The Public Access Podcast 675 - Stuart Kemp: Bulldog Bob Brown Jr. and 40 Years of Pro Wrestling

The Public Access Podcast with Stuart Kemp

Rusty Diamond reconnects with longtime wrestling veteran Stuart Kemp, also known as Bulldog Bob Brown Jr., for a conversation spanning nearly four decades of professional wrestling, road stories, survival and the people who kept the independent wrestling world alive.

Stuart started announcing in 1986 and worked a Stampede Wrestling card before becoming involved in virtually every corner of independent wrestling. He announced, booked, promoted, wrote about wrestling, photographed it, sold tickets and merchandise, set up rings and traveled through towns most people have probably never heard of.

Stuart and Rusty talk about Stampede Wrestling, the Canadian and Pacific Northwest wrestling scenes, the old territory system, wrestling magazines, Brian Pillman, Dynamite Kid, Bad News Allen, Bruiser Brody, Abdullah the Butcher, Owen Hart, Mike Shaw, Sandy Barr, hardcore wrestling in Japan and what wrestling looked like before everything was instantly available online.

They also get into the Cauliflower Alley Club, the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, Andre the Giant’s giant-ass cribbage board, Stuart’s 18 years with the Portland Winterhawks Booster Club and why keeping wrestling history alive matters.

The conversation eventually turns to Stuart's own fight for survival. In 2018, he suffered two strokes, spent six weeks hospitalized, had to relearn how to walk, eat and swallow, and underwent a dangerous procedure to restore blood flow to his brain.

After the wrestling community helped him through that period, Stuart found ways to give back to the same community that supported him.

It’s wrestling history from someone who didn’t just watch it.

He fucking lived it.

Connect with Stuart Kemp

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/stuart.kemp.376

Email:
bulldogbobbrownjr1@yahoo.com

The Public Access Podcast:
https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

Rusty Diamond:
https://rustydiamond.net

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