Tunney in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. D'Amore (owner of Border City Wrestling (BCW), and former president of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA)) acquired the trademarks in 2024, and formally announced a revival of the brand on August 8 of that year. History On April 14, 2024, Michael E. Dockins filed a trademark for "Maple Leaf Wrestling". The address listed on the filing was for Border City Wrestling (BCW), owned by former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) president Scott D’Amore. On August 8, D’Amore announced a relaunch of the Maple Leaf Wrestling brand dubbed Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP). Its inaugural two-night event, "Forged in Excellence", took place on October 19 and 20 at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, and stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Elite Wrestling
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is an American professional wrestling promotion headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is owned and operated by Shahid Khan, Shahid and Tony Khan, with the latter serving as President (corporate title), president and chief executive officer. AEW was founded in 2019 by Tony Khan, with professional wrestlers Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, and The Young Bucks, Matt and Nick Jackson serving as initial co-executive vice presidents,Rhodes departed AEW in 2022. following the success of the Independent circuit, independent wrestling event All In (2018), All In in 2018. The promotion's List of All Elite Wrestling personnel, roster primarily appears on its two weekly broadcast television shows, ''AEW Dynamite, Dynamite'' and ''AEW Collision, Collision'', as well as on its Streaming television, streaming and pay-per-view (PPV) programming. AEW wrestlers have also appeared at events produced by or co-produced with other promotions, including Ring of Honor (ROH), whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLP Forged In Excellence
Forged In Excellence was a professional wrestling event and the inaugural pay-per-view by the revived promotion Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling. The event took place at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario and was streamed live on Triller TV. It featured wrestlers from various promotions around the world such as All Elite Wrestling and its sister promotion Ring of Honor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Qatar Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Production Background The show featured professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ..., or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Windsor ( ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city's population was 229,660 at the 2021 census, making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario, after London and Kitchener. This represents a 5.7 percent increase from Windsor's 2016 population census of 217,188. The Detroit–Windsor urban area is North America's most populous trans-border conurbation. Linking the Great Lakes Megalopolis, the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–United States border, carrying about one-quarter of the two countries' trade volume. Windsor is a major contributor to Canada's automotive industry and is culturally diverse. Kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisele Shaw
Gisele Mayordo (born 30 October 1989), known professionally as Gisele Shaw, is a Filipino-Canadian professional wrestler. She is known for her work in England with various promotions including Progress Wrestling and Revolution Pro Wrestling, having held the Women's Championship in both promotions. She has also wrestled in North American promotions such as Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Women of Wrestling (WOW). Professional wrestling career Early career Mayordo made her pro wrestling debut during January 2015 using Gisele Shaw as her ring name. She wrestled extensively in Canada in promotions including High Impact Wrestling, Border City Wrestling, All-Star Wrestling, Prairie Wrestling Alliance and others. She won her first title while in Pro Wrestling Eclipse, where she captured the PWE Flame Championship on February 10, 2018, at PWE February Frenzy, defeating Stacy Thibault. She lost the title nine months later at PWE November Bash in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Alexander
Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes appearances for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), where he is the reigning and inaugural Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling#Championships, MLP Canadian Champion. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2019 to 2025, where he is a former List of Impact World Champions, two-time TNA World Championship, TNA World Champion, with his second reign being the longest in the company's history at 335 days, and a one-time TNA X Division Championship, TNA X Division Champion. His singles accomplishments outside of TNA, AAW Wrestling include being where a two-time AAW Heavyweight Championship, AAW Heavyweight Champion and singles winner Jim Lynam Invitational Tournament (2019). A tag-team specialist, Alexander has won several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church and Wellesley, Church Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building was originally constructed in 1931 as an indoor arena to host ice hockey games. Considered one of the "cathedrals" of hockey, it was home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1931 to 1999. The Leafs won the Stanley Cup 11 times from 1932 to 1967 while playing at the Gardens. The first NHL All-Star Game, albeit Ace Bailey Benefit Game, an unofficial one, was held at the Gardens in 1934 as a benefit for Leafs forward Ace Bailey, who had suffered a career-ending head injury. The first official annual National Hockey League All-Star Game was also held at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1947. It was home to the Toronto Huskies (1946–1947) in their single season in the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the National Basketball Association), the Toronto Marlboros of the Onta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLP Northern Rising
Northern Rising was a professional wrestling event by Canadian promotion Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP). The event took place at Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario, the venue where many events from the defunct promotion Maple Leaf Wrestling were held. It streamed on Triller TV on May 10, 2025. It featured independent wrestlers and contracted wrestlers from various promotions around the world such as All Elite Wrestling, Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE via their independent development program WWE ID. Production Background The show featured professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayhem (professional Wrestling Event)
Mayhem was a professional wrestling event by Canadian promotion Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP). The event took place at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, the same venue as the promotion's previous event Forged in Excellence and was streamed live across two days on Triller TV. It featured independent wrestlers and contracted wrestlers from various promotions around the world such as All Elite Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah, Qatar Pro Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE via their independent development program WWE ID. Production Background The show featured professional wrestling matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PWA Champions Grail
The PWA Champion's Grail is a professional wrestling Championship (professional wrestling), championship established by the Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA), which was formed through the collaboration of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), Oceania Pro Wrestling (OPW), and Qatar Pro Wrestling (QPW). History On August 19, 2024, Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), Oceania Pro Wrestling (OPW), and Qatar Pro Wrestling (QPW) formed the Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA) to work together on talent exchange and other collaborations. On October 7, 2024, MLP announced that they would crown an inaugural PWA Champion's Grail holder on October 19, during the first night of MLP Forged in Excellence, Forged in Excellence. The origins of the Champion's Grail goes back to July 1, 1962, when Rikidōzan and Toyonobori defeated Buddy Austin and Mike Sharpe to win the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance's Toyonaka tournament, awarding them the trophy that would become the first Champion's Grail. On December 15, 1963, Rikid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Something
Jacob Doyle (born July 25, 1989) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name Jake Something. He also makes appearances on the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and independent circuit. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2010–present) Doyle was trained by ROH Dojo. He made his professional wrestling debut at an Insanity Pro Wrestling (IPW) event on January 2, 2010, losing to Chris Hall. In the ensuing years Doyle worked for national companies such as Ring of Honor (ROH) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and independent promotions such as AAW Wrestling (AAW), and Border City Wrestling (BCW). Impact Wrestling (2017–2022) He first appeared on the March 23, 2017 episode of '' Impact!'' under the ring name Jake Holmes, where he lost to Bobby Lashley. He had two more matches for Impact Wrestling as an enhancement talent the following month. On March 9, 2018, at the Last Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
