Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling owner Scott D’Amore has outlined plans for the upstart promotion after this weekend’s debut shows.
D’Amore spoke to Steven Muelhausen of Sports Illustrated ahead of the two-day Forged in Excellence event in Windsor, Ontario.
The former TNA Wrestling President said that this weekend’s shows would serve as “proof of concept”. He confirmed that 2025 would see Maple Leaf Pro move beyond Windsor and that he wanted to grow the key Toronto market.
D’Amore said that Ontario would be MLP’s base but he had been in talks with potential partners across Canada and beyond.
D’Amore said:
These are our marquee shows in 2024. It’s our proof of concept. This is us showing you what we’re going to be about. Then, our plan is really a 2025 plan. You will see some announcements coming out soon, both domestically and internationally with our partnerships and collaborations. I think our Q1 2025, plan is you’re going to see a few events domestically.
You will see us outside of Windsor, which has been a big question. We’ve been contacted from everybody in BC (British Columbia) to the Maritimes. Obviously, Ontario’s going to be our base. But we’re looking to expand and grow Toronto, a key market in Canada that we want to get back into.
He added that he had ambitions to grow the organization internationally:
I think we have some really exciting stuff internationally planned for Q1 of 2025. If fans tune in, see what we got, and then sit back and watch the ride as we gear up for what I think will be a really awesome 2025 season.
John Siino will have full reports of both nights of Maple Leaf Pro’s Forged in Excellence event on the site tomorrow.
