Stu Hart Archives - Slam Wrestling

This week’s ‘Tales from the Territories’ looks back at Stampede Wrestling

Posted by Dave Hillhouse | Nov 2, 2022 | Hollywood Headlock, Other Reviews

With stories of treacherous winter drives, and an even more treacherous basement dungeon in the...

Thesz wanted Gordienko, not Watson, to win NWA title in 1956

Posted by Steven Verrier | Jan 17, 2022 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews

Though extremely well respected by his peers in the wrestling business and widely acknowledged as...

Heavyweight champions of Stampede Wrestling fittingly remembered in title belt tribute

Posted by Marty Goldstein | Dec 1, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

A true wrestling fan’s labour of love is the best way to describe the book Stampede Wrestling: The...

Owen Hart book serves up a delicious platter of ribs

Posted by Mark Chetcuti | Jun 7, 2020 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Not many professional wrestlers will ever be able to match the grace, technical ability, agility,...

Hall of Fame honours Booker T, Severn, Hart, Brody and others

Posted by Pat Laprade | Jul 30, 2018 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

WATERLOO, Iowa – There aren’t too many places where you can have a former WWE...

Smith Hart passes away

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jul 2, 2017 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

Smith Hart, the oldest of the Hart brothers, and the self-described “black sheep” of...

Smith Hart: Terminal cancer diagnosis means time for reflection

Posted by Guest Column | Dec 22, 2016 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

By SMITH HART – For SLAM! Wrestling The diagnosis is official, I have stage 4 terminal...

Trish brings Stratusfaction, Orndorffs bring tears to CAC banquet

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 14, 2016 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS — From heart-felt family bonding to rambling powerlifters to a trailblazing woman,...

Mat Matters: Stu Hart’s birthday show, 20 years later

Posted by Jason Clevett | Dec 16, 2015 | Events, Opinion

I’ve been lucky as a wrestling fan to have attended many house shows, TV tapings and even...

Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 6

Posted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion

Once we started shooting, our travel schedule loosely followed the same path as the Dog’s...

Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 5

Posted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion

Pre-production seemed to go on forever. I needed archival footage of the Dog but it was in short...

Remembering Al Oeming’s days as a wrestler and promoter

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 16, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

While Al Oeming is quite rightly remembered as a conservationist and nature lover in Edmonton, it...

SLAM! Wrestling memories from WrestleReunion

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Apr 17, 2012 | Events

TORONTO — The strange thing is that WrestleReunion 8 was in the backyard of SLAM! Wrestling,...

How the NFL’s Ron Pritchard stumbled into wrestling

Posted by Greg Oliver | Dec 28, 2011 | Interviews, The Sporting Connection

Ron Pritchard got a lot of publicity out of his wrestling sideline while he was still lining up as...

Stampede Wrestling relaunches … in Ontario?

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 4, 2011 | Interviews

Back in October, Smith Hart went on CBC’s Dragon’s Den pitching a relaunch of Stampede...

A Hart-felt plea to get Stu Hart on the Walk of Fame

Posted by Jason Clevett | Apr 25, 2011 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

In 2003, SLAM! Wrestling Producer Greg Oliver wrote a piece about the lack of professional...

Unpredictability rules at Cauliflower Alley Club

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 20, 2010 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS — The thing about going to a Cauliflower Alley Club reunion is that you...

Hall of Fame ceremony a serious event

Posted by Bob Kapur | Mar 28, 2010 | Interviews, WrestleMania

PHOENIX — It took a literal downpour of money, but eventually the fans at the WWE Hall of...

Hart Dungeon DVD gives rough picture of Stu

Posted by Brian Elliott | Nov 23, 2009 | Documentary Reviews

Posed with the question as to the legacy of the great Stu Hart, most fans of modern professional...

Surviving The Dungeon filmmaker’s legacy as much as Stu Hart’s

Posted by Brian Elliott | Nov 4, 2009 | Hollywood Headlock Interviews

The new documentary Surviving The Dungeon: The Legacy of Stu Hart explores the life of one of...

CAC to honour ‘King of Belts’ Reggie Parks

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 13, 2009 | CAC, Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Reggie Parks has been designing belts for 45 years, cleaning carpets for 30, and in wrestling for,...

Piper, Saito, Jacobs enter Tragos/Thesz HOF

Posted by Greg Oliver | Jun 28, 2008 | Interviews, Tragos/Thesz HOF

WATERLOO, Iowa – It was an international event Saturday, as the lives of two Canadians...

Hitman, Patterson, Dr. Death headline CAC awards

Posted by Fred Johns | Jun 12, 2008 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS – The 43rd Annual Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion came to an end Wednesday night...

Hitman’s autobiography heartbreakingly honest

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 8, 2007 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Bret Hart’s long-awaited autobiography is indeed worth the wait. Confessional in tone and...

Don Leo Jonathan reflects back

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 12, 2006 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, PWHF

Don Leo Jonathan isn’t all that different than most grandfathers. On a recent Sunday, he...

Stratus to host Walk of Fame induction

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 22, 2006 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Well, there may not be any wrestlers actually on Canada’s Walk of Fame, but there will be...

New book brings Stampede of memories

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 10, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

By BILL CUBITT – For SlamWrestling.net If you put a random group of 20 Calgarians in one...

Saddle up with new Stampede book

Posted by Andy McNamara | Oct 31, 2005 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

For author Heath McCoy the writing of Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling was not...

Nattie Neidhart ready for Japan

Posted by Jason Clevett | Mar 14, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

While there are many third-generation wrestlers making names for themselves today, Nattie Neidhart...

Walk of Fame shuns Stu Hart

Posted by Jason Clevett | Mar 9, 2005 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

TORONTO – On Tuesday, nine names were announced as being inducted into Canada’s Walk of...

Stories galore at Hart House farewell

Posted by Jason Clevett | Aug 15, 2004 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

CALGARY – Hundreds gathered at the Hart Mansion in Calgary to share memories and say goodbye...

Famous Hart House up for sale

Posted by Jason Clevett | Nov 28, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

CALGARY — With the passing of Stu Hart on October 18, 2003, his 10 remaining children were...

Mat Matters: Stretched by Stu, a personal recollection

Posted by Jason Clevett | Oct 31, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries, Opinion

December 15, 1996 was a night that will forever be memorable to me. The Showdown at the Corral, a...

Revisiting the Dungeon’s horrors

Posted by Jason Clevett | Oct 31, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

CALGARY — It was August of 1969 when former Stampede Wrestling star Dan Kroffat went up to...

Friends and family celebrate Stu

Posted by Jason Clevett | Oct 24, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

CALGARY — The mood at the famous Hart House in the Calgary Thursday night was not one that...

Stampede stars remember Stu

Posted by Jason Clevett | Oct 22, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

“The first time I was at the house, he made me feel like I was part of the family....

Stu Hart: A Dungeon Perspective

Posted by Hotshot Johnny Devine | Oct 21, 2003 | Johnny Devine

It was always a treat to see Stu at the Stampede shows as you could see him perk up when bell time...

Stu Hart, the wrestler, circa 1946

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 16, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries

There aren’t too many people around today who can still recall the wrestling days of Stu...

Mat Matters: Personal memories of Stu

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 16, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Opinion

As my newsletter closed down in 1990 so I could start university, I thought my wrestling days were...

Wrestlers honoured to be on Stu’s show

Posted by Jason Clevett | May 6, 2003 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Other House Shows

CALGARY — It showed on the faces of the fans, and in the effort put forth by the athletes in...

Stu Hart tribute show delivers

Posted by Jason Clevett | May 2, 2003 | House Show Reviews, Other House Shows

CALGARY — On Friday, May 2nd, Stampede Wrestling paid tribute to Stu Hart on his 88th...

CAC reunion year’s highlight

Posted by Greg Oliver | Apr 2, 2003 | CAC, Interviews

Forget Celine Dion and her big, ridiculously expensive Vegas show. There’s an even better...

Helen Hart: A friend’s recollection

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Nov 6, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

On the evening of December 15, 1995 I stood beside Helen Hart in a place where she had virtually...

Helen Hart passes away

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 4, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Obituaries

Early Sunday morning, November 4, 2001, Helen Hart died in Foothills Hospital in Calgary from...

Stu Hart bio due in March

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 25, 2001 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

Following in the footsteps of his son Bret “The Hitman” Hart and his daughter Diana...

Helen Hart: Backbone of the family

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 29, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

Helen and Stu Hart have been married for over 53 years, having met in New York City, where Helen...

Bronko Nagurski the rare superstar in football and wrestling

Posted by Greg Oliver | Sep 5, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Classics, The Sporting Connection

REAL NAME: Bronislau Nagurski 6’2″, 235 pounds BORN: November 3, 1908 in Rainy River,...

Jason Helton: Raising hell Down Under

Posted by Mike Altamura | Aug 16, 2001 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — In the ring he’s a pretentious, egotistical and hell-raising...

Stu Hart honoured by his peers

Posted by Greg Oliver | Feb 11, 2001 | CAC, Interviews

LAS VEGAS — This year’s Cauliflower Alley Club banquet and awards ceremony may have...

Gil Hayes on being Gil Hayes

Posted by Greg Oliver | Aug 19, 1999 | Canadian Hall of Fame

REAL NAME: Gil Hayes 5’10” 247 pounds Gil Hayes is a matter-of-fact kind of guy, a...

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