| The
Can-Am Tryout - Japan, November 1986 |
The
Can-Am Tryout in Japan
Part 2 - images from the matches
Part 3 - matches and results
Part 4- press coverage
Part 5 - more images
Part 6 - Tournament results
Tom Zenk shoot on WWF
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| Can-Am vs The Hart Foundation - Future Tag Champs! |
Analysis of the Superfeud
Photos and story
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The Card
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- Highlights of the Can-Am Match as Wrestlllemania III
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Index
to Can-Am articles
The
Can-Am Connection
Remembers Martel, " As soon as I saw Tom mix it up,
I got a weird feeling. I really felt as if I was watching a videotape of
myself: it was a mirror image... I knew we'd be tag team partners
one day." by Keith Elliot Greenberg, WWF Magazine February/March 1987
Can
Nice Guys Come First ?
"They call themselves the Can-Am Connection. But can
former A.W.A. champ Rick Martel and all-around good guy Tom Zenk connect
with the big time in the W.W.F.? by Lonnie Mars Wrestling World,
April 1987
A
Talk With The Can-Am Connection
Their combination of skill and athletic ability has
literally catapulted the Connection to the status of highly rated contenders
for the WWF Tag Team Title - by Carol Buffin, WWF Magazine,
July 1987
The
Can-Am Connection - Wrestling's Dynamic Duo!
Martel and Zenk can rough-house it with the biggest
and baddest of foes. It seems with each passing day the "Can-Am Connection"
are closer to becoming one of the greatest teams of all time - by Donny
Liable, Wrestling Eye, August. 1987
The
Hart Foundation vs The Can-Ams
Special Analysis of this WWF Superfeud! It's
inevitable: The WWF World tag team champions will go up against the most
popular team in the federation. The Hart Foundation vs The Can-Am Connection
- it's a natural feud destined to ignite ttthe WWF with excitement. In
this special analysis, The Wrestler provides a fan's guide to this impending
war- The Wrestler, June, 1987
Can-Am
Can Do! New WWF Tag Champs
The Can-Am Connection should claim the WWF Tag Team
titles in the near future. They alone have the potential to bring some
credibility and dignity to the titles - Wrestling All Stars, 1987
The
Can-Am Division - Rick Martel and Tom Zenk
Fans may soon be seeing them in the independent promotions
but don't be surprised if they come out of separate dressing rooms - by
Ciji Brianne, Wrestling Eye, February, 1988
Tom
Zenk Speaks Out
Tom Zenk says - "The W.W.F. was making good money
off of me but my payoff wasn't that great. I talked to Rick about it, since
he was supposed to be handling the business end of the deal, but he didn't
do anything about it. He just kept telling me to hang in for a few years,
make some money and THEN leave. I finally got ticked off......" Interview
with Tom Zenk by Ciji Brianne, Wrestling Fury Volume 11 Number 3, June
1988
The
Can-Am Connection's New Directions
Rick Martel and Tom Zenk have gone their separate
ways. Once titans among the tag teams, the Can-Am Connection has come unconnected.
Here's a look back at the dynamic duo and a look into the future for the
Canadian, Martel, and the American, Zenk - by Allan Bolte, Wrestling World,
December 1987
Zenk
proves to be Wrestling's High Plains Drifter
Ray Whebbe , Pro Wrestling Torch,
1988
Tom Zenk sits down with Ray
Whebbe of Pro Wrestling Torch and looks back on the first half of his wrestling
career
- Anything
Martel can do I can do better - Kayfabe story from Apter mag 'The Wrestler' - re-entry to AWA feeding off Zenks 'reasons' for leaving WWF.
- Characters
that Could Have Been Huge - Sometimes, a great gimmick or a great character comes along that changes the face of wrestling forever. They get over with the fans and are worshipped by internet "smarks" everywhere. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that they last.
Interview
Can Am and Gene Okerlund
Interview
with Mick Karsh - one year after the split
1.
The Tom Zenk Collection - Volumes 6 and 7 - the Can-Am Connection....more
2.
Rarities tape
Includes - First Can-Am Connection Promo (locker
room)
Deciding which is better Canada or the States
WWF Wrestling Challenge TV
Originally Aired: 2/1/87
Tape quality – FAIR
Major initial outing by the Can-Am Connection at the famed Madison
Square Garden
New York City, NY January 19, 1987
Tom Zenk and Rick Martel vs Greg Valentine & Brutus
Beefcake
Tape quality – FAIR
Can-am Connection Promo
female fans attempt to rip off Zenk and Martel’s clothes
- Jessie Ventura intervenes
WWF Wrestling Challenge - Aired: February 23, 1987
Tape quality – FAIR
Rare Locker room fan footage Cincinatti, OH
Tom Zenk and Rick Martel meet up with 18 year old WWF
fan backstage at a house show in Cincinatti, OH in 1987
Fan cam
Tape quality – POOR
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