Archie Gouldie
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| Birth name | Archibald Edward Gouldie |
| Born |
November 22, 1936 Carbon, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | January 23, 2016 (aged 79) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Residence | Maynardville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Ring name(s) | Archie Gouldie The Masked Bounty Hunter The Midnight Stallion The Mongolian Stomper |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 260 lb (120 kg) |
| Billed from | Mongolia |
| Debut | November 2, 1962 |
| Retired | September 2, 1995 |
Archibald Edward "Archie" Gouldie (November 22, 1936 – January 23, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He wrestled for Stampede Wrestling for decades as Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie, with the nickname coming from the wrestler's reputation of "stomping" on his opponents, when they were down, with his black cowboy boots. He was also known by the ring name The Mongolian Stomper.
Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie was a young good guy in the Central States territory he wins the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Central States Version) from Enrique Torres in St. Joseph on Dec. 20, 1963 losing it to Rocky Hamilton on Jan 31, 1964 and took it back May 22, 1964 only to lose it to Sonny Myers June 12,1964. He wouldn't regain that title until 1965 from Sonny Myers losing to Bobby Shane on Dec, 4 1965 in Waterloo, IA
Archie wins his first Central States Heavyweight Title from Ron Reed in St.Joseph, MO. on June 4th, 1965 holding it for 30 days, dropping it to Sonny Myers on July 4, 1965 in Kansas City, KS. Gouldie wins the title for the second time on June 8, 1972 from Black Angus Campbell in St. Joseph, MO. Only to lose it to Harley Race on July 7, 1972 in Kansas City, KS.
Archie also proves himself to be an accomplished tag team wrestler winning the NWA North American Tag Team Championship on May 1, 1962 with his last title run coming on Oct 14, 1972. the Stomper teams up 4 times with The Viking, 3 times with Bob Geigel, twice with Rufus R. Jones, once with Danny Little Bear and once with Bob Ellis for a total of approximately 238 days.
Gouldie held the North American heavyweight title a record 14 times between 1968 and 1984, quite a streak of longevity for that time frame. He was also the first champion, defeating former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat O'Connor in the tournament finals. Gouldie feuded with British mat technician Billy Robinson, among others, for the title.
Although he wrestled as a heel during the majority of his Stampede tenure, Gouldie made a face turn late in 1983 after Bad News Allen turned against Gouldie and his storyline "son", Jeff, during a six-man tag team match and brutalized and injured Jeff (which led to Stampede TV host Ed Whalen to quit the company in protest); the attack led to a bloody feud which climaxed with Gouldie defeating Bad News for the Stampede North American title (his 14th, and what would be final, reign).
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