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Wrestling match slams into Downtown Windsor
The Downtown Showdown was held Saturday, with hundreds of wrestling fans filling the streets to see the free event.
Downtown Windsor transformed into the venue of a live wrestling match on Saturday evening for the Downtown Showdown.
From leaps off the top rope to suplexes echoing off the canvas, the event brought hundreds to the corner of Ouellette and University Avenue.
Hosted by Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling, the free event featured seven fights.
Wrestling fan Steven Bowes told CTV News it's 'special' to have the event hosted outside in the downtown.
WINDSOR DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN WRESTLING
The Downtown Showdown wrestling event was held at the corner of Ouellette and University Avenue on July 26, 2025. (Robert Lothian/CTV News Windsor)
'I think it was a pretty awesome idea,' said Bowes.
As part of the outdoor setting, local bars and restaurants opened their doors and patios to the hundreds of additional customers.
'We've been working day and night, probably for the last two weeks, since our last event to set us all up,' Coun. Renaldo Agostino said ahead of the event.
The Downtown Showdown was the latest fight-filled night to descend on the city's core after Rumble on the Roof, featuring boxing matches atop the Pelissier Street parking garage, was held earlier this month.
