Kerry Brown (wrestler)
| Kerry Brown | |
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| Born | February 1958 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | September 10, 2009 (aged 51) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Cause of death | Liver failure |
| Family |
Bob Brown (uncle) Doug Brown (uncle) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Kerry Brown Kerry Lee Brown Rick Valentine |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 266 lb (121 kg) |
| Trained by | Bob Brown |
| Debut | 1979 |
| Retired | January 2009 |
Kerry Brown (February 1958 – September 10, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Brown was best known for working in Stampede Wrestling in the 1980s under his real name, but also wrestled in Puerto Rico and the Maritimes using the ring name Rick Valentine.
Brown began wrestling in 1979 in promotions located in Winnipeg. The following year, in 1980, began working in Kansas City, in the same promotion that his uncle "Bulldog" Bob Brown worked for. He then began working for Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in Calgary. He quickly became known as a tag team wrestler in Stampede, teaming up with Duke Myers to win the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship for the first time on September 25, 1981. They won the championship for the second time on March 23, 1983, by defeating Leo Burke and David Schultz in a tournament final for the vacant championship. Four months later, in July 1982, Brown won the Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW) United States Heavyweight Championship, his first singles championship in professional wrestling. Later that year, on December 8, he and Myers defeated Bret Hart and Leo Burke to win the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship for the third time.
It was during this time that Brown gained infamy when he refused to lose to Owen Hart while working with Stampede Wrestling. According to Mike Shaw, Brown was supposed to start a scripted rivalry with Hart, but refused to lose a match to Hart, so the card was switched, and Shaw replaced Brown in the rivalry. Brown went on to wrestle in Montreal under the name Rick Valentine. He teamed with Sailor White, and the pair were managed by Tarzan Tyler.
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