RIP Leo Burke

[Ricky Jackson]

Just saw this. Not a lot of footage to judge, at least as far as I know, but he was held in very high regard by a lot of folks, including Bret Hart. Worked extensively in his home area of the Maritimes, wrestling was the family business, and also Stampede of course. Looks like the Carolina's were his main US home (as Bobby Kay). Also helped train a lot of future wrestlers 

[fxnj]

The full version of this is one of my holy grails.

 

[Ricky Jackson]

Here's a Leo Burke playlist, including several videos from our own Matt D's channel. Lots of Puerto Rico 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2IINZIkUSU7LtHS0wSaOwI9akJaWh3WM&si=ZaP3U2LX3cDPsDPk

 

[Ricky Jackson]

And a correction to my initial post, it was Leo's brother who worked as Bobby Kay in the Carolina's, not Leo

[rainmakerrtv]

Rick Martel vs. Leo Burke

[Ricky Jackson]

Oh wow. 47 minute video! 

I think the date is off. Martel lost the AWA title at the end of 1985. Wrestlingdata has a 7/3/84 date for them in Halifax for the AWA strap