[3] After entering professional wrestling and having his first match on August 9, 1971, in Thunder Bay Ontario,[1] he would join Verne Gagne's AWA where he became their 1971 Rookie of the Year.

[2] In 1974, 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.

[2] Stamp appeared with several other professional wrestlers, including Ted DiBiase, Bob Roop, Dick Murdoch, Gene Kiniski, and Tonga Fifita, in the 1978 Sylvester Stallone movie Paradise Alley.

[4] Beginning in the 1980s, Stamp began hiring out as an enhancement talent,[1] for which work he would later receive praise from fellow wrestler Manny Fernandez.

He 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.

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