Many things have changed for Michael Elgin since he first set foot in Yorkton back on Thursday April 22, 2010 to take part in Canadian Wrestling鈥檚 Elite鈥檚 (CWE) first-ever Saskatchewan show, where he was defeated by Jimmy Jacobs.
Since then the current Ring of Honor (ROH) star has undergone a nickname change, going from 鈥楾he Canadian Crazyhorse鈥� to 鈥楿nbreakable鈥�.
He won ROH鈥檚 Survival of the Fittest tournament in 2011 and had a Five Star Match with Davey Richards in 2012.
He was the runner-up in not one but two Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) Battle of Los Angeles events, falling to Adam Cole in 2012 and Kyle O鈥橰eilly in 2013 before a stellar 2014 that saw Elgin capture tournament wins in Absolute Intense Wrestling鈥檚 J.T. Lightning Tournament and Independent Wrestling Association Mid-麻豆传媒AV鈥檚 Revolution Strong Style Tournament.
Elgin then managed to get his revenge on Adam Cole in June of 2014, defeating Cole at ROH鈥檚 Best in the World event to capture the ROH World Championship resulting in Pro Wrestling Illustrated naming him the 14th best wrestler on the planet.
But with all of those huge changes, one thing still remains the same for Elgin. He still enjoys coming to smaller town to wrestle in front of rabid fans, although he hasn鈥檛 been able to do so recently. 鈥淚 love coming to smaller places and wrestling but with my contract with Ring of Honor I鈥檝e been doing strictly Ring of Honor shows and it makes me miss the small towns and where I cut my teeth into wrestling,鈥� the former ROH World Champion told Yorkton This Week on Saturdaym adding that he鈥檚 looking forward to his return to Yorkton. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been over five years for me, but I鈥檓 excited to come back to Yorkton because the last time I was here it was a great place to be and I enjoyed performing in front of those fans and I look forward to doing it again and I can鈥檛 wait to be back.
鈥淢y career has definitely skyrocketed in the last five years. I鈥檝e been a mainstay at ROH, I鈥檝e been a world champion, I鈥檝e got to tour the world and I actually have Japan coming up so there has been a lot going on but it鈥檚 great to be back and I feel as if I鈥檓 almost 100 times better than the last time I was here.鈥�
Elgin will have to be much better than he was the last time as he鈥檒l be taking on former WWE superstar Justin Gabriel in tonight鈥檚 (Wednesday) main event at CWE鈥檚 Fear Factor Tour show.
But no matter how talented Gabriel is, Elgin believes he鈥檚 ready. 鈥淚 think that I can honestly say I鈥檝e never went in to a match not prepared so yes, I鈥檓 definitely prepared,鈥� mentioned Elgin, continuing, 鈥淚 respect his work ethic, I respect the work I鈥檝e seen him do but I hope he knows how full his hands will be when he steps in the ring with me.
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to have a match that people will remember for years to come and it鈥檚 a show that people are not going to want to miss and it鈥檚 definitely going to be a match that no one will want to miss.鈥�
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