Vachon family

The Vachon family is a French-Canadian family long associated with professional wrestling in Canada and the United States, headed by longtime National Wrestling Alliance veterans Paul "Butcher" Vachon and his brother Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon as well as their sister Vivian. [ cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCO/is_4_4/ai_94123541/pg_2 |title=Dysfunctional dynasties: from the twisted Rhodes to broken Harts, we take a look at pro wrestling's 10 most eccentric families |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author=Stokes, Mike |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2002 |month=December |format= |work= |publisher=Wrestling Digest |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] At one point the Vachon's were joined by a storyline brother named "Stan Vachon" who worked with Maurice and Paul Vachon in tag team matches.cite book | author=Greg Oliver and Steve Johnson | title= The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams | publisher=ECW Press | year=2005| id=ISBN 978-1-5502-2683-6]

In 1975, the family was the subject of a documentary "The Wrestling Queen" and, in 2007, was featured in World Wrestling Entertainment's "The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling".

Members

*Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon (b. 1929) , wrestled as a successful singles competitor and as a successful tag team competitor with Paul in the AWA and NWA.
*Paul "Butcher" Vachon (c. 1940), retired professional wrestler, who made his name in American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance and Georgia Championship Wrestling.
*Vivian Vachon (1951-1991), sister of Paul and Maurice Vachon who appeared with her brothers in the AWA.
*Gertrude Vachon (b. 1962), daughter of Paul Vachon, also became a wrestler under the name "Luna Vachon", most notably in WWE. She was married to David Heath, better known to wrestling fans as Gangrel. [Mooneyham, Mike. "Schiller takes charge, lowers boom on Bischoff". The Post and Courier. 09 Mar 1997] ["Ability Before Beauty, says Female Werstling". Richmond Times Dispatch. 11 March 1999]
*Ian Carnegie (b. 1980), son of Vivian Vachon, former amateur wrestler and a member of the Ottawa High Hookers, a leading Canadian professional arm wrestling club. [Chase, Sean. "Wrestling is in his blood - and his arm". Pembroke Observer. 24 Jul 2007]
*Damien "Pitbull" Vachon and Pierre "The Beast" Vachon, sons of Paul Vachon, [ cite web |url=http://vachonbrothers.tripod.com/ |title=VachonBrothers.com |accessdate= |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2006 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=VachonBrothers.com |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] Canadian independent wrestlers who have wrestled as a tag team in . ["Card set for local wrestling". Cornwall Standard Freeholder. 31 Oct 2006 ]

Media

*"The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling". [DVD] . (2007). World Wrestling Entertainment.

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/gallery/vachon.html Vachon family gallery at Online World of Wrestling]