Hi Fighters around the world, but especially in Canada,

What a weekend! In case you haven’t heard (or are living under a rock), we absolutely took over! From July 23-26, nearly 300 of our fighters from over 12 countries took over Toronto’s gay village for WrestleFest Toronto 2026. Four days of wrestling, new connections, and sweaty fun. To say the event was a success would be an understatement:

✅The hotel completely sold out - with over 40 rooms filled with wrestlers 
✅Wrestlers completely took over Church Street, packing the local bars with singlets and sexy wrestling gear
✅Hanlan’s Point Beach was taken over by over 50 wrestlers in their speedos and sexy beach attire 
✅The community came together for over 20 hours of open mats, training, and wrestling & boxing fun

If you were there, you know that the vibes were, as described by a group of attendees, “legendary and pure magic”. If you missed out…well…let’s just say you'd better start packing your bags for next year.

BIGGER, BOLDER, AND MORE FUN THAN EVER 

This year’s programming pushed the limits of what our community is capable of when they put their heads together. The organizing team introduced several new events, including: 
🏖️The gay beach day, bringing over 50 wrestlers to Canada’s oldest queer space 
⭐13 live matches spread across 3 events - including XXX Wrestling at Steamworks and The Main Event - North America’s largest gay wrestling show to date. 
💦Oil and erotic wrestling giving wrestlers the chance to connect and explore ;)
🤼The official launch of Canada’s first regular queer-friendly grappling classes and Queer West Boxing Club

WE PARTIED HARD AND TRAINED HARDER

WrestleFest Toronto didn’t just take over the bars and clubs, attendees also turned local boxing and BJJ schools into queer spaces. The team offered over 20 hours of classes and open mats, with over 40 grapplers coming together for Canada’s largest queer grappling class to date! Boxers had their chance to glove up at Queer West Boxing Club, taking to the heavy bags and relaxing with a sauna and cold plunge after class.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FIRST EVER WRESTLEFEST TORONTO AWARD WINNERS

To top off an epic weekend, WrestleFest Toronto launched the first-ever WrestleFest Toronto Awards! A huge congratulations to all our 2026 award winners:

🏅Top Heel:  BeardedWrestler 
🏅Top Jobbers: Ben Monaco & JoeManSV
🏅Most Matches: Hadrian Meister
🏅Most Committed Volunteers: TobyCarter, Bitcloud, The Goliath, JoeManSV and Levant
🏅Push-Up Competition Champion: FullNelson
🏅Fan’s Choice Live Show Match: Hadrian Meister vs. Tom Varsity
🏅Fan’s Choice Erotic Live Match: Dio Characi vs. Ryan Reilly
🏅Fan’s Choice Favourite Performer: Nick Lean
🏅Biggest Mouth: MadeInCanada

Congratulations to the winners, check your profile in a few days for a special badge!

In addition over 1500€ was giving out to participants in wins and pushups competitions to be claimed at WatchFighters.com 

A huge thank-you goes to organizing team members LeanMachine94, Reigning Champ, MadeInCanada, ToWrestler85, Ryan Reilly and Levanup, along with every volunteer, performer, partner and attendee who helped bring WrestleFest Toronto 2026 to life. On behalf of MeetFighters and WatchFighters, thank you for all that you do to help bring our community together. Events like this show what it means to come together as a community of fighters.

Join in on the action in 2027 as WrestleFest Toronto celebrates its 5th Anniversary. 

To quote the organizers: "Trust us, you won’t want to miss it!"

• Click here to save the date for 2027 WrestleFest Toronto as its celebrates its 5th
  

We will be posting recaps like this one of all our upcoming WrestleFests.

To all organizers around the world: Thank You for your hard work!

Wrestle Safe,

MeetFighters & WatchFighters