Calgary's Stampede Wrestling looks to step back in the ring
Bruce Hart is planning a televised event for November
A member ofCalgary's famousHart wrestling family ishoping to bring Stampede Wrestling back tolocal fans.
Bruce Hart, a former wrestler himself, believes there's an appetite for regular, live performances in this city and eventually across Western Canada.
Hart is currently training wrestlers with the goal of hosting a televised event this November.
He wants to return to Stampede Wrestling's roots and has no grandiose plans to try to supplant World Wrestling Entertainment, commonly known as the WWE.
"[It's]kind ofthe antithesis of what Stampede used to be,"he said.
See more on Bruce Hart's training program and his ideas for a Stampede Wrestling comeback tonight on CBC Television News starting at 5 p.m.
"Stampede was sort of liketwo guys going at it and a lot more action than talk, and WWEis about 60 per cent talk and about 40 per cent actionnot all that spectacular either."
Hart is now putting the call out for wrestlers and other supporting characters for the show.