- Introduction –
WR Global is a new idea in which our very global staff will be writing about what country they’re from and what wrestling talents have inspired them or made them proud of their country. WR has writers from all over the UK, North America and other parts of the globe who contribute amazing content each week to our readers. This is our way to get a little more personal with you and share with you exactly what has made us a fan of wrestling and what has made us proud to support it. It doesn’t quite matter if the superstar has made the biggest impact or is a fan favorite. It also doesn’t matter if they’ve made it to the big leagues or won a title. All that matters is we share information about these superstars from our respective countries and perhaps inspire our readers to do the same through commenting on the write ups. Most articles will be showcasing around 3-4 talents from the respective countries of the writers and most countries will be able to have multiple articles due to the abundance of talent. If you’re a fan and you want to share you’re superstars with us, please do! At WR we are proud to be one of the most Global sites on the internet, and your participation is one of the main reasons for that. Please enjoy Global and most of all, enjoy all the great content on WR.
- Personal Introduction –
James Bones/violentshadows
@violentshadows
County of Residence: Canada
Over the years in the wrestling biz many of my fellow Canadians have made quite a huge impact. I’d say most famous would have to be the Hart family the impact that was made with Stampede Wrestling and the amount of talent that set food in their ring. Other greats like Edge and Christian, who have been in the spotlight more recently in the past few years, have continued that legacy. From my past I remember characters such as Dino Bravo and Earthquake (John Tenta) who hailed from Canada. Our hearts will also always remember Chris Benoit who was on his way to being a hall of famer. WWE has always played off Canadian heritage with gimmicks like The Mountie(s). No we have a new generation of amazing Canadian athletes in the ring, such as the descendants and family of the famous Harts, Harry Smith, Natalya Neidhart and Tyson Kidd. Although there’s many more I could mention and remember, this is a huge part in why I’m proud of my fellow Canadians who’ve became big in the wrestling business. An honorable mention goes to Chris Jericho who wasn’t born here, but raised here.
- Global Canadian Edition –
I wanted to introduce my whole Canadian Global chapter by mentioning a few of the Canadian wrestlers who I appreciate the most from different eras of my watching of the sport. Since I was young, hearing the entertainers announced from my home country always gave me a smile and gave me hope that even I could one day make something big of myself. I didn’t feel hopeless and shut off thinking that everyone famous was from New York or LA. It gave me pride to hear the Hart family announced from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and that their family created some of the biggest stars out of the Dungeon and Stampede Wrestling. When it comes to more recent times, the new generation of Harts are now continuing the legacy as well as guys like Christian and the recently retired Edge. Incredible talent obviously comes from everywhere around the world but in most of our lives we like to support and root for our own countrymen.
John Tenta – One of the men I got to watch when I was growing up and quite young. Playing a heel for the most part as Earthquake in his early days in WWE, he planted his roots when he had his feud with Hulk Hogan and was the bad guy up against the American hero. I also remember another amazing feud featuring Earthquake with Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts in which Earthquake ended up “squashing” Jake’s snake bag with his best friend and snake Damien inside. At this time I was a big fan of Jake and this horrible heel move made me furious at Earthquake which obviously means the writers did their job. I also remember when Tugboat decided to change it up and turn into Typhoon and teamed up with Earthquake to rule the tag team division as the Natural Disasters. These two had some big profile matches against Hogan and Brutus. Tenta like many moved on to WCW where I remember him wrestling in nasty brown tights with a small Canadian flag on his front. After a few years there of being buried, Tenta made his way back to WWE as Golga with the horrible gimmick group, The Oddities. Golga was into Cartman from Southpark and had a mask that covered his identity. Thank goodness this group didn’t last long. John Tenta didn’t stick around WWE after that gimmick was done except for an appearance a few years later at a gimmick battle royal at WM17. A few years after that John Tenta would get cancer and pass away in 2006. Tenta tidbit – he was a successful sumo wrestler before becoming a professional wrestler.
Edge/Christian – Two best friends who both hail from Canada who took the new millennium by storm. Although they started in WWE a few years before 2000, it wasn’t until further into it that they started winning tag team gold and having some of the best matches of WWE history. These two along with the Hardys had some of the most insane matches making tables, ladders and chairs a popular gimmick match which is continuing on this way, although not as extreme. These two weren’t afraid to do anything in the ring and proved it by raising the bar almost each and every time they got in the ring. In most recent years we saw Edge become multiple time world champion and main event both Raw and Smackdown. Edge as we all know had to recently retire due to a neck issue which he doesn’t want to make worse, which to me is a sign of a very smart man. This seemed to open the glass ceiling for Christian as after Edge retired, Christian finally became a multiple time world champion and worked some great programs on Smackdown with Randy Orton. Two future hall of famers in my opinion, Edge and Christian are two of Canadas most popular performers in the ring.
Tyson Kidd/Natalya Neidhart – The future of WWE and two of the new generation of Canadians making it big in the wrestling business. Tyson and Nattie, a couple in real life are the next generation of Hart family. Although Tyson isn’t related (just being w/ Natalya) he was with the Harts from a very young age and grew up training in the dungeon with Harry Smith and Natalya as well as Teddy Hart and a few others. Tyson has been very successful in Japan and especially Stampede Wrestling where he made his start at a very young age. Nattie is the first third generation diva in WWE, and has shown her impressive skills and real wrestling ability proving why she’s part of the Hart Dynasty. I love the fact that these two haven’t stepped into the business by being given a handout. Both have had to work for it from a very young age and train extremely hard to get where they are today. Both amazing technicians, I can’t wait to see what exactly these two have in store for us as they’re just starting to develop in WWE. Although Harry didn’t stick around long, the door will more than likely always be open for him to return if wanted. I think currently his MMA dreams are a better goal. Needless to say, the new generation of Hart family trainees make me proud to be Canadian.
Fun fact – Roddy Piper is Canadian, but is billed from Scotland. He will be featured in another future edition.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this write up as to some of the reasons why I’m a proud Canadian when it comes to wrestling. I know a lot of you love to root for your fellow countrymen. The Irish have their Sheamus and Finlay. Mexico has their Mil Mascaras and Alberto Del Rio. The U.S. has quite a lead over all of us, but hey, every country has enough talent to make someone jealous. Feel free to leave what country you’re from and who it is from your country you respect the most or remember from the business. It’s a very global business so let’s see what corners of the globe we actually touch.
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Wow I didn’t know Piper was Canadian. Knew he wasn’t Scottish like haha. Great read mate. I will let you in on a little secret though…Ray gave me a sneak peak of this article about 3 weeks ago. He used it as an example of what WR global will be….and I can see why it was an awesome read!!
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Thank you sir! I can’t wait for England, and I’m also excited to see exactly what happens with Ireland/N. Ireland.
Yeah the Piper thing is cool. It might be worth doing a write up about Canadians who billed from other countries. It’s neat Piper is Canadian. Also interesting how Sheamus is a native Somalian. LOL! Not really.
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Edge & Christian or Adam Impact and Christian Cage?
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The WWE characters are two of the best! I was so damn excited to see Edge on Raw and missed his damn entrance.
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Genital Warts Rule!
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LOL give Foley props too in that.
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Genital Warts for everybody!
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Nifty idea, guys!
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It should be pretty darn interesting once the countries start rolling out. Then the wars! lol.
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Will the U.S. part be broken up into the 50 states? lol
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could you imagine? lol. It would be more than possible probably. Alaska? I don’t a remember Ted “The Eskimo” Snow in the HOF.
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We could always count different gimmicks to fill the states out. lol
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Hell no! Will be lucky if I ever finish the thing.
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Dream big, man! lol
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hahha J! Is it almost an encyclopedia yet?
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Jinder Mahal and Santino are also Canadian. Great read.
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I’m rooting for Jinder big time. Lived in Calgary an hour from here. 🙂 See, there’s so many I could do in a Canadians who aren’t billed as Canadian write up. lol
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Should’ve gotten a normal gimmick. He kinda looks like my sister’s ex.
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Jinder? Yeah! Why can’t they just have a plain Indian guy? Why do they always have to be head dress wearing royalty or rich weirdos? lol.
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Don’t have him bring it up. Have a heel do that to get heat.
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Awesome way to kick of what should be an amazing series on WR! Canada does have some of the best talent, my favourite from Canada would be Benoit. He was always one of my favorites alongside Eddie.
I love how you included Tyson Kidd and Natalya because they’re both so under used and in my eyes under valued. Two amazing talents who have the potential to be two of the best technicians in WWE if given the chance.
Never even knew Roddy was Canadian!!
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Tyson and Natalya deserve props because I hope they become the future. They should be anyways. Tyson is one of those guys who can pretty much work with anyone. Mic work could use a bit of help. At least we’re allowed to talk about Benoit and recognize his work.
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Tyson has a good yell and that could help him connect with the crowd during matches.
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For sure man! I watch SuperStars every week & I’ve started watching NXT weekly too and it is often the case that Tyson’s matches were my favourite match of the week, for example a few weeks ago Tyson vs Hunicobon SuperStars was my favourite then Tyson vs McGillicuty from NXT was my favourite from last week.
Plus Tyson and Natalya are superrrrrr cool in person!!
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Antarctica is going to be epic!
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The Penguin?
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Mr. Freeze
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Chill ouuuuuuttttttt!
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It’s not a toomah!
I know it’s from the wrong movie, but I don’t care.
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Arnold should be GM of Raw.
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Pure quality! Fantastic idea and excellent introduction!
Guys – Should one new Global be released weekly? I think that’s better instead of them getting clogged up.
Also – The site is scheduled to change in the next 12 hours.
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Incoming!
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Actually – There won’t be a site re-design. I thought there was an issue but there isn’t. My bad, lol.
Also – WR Global page will be updated in next few minutes with the intro!
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kewl
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weekly would be cool for sure! Then we can start doing wars and such. Two people pick random countries and go head to head? Take out the horrible countries of course.
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lol…creating competition amongst staff =over maximum effot, if that makes sense, haha
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Axis and Allies with wrestlers!
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Good work. Interesting that Earthquake was a big deal for you – I guess you can’t pick who captures your attention as a kid. I was (and still am I guess) a big Bret Hart fan – there’s another to cover in the Canadian articles. SO many great stars have come from North of the Border…
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Not only his Earthquake gimmick but also in WCW as John Tenta. Sick brown tights with a Canadian flag in the middle. LOL. Horrible. I think what stands out the most is just his feuding with Hogan, then squashing Jake’s snake. He was an epic heel. They made it a big deal with Hogan would slam him. And damn, when Earthquake and Typhoon tagged up and got with Jimmy the tag division had some awesome heels.
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I still remember watching Earthquake’s WWE debut at my friend’s house.
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This is a great idea for an article. Gotta say, despite being quite proud of the talent Great Britain has provided for wrestling, Canada has always provided some of my favourite male and female stars. Bret and Owen Hart, Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian, Trish Stratus, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Tyson Kidd and Natalya are some of my all time favourites to watch. So thank you Canada for providing these talented stars!
Also, ironic reading this considering a few days ago, I was telling my parents Piper is Canadian, and they were adamant I was wrong!!
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I’m quite interested to see who is pulled out for the GB write up! Did you have to pull out the old Wiki and school your parents? That’s awesome they don’t believe you. Parents know all, you know!
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Canada is the best, everyone agrees? Awesome!
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