{"id":32697,"date":"2018-12-14T00:42:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T05:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=32697"},"modified":"2018-12-18T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T02:07:35","slug":"canadian-indie-personality-johnny-gayle-victim-of-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/14\/canadian-indie-personality-johnny-gayle-victim-of-homicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Indie Personality Johnny Gayle Victim of Homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian indies are easily one of the most underrated and overlooked territories in the world when it comes to wrestling. Despite a lifelong legacy of creating some of the most technical and entertaining stars as Bret “Hitman” Hart, Chris Jericho, Gail Kim, Roddy Piper, Abdullah the Butcher, Stu Hart, Owen Hart, Kevin Owens, Kyle O’Reilly, Lance Storm, Chris Benoit, Sami Zayn, Rosemary, Taya Valkyrie, Chelsea Green, El Phantasmo, Mike “Speedball” Bailey, PCO<\/strong> – okay, you get the idea – Canada’s independents are much like Canadian film and television. They never get noticed until they break out in the United States or Britain. But those that know the Canadian indies, the fans and wrestlers who go to shows for promotions like Smash Wrestling, Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling (ECCW), International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS)<\/strong> or Alpha-1<\/strong>, it’s a community. There’s a reason that Canadian wrestling fans cheer for ANY wrestler that comes from Canada, while elsewhere it’s more geocentric to city\u00a0(or at least, state). One of Toronto’s top promotions is the group Superkick’d<\/strong>. And today they were the bearers of some terrible and tragic news that rocked the Southwest Ontario (and Canadian) indie wrestling scene. Their announcer Johnny Gayle<\/strong> was positively identified today as the victim of a shooting in Toronto, Ontario today after police had responded to the murder of a man who had been shot while driving his vehicle. He was only 29 years old.<\/p>\n

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It's with a heavy heart that our great friend Johnny Gayle has passed away.<\/p>\n

Words can not express how much you mean to us and everyone that has ever had the privilege of being in your presence.<\/p>\n

Our deepest condolences to Gayle family.<\/p>\n

We love you and we will always miss you! pic.twitter.com\/S2uckgi2Y7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Superkick'd (@Superkickd) December 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n