Peter Minnema better known by his ring name Pete Wilson (born December 15, 1985) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in

Stampede Wrestling Stampede Wrestling was a Canadian professional wrestling promotion based in Calgary, Alberta. For nearly 50 years, it was one of the main promotions in western Canada and the Canadian Prairies. Originally established by Stu Hart in 1948, the pro ...

where he held several titles, including the

Stampede International Tag Team Championship The Stampede International Tag Team Championship was the main tag team title in the Canadian professional wrestling promotion Stampede Wrestling. It was created in 1958 as the NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version). When promote ...

which he held three times.

Early life

Minnema has a sister named Jennifer.

Professional wrestling career

Wilson was trained by the Hart family and debuted in 2001 in Eric Bischoff's MatRats promotion. He also wrestled at

Stu Hart Stewart Edward Hart (May 3, 1915 – October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler, wrestling booker, promoter, coach, trainer, football player and sailor. He is best known for founding and handling Stampede Wrestling, a ...

's 88th Birthday Celebration show on May 2, 2003.

Stampede Wrestling (2003–2008)

He joined Stampede Wrestling under the ring name "Pistol" Pete Wilson and was billed as the younger brother of

TJ Wilson Theodore James "TJ" Wilson (born July 11, 1980) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler better known by the ring name Tyson Kidd. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a producer. The final graduate of the Hart Dungeon, Wilson w ...

. He later changed his ring name to "Pyro" Pete Wilson and formed a tag team with Phoenix Taylor known as "Fast and Furious". On June 17, 2005, Wilson defeated Gama Singh, Jr. and Dandy Myers in a three-way match to win the vacant British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship. On November 4, 2005, Wilson teamed with "Ravenous" Randy Myres to defeat the New Karachi Vice (Singh, Jr. and Tiger Raj Singh) for the International Tag Team Championship, making Wilson a double champion. After successful title defenses against Harry Smith and

, and Dusty Adonis and Blanco Negro Dragon, they lost the titles on December 16, 2005, when Karachi Vice defeated them. After losing the tag team titles, Myres and Wilson split as a team and began feuding throughout March and April 2006. Wilson gained three victories over Myres, including one by disqualification, and one in a

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. He later dropped the British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship to Myres on May 26, 2006, after holding it for nearly a year. On July 28, 2006, Wilson won the International Tag Team Championship for the second time, with

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, by defeating Duke Durrango and Chris Steele. Wilson, however, received a legitimate injury in November 2006, and could not compete, so TJ Wilson replaced him as one half of the tag team champions. Wilson returned to Stampede on September 7, 2007, as a

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, defeating Brady Roberts. After the match, he went on a leave of absence, before returning on November 16, 2007, to defeat Scotty "The Body" Putty. He continued to appear in Stampede throughout 2008, losing to

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on February 15 at ''My Bloody Valentine''. He also competed against Chucky Blaze, and at ''Carnage In Acadia'' on April 26, the match went to a

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, after Blaze performed his

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on Wilson through a

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Hart Legacy Wrestling

Wilson is part of the Hart Legacy Wrestling promotion. During the "Resurrection" event in 2013 he suffered a shoulder injury and was rushed to the ER.

Canadian Wrestling's Elite

Wilson wrestled for the promotion Canadian Wrestling's Elite during 2016, he performed as a tag-team named Armed & Dangerous with “Dynamite” Dan Myers, they debuted in the main event of CWE's first event in Calgary against “Dungeon Master” Johnny Devine and "Hotshot" Danny Duggan. In August 2017 they had a match together with Matt Hart against Silas Young, Tony Kozina and The Big Chief which was a tribute match to Matt's father

Smith Hart Smith Stewart Hart (November 28, 1948 – July 2, 2017) was an American-Canadian professional wrestler and a member of the Hart wrestling family. His parents were Stu and Helen Hart. Smith was the first of their twelve children, being one of thei ...

who died in July.

Personal life

Minnema is married to Brooke Hart-Minnema, granddaughter of

and the daughter of Alison Hart and Ben Bassarab. Minnema and Hart met each other when he was wrestling for her uncles

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and

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's incarnation of Stampede Wrestling. Minnema is a trainer at the Hart family's school, Dungeon Discipline Professional Wrestling School.

Championships and accomplishments

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**RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with

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( 1 time) **

( 3 times) – with

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(1),

(1), and Chris Steele (1) **Stampede Mid-Heavyweight of the Year (2005)

References

External links

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Stampede Wrestling profile
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