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Ottawa will host a major wrestling pay-per-view in early November.

IMPACT Wrestling announced on Monday that its Bound for Glory global pay-per-view would be held Nov. 5 in the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park. The pavilion will also host five days of IMPACT TV tapings on Nov. 6-10.

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Montreal and Toronto were also under consideration to host the events.

“It’s the nation’s capital, it’s a good place to make a statement in our inaugural effort to bring our premier event outside of its traditional home in Orlando,” Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling, said Monday. “No slight to Toronto … we’ll get there, too, I’m sure, sometime along the way.”

So why not an arena, why the Aberdeen Pavilion, where the company is hoping for about 500 spectators a night?

“We’re legacy people,” Nordholm said. “It’s a great facility with a rich history. An arena would be a big place for us to sell. We want to have a venue with an intimacy with the crowd. The crowd will pack it rather than be spread out through it. It’s just the right size, it’ll ensure we can get people in the stands where they’ll have a connection with our wrestlers and vice-versa.