Grand Prix’s Michel Longtin led a jolly old life
From John Lennon’s Bed-In in 1969 to Mad Dog Vachon’s farewell tour in Québec in 1986,...
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Tag: Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon
French-language Vachon movie a celebration of love and villainy
Some would say wrestling documentaries are a dime a dozen these days. Generally, most let us peek...
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French Mad Dog Vachon bio doesn’t shy away from his shortcomings
It’s more than a bit of an understatement to declare that Maurice “Mad Dog”...
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French-language Mad Dog Vachon book launched
MONTREAL – In pop music, it is often claimed that producing the second album is a lot...
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Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 6
Once we started shooting, our travel schedule loosely followed the same path as the Dog’s...
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Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 5
Pre-production seemed to go on forever. I needed archival footage of the Dog but it was in short...
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Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 4
After six months of searching, I’d assembled a very colourful roster of wrestlers willing to...
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Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 3
The next several months were hit and miss. Sweet Daddy Siki, then a local disc jockey who lived...
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Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories – PAGE 2
Remembering a Where Are They Now? article published by the Toronto Star in 1983 which I’d...
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Mad Dog Vachon: A filmmaker’s memories
It’s been a year since Mad Dog Vachon died, and SLAM! Wrestling asked Toronto filmmaker John...
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Mad Dog’s Montreal friends gather to celebrate his legacy
MONTREAL — While Quebec can lay claim to launching more than a few pro wrestling careers,...
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Mad Dog Vachon dead at 84
Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon, one of the greatest heels of all-time and a former Canadian...
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The life and loves of Vivian Vachon, Wrestling Queen
In a 1973 newspaper article, Vivian Vachon, the Wrestling Queen who died in 1991, vowed that she...
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Hall of Fame ceremony a serious event
PHOENIX — It took a literal downpour of money, but eventually the fans at the WWE Hall of...
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WWE Hall of Fame one more honour for Mad Dog
Mad Dog Vachon is adding one more honour to his impressive collection this Sunday, with his...
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It’s Vachon week in Montreal
MONTREAL – It is rare that a pro wrestler commands so much love from his native land, but...
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Retro review: It’s a fight throughout Mad Dog Vachon book
Mad Dog Vachon’s autobiography, Une vie de chien dans un monde fous, was written two decades ago,...
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Knee surgery can’t tame Mad Dog Vachon
There’s been a little less bite in Mad Dog Vachon these days, as he is cooped up in a...
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Vachons story archive
A Mad Dog, a Butcher, a Wrestling Queen and a Luna-tic walk into a ring … and create...
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