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Stampede Wrestling was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta. For nearly 50 years, it was one of the main promotions in western Canada ...
The Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship was the major title in the Canadian professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling.From its establishment in 1968 until 1972, it was Stampede's secondary singles championship, becoming the top title in 1972 after the previous top championship, the Calgary version of the NWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (Calgary version ...
Stampede Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta from 1948 to 1990 and from 1999 to 2008. Former employees in Stampede consisted of professional wrestlers, managers, play-by-play and colour commentators, announcers, interviewers and referees. Alumni Male wrestlers Birth name: Ring name (s): Tenure: Notes Unknown Adolph Barbee 1985 Unknown Adrian Street 1981 ...
Stewart Edward Hart OC (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler, wrestling booker, promoter, and coach.He is best known for founding and handling Stampede Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta, teaching many individuals at its associated wrestling school "The Dungeon" and establishing a professional wrestling dynasty ...
When promoter Stu Hart resigned from the National Wrestling Alliance in 1982, the title was renamed the Stampede International Tag Team Championship. When Stampede wrestling closed down in 1989, the titles were retired, but brought back in 2000 when Stampede Wrestling was restarted by Bruce Hart and Ross Hart , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and remained active ...
Mike Shaw started wrestling in 1980 in Vancouver's NWA All-Star Wrestling using the ring name Klondike Mike. In 1981, he wrestled in the WWF as Mike Smith, in a losing effort against former world champion Pedro Morales on All Star Wrestling. In 1982, Shaw began wrestling under his real name for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling in Calgary, Alberta ...
By 1952 Hart had purchased another minor promotion in the Alberta area, merged them and renamed it Big Time Wrestling. It was later renamed Wildcat Wrestling and finally Stampede Wrestling. [5] The book also centers in large parts on the Hart wrestling family and their work for the promotion. All of Hart's twelve children receive coverage in ...
Hayes spent two years wrestling in Winnipeg as well as a brief stint in NWA Central States [4] before moving to Calgary-based Stampede Wrestling during the late 1960s. . Developing a following among fans as an egotistical anti-hero during the next several years, [2] he teamed with Bill Dromo to defeat Jerry and Bobby Christy for the Stampede International Tag Team Championship on February 1