| Raymond Rougeau | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Ray Rougeau Raymond Rougeau |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Billed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Born | February 18, 1955 St. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Sulpice, Quebec, Canada |
| Trained by | Jacques Rougeau, Sr. Eddie Auger |
| Debut | 1971 |
| Retired | 1990 |
Raymond Rougeau (born February 18, 1955) is a former Canadian professional wrestler and French language television presenter and commentator. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Jacques Rougeau Sr (born c 1930 was a Professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Jacques Rougeau, Armand Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional Sport, where all matches are scripted by the promotion's booking staff French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event
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Career
Raymond Rougeau began training with his father Jacques Rougeau, Sr. and his great-uncle Eddie Auger at the age of fourteen. Jacques Rougeau Sr (born c 1930 was a Professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestlers Jacques Rougeau, Armand Rougeau and Raymond Rougeau He debuted in 1971 at the age of sixteen in Joliette for his father's Montreal promotion as a babyface. For the electoral district please see Joliette (electoral district Joliette is a regional county municipality in southwest-central A professional wrestling promotion (also federation or fed) is a company or Business that performs regular shows involving Professional In Professional wrestling, a face or babyface is a character who is portrayed as Heroic relative to the heel wrestlers who are analogous to villains In 1976, Raymond relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to work for Jim Barnette in the National Wrestling Alliance along with his close friend Pierre Lefebvre. The National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent Professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA
In August 1985, Raymond and his brother Jacques Rougeau joined the World Wrestling Federation. Jacques Rougeau (born June 13, 1960) is a former French - Canadian professional wrestler from Saint-Sulpice Quebec, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, They formed a tag team and were initially faces, but in 1988 they turned heel and became The Fabulous Rougeaus, a pair of French Canadians who (insincerely) claimed to love America. This article refers to the band For the wrestling term see Tag team. In Professional wrestling, a heel is a Villain character In non-wrestling jargon heels are the "bad guys" in pro wrestling storylines. The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers was the tag team of real-life brothers Jacques Rougeau & Raymond Rougeau, best known from their run in the WWF from 1985 - 1990 The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They appeared at WrestleMania III, being one of the highlights of their career, but were defeated by Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine. WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation Edward Harrison Leslie (born April 21 1957) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation John Anthony Wisniski Jr (born September 20, 1950) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer"
Raymond went into semi-retirement three months after SummerSlam in 1989. SummerSlam (1989 was the second annual SummerSlam Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation His last match was in the WWF was at the Royal Rumble in 1990, which the Rougeau Brothers lost to the Bushwackers. Royal Rumble (1990 was the third annual Royal Rumble Professional wrestling Pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation He soon become an announcer on the French syndicated WWF programming distributed to Quebec, Europe and Africa and a live event ring announcer. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk He retired in 1990 and became the play-by-play host of the French edition of Superstars along with Jean Brassard which was broadcast on the RDS network in Canada. Play-by-play, in Broadcasting, is a North American term and means the reporting of a Sporting event with a Voiceover describing the details of the action Réseau des sports (commonly known as RDS) is a Canadian French language Cable television Specialty channel showing Sports He came out of retirement in 1996 to face Owen Hart in a Boxing match at the Montreal Molson Centre. Owen James Hart (May 7 1965 – May 23 1999 As those attempts were unsuccessful he decided to give wrestling a chance and see where it took him Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The Bell Centre (Le Centre Bell) formerly known as the Molson Centre, has been the home of the Montreal Canadiens since March 16, He left the WWF in 2002 when they stopped producing French editions of their programming.
Rougeau now owns income management properties and has been active in city council politics since 2002; he was initially elected with 72% of the vote, was re-elected unopposed, and will hold his office until 2010. He occasionally promotes wrestling shows in Montreal along with Jacques.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- With Jacques Rougeau
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- Bearhug hold, seated senton combination
- Raymond deliveres a savate kick to a prone opponent who is being held in an abdominal stretch by Jacques
- Managers
Championships and accomplishments
- Lutte Internationale (Montreal)
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- Canadian International Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Jacques Rougeau (4) and Pat Patterson (2)
- Regional
- NWA Montreal Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
See also
References
- Interview at Wrestleview.com
- Raymond Rougeau at Online World of Wrestling
- The Rougeau Family at Canoe.ca
External links
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