Pierre Lefebvre (February 24, 1955 – December 24, 1985) was a French-Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Mad Dog Pierre Lefebvre.

Professional Wrestling career

He started his career at the age of 17 in 1972 in Montreal. In 1973, he quit wrestling and became a welder for two years. In 1975 he returned to wrestling. By 1976, Raymond Rougeau was in Atlanta working for Jim Barnette, and he would correspond with Lefebvre. Lefebvre would wrestle in Atlanta for GCW (

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) until 1979. In 1979 he wrestled for the Pacific Northwest

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affiliate. In 1980 he returned to Montreal for Varoussac International wrestling. He became very successful winning the International Heavyweight title. He won the Canadian International Tag Team titles seven times with Michel Dubois,

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, and Frenchy Martin. He feuded with the likes of the Rougeaus, Gino Brito, Tony Parisi, and

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. He then went to Japan in 1984. After that he started appearing for the

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. He wrestled

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for the WWF International Heavyweight Championship in a tournament final, where he lost. He made most appearances at WWF in house shows that were in Canada in 1985. He was called "Mad Dog' because of his look a like to Mad Dog Vachon.

Death

Lefebvre,

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, and referee Adrien Desbois were on their way home from the matches at Centre Georges-Vezina in Chicoutimi on the evening of December 24, 1985 when they were in a terrible car accident. Their Ford Escort rammed a tow truck at 1:25 a.m. on an icy Route 175 in the Parc des Laurentides. All three men were killed; the driver of the tow truck was unharmed. The news quickly made the rounds, especially with the tragedy coming so close to Christmas. They died around the Laurentides Wildlife Reserve.

Championships and accomplishments

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(1 time) ** Canadian International Tag Team Championship (7 times) - with Michel Dubois,

(2),

and Frenchy Martin *

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** WWC North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

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External links

Pierre Lefebvre at Cagematch.netPierre Lefebvre at OWW.comPierre Lefebvre at Wrestlingdata.com
1955 births 1985 deaths Canadian male professional wrestlers Sportspeople from Quebec People from Charlemagne, Quebec 20th-century professional wrestlers {{Canada-martialart-bio-stub

Professional Wrestling career

Death

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References

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