Residence Vermont Name Paul Vachon Children Luna Vachon Role Professional wrestler | Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Spouse Rebecca Pierce (m. 1966) TV shows AWA All-Star Wrestling Siblings Maurice Vachon | |
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Ring name(s) Nikita ZolotoffPaul Vachon Similar People | ||
Billed weight 280 lb (130 kg; 20 st) Grandchildren Joshua Hurd, Van Hurd | ||
Andre The Giant vs Larry Hennig and Paul Vachon
Paul Vachon (born May 14, 1938) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is a member of the Vachon wrestling family.
Contents
- Andre The Giant vs Larry Hennig and Paul Vachon
- Mil mascaras vs butcher paul vachon
- Professional wrestling career
- Personal life
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
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Professional wrestling career
Paul Vachon grew up as one of thirteen children of Ferdinand Vachon, a Montreal police officer. In 1957, he followed his brother Maurice into professional business, adopting his brother's, the "Mad Dog", vicious heel style and the moniker "Butcher Vachon". He wrestled in the American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), National Wrestling Alliance and Georgia Championship Wrestling (later would become WCW).
He often teamed with his brother "Mad Dog" Vachon, with whom he won the AWA World Tag Team Championship.
In the early 1970s he appeared alongside his sister Vivian Vachon in the motion picture Wrestling Queen.
Paul retired in 1984. Proving his talents extend beyond the wrestling ring, one of his final appearances was singing La Vie en Rose on Tuesday Night Titans.
Personal life
He was the adoptive father of wrestler Luna Vachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Maurice and Vivian Vachon and former father-in-law of wrestlers David "Gangrel" Heath and Tom Nash. In total, Vachon has six children and has been married four times.
After his wrestling career, Paul Vachon joined the NDP and ran as a federal candidate in 1988, 1993 and 1995.
In 1993, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and had half of his colon removed. Then, in 2003, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Vachon underwent 40 treatments, one on each week day for five straight weeks, to overcome the throat cancer. In addition, he had the disease burned out of his tonsils and his teeth removed. As a result of the radiation treatments, he underwent reconstructive jaw surgery in early June 2009. Vachon also suffers from diabetes.
Vachon and his wife Rebecca travel to flea markets and fairs to sell therapeutic magnets, a business they began in 1995. He also self-published an autobiography titled When Wrestling Was Real.