Beginning and Canadian promotions Brown began wrestling in 1979 in
promotions located in Winnipeg. The following year, in 1980, began working in
Kansas City, in the same promotion that his uncle "Bulldog"
Bob Brown worked for. He then began working for
Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in
Calgary. He quickly became known as a
tag team wrestler in Stampede, teaming up with Duke Myers to win the
Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship for the first time on September 25, 1981. They won the championship for the second time on March 23, 1983, by defeating
Leo Burke and
David Schultz in a tournament final for the vacant championship. Four months later, in July 1982, Brown won the
Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW) United States Heavyweight Championship, his first singles championship in professional wrestling. Later that year, on December 8, he and Myers defeated
Bret Hart and Leo Burke to win the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship for the third time. It was during this time that Brown gained infamy when he refused to lose to
Owen Hart while working with Stampede Wrestling. According to
Mike Shaw, Brown was supposed to start a
scripted rivalry with Hart, but refused to lose a match to Hart, so the
card was switched, and Shaw replaced Brown in the rivalry. Brown went on to wrestle in Montreal-based
Lutte Internationale under the name Rick Valentine. He teamed with
Sailor White, and the pair were
managed by
Tarzan Tyler. On May 18, 1983, Brown won the AGPW United States Heavyweight Championship for the second time. Later that year, Brown won the AGPW North American Tag Team Championship when he teamed with
Frenchy Martin to defeat Vic Rossitani and Bull Johnston in September. On December 21, 1985, Brown won the
Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship by defeating
Davey Boy Smith. The following year, on June 6, Brown and his long-term tag team partner Myers won the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship again by defeating
Keith Hart and
Chris Benoit. Over a year later, he won the AGPW North American Tag Team Championship for the second time when he and his uncle Bob defeated
Kid Dynamite and Dino Ventura. Two years later, on June 9, 1989, Brown won the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship with his uncle, when they defeated Benoit and
Biff Wellington.
Puerto Rico and later career In the
World Wrestling Council (WWC), Brown wrestled using the name Rick Valentine, and was used predominantly in the mid-card and tag team ranks. He won the
WWC World Tag Team Championship with Lance Idol on August 4, 1990 when they defeated
Super Medic I and
Super Medic III, and the two also held the
WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship later that year. He also won the WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship twice with
Eric Embry in 1990, once by defeating
Miguelito Perez and
Huracán Castillo, Jr. on September 23 and the second time by defeating Super Medic I and Super Medic III on December 15. He won the championship on one occasion with
Gran Mendoza in 1991, when they defeated Super Medic I and Super Medic III on January 23. After Puerto Rico, Brown returned to Canada working only in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. In 2003 and 2004, Brown wrestled for the Canadian Wrestling Federation (CWF) and Premier Championship Wrestling, where he teamed with Jason Gagne as The Dog Pound. Brown's last match was in January 2009 losing to
Danny Duggan in Winnipeg. ==Personal life==