Jacques Rougeau

Real name: Jacques Rougeau Jr.
Height: 6’1
Weight: 240 lbs.
Date of birth: June 13, 1960
From: Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, Canada
Pro debut: 1977
Trained by: The Rougeau family
Finishing move: Quebec Crab

Biography

– Rougeau is part of a wrestling dynasty. His father is Jacques Rougeau Sr. and his older brother is Raymond Rougeau
– In his early career, Rougeau wrestled as Jerry Roberts
– In the early 80’s, Rougeau dropped the Jerry Roberts persona and began wrestling under his real name
– On December 5, 1982, Rougeau defeated Apocalypse to win the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
– On December 20, 1982, Rougeau defeated Jesse Barr to retain the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
– On January 2, 1983, Rougeau defeated Sabu The Wildman to regain the NWA Mid-America Heavyweight Title
– On January 30, 1983, Rougeau defeated Terry Taylor to win the AWA Southern Heavyweight Title
– In August 1983, The Rougeau Brothers defeated Pierre Lefebvre & Billy Robinson to win the Canadian International Tag Team Titles
– On July 2, 1984, The Rougeau Brothers defeated Pierre Lefebvre & Frenchy Martin to win the Canadian International Tag Team Titles
– On November 18, 1984, Rouegeau teamed with Brad Armstrong to reach the final of the NWA National Tag Team Title Tournament, but lost to The Long Riders (Bill & Scott Irwin)
– On June 11, 1985, The Rougeau Brothers defeated King Tonga & Richard Charland to win the Canadian International Tag Team Titles
– In February 1986, The Rougeaus made their debut in the WWF
– At WrestleMania III, The Rougeaus were defeated by The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake & Greg Valentine)
– At Survivor Series ’87, The Rougeaus were on the winning side of a 10-Tag Team Survivor Series Match
– At Survivor Series ’88, The Rougeaus were on the losing side of a 10-Tag Team Survivor Series Match
– At WrestleMania V, The Rougeaus were defeated by The Bushwhackers (Luke & Butch)
– At Summerslam ’89, The Rougeaus teamed with Rick Martel to defeat Tito Santana & The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty)
– At Survivor Series ’89, The Rude Brood (The Rougeaus, Rick Rude & Mr Perfect) defeated Roddy’s Rowdies (Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka & The Bushwhackers) in an Elimination Match
– Raymond Rougeau retired from the ring in 1990, forcing Jacques to go solo. He returned in 1991 as ‘The Mountie’
– On January 7, 1991, The Mountie made his debut, defeating Reno Riggins
– At Royal Rumble ’91, The Mountie defeated Koko B Ware
– At WrestleMania VII, The Mountie defeated Tito Santana
– On October 24, 1991, The Mountie defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart by countout
– At Survivor Series ’91, Team Flair (Ric Flair, The Mountie, Ted DiBiase & The Warlord) defeated Team Piper (Roddy Piper, Bret Hart, Davey Boy Smith & Virgil) in an Elimination Match
– On January 17, 1992, The Mountie defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Intercontinental Title. He would lose the title to Roddy Piper just two days later
– On March 9, 1992, The Mountie defeated WWF Intercontinental Champion Bret Hart by countout
– At WrestleMania VIII, The Mountie was on the losing side of an 8-Man Tag Team Match
– In October 1992, Rougeau left the WWF, only to return 8 months later as one half of ‘The Quebecers’ alongside Pierre Carl Ouellet
– On September 13, 1993, The Quebecers defeated The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott) in a Province Of Quebec Rules Match to win the WWF Tag Team Titles
– Over the next two months, The Quebecers defended their titles against The Steiners, Men On A Mission (Mabel & Mo), The Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart) and Adam Bomb & Bam Bam Bigelow
– At Survivor Series ’93, Jacques was on the losing side of an 8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match
– On January 17, 1994, The Quebecers defeated The 123 Kid & Marty Jannetty to regain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– At Royal Rumble ’94, The Quebecers defeated The Hart Brothers (Owen & Bret) to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– Over the next few months, The Quebecers defended their titles against The Steiners, The Harts and The Smoking Gunns
– At WrestleMania X, The Quebecers retained their WWF Tag Team Titles via a countout loss to Men On A Mission
– On March 31, 1994, The Quebecers defeated Men On A Mission to win the WWF Tag Team Titles for a third time but would lose them less than a month later to The Headshrinkers (Samu & Fatu)
– On October 21, 1994, Rougeau wrestled his ‘retirement match’ on a WWF house show. He defeated Pierre Carl Ouellet in the match
– In September 1996, Rougeau came out of retirement to work for WCW, teaming with Ouellet as ‘The Fabulous French Canadians’
– At World War 3 ’96, The Amazing French Canadians were defeated by Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray)
– In late 1997, Rougeau & Ouellet returned to the WWF for a final run as The Quebecers
– At In Your House 20, The Quebecers were defeated by The Godwinns (Henry & Phineas)
– At WrestleMania XIV, The Quebecers competed in the 15-team Battle Royal
– In August 1998, Rougeau left the WWF once again and would open his ‘Rougeau Wrestling Academy’ at the end of the year
– In 2000, Rougeau briefly returned to WCW as part of Lance Storm’s Team Canada faction
– In recent times, Rougeau has been providing French language commentary for WWE pay-per-view events