Armand Rougeau

Armand Rougeau
Born 1961
Resides Saint-Sulpice, Quebec[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Armand Rougeau
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1]
Billed weight 225 lb (102 kg)[1]
Billed from Montreal, Quebec
Trained by Jacques Rougeau, Sr.[1]
Raymond Rougeau[1]
Debut 1982[1]
Retired 1987

Armand Rougeau was a professional wrestler. He is the son of Jacques Rougeau, Sr. and brother of former World Wrestling Federation (WWF) wrestlers Jacques Rougeau, Jr. and Raymond Rougeau. He competed in Canada before he was hired by the WWF. An injury forced him out of the ring for several years. He has wrestled occasional matches and worked as an auto mechanic since retiring from wrestling.

Career

Rougeau started wrestling in his native Canada in 1982. In 1983, while wrestling in the Montreal area, he formed a tag team with Dan Kroffat known as the Flying Canucks.[2] They feuded with The Long Riders (Scott and Bill Irwin).[1] They also had a rivalry with Richard Charland over Lutte International's Canadian International Tag Team Championship. On February 8, 1987, Rougeau and Kroffat defeated Charland and Sheik Ali to win the title belts. They held the championship for over two months, dropping it to Charland and Chuck Simms on April 13.[1][3] During his time with the company, Rougeau also competed as a singles wrestler, facing such opponents as Bob Orton, Jr.[4]

He signed a contract to compete for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1986. One month before his WWF debut, he sustained a serious back injury. To repair the injury, he had two discs removed from his back, which forced him to retire.[5] He operated an auto repair business after leaving wrestling.[6] He did not wrestle for several years, until he agreed to wrestle in a tag team match for his brother Jacques's Lutte 2000 promotion in December 2001.[5] He has come back for several matches since then but does not intend to return to wrestling on a regular basis.[1][5]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Wrestler Profiles: Armand Rougeau". Online World of Wrestling. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  2. "Armand Rougeau" (in German). Cagematch: The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "International Wrestling International Tag Team Title (Montreal)". Wrestling Titles. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  4. "Armand Rougeau: Matches" (in German). Cagematch: The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Leroux, Yves. "Armand Rougeau interview". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  6. "The Rougeau Family". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

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