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Nick Bockwinkels and Mad Dog Vachons of the world," said Don (Cyrus) Callis, who grew up in Winnipeg and wrestled in the WWF under the moniker The Jackyl. "It was a really great place to be. It was always a really great building to be in." " />
When the spotlight dims on the WWE Smackdown! event at the Winnipeg Arena this week, the curtain will also close on more than half a century of wrestling history at the celebrated "old barn." "I remember fond memories of my dad taking me when I was seven or eight years old and watching the Nick Bockwinkels and Mad Dog Vachons of the world," said Don (Cyrus) Callis, who grew up in Winnipeg and wrestled in the WWF under the moniker The Jackyl. "It was a really great place to be. It was always a really great building to be in."
Tomorrow and Tuesday, the WWE will rock the Winnipeg Arena with its TV events Raw and Smackdown. The performances will mark the last time the wrestling franchise will appear in the old building, with the $133 million MTS Centre slated to open in November.
"Performing at the Winnipeg Arena was a much bigger deal for me personally than performing at Madison Square Garden," he recalled. "Having my dad in the audience ? having the crowd acknowledge that I was from Winnipeg ? it was one of the highlights of my time with the WWF."
Vachon also recalled a time years ago he performed in Winnipeg the same evening as the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was making a visit. A newspaper article the next day said 5,000 people made it out to the wrestling event ? and only 500 to the PM?s speech.
Well-known wrestling promoter Tony Condello said the arena match he remembers most fondly was a splashy one-hour draw in 1985 between then-AWA world heavyweight title holder Nick Bockwinkel and National Wrestling Alliance champ Ric Flair.
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