Stampede Wrestling

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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 and the Canadian Prairies. Established by Stu Hart in 1948, the promotion competed with other promotions such as NWA All-Star Wrestling and Pacific Northwest Wrestling and regularly ran events in Calgary's Victoria Pavilion, Ogden Auditorium and the Stampede Corral. In 1984, it was bought out by promoter Vince McMahon. The company was briefly run by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) before being sold back to the Hart family in 1985. Run by Bruce Hart until January 1990, he and Ross Hart reopened the promotion in 1999 and began running events in the Alberta area. Along with its wrestling school known as "The Dungeon", many of the promotion's alumni became some of the most popular stars in the World Wrestling Federation and other American promotions in the 1980s and 1990s. The promotion produced one of the earliest...

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