I was around 21 when Kendo did his tour of Stampede Wrestling. I live in Edmonton and the cards were held on Saturday nights. I thought Kendo was fantastic. He had stiff style which suited the Stampede territory and had an impressive persona. I particularly remember a tag match with Kendo and Lord Sloan (George Gillette) vs Dan Kroffat and Bruce Hart. Kendo carried the match as I don't remember Sloan even tagging in. The finish saw Kendo laying a beating on Bruce Hart and Keith Hart came in to make the save and got a beating too. A disqualification as I recall. Good stuff. I was fortunate to be in the only territory in North America where Kendo wrestled. Of all the British wrestled that worked in Stampede (Billy Robinson, Geoff Portz, Les Thornton, Dynamite Kid etc.) he and Dynamite were my favourites.
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Hi Ron. Yes I was aware of the Stampede circuit. TV host Ed Whalen would often announce what cities would be hosting cards on the weekly TV show. The shows were taped Friday evenings and shown Saturday afternoon. The main cities on the circuit were Calgary on Friday and Edmonton on Saturday. Sunday was a day off. The rest of the week varied over the years but Regina, Saskatoon, Lethbridge, and Medicine Hat were usually in the mix.
I'm pretty sure there is footage of Kendo in Stampede but I've never seen it since the original broadcast. As soon as I saw him on TV in 1972, I knew I had to see him in person. I have vivid memories of Kendo pummeling the Hart brothers in a tag match.
In 2015 Vince McMahon bought the Stampede tape library. There was a brief dispute over ownership as Bret Hart was able to prove he owned the video of his Stampede matches. The WWE doesn't release much footage of Stampede matches, usually only when profiling WWE wrestlers who were previously in Stampede. There is a good Facebook page "Ring a Ding Dong Dandy/Stampede fan group" which has a lot of good information and links to videos.