AEW's Adam Copeland getting a chance to appear at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto means more beyond wrestling

AEW star Adam Copeland is set to make an appearance with Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling when Northern Rising takes place at the venue formerly known as Maple Leaf Gardens.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP) will hold Northern Rising on Oct. 3 at the venue historically known as Maple Leaf Gardens, now known as the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens.

There is high anticipation for the event. Not only is a Canadian professional wrestling company returning to a place where the National Wrestling Alliance held major matches in the past, but All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Adam Copeland will finally receive his own full-circle moment.

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Adam Copeland speaks onstage during the "Percy Jackson And The Olympians" panel during 2024 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 25, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

For Copeland, Toronto is home. Going to Maple Leaf Gardens to watch pro wrestling as a kid was a seminal moment for a young Copeland. It allowed him to dream about getting into the squared circle himself.

"Maple Leaf Gardens was the very first time I saw wrestling live, and to see it live and for it to be this tangible thing and wait, these guys and women, they’re real," he told OutKick in a recent interview. "I can go see them and actually smack hands with them and that kind of thing? But just the feeling that it gave me as a release and as a place where I didn't have to worry about things as a kid and I didn't have to think about, you know, the stuff that goes on in life. We lost my uncle when I was very young and I was very close to him and I feel like that was a big hole that wrestling helped try and fill, it doesn't fill it, but you