The Vachon family is a French-Canadian family long associated with

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in Canada and the United States, headed by Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, his brother Paul "Butcher" Vachon - both longtime NWA and

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veterans - and their sister

Vivian Vivian may refer to: *Vivian (name), a given name and also a surname Toponyms * Vivian, Louisiana, U.S. * Vivian, South Dakota, U.S. * Vivian, West Virginia, U.S. * Vivian Island, Nunavut, Canada * Ballantrae, Ontario, a hamlet in Stouffville, ...

. At one point the Vachons were joined by a storyline brother named "Stan Vachon" who worked with Maurice and Paul Vachon in tag team matches. In 1975, the family was the subject of a documentary ''The Wrestling Queen'' and, in 2007, was featured in

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's ''The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling''. The Vachons are noted to have lived in France in the 17th century. The Vachons have been noted as tough and rough family but they have a very rich history. In 2004, Maurice and Paul Vachon were inducted as a tag team into the

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. Vivian Vachon and Luna Vachon were inducted into the

in the Lady Wrestler category in 2015 and 2020 respectively.

Members

* Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon (1929–2013), wrestled as a successful singles competitor and as a successful tag team competitor with Paul in the AWA and NWA. * Paul "Butcher" Vachon (b. 1937), retired professional wrestler, who made his name in

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and Georgia Championship Wrestling. *

Vivian Vachon Diane Vachon (January 23, 1951 – August 24, 1991) was a Canadian professional wrestler and singer, best known by her ring name Vivian Vachon. A member of the Vachon family of wrestlers, she was the sister of Maurice and Paul Vachon, and the au ...

(1951–1991), sister of Paul and Maurice Vachon who appeared with her brothers in the AWA. * Luna Vachon (1962–2010), step-daughter of Paul Vachon, also became a wrestler, most notably in the

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. She was married to wrestler David Heath, also known as Gangrel. *Ian Carnegie (b. 1980), son of Vivian Vachon, former amateur wrestler and a member of the Ottawa High Hookers, a leading Canadian professional arm wrestling club. The Vachon family name has also been adopted by wrestlers unrelated to the family, for instances by Pierre "The Beast" Vachon and Damien "Pitbull" Vachon, Canadian independent wrestlers who present themselves as the sons of Paul Vachon and have wrestled as a tag team in CWA Montreal, Great Canadian Wrestling, the

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, NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling, NWA: New England, and

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's New World Wrestling. The Vachons are profiled in the 2019 documentary film ''

Mad Dog and the Butcher ''Mad Dog and the Butcher'' (french: Les Derniers vilains) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Thomas Rinfret and released in 2019. The film is a portrait of the Vachon family of professional wrestlers, including Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon ...

(Les Derniers vilains)''.Chantal Guy
"Mythologie de la lutte et des méchants"
'' La Presse'', December 6, 2019.

Media

*''The Most Powerful Families in Wrestling''. VD (2007). World Wrestling Entertainment.

References

External links

Vachon family gallery at Online World of Wrestling
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