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[Crowd chatter]
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Reserve is a piece of land
that was given to us
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by the government.
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Just for Native people.
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There was this thing that
I was told by my father,
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it was called
the 500 Year War,
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ever since the
settlers came in the 1400's.
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They would come and
just tell us that,
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"You live in this part
of this land now and
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we own the rest of this."
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And that's when the war
started between the
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settlers and the Native people.
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And we're still in it.
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[Cheering]
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♪
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♪
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Yeah, that's right,
I am the best. I am the best!
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♪ [National Anthem]
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[Booing]
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What the fuck is going on?
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[Cheering & Applause]
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♪
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Canada, a country best known
internationally for vast
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unpopulated landscapes,
overly polite citizens,
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and the rapper Drake.
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Less known is the
contentious relationship
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between the Indigenous
First Nations and the
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colonial forces of the
Canadian government.
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Beginning with the
Indian Act of 1876,
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First Nations were forced
off of their traditional
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territories and onto
the reserve system.
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These are small and often
isolated parcels of land
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still owned by
the government.
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Decades later and the
system is still in place,
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with nearly half of Canada's
First Nations population
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living on reserves.
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Conditions on reserves
remain so difficult that a
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UN Indigenous rights
investigator officially
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described a state
of crisis due to,
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among many factors,
a lack of infrastructure,
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including drinking water
and access to
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education and healthcare.
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You might be wondering
what any of this
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has to do with pro wrestling...
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A few years ago,
I saw footage of the
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Canadian Wrestling Federation's
Ice Road Wrestling Tour.
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CWF is an independent
promotion headed by
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Frank Rickman,
known by the ring name,
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Kryss Thorn.
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The company has carved out
a niche in the business by
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visiting the most remote
Indigenous communities
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in northern Quebec.
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For reservations that are
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isolated from outside
entertainment,
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the CWF is literally the
only show in town.
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I'm joining their summer
tour to see firsthand
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why this band of road warriors
are continuously welcomed by
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the communities they visit,
and learn more about the
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connection between wrestling
in the Cree and Inuit
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communities of the
James Bay region.
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We travel on the road, sometimes
for 30 hours straight...
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Show up at a show,
there is no time to sleep.
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We're setting the ring up,
doing the show,
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tearing down, and we're leaving
for the next community.
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We are the biggest
traveling company in Canada;
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nobody does more
shows than us.
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Last year we did 97 shows.
I want to beat it this year.
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People sometimes
look at you, "Oh, he's loaded.
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He's making a
fortune off this."
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And you're not.
You really aren't.
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I make a living.
I'm far from being rich.
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[Laughs]
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I think a real
businessman would say,
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"Screw this shit,"
and call it quits.
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But me, it's like this is
part of me and I'm gonna
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continue to do what
I do, regardless.
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Maybe it's not the smartest
business decisions in the world,
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but, you know,
this is what I do.
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First stop, Waskaganish.
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Waskaganish is a Cree
community of over 2,200 people
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on the southeast
shore of James Bay in the
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Istchee Territory
in northern Quebec, Canada.
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The community has only
had road access since 2001,
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and is over 14 hours
by truck from Montreal.
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- Hey, man.
- Where's this guy going?
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Ow!
Oh, Jesus!
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Ah! Ah!
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[Coughs]
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Do it, do it.
Ah!
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[Laughs]
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The CWF crew
doesn't waste any time.
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Moments after
arriving in town,
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Frank has them loading
into the hockey rink
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to set up the ring.
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♪
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Everybody that comes out,
I watch them,
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I look at them
and I judge them;
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they have to go by my rules.
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Everybody helps
put up the ring.
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Look at this guy.
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[Indistinct speaking]
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Only on camera.
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You know, no drugs,
no alcohol,
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no hooking up with any of
the girls in the community.
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I've had guys come out on
a tour and they've lasted
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three days and
flew themselves home.
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Was it, like, custom built for
you guys, because...?
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Yeah. This was custom-built
like 20-something years ago.
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Okay.
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The first day is
always the hardest.
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It gets boring just setting
up the thing over and over.
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Shadow Xtreme is a
Cree wrestler from the
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First Nation community
of Pukatawagan.
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He spent years training
mainly in Winnipeg when
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Frank and the CWF crew rolled
through his community.
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After an audition
and a debut match,
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Frank quickly signed him and
gave him a seat in the van.
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He's a crowd favourite
in these communities.
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Tony Caribou is an
amateur stuntman,
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a break dancer,
and a parkour practitioner
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now turned wrestler.
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Also from Pukatawagan,
he was first introduced to
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the sport and the
CWF by his uncle, Shadow,
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and the pair now form the
tag team Cree Xtreme.
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Their inclusion is critical,
as Cree Xtreme are not only
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babyfaces -
wrestling speak for heroes -
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but also the only
First Nations wrestlers
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taking part in the tour.
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For their young audiences,
it's a much needed opportunity
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to see legit First Nations
representation in the ring.
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CWF's top babyface
is Jesse Bieber.
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He literally grew
up on the road,
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cutting his teeth as a
referee before becoming a
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wrestler and CWF's
current champion.
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While he's Frank's son,
no amount of nepotism can
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account for his popularity
with these crowds.
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♪
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So, you've been a
wrestling fan pretty much
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your whole life, right?
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Yeah, like, ah...
I was born in '84.
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- Wrestle Mania started in '84.
- Yeah.
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You know, like, it's...
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Something that was, like -
that I just loved.
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Tim '2oolman' Hill is one
third of the award-winning
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and unapologetically
political group,
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A Tribe Called Red.
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He's also a close friend
and fellow life-long
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wrestling fanatic.
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When I told him I was
traveling to Waskaganish to
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witness Cree Xtreme wrestle,
he jumped in a truck and
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drove 22 hours to
hang out with us.
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Tim grew up in Canada's
reserve system in
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Six Nations of the Grand River,
and knows firsthand the
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effects it can have on
the confidence
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of First Nations youth.
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Growing up on the res,
you get a sense of like
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your education isn't
that great, you know.
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That's what they --
that's what they say.
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And, like, it usually comes
even from our own people.
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A lot of people like kind of
like hold us down and
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we get the sense that, you know,
that not only that
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we can't succeed out
there, but we can't...
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We don't belong out there.
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I grew up not really having
much representation in media,
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being, you know,
Indigenous in this world.
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Like, for wrestling
though it was...
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always The Ultimate Warrior
for me. Love the warrior.
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I, I, I... I knew he wasn't...
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- Yeah.
- Like, Native.
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Indigenous or
anything, but...
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The fact that he was a warrior,
and what he stood for,
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it just like connected
with me and like...
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It's all like Native
people who have like
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this connection with wrestling.
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It's something
that's universal.
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We went with the boys
to cut promos
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at the local radio station.
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Native run radio stations
serve an important role on
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reservations by providing
a powerful local voice.
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And, for CWF, it's one of
the most reliable ways
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to get the word out
about the shows.
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Ladies and gentleman,
boys and girls,
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this is a show not to miss.
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You come out,
you see wrestling's
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greatest pop star, Jesse Bieber.
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I am your CWF
Heavyweight Champion.
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No clue on wrestling yet,
but I can tell you it's going
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to be one hell of a show and
I'm gonna make sure
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you have one hell of a time.
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I'm Shadow Xtreme, all the
way from northern Manitoba.
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Also with me is my tag team
partner and relative,
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Tony Caribou.
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Yay.
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Hello, Waskaganish.
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I am the high flying spectacular
First Nation sensation, Tony.
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I will be... wrestling tonight.
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- In action.
- In action.
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I will be in action. Hi-ya!
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And I want to thank you.
What is your name, by the way?
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Greta.
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Greta, are you
gonna be there?
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- I don't know.
- She doesn't know!
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So, ladies and gentlemen,
come down at 7 pm,
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to the Sports Complex.
$2 for kids. $5 for adults.
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And I guarantee you, you're
gonna have a great time.
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Hey!
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[Indistinct speaking]
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♪
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What is it about
wrestling that,
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that we connected with so much?
I don't understand.
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Grappling was a thing
with our people back then.
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There's always been a
practice of this grappling
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and pinning each
other down to the ground.
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Yeah, for sure. I mean,
there's leg wrestling up north.
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- Yeah.
- You know?
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- Yeah.
- There's even the... the hook.
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The hook! I was
gonna say the hook,
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where they wrap
each other's arms around and
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they grab each other's
cheek and then --
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- And then pull.
- Pull, pull.
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And whoever taps
first is like, you lost.
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And that's a wrestling move.
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That's been, like, brought into
wrestling, too, right, the hook?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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We're really big on the
competition and pain.
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I guess, how much
you can endure.
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Long before the
CWF began touring,
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wrestling was visiting First
Nations communities in Canada.
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Starting in the 1980's,
Tony Condello,
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a promoter based
out of Winnipeg,
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started running tours on
reservations across the north.
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Now the wrestlers of CWF
continue that tradition by
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making sure wrestling
remains active and present
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on reserves for a new generation
of First Nations youth.
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♪
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- Woo!
- Wrestler: Ah!
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[Laughs]
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[Grunts]
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♪
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[Indistinct Speaking]
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♪
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This rumble is for the title.
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So, we got Tim 2oolman,
from Tribe Called Red.
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He's gonna be
special guest referee.
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Now, Tim, there are no
major rules to this,
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both their little feet
touch the ground...?
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- They're out.
- They're out.
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[Cheering]
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[Grunts]
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[Cheering]
251
00:12:27,572 --> 00:12:29,102
[Grunts]
252
00:12:29,139 --> 00:12:31,099
It's super hectic right now.
We got four guys in the ring.
253
00:12:31,141 --> 00:12:34,141
[Cheering]
254
00:12:34,188 --> 00:12:36,578
He's out.
255
00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:37,705
He's out!
256
00:12:40,934 --> 00:12:43,854
[Cheering]
257
00:12:43,893 --> 00:12:45,373
He's out!
258
00:12:45,416 --> 00:12:47,546
♪
259
00:12:53,555 --> 00:13:06,045
[Cheering]
260
00:13:06,089 --> 00:13:16,189
♪
261
00:13:16,230 --> 00:13:18,190
Shadow is my
actual birth name.
262
00:13:18,232 --> 00:13:21,152
It was given to me because
my dad had a rock band
263
00:13:21,191 --> 00:13:23,981
called The Shadows.
264
00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:26,850
When I was a child,
I did the crazy stuff.
265
00:13:26,893 --> 00:13:31,423
I was always doing something
to surprise or give a
266
00:13:31,462 --> 00:13:34,162
little bit of a shock
factor to people.
267
00:13:34,204 --> 00:13:38,124
I used to just jump off a
tree onto like a bunch of bushes
268
00:13:38,165 --> 00:13:41,425
and just get scrapes and cuts,
and get hurt.
269
00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,350
That all led to
being very fearless.
270
00:13:47,391 --> 00:13:49,521
I'm not like a psycho, or
271
00:13:49,567 --> 00:13:51,127
mentally challenged or anything.
272
00:13:51,178 --> 00:13:54,178
I just don't
like being bored.
273
00:13:54,224 --> 00:13:56,884
There's not much to
do on the res. [Laughs]
274
00:13:56,923 --> 00:14:00,673
♪
275
00:14:00,709 --> 00:14:02,539
I wanted to
become a wrestler.
276
00:14:02,580 --> 00:14:04,970
I was obsessed
about wrestling.
277
00:14:05,018 --> 00:14:10,238
I even had dreams about
being inside a wrestling ring.
278
00:14:10,284 --> 00:14:13,034
I knew there was
wrestling school somewhere,
279
00:14:13,069 --> 00:14:16,069
and... I found it.
It was quite a distance.
280
00:14:16,116 --> 00:14:18,726
I had to take an
eight-hour train ride.
281
00:14:18,770 --> 00:14:20,690
And I jump on a
Greyhound bus to Winnipeg,
282
00:14:20,729 --> 00:14:22,599
was another ten hours.
283
00:14:22,644 --> 00:14:24,914
The next day I had to
take the train back to Puk.
284
00:14:24,951 --> 00:14:28,481
And I did that once a month
for a whole year and a half.
285
00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:32,129
♪
286
00:14:42,751 --> 00:14:43,931
That's a...
287
00:14:49,279 --> 00:14:52,199
Every kid that I talked to,
talked about how
288
00:14:52,239 --> 00:14:55,239
amazing it was to see
you in there. You know?
289
00:14:55,285 --> 00:14:57,025
Thank you.
290
00:14:57,070 --> 00:14:59,770
I want to inspire.
291
00:14:59,811 --> 00:15:01,991
You know, I'm Native and
I'm wrestling among
292
00:15:02,031 --> 00:15:03,471
my other Native people, so...
293
00:15:08,342 --> 00:15:10,782
The thing was, you know,
the government just,
294
00:15:10,822 --> 00:15:12,302
"Here, here's some land.
295
00:15:12,346 --> 00:15:13,956
Okay, do what you
want over there.
296
00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,050
Just don't
bother us," basically,
297
00:15:17,090 --> 00:15:19,570
so we're just in our own
little cooped up area,
298
00:15:19,614 --> 00:15:20,964
area, and we just...
299
00:15:21,007 --> 00:15:23,267
I don't know,
live life with our own.
300
00:15:23,313 --> 00:15:28,973
And you know, things happen,
good and bad.
301
00:15:29,015 --> 00:15:31,225
And...
302
00:15:31,278 --> 00:15:34,278
since the like, I was
saying like we're an angry,
303
00:15:34,324 --> 00:15:39,594
like angry people now
because of what happened to us.
304
00:15:39,634 --> 00:15:45,814
So, a lot of people like
to go towards alcoholism.
305
00:15:45,857 --> 00:15:48,427
It's very depressing.
306
00:15:48,469 --> 00:15:51,989
♪
307
00:15:52,038 --> 00:15:53,778
[Sighs]
308
00:15:53,822 --> 00:15:58,352
♪
309
00:16:00,307 --> 00:16:01,827
- Can you borrow a quarter?
- Yeah, I'll give it back.
310
00:16:01,873 --> 00:16:03,273
- You're not gonna pay it back.
- Yeah, I will.
311
00:16:03,310 --> 00:16:05,010
- No, you're not.
- I always pay back.
312
00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:06,311
When?
313
00:16:06,356 --> 00:16:08,046
With my land.
314
00:16:08,097 --> 00:16:09,527
[Laughs]
315
00:16:09,577 --> 00:16:11,187
I guess I consider
him like family.
316
00:16:11,231 --> 00:16:14,321
So, he comes, stays at our house
and trains at our school.
317
00:16:14,364 --> 00:16:16,854
He's just, he's the
great person, you know,
318
00:16:16,888 --> 00:16:19,068
to have around and
I guess we kind of
319
00:16:19,108 --> 00:16:20,978
took him under our wing, and...
320
00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:23,243
Tony's now here,
Shadow's nephew.
321
00:16:23,286 --> 00:16:25,766
They're a tag
team and I think...
322
00:16:25,810 --> 00:16:28,030
they could go places.
323
00:16:28,074 --> 00:16:29,904
Whapmagoostui and
Kuujjuaraapik are the
324
00:16:29,945 --> 00:16:32,075
northernmost Cree and the
southernmost Inuit village
325
00:16:32,121 --> 00:16:33,561
in Quebec.
326
00:16:33,601 --> 00:16:35,431
The community is only
accessible by air and for
327
00:16:35,472 --> 00:16:39,042
a few weeks in
the late summer, by boat.
328
00:16:39,085 --> 00:16:47,085
♪
329
00:16:47,136 --> 00:16:50,486
Me and Tony,
we're both from Pukatawagan,
330
00:16:50,531 --> 00:16:53,531
and I trained a lot of the
kids and the teens that
331
00:16:53,577 --> 00:16:57,147
were interested in wrestling.
332
00:16:57,190 --> 00:16:58,630
When I purchased
my wrestling ring,
333
00:16:58,669 --> 00:17:00,849
Tony was the first person
to come over and help
334
00:17:00,889 --> 00:17:03,369
set up the
wrestling ring.
335
00:17:03,413 --> 00:17:05,813
Something in his life
happened and he was
336
00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,850
going down a dark
path for a while.
337
00:17:07,896 --> 00:17:11,246
So, when CWF came to
Puk and scooped him up,
338
00:17:11,291 --> 00:17:12,811
that was it.
339
00:17:12,857 --> 00:17:16,377
He just needed to get out of
there before it got any worse.
340
00:17:16,426 --> 00:17:18,426
Okay, so now you know
what you got to do?
341
00:17:18,472 --> 00:17:22,692
I gotta tuck... go faster.
342
00:17:22,737 --> 00:17:24,257
Okay.
343
00:17:24,304 --> 00:17:27,744
[Indistinct speaking]
344
00:17:27,785 --> 00:17:30,435
Shadow's trying to get
his flips back right now.
345
00:17:30,484 --> 00:17:33,104
He's had to let a lot of
that flip that he used to be
346
00:17:33,139 --> 00:17:35,579
able to do go, so Tony's
taking him through and
347
00:17:35,619 --> 00:17:37,139
helping him get
his flip back.
348
00:17:37,186 --> 00:17:39,616
He's learning, you know.
I'm helping him break it down.
349
00:17:39,667 --> 00:17:44,107
I could do this too, but I don't
want to show off for everyone.
350
00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:46,630
- Ah!
- Oh!
351
00:17:46,674 --> 00:17:48,684
- Ah!
- Just about!
352
00:17:48,719 --> 00:17:50,289
- Better though.
- You need to stick it.
353
00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:54,766
Ah!
[Laughs]
354
00:17:54,812 --> 00:17:57,992
That was awesome though.
You were so high!
355
00:17:58,033 --> 00:18:12,093
♪
356
00:18:12,134 --> 00:18:14,354
Just seems like parkour and
wrestling are such a natural
357
00:18:14,397 --> 00:18:17,267
mix together, you know,
they just go so well.
358
00:18:17,313 --> 00:18:19,583
What do you feel
wrestling has given you?
359
00:18:19,620 --> 00:18:21,140
It gave me confidence.
360
00:18:21,187 --> 00:18:24,097
I gave up hope for a bit
'cause I didn't have
361
00:18:24,146 --> 00:18:25,886
nothing to do at Puk.
362
00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:29,020
Like, I'm trying to give
them something to do and
363
00:18:29,064 --> 00:18:30,544
something fun.
364
00:18:30,587 --> 00:18:32,367
Well, you're saving them
from making an 18-hour journey,
365
00:18:32,415 --> 00:18:33,625
like you had to do
to go to wrestling school.
366
00:18:33,677 --> 00:18:35,587
Oh, yes. And that's
one of the goals
367
00:18:35,636 --> 00:18:37,896
I wanted to do when I
became a wrestler.
368
00:18:37,942 --> 00:18:39,212
You're straight edge,
you know?
369
00:18:39,248 --> 00:18:40,508
Straight edge, yes.
370
00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:43,304
Was it hard,
growing up, avoiding...
371
00:18:43,339 --> 00:18:45,689
Not even necessarily,
you know,
372
00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:47,173
alcohol and drugs
and things like that,
373
00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:49,303
but even just the conflict
that brings from
374
00:18:49,345 --> 00:18:51,605
people around you using
drugs and alcohol?
375
00:18:51,652 --> 00:18:52,962
I just somehow just
stayed away from it.
376
00:18:53,001 --> 00:18:54,571
I don't know how I
stayed away from it.
377
00:18:54,611 --> 00:18:57,611
I just stayed away.
378
00:18:57,658 --> 00:19:00,098
- You are strong.
- I don't know, I just...
379
00:19:00,139 --> 00:19:03,619
I don't know, for some
people that drink, it's normal.
380
00:19:03,664 --> 00:19:05,494
It's just normal for me to
like not drink and
381
00:19:05,535 --> 00:19:08,795
not smoke or do drugs.
382
00:19:08,843 --> 00:19:10,243
Can you grab my jacket?
I'm getting cold now.
383
00:19:10,279 --> 00:19:12,539
I was gonna say,
you must be fucking freezing.
384
00:19:12,586 --> 00:19:14,536
Do you want my jacket? Do you
want me to just warm you up?
385
00:19:14,588 --> 00:19:15,758
I've got my own jacket.
386
00:19:15,806 --> 00:19:17,806
You gotta,
you gotta keep him warm.
387
00:19:17,852 --> 00:19:19,252
Oh, yeah.
388
00:19:19,288 --> 00:19:21,198
I could feel my
nipples getting hard, so...
389
00:19:21,247 --> 00:19:25,427
[Laughs]
390
00:19:25,468 --> 00:19:28,468
[ATV motor]
391
00:19:28,515 --> 00:19:37,305
[Indistinct speaking]
392
00:19:37,350 --> 00:19:40,000
As well as wrestling shows,
Frank and the CWF crew
393
00:19:40,048 --> 00:19:43,358
also offer training
camps for local kids.
394
00:19:43,399 --> 00:19:45,969
Kayla is one of their
most devoted students.
395
00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:47,450
She'll wait months
between lessons,
396
00:19:47,490 --> 00:19:49,360
as the guys only come
through her town
397
00:19:49,405 --> 00:19:51,055
three or four times a year.
398
00:19:51,102 --> 00:19:52,672
You gonna do some stuff...
some stuff?
399
00:19:52,713 --> 00:19:55,023
Lock up with Jesse.
Come on.
400
00:19:55,063 --> 00:19:57,463
Ah... ugh!
401
00:19:57,500 --> 00:19:59,590
- Good girl, yep, there you go.
- So this foot. There you go.
402
00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:01,243
This is strong, too. I like it.
403
00:20:01,287 --> 00:20:03,157
Loosen up a little.
404
00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,812
You should be able to
move around a little bit.
405
00:20:04,855 --> 00:20:06,545
[Laughs]
406
00:20:06,596 --> 00:20:07,946
Cool, ready?
407
00:20:07,989 --> 00:20:11,469
Kayla: I was really interested
about doing the things
408
00:20:11,514 --> 00:20:12,824
that they were doing.
409
00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:15,303
Jesse: Ya... Yeah!
410
00:20:15,344 --> 00:20:16,874
Kayla: So, I decided to see
how it feels like
411
00:20:16,911 --> 00:20:19,041
to be an actual wrestler.
412
00:20:21,524 --> 00:20:23,704
- No.
- No?
413
00:20:23,744 --> 00:20:28,054
Kayla: I have like a long term
and a short term memory loss.
414
00:20:28,096 --> 00:20:31,226
I got that from my father,
biological father.
415
00:20:31,273 --> 00:20:34,103
Watch. So I break in, okay.
416
00:20:34,145 --> 00:20:37,495
I'm gonna hook his hand,
step through about here.
417
00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:42,070
Gonna hook, step, place.
Okay?
418
00:20:42,110 --> 00:20:44,550
Frank: I always wanted to get
the community involved
419
00:20:44,591 --> 00:20:45,851
in what we're doing.
420
00:20:45,896 --> 00:20:47,196
Like, every community we
go to now there's a
421
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:50,116
community member that's
training with us.
422
00:20:50,161 --> 00:20:52,341
I want to make that
person's dream come true.
423
00:20:52,381 --> 00:20:54,211
You're gonna fall
down on your face, Kayla.
424
00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:56,653
Just fall on your face,
drop both.
425
00:20:56,690 --> 00:20:57,870
Ready?
426
00:20:57,908 --> 00:20:59,818
Put your hands out,
hands out, hands out.
427
00:20:59,867 --> 00:21:02,167
Fall down...
Good girl.
428
00:21:02,217 --> 00:21:04,737
Kayla's one of the girls
from a community that's a
429
00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:07,265
fly-in community,
troubled background.
430
00:21:07,309 --> 00:21:09,179
Come on, push up.
Got her head.
431
00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:10,834
And, she's an amazing kid.
432
00:21:10,878 --> 00:21:13,358
Good girl. Nice.
433
00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:15,582
We run different programs
and she's been
434
00:21:15,622 --> 00:21:17,322
involved with all of them.
435
00:21:17,363 --> 00:21:19,103
She really, really
took to the wrestling,
436
00:21:19,147 --> 00:21:21,847
which I was shocked
'cause a lot of girls
437
00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:23,239
don't really take to it.
438
00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:24,502
You want to try
and stop the pain, right.
439
00:21:24,544 --> 00:21:26,374
So the way to do that...
440
00:21:26,415 --> 00:21:29,715
is to try and come
this way, right.
441
00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:31,506
I got adopted
at eight months.
442
00:21:31,551 --> 00:21:35,991
My parents couldn't be
able to take care of me.
443
00:21:36,033 --> 00:21:38,253
Oh, oh! Oh!
444
00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:40,857
Whoa!
445
00:21:40,908 --> 00:21:46,518
They're still alcoholics,
drug addicts.
446
00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:48,306
They told me...
447
00:21:48,350 --> 00:21:52,090
I won't be able to live with
them until I'm 18 again,
448
00:21:52,136 --> 00:21:55,136
so it's kind of hard...
449
00:21:55,183 --> 00:21:58,753
Seeing them
drinking or doing drugs.
450
00:21:58,795 --> 00:22:03,755
♪
451
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,850
I don't mainly
go out anymore.
452
00:22:07,891 --> 00:22:10,371
After my Grandpa passed,
453
00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:15,456
I started not going
out after that.
454
00:22:15,508 --> 00:22:20,948
My Grandfather was
like a father to me.
455
00:22:20,991 --> 00:22:25,041
Here, if I wanted to,
I could break off...
456
00:22:25,082 --> 00:22:26,912
and flip you.
457
00:22:26,954 --> 00:22:28,964
[Thud]
458
00:22:28,999 --> 00:22:31,959
The training
camp was amazing.
459
00:22:32,002 --> 00:22:36,752
I had an opportunity to be
able to go back outside and
460
00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:38,920
see the world again,
461
00:22:38,966 --> 00:22:43,876
and to be able to be
connected to new people.
462
00:22:43,927 --> 00:22:46,317
Oh!
463
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,185
You're doing awesome.
464
00:22:48,236 --> 00:22:53,016
It felt like I was
myself in that ring.
465
00:22:53,067 --> 00:22:57,027
Like I can do anything.
466
00:22:57,071 --> 00:23:01,211
Letting out all the
stress inside me.
467
00:23:01,249 --> 00:23:04,769
And the depression.
468
00:23:04,818 --> 00:23:09,428
I feel blessed in that ring.
469
00:23:09,475 --> 00:23:11,425
So tell me about
your first match.
470
00:23:11,477 --> 00:23:15,517
I actually won the
Royal Rumble last year.
471
00:23:15,568 --> 00:23:16,658
- Yeah?
- Yes.
472
00:23:16,699 --> 00:23:18,089
That's awesome.
473
00:23:18,135 --> 00:23:20,305
A lot of kids wanted my
signature for some reason.
474
00:23:20,355 --> 00:23:21,835
How does that make you feel?
475
00:23:21,878 --> 00:23:24,578
Like you're like a
wrestling star.
476
00:23:24,620 --> 00:23:30,320
Well, first of all,
it's amazing that kids can like
477
00:23:30,365 --> 00:23:34,975
look up to me after doing
good things in life and
478
00:23:35,022 --> 00:23:41,252
to be able to see how
it feels to be like...
479
00:23:41,289 --> 00:23:45,819
a kid that is, that is very
known well in this community.
480
00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:49,119
And also, you're a
really positive role model, too,
481
00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:50,726
because of your stance on
drugs and alcohol.
482
00:23:50,777 --> 00:23:53,167
- Yes.
- So, you're set.
483
00:23:53,214 --> 00:23:54,484
You're like the
next John Cena.
484
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,170
Yeah.
[Laughs]
485
00:23:57,218 --> 00:24:02,478
[Chanting]
Shadow! Shadow!
486
00:24:02,528 --> 00:24:04,878
♪
487
00:24:04,921 --> 00:24:10,621
[Chanting]
Shadow! Shadow!
488
00:24:10,666 --> 00:24:16,276
Shadow, I think
he's a role model.
489
00:24:16,324 --> 00:24:20,154
He avoided all the things
that are affecting
490
00:24:20,197 --> 00:24:22,157
kids this generation.
491
00:24:28,075 --> 00:24:29,765
Hearing Kayla's story has
made it clear how
492
00:24:29,816 --> 00:24:32,466
Indigenous wrestlers like Shadow
show kids that there's a
493
00:24:32,514 --> 00:24:35,344
place for them in the world
outside of the reserve.
494
00:24:35,386 --> 00:24:37,426
[Cheering]
495
00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,126
As Tim pointed out in
the beginning of the tour,
496
00:24:39,173 --> 00:24:42,133
it's not just the geographically
remote nature of the reserves,
497
00:24:42,176 --> 00:24:43,956
but the psychological
isolation that
498
00:24:44,004 --> 00:24:48,184
can make kids feel trapped.
499
00:24:48,225 --> 00:24:49,785
Wow!
500
00:24:49,836 --> 00:24:52,056
The reality is that Aboriginal
youth in Canada face many
501
00:24:52,099 --> 00:24:54,099
challenges that stem from
hundreds of years
502
00:24:54,144 --> 00:24:55,764
of colonialism.
503
00:24:55,798 --> 00:24:58,188
The weight of all of this
can be overwhelming and
504
00:24:58,235 --> 00:25:01,365
manifests itself in
truly abhorrent statistics.
505
00:25:01,412 --> 00:25:04,242
First Nations youth are over
five times more likely to
506
00:25:04,285 --> 00:25:07,285
take their own lives compared
to the Canadian average.
507
00:25:07,331 --> 00:25:09,861
From my perspective, the
simple action of Cree Xtreme
508
00:25:09,899 --> 00:25:12,379
visiting communities
and kids like Kayla,
509
00:25:12,423 --> 00:25:20,953
has the power to
be revolutionary.
510
00:25:20,997 --> 00:25:22,557
I think everyone should
do it before we leave,
511
00:25:22,608 --> 00:25:23,958
all together.
512
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:29,570
[Indistinct speaking]
513
00:25:29,615 --> 00:25:32,565
- Take off the pants too.
- Just do it quick, Jess.
514
00:25:32,618 --> 00:25:34,268
Actually, pants might be
better 'cause then
515
00:25:34,315 --> 00:25:36,535
you can put warm back on.
516
00:25:36,578 --> 00:25:37,748
Definitely the socks.
517
00:25:37,797 --> 00:25:39,057
There's no point in
wearing your socks in.
518
00:25:39,102 --> 00:25:40,542
Ah!
519
00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:44,372
Right now we are in some
intense negotiations to see
520
00:25:44,412 --> 00:25:48,422
whether or not Jesse and Rex
will go jump in the
521
00:25:48,459 --> 00:25:51,589
freezing cold water behind me.
522
00:25:51,637 --> 00:25:54,727
Ready? 3, 2, 1, go!
523
00:25:54,770 --> 00:25:57,430
Here we go!
524
00:25:57,468 --> 00:26:08,778
[Laughs]
525
00:26:08,828 --> 00:26:10,258
You bailed on me!
526
00:26:10,307 --> 00:26:12,267
[Laughs]
527
00:26:12,309 --> 00:26:15,179
Oh God, guys!
528
00:26:15,225 --> 00:26:17,575
- You may as well go back in.
- No, fuck that!
529
00:26:17,619 --> 00:26:19,929
[Laughs]
530
00:26:19,969 --> 00:26:22,099
- Oh, Tony's just going in...
- Tony's going in.
531
00:26:22,145 --> 00:26:24,835
- He's just walking...
- Tony just walked in!
532
00:26:24,887 --> 00:26:29,017
Tony! Pukatawagan's over there!
533
00:26:29,065 --> 00:26:32,895
[Laughs]
534
00:26:32,939 --> 00:26:35,379
So, you don't do
this in Japan?
535
00:26:35,419 --> 00:26:37,029
- No.
- No? [Laughs]
536
00:26:37,073 --> 00:26:38,553
- Don't.
- [Laughs] No?
537
00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,817
Marufuji and you don't go
running into the cold water?
538
00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:42,300
[Laughs] No.
539
00:26:42,339 --> 00:26:44,249
♪
540
00:26:44,298 --> 00:26:46,168
Kaito Kiyomiya
wrestles with NOAH,
541
00:26:46,213 --> 00:26:48,653
a very respected
promotion back in Japan.
542
00:26:48,694 --> 00:26:50,484
At this stage in his career
he's referred to as in the
543
00:26:50,521 --> 00:26:52,261
Japanese system, a young boy.
544
00:26:52,306 --> 00:26:54,396
Basically a rookie.
545
00:26:54,438 --> 00:26:55,738
Of late, he's been training
under the famous
546
00:26:55,788 --> 00:26:57,878
Naomichi Marufuji and
he's well on his way
547
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,400
to having a great career.
548
00:26:59,443 --> 00:27:02,323
[Grunts]
549
00:27:02,359 --> 00:27:04,709
But it's standard practice
for promotions to send
550
00:27:04,753 --> 00:27:07,153
their young boys abroad,
gaining experience wrestling
551
00:27:07,190 --> 00:27:10,190
different styles and working
in front of foreign audiences.
552
00:27:16,591 --> 00:27:19,071
The northern tour with CWF
is Kaito's first experience
553
00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:21,985
of Canada, and you have to
note that this experience
554
00:27:22,031 --> 00:27:24,211
couldn't be
further from Tokyo.
555
00:27:28,255 --> 00:27:29,335
One more time.
556
00:27:45,620 --> 00:27:46,840
Good.
557
00:27:51,582 --> 00:27:54,462
Hammer lock.
Underneath...
558
00:27:54,498 --> 00:27:56,018
So here...
So, arms.
559
00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:06,423
- [Screaming]
- What do you say?
560
00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:08,157
- Give up...
- That's it!
561
00:28:08,425 --> 00:28:11,725
[Tony grunts]
562
00:28:11,777 --> 00:28:13,467
- [Cracking]
- Oh. [Laughs]
563
00:28:15,955 --> 00:28:18,735
Kaito, do cut offs,
like throat, self-throat.
564
00:28:18,784 --> 00:28:20,484
[Grunts]
Self-throat.
565
00:28:20,524 --> 00:28:22,354
[Grunts]
No, hit hard.
566
00:28:22,396 --> 00:28:23,436
[Grunts]
Okay.
567
00:28:23,484 --> 00:28:24,924
- [Grunts]
- There you go, perfect.
568
00:28:24,964 --> 00:28:27,014
- Okay.
- Give stuff like that.
569
00:28:27,053 --> 00:28:28,973
Heads up, thumb.
[Popping]
570
00:28:29,011 --> 00:28:30,011
[Laughs]
571
00:28:31,144 --> 00:28:32,414
Heel, very, very heel.
572
00:28:41,241 --> 00:28:43,201
Ah!
573
00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:45,853
Yell at him in Japanese.
Talk in your language.
574
00:28:45,898 --> 00:28:47,768
- Okay.
- Yell at kids.
575
00:28:47,813 --> 00:28:50,383
[Indistinct yelling]
576
00:28:50,424 --> 00:28:52,084
Know what I mean?
"Go!"
577
00:28:52,121 --> 00:28:53,641
- Go home?
- "Go home." Yeah.
578
00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:06,752
- Go!
- [Grunts]
579
00:29:06,788 --> 00:29:08,488
- Go home!
- [Grunts] Go home!
580
00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:10,049
[Laughs]
581
00:29:10,096 --> 00:29:12,096
He's going to be a
bad guy tonight.
582
00:29:12,141 --> 00:29:14,191
Yeah... yeah.
583
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:16,100
You're going to
beat Jesse Bieber?
584
00:29:16,145 --> 00:29:18,225
- Jesse bad.
- Break him.
585
00:29:18,278 --> 00:29:19,798
Yes, break. I break.
586
00:29:19,845 --> 00:29:21,795
- Break him.
- Broke, broke.
587
00:29:21,847 --> 00:29:24,367
Cut a promo.
Say, "break him".
588
00:29:24,414 --> 00:29:27,294
Jesse Bieber, I broke him!
589
00:29:27,330 --> 00:29:29,460
[Grunts]
590
00:29:29,506 --> 00:29:31,246
Kaito's only way of
communicating with the
591
00:29:31,291 --> 00:29:33,471
other wrestlers is some
very basic English and
592
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:35,030
the language of wrestling.
593
00:29:35,077 --> 00:29:37,907
The rest of his experience
is left to pure observation.
594
00:29:37,950 --> 00:29:40,600
The history and present day
situation these communities face
595
00:29:40,648 --> 00:29:42,348
is little known
within other parts of Canada,
596
00:29:42,389 --> 00:29:43,959
much less in Japan.
597
00:29:43,999 --> 00:29:46,479
So I can't imagine what
he must think of the whole tour.
598
00:30:09,459 --> 00:30:14,729
♪
599
00:30:31,003 --> 00:30:33,883
[Cheering]
600
00:30:33,919 --> 00:30:36,489
[Chanting]
Jesse! Jesse!
601
00:30:36,530 --> 00:30:42,060
♪
602
00:30:42,101 --> 00:30:43,581
[Grunts]
603
00:30:43,624 --> 00:30:45,414
[Growls]
604
00:30:45,452 --> 00:30:49,152
[Laughs]
605
00:30:49,195 --> 00:30:53,365
[Growls]
606
00:30:53,416 --> 00:30:56,026
♪
607
00:30:56,071 --> 00:30:59,031
[Children screaming]
608
00:30:59,074 --> 00:31:01,774
[Indistinct speaking]
609
00:31:01,816 --> 00:31:04,776
Oh!
610
00:31:04,819 --> 00:31:08,479
[Grunts]
611
00:31:10,042 --> 00:31:11,872
1, 2...
612
00:31:11,913 --> 00:31:13,743
[Grunts]
613
00:31:24,186 --> 00:31:26,536
[Grunts]
614
00:31:26,580 --> 00:31:30,150
[Crowd chatter]
615
00:31:30,192 --> 00:31:31,452
Referee: Four!
616
00:31:39,288 --> 00:31:40,288
Six!
617
00:32:14,497 --> 00:32:16,197
[Groans]
618
00:32:16,238 --> 00:32:19,418
[Cheering]
619
00:32:19,459 --> 00:32:21,719
1, 2, 3!
620
00:32:21,765 --> 00:32:25,725
[Cheering]
621
00:32:25,769 --> 00:32:27,729
♪
622
00:32:27,771 --> 00:32:30,301
Eastmain is a Cree community
located on the east coast of
623
00:32:30,339 --> 00:32:32,119
James Bay in
northern Quebec.
624
00:32:32,167 --> 00:32:34,997
Its population
is 767 people,
625
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,740
meaning about half the
community will be
626
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:38,650
ringside this evening.
627
00:32:38,695 --> 00:32:43,605
♪
628
00:32:43,657 --> 00:32:46,657
Having Jesse on
tour with me, it's amazing.
629
00:32:46,703 --> 00:32:47,883
[Laughs]
630
00:32:47,922 --> 00:32:50,142
Jesse Bieber's been
here for 9 years.
631
00:32:50,185 --> 00:32:54,015
These kids have actually
grown up with Jesse.
632
00:32:54,059 --> 00:32:56,889
Every night I get to watch
my kid shine like a star.
633
00:32:56,931 --> 00:33:02,721
[Crowd chatter]
634
00:33:02,763 --> 00:33:05,943
He started when he was 14
years old as a referee,
635
00:33:05,984 --> 00:33:07,164
busted his butt.
636
00:33:07,202 --> 00:33:09,552
The old owner
picked on him so much.
637
00:33:09,596 --> 00:33:11,336
One day he just
told me, he's like,
638
00:33:11,380 --> 00:33:12,820
"Dad, I want to wrestle."
639
00:33:12,860 --> 00:33:15,600
Before you know it, Jesse
was thrown into a rumble.
640
00:33:15,645 --> 00:33:17,335
He kind of looked
like Justin Bieber.
641
00:33:17,386 --> 00:33:19,346
All of a sudden people just
started calling him Bieber.
642
00:33:19,388 --> 00:33:21,218
"Bieber, Bieber, Bieber!"
643
00:33:21,260 --> 00:33:27,530
[Cheering]
644
00:33:30,747 --> 00:33:33,577
Right now, we are seeing
Jesse Bieber
645
00:33:33,620 --> 00:33:37,970
wrestle a dastardly villain.
646
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:40,366
Jesse Bieber, of course,
is the hero to this audience.
647
00:33:45,893 --> 00:33:50,073
[Grunting]
648
00:33:50,115 --> 00:33:52,025
Back home I'm
actually not a babyface.
649
00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:54,683
I'm actually the heel.
I play more off -
650
00:33:54,728 --> 00:33:57,208
based off the millennial
kind of character.
651
00:33:57,252 --> 00:33:58,782
So, when I get into the
ring I want to do the
652
00:33:58,819 --> 00:34:01,209
high pitched screeches, I want
to do the tantrum so that way
653
00:34:01,256 --> 00:34:03,216
I can get everybody mad
at me so they're like,
654
00:34:03,258 --> 00:34:05,038
"Oh, this guy's a
little spoiled brat."
655
00:34:05,086 --> 00:34:10,216
[Cheering]
656
00:34:10,265 --> 00:34:11,655
- [Shouting]
- Hey, hey, hey!
657
00:34:11,701 --> 00:34:13,491
[Indistinct speaking]
658
00:34:13,529 --> 00:34:14,619
Let me at him!
659
00:34:14,661 --> 00:34:16,451
Here, it's
totally different.
660
00:34:16,489 --> 00:34:19,009
They know me almost as like
a personal level because
661
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:20,877
I have grown up with them.
662
00:34:20,928 --> 00:34:22,498
He's a cheater!
663
00:34:22,538 --> 00:34:24,628
[Shouting]
664
00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:26,151
And the best part is,
I'm just entertaining;
665
00:34:26,194 --> 00:34:27,414
that's all I do.
666
00:34:27,456 --> 00:34:29,106
What are you doing?
667
00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:33,644
I have an idea! Play some music!
668
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:36,730
♪
669
00:34:36,770 --> 00:34:40,250
So I do a lot of comedy and I do
a lot of interacting with them.
670
00:34:40,295 --> 00:34:42,685
[Chanting]
Jesse! Jesse!
671
00:34:42,732 --> 00:34:45,002
As long as they're invested
in my match, I'm happy.
672
00:34:45,039 --> 00:34:49,869
[Cheering]
673
00:34:49,913 --> 00:34:53,743
[Booing]
674
00:34:53,787 --> 00:34:55,697
You can tell that the CWF
has been doing this for years
675
00:34:55,745 --> 00:34:59,095
because this card is
perfectly suited for this room.
676
00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:00,710
♪
677
00:35:00,750 --> 00:35:02,060
[Laughs]
678
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,490
They're winning them
over with every spot.
679
00:35:04,537 --> 00:35:08,237
♪ [Cheering]
680
00:35:12,632 --> 00:35:14,722
[Laughs]
681
00:35:14,764 --> 00:35:21,384
[Cheering]
682
00:35:21,423 --> 00:35:23,253
Did I always wanted my kids to
follow in my footsteps and
683
00:35:23,295 --> 00:35:25,205
become a wrestler?
684
00:35:25,253 --> 00:35:26,653
I don't think I really
thought of that
685
00:35:26,689 --> 00:35:29,559
when I first started
my wrestling.
686
00:35:29,605 --> 00:35:32,425
I should have expected it
because I would go home and
687
00:35:32,478 --> 00:35:35,658
I'd wrestle with my
kids all the time.
688
00:35:35,698 --> 00:35:37,528
Father versus son.
689
00:35:37,570 --> 00:35:43,360
[Cheering]
690
00:35:50,322 --> 00:35:54,632
♪
691
00:35:54,674 --> 00:35:56,204
This is so intense!
692
00:35:56,241 --> 00:35:59,201
Yeah, this is I think the
most intense match between them.
693
00:35:59,244 --> 00:36:01,554
♪
694
00:36:01,594 --> 00:36:02,644
Yay!
695
00:36:02,682 --> 00:36:04,032
- Boo!
- Oh, God.
696
00:36:04,074 --> 00:36:07,694
[Booing]
697
00:36:07,730 --> 00:36:09,690
Ah!
698
00:36:09,732 --> 00:36:11,472
Boo!
699
00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:12,947
There's something especially
vicious about watching
700
00:36:12,996 --> 00:36:15,646
a dad suplex his own son.
701
00:36:15,695 --> 00:36:19,255
We don't walk around
saying Jesse's my son.
702
00:36:19,307 --> 00:36:22,307
Matter of fact, a lot of
people don't know that.
703
00:36:22,354 --> 00:36:24,834
Jesse is
extremely talented...
704
00:36:24,878 --> 00:36:27,188
♪
705
00:36:27,228 --> 00:36:29,488
And, I don't want people
looking down at him because
706
00:36:29,535 --> 00:36:31,445
he's the promoter's kid.
707
00:36:31,493 --> 00:36:34,103
- Don't do it!
- Oh!
708
00:36:34,148 --> 00:36:35,758
Oh my God.
709
00:36:35,802 --> 00:36:38,022
Looks like Jesse got
busted open in the mouth.
710
00:36:38,065 --> 00:36:43,505
[Indistinct shouting]
711
00:36:43,549 --> 00:36:46,029
- Should we follow?
- Yeah, let's follow.
712
00:36:46,073 --> 00:36:52,213
[Crowd chatter]
713
00:36:52,253 --> 00:37:00,653
[Chanting]
Jesse! Jesse!
714
00:37:00,696 --> 00:37:02,176
Oh, this is
gonna be awesome.
715
00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:04,790
[Indistinct shouting]
716
00:37:07,964 --> 00:37:09,884
Okay, that was new.
717
00:37:09,923 --> 00:37:12,973
[Laughs]
Wrestling!
718
00:37:13,013 --> 00:37:20,333
[Crowd chatter]
719
00:37:20,368 --> 00:37:24,368
[Children screaming]
720
00:37:33,773 --> 00:37:36,043
Gross. Oh yeah,
my tooth was inside my lip.
721
00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:37,519
[Laughs]
722
00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:40,079
I had to like pull
my lip out and up.
723
00:37:51,878 --> 00:37:52,968
- You alright?
- Yeah, yeah.
724
00:37:53,009 --> 00:37:54,319
- Sorry.
- No, don't worry about it.
725
00:37:54,359 --> 00:37:56,059
It's fine. It happens.
726
00:38:09,069 --> 00:38:10,549
Here. You can tape it
back together.
727
00:38:10,592 --> 00:38:12,552
Can I put this
back together again?
728
00:38:12,594 --> 00:38:13,734
Got some glue?
729
00:38:13,769 --> 00:38:15,029
You just cut my hair?
730
00:38:15,075 --> 00:38:19,725
[Laughs]
731
00:38:19,775 --> 00:38:23,295
♪
732
00:38:23,344 --> 00:38:25,004
It's Canada birthday today,
and for some,
733
00:38:25,041 --> 00:38:26,571
a pretty
significant one, too.
734
00:38:26,608 --> 00:38:29,128
Canada is 150 years old.
735
00:38:29,176 --> 00:38:34,046
♪
736
00:38:34,094 --> 00:38:36,274
While there is a
barbeque and smiling faces,
737
00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:38,274
it's pretty evident that
this national holiday means
738
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:41,876
something completely
different in Cree territory.
739
00:38:41,928 --> 00:38:44,148
Beginning as a Hudson
Bay Company trading post,
740
00:38:44,191 --> 00:38:46,151
Eastmain has only been
reserved for the Cree people
741
00:38:46,193 --> 00:38:48,063
since 1962.
742
00:38:48,108 --> 00:38:49,808
But these are traditional
lands going back thousands
743
00:38:49,849 --> 00:38:52,369
of years, so for many,
there's a palpable tension
744
00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:54,547
around the image of a maple
leaf being celebrated
745
00:38:54,593 --> 00:38:56,513
on stolen Native land.
746
00:39:06,561 --> 00:39:08,611
Reality is the best story.
747
00:39:08,650 --> 00:39:11,090
He's coming out,
"I'm Mr. Canada,"
748
00:39:11,131 --> 00:39:13,701
and they're the first
real Canadians.
749
00:39:13,742 --> 00:39:15,832
So, like, when you're
throwing it in their faces,
750
00:39:15,875 --> 00:39:17,435
you know what I mean,
you're obviously getting
751
00:39:17,485 --> 00:39:20,005
an instant reaction of...
752
00:39:20,053 --> 00:39:22,453
"Who the hell is this guy?
Who does he think he is?"
753
00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:24,710
And, instantly,
they hate him.
754
00:39:24,753 --> 00:39:25,753
[Booing]
755
00:39:27,713 --> 00:39:29,373
Sometimes when I come up
with these ideas I'm like,
756
00:39:29,410 --> 00:39:31,330
Oh, I don't know,
pushing the envelope.
757
00:39:39,246 --> 00:39:42,376
[Chanting]
You suck! You suck!
758
00:39:47,036 --> 00:39:48,686
Sometimes pushing
the envelope is good.
759
00:39:59,527 --> 00:40:07,837
[Cheering & Applause]
760
00:40:07,883 --> 00:40:10,843
Here, you got
Mr. Aboriginal himself.
761
00:40:10,886 --> 00:40:12,446
Here he is fighting for us.
762
00:40:12,497 --> 00:40:14,537
Everybody in that audience
wanted to be Shadow.
763
00:40:14,586 --> 00:40:17,276
♪
764
00:40:17,327 --> 00:40:22,637
[Chanting]
Shadow! Shadow!
765
00:40:22,681 --> 00:40:25,291
♪
766
00:40:25,335 --> 00:40:26,725
3!
767
00:40:26,772 --> 00:40:36,782
♪
768
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,630
1, 2, 3!
769
00:40:59,674 --> 00:41:03,164
[Cheering]
770
00:41:03,199 --> 00:41:19,219
♪
771
00:41:19,259 --> 00:41:20,649
That's a T, that's an O.
772
00:41:20,695 --> 00:41:23,915
There's the N. There's the Y.
773
00:41:23,959 --> 00:41:32,529
♪
774
00:41:32,577 --> 00:41:34,487
I've witnessed wrestling
matches around the world,
775
00:41:34,535 --> 00:41:36,575
but I don't think I've ever
met wrestlers with more of
776
00:41:36,624 --> 00:41:39,634
a direct impact on
their fans than CWF,
777
00:41:39,671 --> 00:41:41,371
especially Tony and Shadow.
778
00:41:41,411 --> 00:41:43,461
Their audiences are
young, impressionable,
779
00:41:43,501 --> 00:41:46,291
and starved for
outside perspectives.
780
00:41:46,329 --> 00:41:47,899
It's telling of the
disconnect between Canada
781
00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:50,680
and the nations I visited
that this band of road warriors
782
00:41:50,725 --> 00:41:52,635
are literally the
only live entertainment that
783
00:41:52,684 --> 00:41:54,734
makes it to
these communities.
784
00:41:54,773 --> 00:41:57,213
Ah!
785
00:41:57,253 --> 00:41:58,863
I don't think the
wrestlers plan on it,
786
00:41:58,907 --> 00:42:00,387
nor are they even
fully aware of it,
787
00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:02,820
but they command
great responsibility.
788
00:42:02,868 --> 00:42:05,038
Matthew the Mountie versus
Cree Xtreme was more than
789
00:42:05,087 --> 00:42:07,567
just a wrestling match;
it represents an ongoing
790
00:42:07,612 --> 00:42:11,092
dialogue around who
or what is Canadian.
791
00:42:11,137 --> 00:42:13,007
And importantly, what
does a Canadian hero
792
00:42:13,052 --> 00:42:15,272
look like by default?
793
00:42:15,315 --> 00:42:18,095
The fact that this is happening
on Canada's 150th birthday
794
00:42:18,144 --> 00:42:20,494
couldn't come
at a more opportune time.
795
00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:24,018
[Fireworks crackling]
796
00:42:28,110 --> 00:42:32,330
[Fireworks crackling]
797
00:42:35,814 --> 00:42:39,914
[Fireworks & screeching]
798
00:42:42,472 --> 00:42:44,522
There are few places on the
planet where you can't
799
00:42:44,562 --> 00:42:46,692
tune into some form of
professional wrestling
800
00:42:46,738 --> 00:42:48,648
on a television or the internet.
801
00:42:48,696 --> 00:42:52,176
But to experience it in the
flesh is a different story.
802
00:42:52,221 --> 00:42:55,181
For the remote First Nations
communities of northern Canada,
803
00:42:55,224 --> 00:42:56,574
it'd be all but
impossible if it weren't
804
00:42:56,617 --> 00:43:00,447
for the mettle of the
wrestlers of the CWF.
805
00:43:00,490 --> 00:43:03,280
But the relationship is
reciprocal to say the least.
806
00:43:03,319 --> 00:43:06,059
The history of fandom within
these communities is deep,
807
00:43:06,105 --> 00:43:07,365
and rooted in
something more than
808
00:43:07,410 --> 00:43:08,890
just pure spectacle.
809
00:43:08,934 --> 00:43:11,944
♪
810
00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:14,290
I can't help but think that
tucked far away from the
811
00:43:14,330 --> 00:43:16,120
glitz and glamour
of the main stage,
812
00:43:16,158 --> 00:43:18,898
resides the beating heart of
professional wrestling:
813
00:43:18,944 --> 00:43:21,824
the audiences of these
small communities...
814
00:43:21,860 --> 00:43:25,910
and the wrestlers willing to
weather the roads to find them.
815
00:43:25,951 --> 00:43:27,471
See you.
816
00:43:27,517 --> 00:43:34,827
♪
817
00:43:34,873 --> 00:43:44,883
[Fireworks crackling]