- Emile Duprée
:"Emile Dupree" redirects here. For other uses of the name Emile Dupree, see
Emile Dupree (disambiguation) ."Infobox Wrestler
name=Emile Dupré
names=Emile Duprée
Emile Dupré
Emile Goguen
height=height|ft=6|in=0
weight=convert|225|lb|kg|abbr=on
birth_date=birth date and age|1936|10|20
birth_place=Shediac, New Brunswick
resides=Pointe-du-Chene, New Brunswick
trainer=Vic Butler
Reggie Richard
debut=October 10 1955
retired= 1988Emile Duprée (born Emile Goguen on
October 20 ,1936 ) is a professional wrestler and promoter. He is also the father of former WWE professional wrestler, Rene Duprée and currently lives inPointe-du-Chene, New Brunswick .Professional wrestling career
Duprée began training in 1955 with Maritime professional wrestling legends Vic Butler and Reggie Richard. He had always been into weightlifting, but professional wrestling was something Duprée had never gotten into until Butler and Richard told Emile that they saw potential in Emile for a professional wrestling career.
Duprée started in
Boston, Massachusetts and began to travel all over the continent and even went on tours toAustralia andNew Zealand . He has also wrestled for the legendary Canadain wrestling promotionStampede Wrestling .Throughout his career he has wrestled many wrestling legends including
Killer Kowalski , Dusty Rhodes, and Maritime legend the Cuban Assassin.Duprée's ring name has always sparked controversy, as there are two ways to spell "Duprée". People also write "Dupré". His son René wrestles under "Duprée".
Grand Prix Wrestling In 1977, Duprée began his own small wrestling promotion. This promotion was ran all across the Maritimes and as years went on and the promotion grew, he would take the tour to
Quebec ,Ontario and other places around the Maritimes.At one time, Grand Prix Wrestling was televised and had major success until World Wrestling Entertainment bought Grand Prix Wrestling from Emile. Notable wrestlers who have wrestled in Grand Prix Wrestling include Edge, Christian, Killer Kowalski,
André the Giant , andRic Flair .Today Emile is retired. During the summer of 2008, Emile ran Grand Prix Wrestling. Emile claims that the promotion is now finished due to heavy traveling costs. The promotion was partnered up with the WWE to bring Maritime wrestling talent into the WWE spotlight.
External links
* [http://www.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingBios/dupre.html Emile Duprée Profile] at SLAM! Sports
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