Your host is, of course, the late Ed Whalen.

- Ed reminisces a bit about the early days of Stu’s career and gives the matchbook version of the formation of Stampede Wrestling.

- Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight title: Hubert Gallant v. Keith Hart. Keith, whose real career path was as a fireman, was never what you’d call the most talented of the Harts, as he stuck mainly to the mid-heavyweight division and tagging with Bret. As with most Stampede TV matches, we’re JIP at about the 10:00 mark. Keith takes Gallant down with a toehold and works on that. He stays on the leg with a figure-four, but Hubert reverses it. It actually turns into an interesting spot, as Keith then has to fight to get out of the hold again. Gallant pounds away and gets a gutwrench for two. Snapmare and kneedrop get two, but like an idiot he uses the injured knee. They fight over an abdominal stretch and Gallant wins. Keith escapes, but Gallant gets a backbreaker, but again on the injured knee. Keith finishes him with a figure-four at 6:04 to win the title. ** See, here’s an interesting point about the psychology involved here that I never really thought about until now for some reason: Wrestlers in North America always work “left”, which I assume everyone reading either already knows or has noticed by now. If you haven’t noticed that, watch a tape of any WWF or WCW show and you’ll notice that it’s always the left arm or leg that gets worked over. However, that leads to an instant problem, in that guys generally use that leg or arm for their major moves, and thus the psychology is instantly screwed up unless you play into the “Man, that guy is dumb for using the injured leg/arm to do that move!” storyline. I dunno, it’s just weird.

- World Mid-Heavyweight title: Dick Steinborn v. Bruce Hart.  Steinborn pounds away as we pick it up in the third fall (World title matches were routinely 2/3 falls). Steinborn grabs a chinlock and cheats to keep Bruce down. Bruce fights back as Steinborn misses a charge, and Bruce works the arm. Steinborn hides in the ropes, but goes low and hammers Bruce. Bruce comes back with a kneedrop for two and he pounds away, and a backdrop suplex gets two. Bruce charges and was probably supposed to miss, but hits, and they kind of stumble around a bit before Steinborn bails and posts Bruce. Back in, it gets two. Drop suplex gets two. Sleeper, and Bruce is in trouble (Steinborn won a previous fall with it), but makes the ropes. However, Steinborn holds it too long, and Bruce collapses in the ropes. The ref won’t count it because Bruce was in the ropes, and orders Steinborn to revive him. Bruce appears to be out cold, though, and while Steinborn protests, Bruce reveals to the crowd that he’s bird-dogging, and indeed when Steinborn goes for the kill, bing-bang-boom, small package, Bruce Hart wins the title at 7:34 aired. Slow match but a classic finish. *1/2