The mat legend had met Charland, as a youngster, who was studying judo, and told him to consider professional wrestling as an option.

However, their second reign wouldn't last as long as their first, as they lost the titles months later to Gino Brito and Rick McGraw.

While there, he would wrestle the likes of Mach Hayato, Rusher Kimura, Ryuma Go, Kazuo Yamazaki, and Super Tiger.

In May 1985, Charland won his third Canadian International Tag Team title, this time with King Tonga.

His first television appearance took place at a taping of Maple Leaf Wrestling on July 24, 1988, losing to Terry Taylor.

He again appeared on the December 25, 1989 episode of Prime Time Wrestling and defeated Barry Horowitz at the Maple Leaf Gardens.

[2] Returning to the Montreal independent circuit, Charland adopted the moniker "Blast" in late 1991 in an attempt to resurrect the Demolition name and gimmick with Bill Eadie as Ax, but were eventually sent a cease and desist letter by the WWF.