23 Facts About Luc Poirier

Luc Poirier was born on January 9,1962 and is a Canadian retired professional wrestler.

Luc Poirier is best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Catch Wrestling Association under the ring name Rambo and with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Sniper.

Luc Poirier headlined the company's flagship event Euro Catch Festival twelve times between 1991 and 1999, with his each match for the CWA World Heavyweight Championship.

Luc Poirier held the French-Canadian discus record for nearly 30 years.

Luc Poirier wrestled as a face until October 1984, when he turned heel and changed his name to "The Mercenary".

Shortly after turning heel, Luc Poirier was unmasked by Gino Brito.

From January 1985 to June 1985, Luc Poirier wrestled at World Wrestling Federation house shows in Eastern Canada as a jobber.

Luc Poirier wrestled several try-out matches on Canadian television, but was not hired by the WWF.

Luc Poirier left Montreal and went on to wrestle in France for French promoter Roger DeLaporte.

Luc Poirier's first wrestling match on European continent was at the very famous "Elysee Montmartre" in Paris as "Sergeant O'Connors".

Luc Poirier rebounded from the loss by defeating Giant Haystacks to win the 1988 Catch Cup in the following year.

Luc Poirier fell to Haystacks in the following year's Catch Cup in the summer, but won the winter tournament by defeating Cannonball Grizzly.

Luc Poirier became the promotion's top fan favorite and began feuding with Wanz's rival and the promotion's top villain Bull Power.

Luc Poirier retained the title against The Barbarian in his fourth straight main event of Euro Catch Festival.

Luc Poirier then continued his lengthy reign by retaining the title against Papa Shango at the 1994 Euro Catch Festival in Graz.

Luc Poirier signed with World Wrestling Federation around that time and quit the CWA to join the WWF.

In 1996, Luc Poirier joined the United States Wrestling Association as "Sniper".

Luc Poirier returned to Germany after his departure from the WWF in April 1998.

Luc Poirier made his return to Catch Wrestling Association at the 1998 Euro Catch Festival, where he defeated Big Titan to win the vacant CWA World Heavyweight Championship, tying Otto Wanz for most reigns with four.

Luc Poirier successfully defended the title against former Truth Commission teammate Goliath Kurrgan at the 1999 Euro Catch Festival, which would turn out to be CWA's final event as the promotion closed after the event and Poirier became the final CWA World Heavyweight Champion.

Luc Poirier retired from professional wrestling after the closure of CWA.

Luc Poirier is retired from wrestling and works as a Critical Care Registered Nurse at Mease Dunedin Hospital.

Luc Poirier was inducted to the European Wrestling Hall of Fame.