Raymond Rougeau

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Raymond Rougeau
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. Sulpice, Quebec
Trained by	Jacques Rougeau, Sr., Eddie Auger
Debut	1971
Retired	1989

Raymond Rougeau (born February 18, 1955 in St. Sulpice, Quebec) is a former Canadian professional wrestler and French language television presenter and commentator.

1 Career
2 Wrestling Facts
- 2.1 Finishing and signature moves
- 2.2 Managers
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Raymond Rougeau began training with his father, Jacques Rougeau, Sr., and his great-uncle Eddie Auger at the age of fourteen. He debuted in 1971 at the age of sixteen in Joliette for his father's Montreal promotion as a babyface. In 1976 Raymond relocated to Atlanta, Georgia to work for Jim Barnette in the National Wrestling Alliance along with his close friend Pierre Lefebvre.

In August 1985, Raymond and his brother Jacques Rougeau joined the World Wrestling Federation. 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. They appeared at WrestleMania III, being one of the highlights of their career, but were defeated by Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine.

Raymond went into semi-retirement three months after SummerSlam in 1989, becoming an announcer on the French syndicated WWF programming distributed to Quebec, Europe and Africa and a live event ring announcer. He retired in 1992 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. He came out of retirement in 1996 to face Owen Hart in a Boxing Match at the Montreal Molson Centre. 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.