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Maple Leaf Wrestling presents Wrestling Night in Canada July 24, 1983 at Civic Center in Brantford, Ontario The opening video package of Wrestling Night in Canada opens the show featuring clips of: Greg Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel, Stephen Petipas, Jesse Ventura, Ivan Koloff, Leo Burke, Rocky Johnson and ends with a clip of Rick Martel being awarded the NWA Canadian Title. Nick McMann, Billy Red Lyons and Jesse "The Body" Ventura are at the announce booth to welcome us to the show. Jesse says he has a big scoop as The Russians will be on The Body Shop this week and he will try to find out who the Super Russian is. They also hype the main event of Rick Martel defending the NWA Canadian Title against former Champion Angelo Mosca, as well as the big US vs Canada series in Maple Leaf Gardens on Tuesday. We get a video montage set to "Beat It' by Michael Jackson of all the set up to the US vs Canada match series, including some footage of Martel in Jim Crocket Promotions and Georgia. -COMMERCIAL (1) 1. Leo Burke, Rocky Johnson, Ben Bassarab & Stephen Petipas vs Gary Royal, Killer Karl Krupp, Paul Christy & Rick Patterson The heels are able to get Basarab into a face in peril section, but the hot tag comes and Rocky is able to pin Royal to end the match. All action as guys tagged in and out quickly. Winners - Leo Burke, Rocky Johnson, Ben Bassarab & Stephen Petipas @ 7:42 -COMMERCIAL (2) The announcers hype up some footage sent to us by Jim Crocket Promotions. We get the inside of a bar where Ric Flair, Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy and Barry Darsow are hanging out. They are drinking and mocking Canadians, especially Martel. Flair and Hayes joke about which one of them can get with the pretty blonde in the corner first, but as they are speaking Gordy walks up to the girl and they leave together to the shock of Hayes and Flair. -COMMERCIAL (3) 2. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Nick DeCarlo Greg is cocky and does quite a beat down on DeCarlo before making him submit to the figure-four. Valentine even does a Wahoo War Dance to mock McDaniel. Word from the back is that Wahoo did not see it, as was preparing for his match tonight. WInner - Greg Valentine @ 4:42 -COMMERCIAL (4) It is now time for "The Body Shop" with Jesse Ventura. This week's guests are "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff, Super Russian and their manager Don Carson. Jesse asks The Super Russian what it is like to team with a legend like Koloff, but Carson interrupts him. The Super Russian refuses to speak in English. Carson notes that the USSR has proved it is the best country in the world in hockey and is now proving it in wrestling. Carson runs down The Super Russians history as a super athlete from being the son of a legendary Olympic wrestler to getting all the best training. Koloff then talks about how they will keep the titles no matter who is put in front of them. -COMMERCIAL (5) On the way to the ring Wahoo says this tag match is for Bret Hart to prepare for the six-man tag team with him against these two and Ventura on Tuesday in the Gardens. However, he was told what Valentine did and on August 20th in Oshawa when he gets a singles match with Valentine, he will destroy him. 3. Wahoo McDaniel & Tiger Conway Jr. vs Mr. Saito & Masked Samurai Jesse leaves the announcers area in the middle of the match and is able to trip up Conway giving Saito the win with the Saito Suplex. Winner - Mr. Saito & Masked Samurai @ 8:49 -COMMERCIAL (6) The announcers hype up the main event of next week's show of Stephen Petipas vs Super Russian and Wahooo McDaniel will be the guest on The Body Shop. They talk about the upcoming main event coming up after this break. The announcers are interrupted by Angelo Rivera the Puerto Rican who was on the video played on The Body Shop last week. He calls out The Cuban team and out comes "No Class" Bobby Bass and Cuban Assassin. Angelo wants to know where Chicky Starr is, but he is told, by the Cubans, that he refuses to talk to him. That is when Angelo reveals that he is Chicky Starr's brother and he just wants him to come home to Puerto Rico with him. At this point Chick Starr attacks him from behind and with the help of Bass and Assassin they beat him down until security separates them. -COMMERCIAL (7) Main Event: NWA Canadian Champion Rick Martel vs "King Kong' Angelo Mosca Martel does the best selling he can do on Mosca's offense to try to make this match worthwhile. With Mosca being the former Champion that was never defeated he is very confident. He was even able to bust Martel open on the ring post. In the end Martel makes Mosca submit to the Boston Crab. Winner - Rick Martel @ 11:05 After the match Leo Burke, Rocky Johnson, Ben Bassarab and Stephen Petpas come to ringside to help Martel celebrate and to put up a strong front going into Maple Leaf Gardens on Tuesday to face the Amiercan team. Dark Matches: Joel Deaton def. Tony Garea @ 8:44 Chicky Starr & Cuban Assassin def. Bob & Joe Marcus @ 6:32

Not the way the WWE billed them.

So we are looking at SummerSlam as: Brock-Taker Rollins-Cena Ambrose/Reigns/Sting vs Wyatt Family Women's Match (Probably 3 v 3 v 3) as the big four matches this year?

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Would love him but I have nothing to offer.

No way. I stick with No Class

In the future the main event of the next show in that arena will be announced during the intermission. However for the first huge tour of Maple Leaf Wrestling history here is the main events of non-TV tapings. August 1st in Ottawa, Ontario features Rick Martel & Tony Garea challenging the NWA Canadian Tag Team Champions of Ivan Koloff & Super Russian August 2nd in Kingston, Ontario features Leo Burke & Stephen Petipas challenging the NWA Canadian Tag Team Champions of Ivan Koloff & Super Russian (if still champions) August 6th in North Bay, Ontario features Rick Martel & Tony Garea vs Mr. Saito & Jesse "The Body" Ventura August 8th in Timmons, Ontario features "Nature Boy" Ric Flair challenging NWA Canadain Champion Rick Martel August 9th in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario features Wahoo McDaniel & Tiger Conway Jr. vs Greg Valentine & Ivan Koloff August 13th in Berwick, Nova Scotia features Mr. Saito vs Leo Burke August 15th in Halifax, Nova Scotia features Ishi-Gun (from New Japan) vs Team Canada in an Elimination Match August 17th in Belleville, Ontario features Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff August 19th in Peterborough, Ontario features Mr. Saito challenging NWA Canadian Champion Rick Martel (if still champion) August 20th in Oshawa, Ontario features Greg Valentine vs Wahoo McDaniel August 22th in Kitchener, Ontario features Rick Martel, Tony Garea & Andre the Giant vs Mr. Saito, Masked Samurai & Jesse Ventura, as well as the midgets August 23th in Windsor, Ontario features Masked Samurai challenging NWA Canadian Champion Rick Martel (if still champion) August 24th in London, Ontario features Jesse "The Body" Ventura challenging NWA Canadian Champion Rick Martel (if still champion) August 27th in Guelph, Ontario features Rick Martel, Tony Garea & Wahoo McDaniel vs Ivan Koloff, Greg Valentine & Super Russian August 30th @ Maple Leaf Gardens main event will be announced at intermission on July 26th

For the monthly draft can we add guys we want to drop from our roster when we are done with them or everybody be forced to drop one guy or something?

There is a bunch of guys I would had loved out of there... but I'm happy to have Bass full time now.

The issue is they just have to have matches as good as the under/mid card males. Becky, Sasha, Charlotte, Paige and company can do that.

I agree with most of what Parv is saying. All this talk of the landscape changing and things are different is that really true? How are the ratings now? Adding job guys, six man tags, etc.. would really help special events actually feel special.

This is a small problem that comes with having so many big shows and having so many big matches on TV. They to protect guys whether it be cheap wins or by not having them match up as much.

Should we have a thread for complete G1 talk? Thoughts on night 1 from me. Since I'm skipping the tag matches, 5 matches a show is a lot easier for me to watch than prior G1s. Tenzan vs Gallows was a fun hoss match to me. Nothing special or anything, but a simple match that I can enjoy. If these two stay at this level through out the tournament I will be happy. Makabe vs Yano was a one man show by Yano. I loved his antics and was cheering him on for a quick roll up win in the first few seconds. Yano was fun with the chair and constant attempts at pins, while Makabe was Makabe with his ultra level of believability. Makabe wins and I was not too happy. Naito vs Fale was a weird match I was digging it for a long while, but the miscues (including botching an atomic drop) brought the match down. Still the best match so far. Styles vs Shibata was the match I was most anticipating in the whole tournament. If Shibata sold the leg after AJ murdered it this would had been a classic. Still a really good **** though. AJ was killer again here and he will probably have a great tournament! Tanahashi vs Ibushi was a bunch of really good spots mixed together into something. I find watching Tanahashi weird as there is a lot of cool moves, the crowd is hot and there is nearfalls that are exciting, but as an overall match I feel cold. There is a lack of substance there, maybe? Ibushi brought some really awesome offense though and if you are a fan of these guys this would be an amazing match to you. *** 1/2 I guess?

I need some new heels, so whatever helps get me that is the best result.

They really sould had done a three way elimination and have them both double pin brie in the first minute and then go at it ala Taz-Tanaka-Awesome.

Two segments hyping the women's match already.It looks like they will given time and expect them to deliver a NXT level match here tonight, I should hope they do.

Depends how shitty you are.