MLP Forged in Excellence
2024 Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling event
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Forged In Excellence was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and the inaugural event produced by the revived promotion Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.[1][2]
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Promotional poster of the event | |||
| Promotion | Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling | ||
| Date | October 19–20, 2024 | ||
| City | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Venue | St. Clair College | ||
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The event took place at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario and was streamed live on Triller TV. It featured wrestlers from Maple Leaf Pro's sister promotion Border City Wrestling and 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.
Production
Background
On April 14, 2024, Michael E. Dockins filed a trademark for "Maple Leaf Wrestling". The address listed on the filing was for Border City Wrestling (BCW), owned by former Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) president Scott D’Amore.[3][4]
On August 8, D’Amore announced a relaunch of the Maple Leaf Wrestling brand dubbed Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP). Its inaugural two-night event, "Forged in Excellence", which was scheduled to take place on October 19 and 20 at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and would be streamed live on Triller TV.[5]
On August 19, 2024, Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), Oceania Pro Wrestling (OPW), and Qatar Pro Wrestling (QPW) formed the Pro Wrestling Alliance (PWA) to work together on talent exchange and other collaborations.[6]
Storylines
Forged in Excellence featured multiple professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Storylines were produced on various Border City Wrestling and Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling events.[7]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[11] | ||||
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| 1D | Psycho Mike defeated Raj Singh by pinfall | Singles match | — | ||||
| 2D | Classy Ali defeated Bryce Hansen by pinfall | Singles match | — | ||||
| 3 | Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson and El Phantasmo defeated Trevor Lee, Rocky Romero and Alex Zayne by pinfall | Six-man tag team match[12] | 13:31 | ||||
| 4 | Q. T. Marshall (with Harley Cameron) defeated Bhupinder Gujjar by pinfall | Singles match[13] | 8:24 | ||||
| 5 | Kylie Rae defeated Laynie Luck, Aurora Teves and Taylor Rising by pinfall | Four-way match[14] | 6:53 | ||||
| 6 | Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and Kushida) (c) defeated Brent Banks and Johnny Swinger and Aiden Prince and El Reverso and Rogue Squadron (Rohit Raju and Sheldon Jean) by pinfall | Four-way tag team match for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship[15] | 16:10 | ||||
| 7 | Rohan Raja defeated Jake Something by pinfall | Singles match for the inaugural PWA Champions Grail[16] | 13:30 | ||||
| 8 | Bully Ray defeated Raj Dhesi by "elimination" | Tables match[17] | 8:53 | ||||
| 9 | Gisele Shaw defeated Miyu Yamashita by pinfall | Singles match[18] Had Yamashita won, she would’ve challenged Athena for the ROH Women's World Championship alongside Shaw in a three-way match on Night 2. | 12:36 | ||||
| 10 | Konosuke Takeshita (with Don Callis) defeated Mike Bailey by pinfall | Singles match[19] Had Bailey won, he would’ve received a future shot at the AEW International Championship. | 24:39 | ||||
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