Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling is bringing its biggest event to television in a new format. The promotion has announced that MLP Northern Rising, which was originally presented live on pay-per-view on Saturday, October 3, will air as a three-part special across TSN, MyAEW and Fight Nation.
The first installment is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14, followed by the second and third parts on October 21 and October 28, respectively. TSN will carry the marquee presentation in Canada, while MyAEW will make the special available in more than 100 countries. Fight Nation will air the program for French-speaking viewers in Europe.
Specific premiere times and platform availability are still to be announced by the respective broadcast partners. However, the rollout gives fans who did not see the event live another route to experience a show that represented a substantial moment for Maple Leaf Pro and Canadian professional wrestling.
Northern Rising Returns To Maple Leaf Gardens
Northern Rising took place at Toronto’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, the building widely known by its former name, Maple Leaf Gardens. Maple Leaf Pro sold out the venue for the pay-per-view, giving the event an atmosphere fitting of an arena with a deep connection to the history of wrestling in Canada.
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The card was headlined by Canadian wrestling star Adam Copeland against Steve Maclin in a Street Fight. The bout had special personal significance for Copeland, as it marked his first match in the building where he attended his first professional wrestling event as a fan.
That setting made the main event more than a standard featured contest. Copeland’s return to a historic Toronto venue gave Northern Rising a distinctly Canadian identity, while his match with Maclin anchored a lineup designed as a major showcase for Maple Leaf Pro’s talent and its relationship with names recognized on the international stage.
In addition to Copeland versus Maclin, Northern Rising included three MLP championship matches. The event also featured AEW National Champion Andrade El Idolo facing Rohan Raja. Maple Leaf Pro has not outlined the exact match distribution for each television installment, but the company has stated that each of the three specials will be built around a featured match.
Three Weeks Of Northern Rising
The decision to divide the sold-out pay-per-view into three consecutive weekly programs allows MLP to extend the life of an event that was initially available as a live presentation. Rather than treating the October 3 show as a one-night destination, the company will use Northern Rising as the centerpiece of nearly a month of television programming.
MLP President Scott D’Amore described the approach as part of a broader effort to explore additional ways of reaching viewers.
“We’re always looking to try new things and find new ways to make our content reach further,” D’Amore said. “We have the opportunity to turn one incredible live event into three weeks of television, with each special built around a featured match. If you were there, you know what that night felt like. If you missed it, this is your chance to experience the moment for yourself.”
The format gives the promotion a chance to place greater focus on individual matches and the personalities involved in them. For audiences familiar with the live pay-per-view, the weekly broadcasts offer an opportunity to revisit a capacity-crowd event. For fans discovering Maple Leaf Pro through TSN, MyAEW or Fight Nation, the series serves as an entry point built around one of the company’s most prominent cards to date.
The announced schedule is as follows:
- Part One: Wednesday, October 14
- Part Two: Wednesday, October 21
- Part Three: Wednesday, October 28
A Broader Distribution Plan
The distribution arrangement places Northern Rising in front of audiences both inside and outside Canada. TSN provides the event with a significant Canadian television platform, particularly appropriate for a show that was staged in Toronto and headlined by one of the country’s most celebrated modern wrestling figures.
MyAEW expands that footprint internationally, with availability planned in more than 100 countries. Fight Nation adds a French-language European outlet to the release. Together, the three platforms give Maple Leaf Pro an opportunity to present a Canadian event to viewers across several territories and viewing markets.
For MLP, the significance is not simply that Northern Rising is airing after its original pay-per-view date. The presentation also continues the company’s effort to establish recurring premium wrestling content for television and streaming audiences. The new specials follow the first season of MLP Mayhem, which established another avenue for the promotion’s programming.
Turning Northern Rising into a three-week television event also emphasizes the company’s confidence in the depth of the card. The October 3 show included a Street Fight featuring Copeland and Maclin, multiple championship contests, and Andrade El Idolo’s match with Raja. By centering each episode around a featured bout, MLP can offer a more focused viewing structure without losing the larger identity of the event.
An Important Night For Maple Leaf Pro
MLP has characterized Northern Rising as the biggest night in its history, and the circumstances surrounding the show explain why. A sold-out crowd filled a venue synonymous with Toronto sports and wrestling memories. The headliner featured a Canadian star competing in a place tied to his own journey as a fan. The card also brought together MLP championship action and talent with major international visibility.
The venue itself is central to the presentation. While the building is now the Mattamy Athletic Centre, the Maple Leaf Gardens name remains deeply meaningful to Canadian fans. Staging a sold-out professional wrestling event there provided a natural historical backdrop, especially with Copeland in the main event.
There is no indication that the three-part specials will alter the event’s identity as the original Northern Rising card. Instead, the broadcasts are being positioned as a way to preserve and share the experience of the live night. That includes the capacity crowd, the setting, and the matches that made up the pay-per-view lineup.
Fans in Canada will want to watch for TSN’s finalized premiere details, while international viewers can look to MyAEW for availability in their regions. French-speaking fans in Europe will have the Fight Nation presentation as an additional option. With all three parts scheduled on successive Wednesdays, the full television run is set to conclude on October 28.
For those who were part of the sold-out Toronto crowd, Northern Rising’s television release provides a chance to revisit an event held in one of Canada’s most storied buildings. For everyone else, it offers the opportunity to see why Maple Leaf Pro is presenting the night as a landmark chapter for the promotion.
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