Archie Gouldie

Archibald Edward Gouldie was a Canadian professional wrestler He wrestled for Stampede Wrestling for decades as Archie The Stomper Gouldie with the nickname coming from the wrestlers reputation of stomping on his opponents when they were down with his black cowboy boots He was also known by the ring name The Mongolian Stomper Early in his career Archie The Stomper Gouldie was a babyface in the Central States territory He won the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship from Enrique Torres in St Joseph on Dec 20 1963 losing it to Rocky Hamilton on Jan 31 1964 He regained it on May 22 1964 only to lose it to Sonny Myers June 12 1964 He regained it yet again in 1965 from Sonny Myers and dropped it to Bobby Shane in December in Waterloo IA Archie also proved himself to be an accomplished tag team wrestler winning the NWA North American Tag Team Championship eleven times His first reign began May 1 1962 with his last title run coming on Oct 14 1972 The Stomper teamed up four times with The Viking three times with Bob Geigel twice with Rufus R Jones once with Danny Little Bear and once with Bob Ellis for a total of approximately 238 days Gouldie held the North American heavyweight title a record 14 times between 1968 and 1984 quite a streak of longevity for that time frame He was also the first champion defeating former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Pat OConnor in the tournament finals Gouldie feuded with British mat technician Billy Robinson among others for the title Although he wrestled as a heel during the majority of his Stampede tenure Gouldie made a face turn late in 1983 after Bad News Allen turned against Gouldie and his storyline son Jeff during a sixman tag team match and brutalized and injured Jeff which led to Stampede TV host Ed Whalen to quit the company in protest the attack led to a bloody feud which climaxed with Gouldie defeating Bad News for the Stampede North American title Gouldie achieved most of his US fame in this territory based in Knoxville Tennessee He held the NWA Southeast Heavyweight Championship a record eleven times between 1976 and 1981 winning it for the last time against Jerry Stubbs and losing it to Jos LeDuc He feuded with Robert Fuller and Ronnie Garvin over the title Gouldie appeared very briefly in Mid South in late1982 saving Skandor Akbar from an attack by Buck Robley He only wrestled one or two matches before abruptly leaving the territory In 1992 Gouldie joined SMW which like Southeast was based in Knoxville Tennessee At this point in his career the Stomper was considered a babyface teaming with former rival Ronnie Garvin in his feud with Paul Orndorff and feuding with Kevin Sullivans latest incarnation of evil wrestlers Gouldie defeated Rob Morgan at the first Bluegrass Brawl in Pikeville Ky According to several magazines Gouldie maintained his shape by riding his bicycle almost everywhere he went sometimes riding up to 60 miles a day In 2011 memory issues began On January 9 2016 Gouldie fell and broke his hip which required surgery After the surgery he never recovered and died in his sleep on January 23