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Professional wrestling will not be subject to a year-long combative sports ban, Edmonton city council decided Tuesday morning.

“Wrestling got caught up in the much more complicated issues of fighter safety of mixed martial arts and boxing, and that was never our intent,” said Mayor Don Iveson. “And we are continuing to work through as quickly as possible the issues around mixed martial arts and boxing, but wrestling we were able to put back in business because they are entertainment and not sport.”

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A World Wrestling Entertainment event had been booked for Feb. 9, but after the ban was put in place, the venue was changed to Saskatoon.

The moratorium on combative sporting events in the city was imposed last month following a report on boxer Tim Hague, who died two days after being knocked out in a heavyweight boxing match in June against Adam Braidwood. The ban was to run until Dec. 31, 2018.

The community and public services committee voted Jan. 17 to send to full council a motion that would allow the city to lift the moratorium after getting a report Feb. 21 on progress implementing safety recommendations by the Edmonton combative sports commission.

Unlike boxing and mixed martial arts, professional wrestling is staged with a predetermined outcome.