Patric Laprade is a
Canadian professional wrestling historian and
French-speaking Quebecer
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...
best known for his several award winning books on Canadian and
women's wrestling. and working for
TVA Sports
TVA Sports is a Canadian French-language sports specialty channel owned by the Groupe TVA, a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media. The channel is a general-interest sports network, and the first major competitor to RDS, the only other ...
as an interviewer and was a
French language broadcaster of ''
Monday Night RAW
''WWE Raw'', also known as ''Monday Night Raw'' or simply ''Raw'', is an American professional wrestling television program produced by WWE that currently airs live every Monday at 8 p.m. ET on the USA Network in the United States. The show fe ...
''. He is also the founder and caretaker of the
Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame and has been part of organizing women's wrestling events.
Works
*''Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story''
*''
Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling''
*''
Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling''
See also
*
James C. Melby
James C. Melby (1949-February 11, 2007) was an American professional wrestling historian and magazine editor, publishing almost 100 wrestling projects since 1991.
Career
Melby's first publication was ''Matmania'' which he started aged 15 in his h ...
*
List of ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' award winners for Best Pro Wrestling Book
References
External links
Lutte.com
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Living people
Canadian non-fiction writers in French
Historians from Quebec
Professional wrestling historians
Writers from Montreal
Canadian people of French descent
Year of birth missing (living people)