Ottawa Citizen – October 10, 1984
By Bob Elliott
“Hey you kids, ” said the Ottawa policeman politely. “Get out of here. Don’t be smoking in the hallway there are athletes coming through here. ”
Professional wrestling returned to the Civic Centre Tuesday night with all its rabid fans, title bouts, props, believers, non-believers, tags and false tags, heroes and villains.
There were 5,000 spectators ! to see the wrestling and its turnbuckles, capes, masks, beards and long hair at the Civic Centre for the first time since the summer of 1982.
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