Indie promotion raises $132,000 for Canadian Cancer Society
C4 (Capital City Championship Combat) Wrestling out of Ottawa has raised a significant amount of money for the Canadian Cancer Society.
The promotion has been running its annual Fighting Back fundraiser since 2011 and this year raised over $132,000. The amount includes the $38,000 raised as part of Mystery Wrestling’s 24-hour stream of the world’s longest wrestling match ever on record.
“Unbelievable, thank you to everyone who made this possible! We raised $132 000 !!!! I’m so proud to be part of a wrestling community like the one we have here in ottawa,” wrote Stu Grayson in response to the news.
“This is legitimately one of the greatest things I’ve ever been a part of. Over 130K and counting for this year’s #FightingBack donation to @cancersociety I’m so proud of my wrestling family,” wrote Evil Uno.
C4 announced the amount raised at a show on Friday night at a sold-out Preston Event Center in Ottawa. Grayson, Uno, Ortiz, Danhausen, Richard Holliday, and more wrestled on the card.
“Since August 2011, we have gathered annually raise as much money as possible in memory of Phrank Morin – as well as all of those close to us who have suffered through cancer of all sorts. Since 2011, well over half a million dollars has been raised through this cause,” reads the Fighting Back fundraising page.