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The Rougeau wrestling family is a family of Canadian professional wrestlers, with the first Rougeau member taking up wrestling in the 1940s. So far three generations of the family have been involved in professional wrestling starting with Eddie Auger, followed into the sport by his nephews Johnny and Jacques Rougeau Sr. in the 1950s. Three of Jaques' sons following him into professional wrestling Jacques, Jr., Raymond, and Armand. Jean Jacques Rougeau, son of Jacques Rougeau Jr. represents the fourth generation. ==Family history in professional wrestling== The Rougeau family first got involved in professional wrestling when Eddie Auger around 1946 and was an active competitor until 1973. Auger worked under a number of different names; Ed Auger, Eddie Auger, Henri LaSalle andPierre LaSalle. Together with Jack O'Brien he held the Georgia version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship and alongside Maurice Vachon he held the NWA Texas Tag Team Championship, both in the 1950s.〔 Auger's nephew through marriage, Jean Rougeau became a professional wrestler under the ring name "Johnny Rougeau" in 1951. Johnny Rougeau wrestled primarily in Canada.〔 Jean Rougeau was soon joined by his brother Jacques Rougeau who turned pro in 1956.〔〔 Jacques' three sons followed in his footsteps, Raymond Rougeau in 1971, Jacques Rougeau Jr. in 1977 and Armand Rougeau in 1982.〔〔 Armand would retire in 1987 due to injuries.〔 Jacques Jr. and Raymond would compete as a tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1986 until 1990 as the ''Fabulous Rougeau Brothers''.〔〔 Raymond Rougeau retired in 1990 and would become a host for French-produced WWF programming. Ray Rougeau would also be often used as interviewer for the WWF wrestlers through the mid-90s. Jacques was planning retiring as well during the mid-90s, as his partner from The Quebecers tag-team Pierre turned on him at a house show held on the Montreal Forum. During this house show as well, Ray Rougeau would leave the broadcasting team and run to the ring to save his brother. This angle led to Rougeau's first retirement match, which, over the next few months, was heavily promoted on WWF TV shows broadcast in the Montreal area, as well as in the local media. The match, which was held on October 21, 1994, drew a sell-out crowd of 16,843 to the Montreal Forum, and resulted in a victory for Rougeau, when he pinned Ouellet following a seated tombstone piledriver. Rougeau, who was accompanied by Raymond, used Queen's song "We Are the Champions" as his theme music for the night. Ray Rougeau would came out of retirement in August 8, 1996 to face Owen Hart in a boxing match at the Montreal Molson Centre during a WWF house show despite not being active as a competitor for years, but a successful wrestler on the Montreal area. Jacques' daughter Joanne promoted wrestling shows in Canada and is a bodybuilder. She was once a marketing specialist for the World Wrestling Federation. She was married to wrestler Denis Gauthier, Sr. They have a son, Denis, Jr., who plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. Remarried in 1989 has three more children, a son Shane and twin daughters who became Canadian Blackbelts in TKD in 2005. There is also a second daughter, Diane, who lives in Florida. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rougeau wrestling family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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