CARLYLE - There was a lot of excitement at Carlyle's Gordon F. Kells High School on Nov. 17 when the Canadian Wrestling Elite (CWE) came to town for their Rumble to Remember tour.
The crowd created the amount of noise one would expect from a gymnasium filled with people. Several kids got right into the action with signs to annoy the wrestlers they did not like.
The show started with the crowd favourite Cam!!ikaze. He squared off against Crude Oil, who thought his power was going to overtake his foe, but in the end Cam!!ikaze came out on top.
Hot Shot Danny Duggan, the organizer of the tour and the CWE Central Canadian champion, came out carrying the American flag and taunting the crowd with his words about Canada. This had the crowd rooting for Adrien “Bamm Bamm” Burton.
“I am the man,” he said. “Just like Donald Trump." Duggan continued to yell at his opponent to stay down and in the end, he won his match.
Canadian Crusher, a two-time CWE champion, faced off against a crowd pleaser “The Miracle” Jackson Conway. Conway silenced the crowd so they could hear the slaps that he applied to the Crusher's chest. Conway won by disqualification.
A special triple threat match was next, when WWE and WCW legend “The Juice” Juventud Guerrera came into play. He squared off against “The Warrior” Bobby Sharp and The Headliner. As they planned to team up against the Legend, this didn't work out well, as the Legend was quick on his feet, pinning The Warrior. After the match The Headliner had to plead for his robe back from some kids in the front row.
Guerrera began wrestling when he was 15 years old and joined WCW for a four year run with the company. During that time, he was a multiple-time cruiserweight champion. He wrestled legends like Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio Jr.
In 2005, he joined WWE for a short time with the Smackdown brand. At the time, it was considered to be the Ruthless Aggression era, and at the No Mercy PPV, he won the Cruiserweight Championship. This was the only time he won a WWE title.
Today he is building a wrestling centre with his dad in Mexico City. He looks forward to training young people for the business of wrestling.
CWE Champion “The Zombie Killer” Mentallo had his hands full with The Real Deal, James Roth, but the crowd had Mentallo's back with their chants, bringing a win to the Zombie Killer.
The main event was an over-the-top-rope rumble match, starting with Cam!!ikaze and Duggan. Every 60 seconds another man entered the ring. The only way to be eliminated was by going over the top rope and the last man in the ring was deemed the winner.
All the wrestlers were in the ring, which caused some chaos for the performers as some of the bad guys teamed up.
In the end it was Cam!!ikaze, Duggan and Sharp. Duggan stood on the sideline watching the other two wrestle, but when Cam!!ikaze threw Sharp out, it was show time for Duggan.
Once again, the crowd came alive with their chants for Cam!!ikaze, encouraging the wrestler to stay on top. Cam!!ikaze took the victory over Hot Shot, which sent the crowd into an uproar.
Cam!!ikaze went around the outside of the ring, hugging his fans and high-fiving others.
CWE was in Estevan the following night. A large crowd turned out, with appearances by Guerrera and the rumble match once again the top draws.
