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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.
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 and the Canadian Prairies.
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- BRIAN PILLMAN. Before he was a professional wrestler, Brian Pillman was a football player and played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals. When the Bengals let him do, he moved to Canada and played for the Calgary Stampeders.
- ARCHIE GOULDIE. Archie Gouldie began his professional wrestling career in the '60s in Central States Wrestling, and many older fans know him as the Mongolian Stomper.
- BAD NEWS ALLEN. WWE fans know Bad News Allen by the name Bad News Brown. Specifically, WWE fans might remember the terrible angle where Rowdy Roddy Piper painted half of his body black before he battled the bruiser at WrestleMania VI.
- LEO BURKE. Leo Burke wrestled in the territory system from 1966 through 1992. While he won 46 different championships throughout his career, the Calgary wrestler worked mostly as a tag team star with his brothers Yvon and Jean-Louis.
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 consisting of his relatives and close trainees.
Apr 21, 2022 · The crux is that Stampede Wrestling was a promotion with real longevity and credibility in its heyday, which survived longer than most of WWE’s competitors after they took their product national. The territory days of professional wrestling in many ways laid a foundation for what was to come.
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Nov 29, 2022 · The Amazing Legacy of Stampede Wrestling. In the years and decades before Vince McMahon and the WWE bought out the Calgary wrestling territory, Stu Hart’s Stampede Wresting promotion was a ...
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Mar 26, 2020 · Stampede Wrestling quickly gained a reputation for tough wrestlers, an even tougher traveling schedule, and a consistently high level of competition. It also garnered a well-deserved reputation among newer wrestlers as a place to hone your skills, and for Junior Heavyweights, to catch a break and be used in the top storylines and feuds.
