Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling reveals opening match for debut event
A six-man tag match will kick off the debut event for Scott D’Amore’s Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling announced today that the Canadian team of Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo will take on Trevor Lee, Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne in the opening match of Forged in Excellence weekend. The promotion is launching with two events taking place from St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada on Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20. Both shows will air as live pay-per-views on Triller TV.
Alexander’s match for night two has already been confirmed with him set to face Konosuke Takeshita.
This promotion is a revival of the Maple Leaf Wrestling brand that existed from the 1930s to the 1980s. It’s a new project for D’Amore after being fired from TNA Wrestling earlier this year.
Mauro Ranallo and Don Callis will be the commentary team for Forged in Excellence. Here are the updated cards:
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged in Excellence —
Night one (Saturday, October 19):
- Konosuke Takeshita vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
- Rohan Raja vs. Jake Something for the inaugural PWA Champion’s Grail Championship
- Bhupinder Gujjar vs. QT Marshall (w/ Harley Cameron)
- Tables match: Bully Ray vs. Raj Dhesi (former WWE wrestler Jinder Mahal)
- Laynie Luck vs. Taylor Rising vs. Kylie Rae vs. Aurora Teves
- Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo vs. Trevor Lee (the former Cameron Grimes), Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne
Night two (Sunday, October 20):
- Josh Alexander vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Gisele Shaw