On July 27, 1979 in one of the first ladder matches in professional wrestling history, Big Daddy Ritter (later known as the The Junkyard Dog) defeated Jake Roberts to win the Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship and $1,000 at a Stampede Wrestling Show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The match is called by Ed Whalen. The ladder is being held by Wayne Hart, the older brother of Bret and Owen Hart. Ritter had previously lost the belt to Roberts on April 6th. | Davenport Sports Ne

73K views · 428 reactions | On July 27, 1979 in one of the first ladder matches in professional wrestling history, Big Daddy Ritter (later known as the The Junkyard Dog) defeated Jake Roberts to win the Stampede Wrestling North American Heavyweight Championship at a Stampede Wrestling Show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Ritter had previously lost the belt to Roberts on April 6th. | Davenport Sports Network | Facebook

On September 2, 1978 a 15-year-old Davey Boy Smith makes his professional wrestling debut on British television against “Wonder Boy” Bernie Wright on ITV's World of Sport. Mentored by Dynamite Kid Tom Billington's friend Alan Dennison in 1979, Smith was spotted by Bruce Hart, who was scouting talent in the UK, and both he and Billington travelled to Canada to wrestle for Stu Hart. Stu and Roy Wood trained Smith further in Hart's "Dungeon" and Smith became a key wrestler in Hart's Stampede Wrestl

Ric Flair v Harley Race at Starrcade (11/24/83) | NWA Wrestling Memories

1.1K views · 24 reactions | On December 18, 1983 Central States...