VIDEO: High Impact Wrestling takes on the North

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Some of the wrestlers on tour include Canadian star Cam!!ikaze, Red Thunder who is a 20-year veteran that worked with Stampede Wrestling in Calgary and WWE star Gangrel who Robert describes as “one of the most unique stars” and “quite a creepy individual.”

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“Those guys included with some of our guys … we’ve got a pretty unique tour going up.”

For HIW taking the show to places like Ile a la Crosse and La Loche is always fun and provides a unique experience that differs from other communities.

Roberts recalled the first time they visited La Loche. He said there was probably 500 “wild screaming kids” in the venue; making it “the loudest building” he’s been in.

On average, he adds, they get crowds of 200 to 300 in the North.

In Regina in Saskatoon the average crowd age is early 20s to 30s, but in the North the average age is between five and 15 making it largely a child-based crowd, he said.

“So the shows [have] a little more humour in that sense of the word, but no less athletic or entertaining,” he said with a chuckle.

Helping co-ordinate the shows in the North is Keith Shewchuk, who also has his own character on the tour named Crazy Horse.

Shewchuk unveiled his character in 2008 and describes him as the greatest manager in professional wrestling. He said Crazy Horse is very over the top and flamboyant.

“It’s a lot of fun and I kind of just develop my character through practice,” Shewchuk said.

The show has been coming to La Loche for a few years and Shewchuk said the kids are always asking when they’ll be back.

“They’re always excited and I live in La Loche and now the kids know me as my performing name “Crazy Horse” so I always get the kids coming up to me saying ‘Crazy Horse when is the next show going to take place?’” he said.

These tours allow the community, and especially the children, to meet and greet with the wrestling stars.

“We don’t have too many entertainment opportunities, so when High Impact Wrestling started coming up this way we took full advantage of it and seized every opportunity we could when they were available to come up North,” he said.

Both Shewchuk and Robert hope to break into the Prince Albert market in the future and perform a show sometime next year.

For more information on the tour visit their Facebook page.

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