#4 Stampede Wrestling
Stampede Wrestling is a company that was purchased by Vince McMahon in 1984 but has since been re-purchased by the Hart family. Many of the most renowned names in WWE came from there, including Bret Hart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Jim ‘The Anvil’ Neidhart and of course, Chris Benoit.
It was started by Stu Hart as far back as 1948, and except for a year when Vince McMahon took over; was mainly a Hart family run company. What’s funny is that while WWE had purchased the video library from Stampede Wrestling, and added the footage to the WWE Network only last year, it was removed soon afterwards.
Apparently, Bret Hart had contacted the company and said that all the footage of his own matches belonged to him. McMahon has pulled down all footage until the matter is resolved amicably.
