- Vivian Vachon
Infobox Wrestler
name= Vivian Vachon
names= Vivian Vachon
Viviane Vachon
height= 5 ft 7 in
weight= 145 lbs
birth_date= 1951
birth_place=Montreal ,Canada
death_date= death date|1991|8|25
death_place=Montreal ,Canada
resides=
billed=
trainer=Mad Dog Vachon
debut= 1960s
retired= 1986|Vivian Vachon (1951-
August 25 1991 ) was a femaleprofessional wrestler . She was the sister of wrestlers Maurice andPaul Vachon . She is also the aunt of wrestler Luna Vachon. She is considered one of the best female wrestlers of the 1970s.Early life
Diane Vachon,cite web|url=http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/canada/vachon.htm|title=Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, Paul "Butcher" Vachon, and Vivian Vachon|publisher=Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame|accessdate=2008-01-17] born in 1951 in
Montreal , grew up as one of thirteen children of Ferdinand Vachon, a Montreal police officer.Career
She began her career in wrestling in the late 1960s while still a teenager, training with her brothers Maurice and Paul, who were both champion professional wrestlers. She adopted the ring name "Vivian Vachon" (or "Viviane Vachon").
In February 1971, she became the California Women's Champion. She became the
American Wrestling Association 's (AWA) Women's Champion for a time, defeatingBette Boucher onNovember 4 1971 .In the early 1970s she starred in the motion picture the "Wrestling Queen", which also included her brothers and other wrestlers.cite web|url=http://www.girlswithguns.org/short/short0013.htm|title=Description of Wrestling Queen|publisher=Girls with Guns|accessdate=2008-01-17] she came back to wrestle in the 80's for Mad dog's farrwell tour. and a tour of Japan. Vivian and her daughter Julie were killed by a drunk driver
August 25 1991 near Montreal.In 2006, she was honored posthumously by the
Cauliflower Alley Club Personal Life
In 1978 she married wrestler
Buddy Wolfe ,but due to the stress of their careers the relationship failed.Then,in 1979,she married Canadian career soldier Gary Carnegie and they had two children Ian and Julie.Vivian and Gary divorced in 1986.* [http://www.wwedaily.com/vivian-vachon/] Gary was a soldier for the Canadian Army for 25 years and is now retired.Ian is part of the Ottawa High Hookers arm wrestling club and also in the Canadian army.In wrestling
*Nicknames
**Wrestling Queencite web|url=http://www.bodyslamming.com/deceased/vivianvachon.html|title=Deceased superstars: Vivian Vachon|publisher=Bodyslamming.com|accessdate=2008-01-17]Championships and accomplishments
*American Wrestling Association
**AWA World Women's Championship (1 time)cite web|title=Wrestler Profiles: Vivian Vachon|work=Online World of Wrestling|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/v/vivian-vachon.html|accessdate=2007-12-26]*Other titles
**GPW Women's Championship
**California Women's ChampionshipReferences
External links
* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/v/vivian-vachon.html Profile at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOgeiha4ntU The Wrestling Queen trailer]
* [http://www.wwedaily.com/vivian-vachon/ Vivian's WWEdaily page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/thegrippler Ian's youtube channel]
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