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S4: Pro Wrestling

The Secret Life of Canada

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Wrestling in Quebec

A real standout was a guy by the name of billy rivers. As he is from kanabiga, quebec, canada. He would enter the ring with a head dress and a live, desented skunk as a gimmic. Oh, and he wasn't indigenous. O oh, yaks. They were a huge draw. And apparently both were really amazing acrobats. So, you know, it was an act that worked. And they travelled the world representing canada. Were there any actual indigenous people in wrestling, or was it just a lot of terrible cultural appropriation in races? To know, it's murky. It's a complicated mix of like,

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