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Maple Leaf Wrestling
| Maple Leaf Wrestling | |
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| Premiere | 1960s (as Ringside Wrestling[1]) |
| Finale | 1995 |
| Creator | Frank Tunney |
| Network/Provider | Canadian syndication via CHCH-TV Hamilton, Ontario |
| Style | 60-minute professional wrestling program |
| Company | CHCH-TV
Queensbury Athletic Club (until 1984) Titan Sports Canada (1984–1995) |
| Origin | Canada |
Maple Leaf Wrestling was a professional wrestling program that aired in Canadian syndication from the 1960s (when it originated as Ringside Wrestling) to 1995. It was produced and syndicated by the Queensbury Athletic Club (then owned by Toronto wrestling promoter Frank Tunney, then a member of the National Wrestling Alliance) until July 1984, then by Titan Sports Canada (the Canadian division of Titan Sports Inc., the then-parent company of the World Wrestling Federation, now WWE) from the July 28, 1984 broadcast[2] until the end of its run through Hamilton, Ontario station CHCH-TV.
Tapings of Maple Leaf Wrestling after the WWF took over the Toronto territory in July 1984 were held by the WWF at its events in Brantford and other cities in southern Ontario between 1984 and 1986. Starting in the fall of 1986,[3] the WWF ended those tapings and began using the Maple Leaf Wrestling name for the Canadian airings of WWF Superstars of Wrestling, which replaced interview footage from the American program with updates and interviews by on-air announcer and former wrestler Billy Red Lyons (including localized interview segments promoting upcoming events in selected Canadian cities), along with a program-exclusive match taped at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto.
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In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
There are no DVD releases for this show.
References
- ↑ 1970s Ringside Wrestling TV Memories - page 3 at Kayfabe Memories
- ↑ 1984 WWF match results at the History of WWE (July 10, 1984 taping in Brantford, Ontario for the first Maple Leaf Wrestling broadcast under the WWF on July 28)
- ↑ Feeding my fandom with SO MUCH WWF TV in 1986 at Toronto Wrestling
