Rene Goulet
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- This page is on the former pro wrestler, Rene Goulet. For the former Canadian champion tennis player see Robert Bédard (tennis)
| Rene Goulet | |
|---|---|
 Goulet (top) vs. Chris Taylor in 1973 | |
| Birth name | Robert Bédard |
| Born | (1932-07-12) July 12, 1932 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Buddy Rogers Jr. Sgt. Jacques Goulet Worzel |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] |
| Billed weight | 236 lb (107 kg)[1] |
| Billed from | Nice, France[1] |
| Debut | 1957 |
| Retired | 1987 |
Robert Bédard (born July 12, 1932) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. better known by his ring name, the "Number One Frenchman" Rene Goulet.
Contents
1 Professional wrestling career
2 Career accomplishments
3 Championships and accomplishments
4 References
5 External links
Professional wrestling career[edit]
Goulet began his career in Quebec City, Quebec, in 1957, with his first match being against Gerard Dugas.
He spent the early part of his career traveling the territories, spending a significant amount of time in the AWA. His greatest fame was when he competed in the 1970s and 1980s with the World Wrestling Federation and won the WWWF Tag Team Championship with Karl Gotch in December 1971. Later on, Goulet became a jobber in the WWF.
Robert Bédard was well known as a very dependable wrestler who could always be trusted to have a good match. As a result, he was often selected to have matches with rookie wrestlers so he could carry the match. The list of wrestlers who had either had their first match or one of their first matches against Bédard includes Ric Flair, Chris Taylor, the Iron Sheik, Jim Brunzell, Greg Gagne, and Ken Patera. In Japan, in 1981, he teamed with Andre The Giant. While in the AWA in the early 1980s he was known as "Sgt. Jacques Goulet" and used a claw hold he called "le scorpion".
Career accomplishments[edit]
- The first person to defeat Ric Flair. It was Flair's second match. (Flair's first match, against George Gadaski ended in a draw).
- The subject of a full-page photo in the third issue of People Magazine (March 11, 1974). The photo was taken of Bédard in a bear hug from Chris Taylor in Taylor's first professional match.
- He was in the first WWF match ever televised on the USA Network. His opponent was Tito Santana.
- He had a recurring role in the classic wrestling show, TNT, as the host of "Cafe Rene".
Goulet wrestled regularly until 1986, and he competed in a legends battle royal in the Meadowlands in 1987. He worked as a road agent for the WWF until 1997 and could frequently be seen coming to the ring to maintain control when wrestlers got into fights. He is an avid golfer and regularly competes in celebrity charity tournaments.[2]
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Florida version) (1 time)[3]
- Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ole Anderson[4]
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
MSG Tag League (1981) – with André the Giant
- Pacific Northwest Wrestling
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Pepper Martin and Shag Thomas[5]
- World Wrestling Association
WWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Don Fargo and Zarinoff Lebeouf[6]
- World Wide Wrestling Federation
WWWF World Tag Team Champion (1 time) – with Karl Gotch[1]
References[edit]
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^ Rene Goulet Interview, retrieved May 23, 2010
^ "N.W.A. Southern Heavyweight Title (Florida)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
^ "N.W.A. Georgia Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
^ "N.W.A. Pacific Northwest Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
^ "W.W.A. World Tag Team Title (Indianapolis)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
External links[edit]
- Rene Goulet's profile at Cagematch.net
- Rene Goulet Biography/Interview
- Interview with Goulet from June 20th, 2000
Categories:
- 1932 births
- Canadian male professional wrestlers
- Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Quebec City
- Professional wrestling executives
- Professional wrestling jobbers
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