Ben Bassarab has two sisters named Whitney and Wendy and a brother, Rusty.
16 Facts About Ben Bassarab
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Around 1981 Ben Bassarab was encouraged by his future brother-in-law Davey Boy Smith to pursue pro wrestling.
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Ben Bassarab was trained by Stu Hart and debuted in Hart's Calgary, Alberta based Stampede Wrestling promotion under his own name in 1983.
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Strongbow said that he would want Ben Bassarab to give his 2-week notice with Stampede.
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Ben Bassarab replied to Jay that Stu fired him as he and Allison split up.
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Stu tried to use this leverage against Ben Bassarab and told Ben Bassarab that if he gets back together then he would get hired with WWF.
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Ben Bassarab declined though he did face WWF wrestler Brutus Beefcake at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on July 28,1985.
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Ben Bassarab substituted for the absent Tony Garea and lost to Beefcake.
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Ben Bassarab then formed a new team with his brother-in-law, Owen Hart.
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Ben Bassarab remained with Stampede for the remainder of his career.
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In 1987 Ben Bassarab worked for the North American Wrestling Association.
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Ben Bassarab worked for the WWF when they toured Alberta in the 80s, and retired in 1992.
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Ben Bassarab married Stu Hart's daughter Alison Hart in May 1983.
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Ben Bassarab worked in the juice bar at the gym for some time before becoming a wrestler.
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In 1988 Ben Bassarab was stabbed in a barfight, the incident damaged his liver severely.
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Ben Bassarab later became a truck driver and, later, a warehouse foreman before retiring to run a vending machine and real estate company that he and his wife Kathy owned in Calgary.