The year 1986 saw second-generation French-Canadian talent Jacques Rogeau sign with WWE alongside his brother, Raymond. Together, as Fabulous Rougeaus, the brothers would be a staple of the tag team division, ironically becoming pro-American heels but never capturing tag belts together in WWE. Eventually, Jacques would go solo to be repackaged as Mountie, but more tag team success was to come.
Along with fellow French-Canadian Pierre Carl Ouellet, now known as PCO, the two would wrestle as the Quebecers from 1993 to 1994. Fans may not know about this run, so let’s take a look at what fans should know about the well-known duo. just like Jacques and Pierre.
10 Sprung from Jacques’s Mountie trick
Jacques Rougeau’s repackaging in Mountie would occur in 1990 and would prove to be one of his most memorable stunts, but the personality would cause problems when it came time to tour Canada.
WWE experienced resistance from the real-life Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the stunt, forcing the promotion to bill Rougeau under his real name whenever they ventured across the border. Even when Rougeau transitioned to the Quebecers tag team, Mountie’s gimmick didn’t entirely go away, as he and Ouellet dressed in similar attire while their entrance theme included lyrics about how they were not mounted
9 Directed by Johnny Polo
Before Quebecers, Jimmy Hart managed Jacques Rougeau as a tag team specialist and individual artist, except when he and Ouellet debuted as a tag team on WWE television in July 1993, crushing several middlemen.
By mid-September, they would have their own manager in Johnny Polo, a titled rich kid who would go on to have his own legendary in-ring career as the dirty cult leader Raven in ECW, WCW and beyond. Also managing Adam Bomb, Polo would stick with the Quebecers to the bitter end, accompanying Pierre in his big breakout match with Jacques (see below).
8 Won the tag titles by disqualification
After making their debut in late July, the Quebeccers, it wouldn’t be long before Jacques and Pierre reached the apex of the division when they faced the Steiner Brothers for the World Tag Team Championship on the 09/13/1993 episode. of monday night raw.
The fight had the trick of being under what were called “Quebec Province Rules”, which stipulated that a disqualification would result in a title change. And that’s exactly what happened, as Scott Steiner’s use of a hockey stick as a weapon cost the Steiners their belt.
7 He participated in the 1993 Survivor series
Even after the title change, the Quebecers and the Steiners weren’t done with each other. One of their notable meetings occurred on pay-per-view as they were on opposite teams at a survival series 1993 knockout match.
While Rick and Scott Steiner teamed up with Lex Luger and Undertaker as All-Americans, Jacques and Pierre were part of Foreign Fanatics, along with Yokozuna and Ludvig Borga, except a kayfabe injury caused Crush to take Pierre’s place. While Jacques and Scott Steiner clashed for a bit, it was Lex Luger who ultimately eliminated the Quebecer.
6 Feuded with 1-2-3 Kid
Once they were done with the Steiners, Jacques and Pierre decided to focus on teams that wouldn’t be too hard to beat, usually made up of random middlemen. But after they faced perennial middleman Barry Horowitz and the promising 1-2-3 Kid, the Quebecers couldn’t shake the latter.
In early 1994, 1-2-3 Kid teamed up with Marty Jannetty and once again challenged for the belts, scoring a surprise victory in monday night raw to end the 119-day reign of Quebecers.
5 You may have missed the tag titles by accident
However, the Quebecers would win back the belts from the aforementioned underdogs at a house show about a week later for a 71-day reign, with their first major defense coming against Bret and Owen Hart in royal rumble 1994.
His victory would help facilitate the breakup of Hart Brothers by entering wrestling 10, but the Quebecois would hit a snag at a UK house show a couple of months later. The tag team Men on a Mission would dethrone the champions at the Royal Albert Hall, with rumors that the victory was an accident due to Mabel inadvertently knocking Pierre out for real.
4 Broke up after losing the tag titles for the third time
Jacques and Pierre recovered the belts from Mabel and Mo days later, but this third reign would be the shortest. After defending the belts against Men on a Mission again the Rawthe Quebecers would lose the belts to the babyface version of the Headshrinkers a few episodes later, ending their reign in just 26 days.
After failing to retrieve the belts from Fatu and Samu, Pierre staged an attack on Jacques, breaking up the team. This would lead to a big match between the two at a Montreal house show in October 1994, which would serve as Jacques’ retirement match, which he won.
3 Became The Amazing French Canadians in 1996
After their last match together, Pierre stayed in WWE, where he was repackaged as pirate Jean-Pierre LaFitte. However, Jacques would come out of retirement from him after a couple of years, and the two would reunite in the fall of 1996 in WCW as the Amazing French Canadians tag team.
His big angle was handled by Colonel Robert Parker in a feud with Harlem Heat and Sister Sherri, while other in-ring exploits include wrestling in what turned out to be Arn Anderson’s retirement match, as well as taking on the Steiner Brothers. in Clash of Champions 34.
two He returned to WWE in 1998
The former Quebecers’ run in WCW would last less than a year as they returned to WWE in early 1998. One of their few big matches during this run would be a loss against the Godwinns at No exit and take part in a team battle royale on WrestleMania 14.
Otherwise, Jacques and Pierre functioned primarily as middlemen, losing to teams like the Disciples of Apocalypse, Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie, and the Headbangers. Pierre would have the dubious honor of competing in the Brawl 4 All tournament and losing his first round match.
1 Reunited in WCW as part of Team Canada
Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Carl Ouellet would share the screen once more, as allies in the year 2000 when they were both briefly members of Lance Storm’s heel faction, Team Canada. Unfortunately, the two would never team up, as Rougeau left the group and WCW as soon as he arrived.
Ouellet had slightly more success than his former partner, competing in a handful of matches and receiving the Hardcore Championship from Lance Storm, which he lost later that night to Norman Smiley.