Paul Vachon

Butcher

[The Vachon Family GALLERY]

[Mad Dog] [Luna]

Title History

  • NWA Texas Tag Team titles (as Nikita Zolotoff) w/ Ivan the Terrible defeating El Medico and Pepper Gomez (September 20, 1957);
  • Stampede International Tag Team titles w/ Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon defeating Sandy andGeorge Scott (January 30, 1959);
  • NWA (Calgary) Canadian Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Chico Garcia and Chet Wallick (Febuary 17, 1959);
  • Stampede International Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Chico Garcia and Chet Wallick (March 1959);
  • NWA (Calgary) Canadian Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Sandy and George Scott (March 1959);
  • NWA (Calgary) Canadian Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Charro Azteca and Chet Wallick (May 12, 1959);
  • NWA Hawaii Tag Team titles w/ Hard Boiled Haggerty defeating Herb Freeman and James Blears (April 13, 1960);
  • NWA Texas Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Torbellico Blanco and Cyclone Negro (November 8, 1960);
  • NWA (Mid Atlantic) Southern Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Jack Curtis and Ray Villmer (January 23, 1961);
  • NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/ Louie Tillet defeating Alberto and Enrique Torres (September 23, 1966);
  • NWA (Georgia) Southern Heavyweight title (October 7, 1966);
  • NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/ Louie Tillet defeating Alberto and Enrique Torres (November 7, 1966);
  • NWA (Georgia) World Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Enrique and Ramon Torres (January 13, 1967);
  • NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/ Stan Vachon defeating Enrique and Ramon Torres (June 23, 1967);
  • NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/ Stan Vachon defeating Alberto and Ramon Torres (August 28, 1967);
  • NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/ Stan Vachon defeating Alberto and Enrique Torres (December 18, 1967);
  • NWA (Georgia) World Tag Team titles w/ Stan Vachon defeating Enrique and Ramon Torres (January 9, 1968);
  • NWA Georgia Tag Team titles w/ Stan Vachon defeating Alberto and Ramon Torres (September 6, 1968);
  • NWA Georgia Tag Team titles w/ Stan Vachon defeating Alberto and Ramon Torres (October 29, 1968);
  • NWA (Georgia) Southern Tag Team titles w/ Stan Vachon defeating Alberto and Enrique Torres (November 1968);
  • AWA Midwest Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon (1969);
  • AWA World Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Dick the Bruiser and Crusher (August 30, 1969);
  • AWA World Tag Team titles w/ Maurice Vachon defeating Karl and Kurt Von Steiger (May 1971);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Beat the Champ Television title defeating La Pantera Negra (1974);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/ Man Mountain Mike defeating Dr. Wagner and Angel Blanco (August 31, 1974);
  • NWA (Los Angeles) Americas Tag Team titles w/ Chavo Guerrero defeating Crusher Verdu and Roddy Piper (1976);

Career Highlights

  • Butcher Vachon once wrestled in a mask as a JAPANESE wrestler [Oko Yami?]—and even shaved his body hair and wore sandals.
  • Butcher Vachon also wrestled as 1/2 of a version of the Spoilers teaming with Doug Gilbert.
  • August 14, 1970 – AWA Comiskey Park: The Vachon Brothers defeated The Crusher and Dick The Bruiser in a Steel Cage Match!
  • October 2005: Paul “Butcher” Vachon underwent successful valve replacement heart surgery.
  • June 9, 2009: Paul “The Butcher” Vachon (71) underwent reconstructive jaw surgery in Sherbrooke, Quebec.

 

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Debut

1957

Birthday

May 14, 1938

Hometown

Montreal, Quebec
Retired to Vermont

Gender

Height

6'2"

Weight

280 lbs

Finishing Move(s)

The Hangmans Noose

Favorite Move(s)

The Bear Hug

Notable Feuds

The Leduc Brothers

Status