1. Jos LeDuc was involved in a heated feud with Dusty Rhodes.
50 Facts About Jos LeDuc
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Jos LeDuc then moved to Tennessee, where he had a rivalry with Jerry Lawler over the NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Championship, notably legitimately breaking Lawler's leg when he threw him over the top rope onto the announcer's desk.
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Jos LeDuc spent many years traveling between Florida and Tennessee, and he won belts in both locations as a singles wrestler and as a tag team competitor.
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Jos LeDuc spent time on wrestling tours of Japan and New Zealand.
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Jos LeDuc continued to split his time between singles and tag team wrestling, and he resumed his feud with Lawler in Tennessee.
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Jos LeDuc's parents separated at a young age, causing Pigeon to live in orphanages and with his relatives and mother.
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Jos LeDuc worked for the Quebec Provincial Police until the mid-1960s, when he decided to become a wrestler.
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Jos LeDuc convinced Pigeon to train as a wrestler, and Pigeon trained under Stu Hart in Calgary, Alberta.
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Jos LeDuc himself continued as a singles competitor in Toronto, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, World Wide Wrestling Federation and Japan Wrestling Association.
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Jos LeDuc was booked to win the Montreal version of the International Heavyweight Championship by defeating Johnny Rougeau in 1971.
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The bookers decided to give him a run with the International Tag Team Championship that year, which Jos LeDuc won while teaming with Tony Baillargeon.
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Jos LeDuc's next stop was in Championship Wrestling from Florida, where he resumed teaming with Paul Jos LeDuc, this time as The Canadian Lumberjacks.
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Jos LeDuc wrestled as a singles competitor in Florida, defeating Rhodes on February 5,1974, for the NWA Florida Southern Heavyweight Championship.
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Jos LeDuc made his AWA television debut on August 2,1975, defeating Angel Rivera.
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Jos LeDuc was given wins over Buddy Wolff and Boris Breznikoff before forming a team with Larry Hennig.
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Jos LeDuc returned to Florida in 1978 and was given a title reign with the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship after defeating Mr Uganda on December 18.
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Jos LeDuc was a champion again, as he and Thor the Viking were booked to win the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship on February 17,1979, from Jack and Jerry Brisco.
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Garvin claimed that Jos LeDuc was aligned with heel manager Sonny King, but Jos LeDuc denied the claim.
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Garvin then showed video footage to prove that Jos LeDuc had secret dealings with King.
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Jos LeDuc responded by attacking Garvin in front of the crowd, solidifying a heel turn for Jos LeDuc.
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Later that year, Jos LeDuc wrestled in Japan during a brief tour.
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Jos LeDuc was successful during several matches on the tour, but his wrestling style was noticeably different from the traditional Japanese style.
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Jos LeDuc soon returned to the Tennessee area for a push with Southeast Championship Wrestling.
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Jos LeDuc won his first NWA Southeast Heavyweight Championship in a victory over Killer Karl Kox in March 1980 before losing the belt back to Kox in a rematch.
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Later that year, Jos LeDuc returned to Southeastern Championship Wrestling and was given two more tag team title reigns while teaming with Fuller.
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Jos LeDuc was then booked in singles competition, winning the Southeastern Heavyweight Championship twice more with victories over Jacques Rougeau, Jr.
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Jos LeDuc was put over Terry Gordy to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship in May 1982, but LeDuc dropped the title that summer to Austin Idol.
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Under Humperdink's management, Jos LeDuc was booked to win the NWA Television Championship by defeating Jimmy Valiant in 1982.
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The title reign did not last long, as the belt was taken away because of an angle that saw Jos LeDuc cheat in a title defense against Johnny Weaver.
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Jos LeDuc then returned to Florida, where he was kept mainly in the singles division.
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Jos LeDuc dropped the belt to Barry Windham the following month.
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Jos LeDuc was put over his former partner Bob Armstrong for the belt in August 1983 and began a feud with Robert Fuller, another former partner.
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Jos LeDuc held the belt until vacating the title when he left the promotion.
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On March 12,1984, Jos LeDuc teamed with former kayfabe rival Jerry Lawler to win the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship from Elijah Akeem and Kareem Muhammad.
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Jos LeDuc returned to Montreal for the first time since 1973.
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Jos LeDuc feuded with Abdullah the Butcher, Sailor White, Haku, and The Masked Superstar.
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Jos LeDuc defeated Hercules Ayala on January 6,1986, to win the World Wrestling Council's North American Heavyweight Championship.
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Jos LeDuc returned to the States in early 1986 after spending time in Puerto Rico and Montreal.
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Jos LeDuc worked for the Continental Wrestling Association in Tennessee and feuded with Paul Diamond.
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Jos LeDuc worked for World Class Championship Wrestling in Texas where he occasionally teamed with Rick Rude.
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Jos LeDuc made his first appearance for the World Wrestling Federation on March 19,1988, when he defeated Brady Boone in a dark match at a WWF Superstars taping.
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Jos LeDuc lost to Brian Costello via disqualification after he refused to cease headbutting his preliminary opponent.
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Jos LeDuc suffered a pinfall loss in that encounter with Santana.
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Jos LeDuc wrestled primarily in tag teams with Masanobu Kurisu.
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In November 1995, he was scheduled to wrestle for Smoky Mountain Wrestling, teaming with Buddy Landel in a series of matches against The Punisher and Tommy Rich, but due to Jos LeDuc retiring, The Bullet took his place teaming with Landel.
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Jos LeDuc remarried and was married at the time of his death in 1999.
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Jos LeDuc had three children: two daughters, Nadine and Michele, and a son, Robert.
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Jos LeDuc appeared in the 1989 film No Holds Barred, which starred fellow professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
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Jos LeDuc had many problems with diabetes toward the end of his life.
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Jos LeDuc died of a lung infection on May 1,1999, in Atlanta at the age of 54.