Stephen Petitpas (born November 14, 1957) is a Canadian professional wrestler .
12-811: Rougeau is a Canadian surname. Notable people with this surname include: Armand Rougeau (born 1961), former professional wrestler Jacques Rougeau (born 1960), retired French-Canadian professional wrestler Jean Rougeau (1929–1983), professional wrestler better known as Johnny Rougeau Lauriane Rougeau (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player Raymond Rougeau (born 1955), Canadian wrestler, French language TV presenter and commentator René Duprée (born 1983), or René Rougeau, Canadian professional wrestler René Rougeau (born 1986), American professional basketball player Vincent Rougeau (born 1963), American scholar of law and theology and academic administrator See also [ edit ] The Fabulous Rougeaus ,
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36-595: A tag team match for his brother Jacques's Lutte 2000 promotion in December 2001. He has come back for several matches since then but does not intend to return to wrestling on a regular basis. Stephen Petitpas Petitpas was born in Soest, Germany. He grew up in a French household in Shediac , New Brunswick . Petitpas lived in a small Acadian house with a professional wrestler, Emile Duprée , living across
48-598: Is a Canadian former professional wrestler . He is the son of Jacques Rougeau, Sr. and brother of former World Wrestling Federation (WWF) wrestlers Jacques Rougeau, Jr. and Raymond Rougeau . He performed in Canada before he was hired by the WWF. An injury forced him out of the ring for several years. He has wrestled occasional matches and worked as an auto mechanic since retiring from wrestling. Rougeau started wrestling in his native Canada in 1982. In 1983, while wrestling in
60-730: The Maritimes , Petitpas always wrestled as a face (fan favorite). Petitpas traveled around the world to compete during his career, including wrestling tours of Germany, Japan, and India. He had five matches against Ric Flair for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship but was unable to win the title belt. In AGPW, Petitpas held several titles, including the AGPW International Heavyweight Championship, which he won in 1985 by defeating Super Destroyer . He also won
72-626: The Montreal area, he formed a tag team with Dan Kroffat known as the Flying Canucks. They feuded with The Long Riders ( Scott and Bill Irwin ). They also had a rivalry with Richard Charland over Lutte Internationale 's Canadian International Tag Team Championship . On February 8, 1987, Rougeau and Kroffat defeated Charland and Sheik Ali to win the title belts. They held the championship for over two months, dropping it to Charland and Chuck Simms on April 13. During his time with
84-564: The AGPW Maritimes Heavyweight Championship on two occasions, winning the inaugural title and later defeating Super Destroyer to regain the belt. Wrestling in the Montreal -based Lutte Internationale , Petitpas competed under the ring name Sheik Ali. He portrayed a heel (villain) character and was managed by Eddie "The Brain" Creatchman and "Pretty Boy" Floyd Creatchman . He competed against such wrestlers as Rick Martel , Dino Bravo , and Abdullah
96-580: The Atlantic Wrestling School. His most famous trainee at the school was Robert Maillet , who went on to wrestle in the WWF as Kurrgan. Petitpas found it difficult to compete with the WWF in the Maritimes and ultimately closed his promotion. Canadian wrestler Buddy Lane has called Petitpas's career "the biggest waste of talent ever" in wrestling, as Petitpas was given opportunities to wrestle for larger companies but chose to remain in
108-926: The Butcher . He was given an opportunity to compete for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) but did not get to wrestle in any of the matches because Martel, who ran Lutte International, became concerned about how they would impact Petitpas's schedule and status in Lutte International. While competing for the company, Petitpas teamed with Richard Charland in 1986 to win the Canadian International Tag Team Championship by defeating Dan Kroffat and Tom Zenk . When Duprée decided to stop promoting shows, he sold AGPW to Petitpas and Leo Burke . In 1988 and 1989, he ran shows in addition to operating
120-477: The company, Rougeau also competed as a singles wrestler, facing such opponents as Bob Orton, Jr. He signed a contract to compete for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1986. One month before his WWF debut, he sustained a serious back injury. To repair the injury, he had two discs removed from his back, which forced him to retire. He operated an auto repair business after leaving wrestling. He did not wrestle for several years, until he agreed to wrestle in
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#1732790121214144-433: The street. Petitpas would watch Duprée train in his backyard. By the time he was thirteen and fourteen, Petitpas was putting up the ring for Duprée. By the age of 15 he was 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighed 220 pounds. Petitpas refereed some matches for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (AGPW), Duprée's wrestling promotion. When some wrestlers quit AGPW, Petitpas became involved as a wrestler at Duprée's invitation. While in
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