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Dennis Stamp circa early 1970s
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Birth name | Dennis Stamp |
Born | 1947 or 1948 Brainerd, Minnesota |
Residence | Amarillo, Texas |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Dennis Stamp The Tulsa Tornado |
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Billed weight | 250 lb (110 kg) |
Debut | 1971 |
Dennis Stamp (born 1947 or 1948) is a former American professional wrestler and current referee from Amarillo, Texas. He is best known for wrestling extensively during the 1970s and 1980s for the American Wrestling Association, and for the National Wrestling Alliance territories.
Stamp, who grew up in Brainerd, Minnesota, won the 1965 Minnesota State High School Wrestling Championship for the 175 pound weight class. After entering professional wrestling and having his first match on August 9, 1971, in Thunder Bay Ontario, he would join Verne Gagne's AWA where he became their 1971 Rookie of the Year. Shortly thereafter, he joined Leroy McGuirk's Tri-State territory, and in 1973 he and Bull Bullinski won the NWA Tri-State Tag Team Championship. After losing the titles seven days later, he would regain the titles (with a new partner, Dewey Robertson) in May of that year.
In 1974, Stamp had moved to the NWA's Los Angeles territory, where he was a two-time Television Champion, first defeating Man Mountain Mike and then Greg Valentine. By the fall of 1975, he had joined Vancouver's All Star Wrestling, and with Tiger Jeet Singh won the Canadian Tag Team Championship.