BSE Pro (Formerly Blood Sweat and Ears) (or BSE Wrestling) was a Canadian independent

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organization, founded in 2005. It held 10-12 events a year in the Greater Toronto Area, as well as quarterly tours to

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cities such as

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, Sudbury,

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and North Bay. It evolved into

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after it merged with fellow Canadian promotion Border City Wrestling in 2010.

History

BSE's first show was held on July 10, 2005, at the Nashville North nightclub in Norval, Ontario. As was usual at the start of the promotion, the show was split between wrestling and music, with local band Severity playing two sets. The main event that night featured

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. Also appearing were The Highlanders,

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and

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. The next show, in August, featured a main event pitching

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in a Fatal 3way against

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and

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, as well as featuring

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. 2005 was completed with a show in Mississauaga on 30 October, featuring Bobby Roode,

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and

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, as well as a main event match between Chris Sabin and Petey Williams. On February 5, held their first show of 2006 in Sudbury,

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, during which Chris Kanyon revealed that he was homosexual. Throughout the remainder of 2006, BSE brought in more outside stars including Eric Young, Tommy Dreamer, Abyss, Christian Cage, Gail Kim, AJ Styles, Monty Brown, Steve Corino, Senshi,

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and Pat Tanaka, a tactic that saw the number of fans at shows rise from 200 to around 750. BSE Wrestling was brought to the attention of a wider audience at the 2008 CHIKARA

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tournament. Team BSE, consisting of Kobra Kai, La Sombra Canadiense and Super Xtremo were involved in the second night of matches, facing Elite Pro Wrestling's representatives

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(Acid Jaz, Willie Richardson &

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) in the first round. However, as the three were not natural teammates, and were instead put together as a team to promote BSE Wrestling, they did not work as a team and were eliminated by Da Soul Touchaz after Willie Richardson pinned La Sombra Canadiense. On July 22, BSE announced a free show in Mississauga, Ontario in association with

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's ''

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'' show. The show's host Ryan Stock took part in the main event Extreme Rules match against Franky the Mobster. The show was recorded for broadcast on the Discovery Channel at a later date. In August 2008, BSE embarked on a cross-provincial wrestling tour, in support of the

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. Spanning Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the tour included characters Randy and Mr. Lahey from the

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, and Tracy Brooks during certain stops. On February 3, 2010 it was announced that Windsor's Border City Wrestling owner

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has left TNA Wrestling and has announced that his promotion, will be merging with BSE Pro, to become one of North America's largest and longest running independent wrestling company under the new banner,

Squared Circle Training

The BSE promotion is partnered with Squared Circle Training, a pro wrestling school in Toronto run by Rob Fuego and Steve Cvetkovich (Kobra Kai). Alumni include TNA Knockouts

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, Angel Williams,

and Shantelle Taylor aka Taylor Wilde, as well as a number of independent wrestlers such as

, Xtremo and Brian Youngblood.

Championships

BSE Suicide Six-Pack Championship

BSE Tag Team Championship

BSE Adrenaline Cup

BSE Arctic Championship

Alumni

* Abyss *

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* Cody Deaner *

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* Eric Young *

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* LR11 * Matt Morgan * Murat Bosporus *

* Robbie McAllister *

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* Rory McAllister *

Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Samoa Joe who is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Joe is currently a double champion - in his first reign both as AEW ...

* Senshi *

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* Sinn Bowdee *

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Accolades

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** Promotion Of The Year - 2008, 2009

Notes

External links

Results at Online World of Wrestling
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