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MAURO RANALLO PREVIEWS MAPLE LEAF PRO WRESTLING PREMIERE EVENTS

Some updates on next month's Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling debut events in Windsor, Ontario at at St. Clair College:

10/19:

*Speedball Mike Bailey will face Konosuke Takeshita

10/20:

*ROH Women's Champion Athena vs. Gisele Shaw

*Josh Alexander vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Also set for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling's debut weekend thus far are Miyu Yamashita, Jake Something, the former Jinder Mahal, Trevor Lee aka Cameron Grimes, Rohot Raju, KUSHIDA, Kylie Rae, Aiden Prince, Sheldon Jean, Stu Grayson, QT Marshall, Laynie Luck, Brent Banks, El Reverso, and more.

The Scott D'Amore production will resurrect the Maple Leaf brand, which was use by the Tunney family in the territory era.    Tim Walbert, who left AEW in June 2023, was the company's head director from 2019 until his departure.  He previously directed Wrestlemania and other major WWE events during his eight year run with that promotion.  Kevin M. Sullivan, who over the course of his career headed TNA and AEW Production and spent time in the trenches for WWE as well, has been named the company's on air branding and production head.  Most surprising was the announcement that Keith Mitchell as Executive Producer.  Mitchell retired from working full-time in professional wrestling when he departed AEW in December 2021.  Over the course of his run of five decades in pro wrestling, Mitchell has been involved in helping to lead World Class Championship Wrestling, WCW and TNA from a Production end.  So, what was thought to be his retirement after five decades in pro wrestling turned out to just be a hiatus.

It was announced that Sam Leterna, who recently exited TNA, will be the ring announcer.

Former WWE NXT and TNA personality McKenzie Mitchell will be the official "correspondent" for the promotion.

Tickets are on sale at www.mlpwrestling.com.  The events will be streaming live on TrillerTV, priced at $19.99 each or $29.99 for the pair with Mauro Ranallo and Don Callis on the call.

The promotion has launched an official ProWrestlingTees.com store at this link and continue to release classic footage:

 

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