Paul Vachon

Paul Vachon

Vachon at an NCW Femmes Fatales show in October 2013
Born May 14, 1938
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resides Vermont
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Nikita Zolotoff
Paul Vachon
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight 280 lb (130 kg; 20 st)
Debut 1957
Retired 1984

Paul "Butcher" Vachon (born May 14, 1938) is a former professional wrestler. He is a member of the Vachon wrestling family.

Professional wrestling career

Paul Vachon grew up as one of thirteen children of Ferdinand Vachon, a Montreal police officer. In 1957, he followed his brother Maurice into professional business, adopting his brother's, the "Mad Dog", vicious heel style and the moniker "Butcher Vachon". He wrestled in the American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), National Wrestling Alliance and Georgia Championship Wrestling (later would become WCW).

He often teamed with his brother "Mad Dog" Vachon, with whom he won the AWA World Tag Team Championship.

In the early 1970s he appeared alongside his sister Vivian Vachon in the motion picture Wrestling Queen.

Paul retired in 1984.

Personal life

He was the adoptive father of wrestler Luna Vachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Maurice and Vivian Vachon and former father-in-law of wrestlers David "Gangrel" Heath) and Tom Nash. In total, Vachon has six children and has been married four times.

After his wrestling career, Paul Vachon joined the NDP and ran as a federal candidate in 1988, 1993 and 1995.

In 1993, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and had half of his colon removed.[1] Then, in 2003, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Vachon underwent 40 treatments, one on each week day for five straight weeks, to overcome the throat cancer.[1] In addition, he had the disease burned out of his tonsils and his teeth removed.[1] As a result of the radiation treatments, he underwent reconstructive jaw surgery in early June 2009.[2] Vachon also suffers from diabetes.[3]

Vachon and his wife Dee travel to flea markets and fairs to sell therapeutic magnets, a business they began in 1995.[3] He also self-published an autobiography titled When Wrestling Was Real.[3]

Championships and accomplishments

  • ETWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Vachon
  • NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (5 times) - with Louie Tillet (2) and Stan Vachon (3)
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon

Electoral record (incomplete)

Canadian federal by-election, February 13, 1995: Brome—Missisquoi
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalDenis Paradis 19,078 51.02 +14.36 $54,562
  Bloc Québécois Jean-François Bertrand 15,764 42.16 +1.40 $53,734
  Progressive Conservative Guy Lever 1,235 3.30 -13.85 $36,225a
  Reform Line Maheux 517 1.38 $21,755
  New Democratic Party Paul Vachon 371 0.99 -0.27 $9,325
  Christian Heritage Jean Blaquière 126 0.34 $2,321
  Non-Affiliated Yvon V. Boulanger 107 0.29 $3,816
GreenÉric Ferland 101 0.27 $412
  Natural Law Michel Champagne 77 0.21 -1.08 $6,538
  Abolitionist John H. Long 15 0.04 -1.61 $1,219
Total valid votes 37,391 100.00
Total rejected ballots 288
Turnout 37,679 64.32 -12.32
Electors on the lists 58,579
a- Does not include unpaid claims.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oliver, Greg (November 25, 2003). "Butcher Vachon beats down cancer". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
  2. ↑ Aldren, Mike (2009-06-12). "Daily wrestling news and gossip". The Sun (London). Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Oliver, Greg (May 14, 2003). "Magnets pull on Butcher Vachon". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-07-20.

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