Sylvain Grenier is a Canadian TV host and retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Joliette is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of Greater Montreal. The city is home to the Joliette Art Museum, whose works of art include paintings, sculptures, paper artwork and a large collection of art from the French Middle Ages.
Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon was an American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Luna Vachon. Over the course of her 22-year career, she wrestled for promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation, Extreme Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and World Championship Wrestling. She was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, and Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Joseph Maurice Régis Vachon was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Mad Dog Vachon. He was the older brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon.
Marc-André Boulanger is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Franky The Mobster.
International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS) is a professional wrestling promotion based out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originating from the Dawson Wrestling Federation, it was formerly known as the Internet Wrestling Syndicate and World Wrestling Syndicate.
Rodney Kellman, better known by his ring names Dru Onyx and Soa Amin, is a Canadian professional wrestler, stuntman and trainer of professional wrestlers. He wrestled the majority of his career in Canada for the National Wrestling Alliance, and Northern Championship Wrestling.
The Exo L'Assomption and Terrebonne–Mascouche sector is responsible for organising public transportation services throughout the administrative region of Lanaudière, northeast of Montreal, in central Quebec, Canada.
Edward Dorozowsky is a Canadian professional wrestler and former promoter, best known by his ring name SeXXXy Eddy. He has competed in several North American independent promotions including Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Northern Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and has toured Europe with International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom and Westside Xtreme Wrestling.
Vanessa Kraven, is a Canadian professional wrestler who competed in several independent promotions in both the United States and Canada. She made several trips to Japan for wrestling between 2006-2010 and was a competitor in WWE's second Mae Young Classic tournament in 2018. After having suffered a broken ankle in late 2018, Kraven returned to pro wrestling and had a match against Hikaru Shida for All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dark in October 2022 and has been active on the independent scene since.
Paul LeDuc is a former Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for teaming with his kayfabe (storyline) brother Jos LeDuc.
Marc Blondin is a French Canadian professional wrestling commentator, ring announcer and promoter. He started his wrestling career in 1986 for the World Wrestling Federation and worked there until 1991. Blondin was also the main French language announcer for World Championship Wrestling, most notably for WCW Power Hour with Richard Charland, as well as the World Wrestling Federation in Quebec, Canada throughout the 1990s. Since 2004, he has co-hosted the French-language version of TNA Impact! with Pierre Carl Ouellet and Sylvain Grenier at RDS studios. He later became part owner of Top of the World Wrestling (TOW)with Grenier and fellow RDS announcer Jean-François Kelly. He also does English Color Commentary for the DVD releases alongside Ryan Rider who does the Play-by-Play.
Angelo Parker and Matt Menard, also formerly known as 2.0 and 3.0, and later Ever-Rise in WWE, are a Canadian professional wrestling tag team currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), both as wrestlers and, in Menard's case, a commentator for Rampage.
The Vachon Brothers was a professional wrestling tag team composed of Pierre "The Beast" Vachon and Damien "The Pitbull" Vachon. They were one of the leading "heel" teams on the independent circuit during the mid-2000s and, at one point, held the tag team titles of seven different promotions in both eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States, most notably, twice winning the NWA New England Tag Team Championship in 2005 and 2006. Although both men have been reported as the real-life youngest sons of legendary Canadian wrestler Paul "The Butcher" Vachon, neither are near relations of the Vachon wrestling family.
Femmes Fatales is an independent women's professional wrestling promotion based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In September 2009, Northern Championship Wrestling (NCW) hosted their first edition of NCW Femmes Fatales which regrouped many fighting females in North America. NCW Femmes Fatales was announced in April 2010 to be part of the Female Fight League during the 45th Edition of the Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion in Las Vegas. In November 2009, they gave an homage to Maurice Vachon and Paul Vachon as part of a documentary tracing back Mad Dog's career.
The history of Professional wrestling in Canada dates back to the founding of Maple Leaf Wrestling, which opened in 1930 and was the first known professional wrestling company in the country. Many Canadian wrestlers including Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, Edge, Chris Jericho, and Kenny Omega have gone on to achieve worldwide success.
Hart Legacy Wrestling (HLW) is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion operated by some members of the Hart wrestling family, it was founded mainly by Teddy Hart and his associates. Smith Hart was also involved with the promotion prior to his death on July 2, 2017. His long-time partner Stacey Angel is the current owner of the promotion. Bret Hart has no involvement in HLW.
The NCW Quebec Heavyweight Championship is a title contested in the Canadian wrestling promotion Northern Championship Wrestling. It was originally established in 1992 as the Lutte Lanaudière Québéc Championship. Frank Blues defeated Phil Bélanger on May 5, 1992 to become the first Lutte Lanaudière Québéc Champion.
Patric Laprade is a Canadian professional wrestling historian and French-speaking Quebecer best known for his several award winning books on Canadian and women's wrestling. and working for TVA Sports as an interviewer and was a French language broadcaster of Monday Night RAW. He is also the founder and caretaker of the Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame and has been part of organizing women's wrestling events.
