10 Facts About Dennis Stamp

Dennis Stamp was an American professional wrestler and referee.

Dennis Stamp was best known for wrestling extensively during the 1970s and 1980s for the American Wrestling Association, and for the National Wrestling Alliance territories.

In 1974, Dennis 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.

Dennis Stamp appeared occasionally in the WWF in the mid-1980s, including a December 1986 match shown on the TV program WWF Wrestling Challenge where he teamed with fellow jobber Mike Luca against the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers.

Dennis Stamp later returned to the AWA, which was in decline at the time due to heavy competition from the WWF and World Championship Wrestling.

Dennis Stamp was used primarily by the AWA to put over major stars and veterans, like Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Colonel DeBeers, Jerry Lawler, and The Midnight Rockers.

In 2014, Dennis Stamp published a book about his wrestling days titled The Dennis Stamp Collection: A Collection of Short Stories from the World's Most Famous Unknown Wrestler.

Dennis Stamp died of lymphoma on March 13,2017, after which wrestlers including Ted DiBiase and Tommy Dreamer paid tribute to him on social media.

In November 2017, Dennis Stamp was posthumously inducted into the Amarillo Pioneer Hall of Fame by the local Amarillo Pioneer newspaper.

Dennis Stamp attained a measure of cult popularity after appearing in the 1999 documentary Beyond the Mat.