On Monday, I received this email from Can-Am.com, one of the oldest producers of Underground wrestling videos, announcing the 10/31 closure of their video download site (DownloadMegaMall.com) and DVD mail-order site (RopeMall.com). So we have just a few days to order or download anything on our Can-Am wish lists!
This is sad news for sure! I hate to see any WrestlePorn source go away, especially one that I've been enjoying for decades! In fact, the second gallery I ever posted on my original Wrestling Arsenal website, dated September 3rd, 2000, included these beautiful Sleeper Hold images found in early Can-Am productions.
Can-Am's early success is remarkable because VCRs only became popular in homes during the mid-1980s (when the courts ruled that people could legally record TV shows.) And here Boss Sexton was already producing high-quality wrestleporn VHS tapes just a few years later! I can verify that their very first video, Canadian Musclehunk Wrestling #1, was produced in early 1992:
I am thankful that enough of you wrestle-pervs had the courage to purchase these mail-order VHS tapes (What will the mailman think?!) to keep Can-Am afloat in those early years!
However, I'm not completely shocked by this closure. Obviously, DIY sites like WatchFighters and OnlyFans are a huge competitive threat to traditional wrestle-porn producers. Also, Can-Am's online presence had gotten a bit sloppy and confusing. Their original website (Can-Am.com) started giving security warnings, so they created a hodge-podge of links, with downloads at one URL, and ordering of DVDs (Are DVDs still a thing?) at another.
And they offer a third site for pay-per-minute streaming called Can-Am.tv which I assume will also disappear on Saturday? I just logged in and found that I still have 38 minutes and 35 seconds in my streaming wallet! So let me go now to use up my remaining minutes! I will let you know what I've ordered!!