1. Jacques Rougeau began his career under his real name as half of the tag team The Fabulous Rougeaus with his brother Raymond Rougeau.
22 Facts About Jacques Rougeau
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Jacques Rougeau began his career in 1977, working in Stu Hart's Calgary, Alberta based Stampede Wrestling promotion.
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Jacques Rougeau debuted in the WWE on February 26,1986, during the Australian leg of the company's International Tour, in a losing effort against Moondog Rex.
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Ray Rougeau retired in early 1990, ending his tag-team partnership with Jacques.
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Jacques Rougeau departed the Federation for a year before redebuting in January 1991, alongside Jimmy Hart.
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The story of the character change was that Jacques Rougeau had actually gone through the training to become a Mountie to wield authority.
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The character was eventually the subject of litigation in Canada, preventing Jacques Rougeau from performing as The Mountie in his home country.
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Jacques Rougeau gained another major victory at WrestleMania VII, defeating Tito Santana after using the shock stick.
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Jacques Rougeau was on the losing end of an eight-man tag team match at WrestleMania VIII and a six-man tag team match at SummerSlam.
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Shortly thereafter, Jacques Rougeau began tagging with Pierre Ouellet as The Quebecers.
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Jacques Rougeau participated in the main event of the 1993 Survivor Series as a member of the "Foreign Fanatics" team.
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Jacques Rougeau, who was accompanied by Raymond, used Queen's song "We Are the Champions" as his theme music for the night.
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On September 9,1996, Jacques Rougeau came out of retirement reuniting with Ouellet as they debuted as The Amazing French Canadians in World Championship Wrestling in a losing effort against The Nasty Boys.
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In 1997, Jacques Rougeau became one of few wrestlers to cleanly defeat then-WCW Heavyweight Champion Hollywood Hogan, claiming a singles victory at the Molson Centre in Montreal.
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On Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling podcast, Jacques Rougeau's former student, Kevin Owens stated that there is a rumor that Hogan lay down for Jacques Rougeau for an additional $10,000 payment.
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Rougeau said that he paid and organized the show, so it was a Jacques Rougeau show, not a WCW show.
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In January 1998, Jacques Rougeau returned to the WWF for a final run teaming with Pierre Ouellet in an updated version of The Quebecers.
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Jacques Rougeau teamed up with his brother, Ray alongside Ouellet in a dark match for WWF Shotgun Saturday Night where they defeated the team of Edge, Shawn Stasiak, and Tom Brandi.
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Jacques Rougeau is a public speaker, touring schools to speak on drugs, smoking, and bullying.
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Jacques Rougeau opened the Rougeau Wrestling School in Montreal in 1998.
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In 2018, Jacques Rougeau announced that he would retire for a third time, and that he had closed his wrestling school.
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Jacques Rougeau is divorced from Nathalie Thibodeau, whom he married in 1978.