Forged in Excellence

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Forged in Excellence
Promotion Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling
DateOctober 19–20, 2024
City Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Venue St. Clair College

Forged In Excellence was a professional wrestling event and the inaugural pay-per-view by the revived promotion Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling. [1] [2]

The event took place at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario and was streamed live on Triller TV. It features 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.

Results

Night 1 - October 19, 2024 [3]
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1 Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson and El Phantasmo defeated Trevor Lee, Rocky Romero and Alex Zayne by pinfall Six-man tag team match 13:30
2 Q. T. Marshall (with Harley Cameron) defeated Bhupinder Gujjar by pinfall Singles match 8:28
3 Kylie Rae defeated Laynie Luck, Aurora Teves and Taylor Rising by pinfall Fatal four-way match 6:51
4Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & Kushida) (c) defeated Brent Banks & Johnny Swinger and Aiden Prince & El Reverso and Rogue Squadron (Rohit Raju & Sheldon Jean) by pinfall Four-way tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship 16:00
5Rohan Raja defeated Jake Something by pinfall Singles match for the inaugural PWA Champion’s Grail 13:29
6 Bully Ray defeated Raj Dhesi by "elimination" Table match 8:51
7 Gisele Shaw defeated Miyu Yamashita by pinfall Singles match
Had Yamashita won, she would’ve challenged Athena for the ROH Women's World Championship alongside Shaw in a Triple threat match on Night 2.
12:34
8 Konosuke Takeshita (with Don Callis) defeated Mike Bailey by pinfall Singles match
Had Bailey won, he would’ve received a future shot at the AEW International Championship.
24:45
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Night 2 - October 20, 2024 [4]
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
1Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & Kushida) and Aiden Prince defeated RRR (Rohan Raja, Rocky Romero and Rohitt Raju) by pinfall Six-man tag team match 11:56
2El Reverso defeated Classy Ali (c) by pinfall Singles match for the QPW Qatar Championship6:34
3 Miyu Yamashita and Kylie Rae defeated Laynie Luck and Harley Cameron by pinfall Tag team match 9:26
4"Psycho" Mike Rollins defeated Trevor Lee, Jake Something, Stu Grayson, Alex Zayne and Sheldon Jean by pinfall Six-man scramble match 13:26
5 Mike Bailey defeated El Phantasmo by pinfall Singles match 16:17
6 Raj Dhesi and Bhupinder Gujjar defeated Bully Ray and Q. T. Marshall (with Harley Cameron) by pinfall Tag team match 12:22
7 Athena (c) defeated Gisele Shaw by pinfall Singles match for the ROH Women's World Championship 23:51
8 Konosuke Takeshita (c) (with Don Callis) defeated Josh Alexander by pinfall Singles match for the AEW International Championship 29:29
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

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References

  1. Currier, Joseph (August 8, 2024). "Former TNA executive Scott D'Amore announces revival of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling". Wrestling Observer Newsletter . Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  2. "Legendary Canadian wrestling brand gets a reboot thanks to this former grappler". CBC News . August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  3. "Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Forged In Excellence, Night 1 on TrillerTV". TrillerTV . October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  4. "Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Forged In Excellence, Night 2 on TrillerTV". TrillerTV . October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.