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Baillargeon during the next two months as well as facing his one-time tag team partner, Tommy O’Toole, beating him in both of their two encounters. One of his biggest matches was against Taro Sakuro, a bout which he lost, with 13,997 fans in attendance at the Maple Leaf Gardens on 30 August.
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on 31 October, and with Orton traded matches with Brisco and Hodge in
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as one-third of the NWA Americas 6-Man Tag Team Champions with
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