2023-08-11 19:30:00
Jacques Rougeau has spent his life in the world of wrestling and his career is finally recognized.
On August 4, he was inducted into the Project X Wrestling Hall of Fame, an initiative of Ontario’s DC Knapman.
In fact, the ex-Mountie is the first member of this brand new entity and Rougeau had doubts at first sight.
“I wanted to know if I was really the first or if it was a gimmick for booster my profile. They told me that with Lutte Académie and my contribution to wrestling, it was worth it.”
It was time
Rougeau is not one to chase following honors, but he knows his worth and that of the brilliant career he has had in the ring.
The 63-year-old man has not been admitted to any hall of fame to date, whether that of Canadian professional wrestling, which includes fighters Georges St-Pierre and Patrick Côté, or that of WWE.
“It’s incomprehensible that the Rougeau family is not in the WWE Hall of Fame, laments Rougeau on the phone. As the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers, we fought guys who are all at Tempe today and not us, they weren’t alone in the ring, those guys.
“With the three characters I’ve done, it’s fine that Vince McMahon doesn’t like me, but I deserve to be there.”
Conflict
Rougeau is not wrong since a conflict has opposed him to the founder of the WWE for more than twenty years.
It all goes back to the months before Wrestlemania X. Rougeau then wrestled as a team with Pierre-Carl Ouellet under the name The Quebecers. For a few months, the Quebec pair suffered defeat following defeat, but McMahon promised her that everything would be back to normal at the gala where she would unequivocally beat Men on a Mission.
Things did not turn out that way, however. A few hours before Wrestlemania X, Quebecer Pat Paterson, who works for WWE, goes to see Rougeau to tell him that the scenario will change and that his duo will instead win by disqualification. It didn’t pass.
Rougeau went to see Vince McMahon to tell him that he was leaving the organization, which he did soon following.
Ungroup
In Rougeau’s eyes, this misunderstanding should not affect his legacy in what was then the WWF.
“A hall of fame shouldn’t consider your personal connection to the instigator, it should consider your career and what you’ve done. It’s not a way to promote someone, it’s something that must be earned.
We feel Rougeau still bitter towards McMahon and he hopes that things will change even if there is very little chance that he will reconcile with the founder of the organization.
“I filled arenas, people finished fights standing up, but that, Vince McMahon does not recognize it.”
And even the intervention of the biggest wrestling star of the last forty years was not enough to turn the tide.
“Hulk Hogan even made a video to promote us last year and it didn’t work.”
Lutte Académie’s semi-final evening will take place on Sunday, August 20 at Club Soda.
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