Benjamin Bassarab (born March 3, 1960) is a Canadian former bodybuilder[8][9] and professional wrestler, best known for his appearances for Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling promotion throughout the 1980s.
[15] Around 1981 Bassarab was encouraged by his future brother-in-law Davey Boy Smith to pursue pro wrestling.
[17] They faced Danny Davis and Hubert Gallant for the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in early 1984, but the match was ruled a no-contest and the title was vacated.
Ben declined though he did face WWF wrestler Brutus Beefcake at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on July 28, 1985.
On March 1, 1986, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Bassarab and Benoit defeated Honky Tonk Man, Wayne Farris, and Rotten Ron Starr for the International Tag Team Championship.
[18] On August 9 in Edmonton, Alberta they defeated Duke Myers and Kerry Brown for the International Tag Team Championship.
They held the title until October 3, when they lost to The Viet Cong Express (Hiroshi Hase and Fumihiro Niikura) in Calgary.
Bassarab and Owen feuded with the Express throughout Western Canada, on one occasion fighting to a forty-five-minute draw, but were unable to regain the International Tag Team Championship.
Bassarab later became a truck driver and, later, a warehouse foreman[28] before retiring to run a vending machine and real estate company that he and his wife Kathy owned in Calgary.