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From John Lennon’s Bed-In in 1969 to Mad Dog Vachon’s farewell tour in QuĂ©bec in 1986,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | May 15, 2021 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
From John Lennon’s Bed-In in 1969 to Mad Dog Vachon’s farewell tour in QuĂ©bec in 1986,...
Read MorePosted by Bertrand HĂ©bert | Dec 7, 2019 | Documentary Reviews
Some would say wrestling documentaries are a dime a dozen these days. Generally, most let us peek...
Read MorePosted by MIKE WYMAN | Apr 13, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
It’s more than a bit of an understatement to declare that Maurice “Mad Dog”...
Read MorePosted by MIKE WYMAN | Apr 2, 2015 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
MONTREAL – In pop music, it is often claimed that producing the second album is a lot...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
Once we started shooting, our travel schedule loosely followed the same path as the Dog’s...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
Pre-production seemed to go on forever. I needed archival footage of the Dog but it was in short...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
After six months of searching, I’d assembled a very colourful roster of wrestlers willing to...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
The next several months were hit and miss. Sweet Daddy Siki, then a local disc jockey who lived...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
Remembering a Where Are They Now? article published by the Toronto Star in 1983 which I’d...
Read MorePosted by JOHN DOLIN - For SLAM! Wrestling | Nov 21, 2014 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Hollywood Headlock Interviews, Obituaries, Opinion
It’s been a year since Mad Dog Vachon died, and SLAM! Wrestling asked Toronto filmmaker John...
Read MorePosted by MIKE WYMAN | Dec 12, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
MONTREAL — While Quebec can lay claim to launching more than a few pro wrestling careers,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Nov 21, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, Obituaries
Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon, one of the greatest heels of all-time and a former Canadian...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jul 1, 2013 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
In a 1973 newspaper article, Vivian Vachon, the Wrestling Queen who died in 1991, vowed that she...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Mar 28, 2010 | Interviews, WrestleMania
PHOENIX — It took a literal downpour of money, but eventually the fans at the WWE Hall of...
Read MorePosted by Pat Laprade | Mar 22, 2010 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews, WrestleMania
Mad Dog Vachon is adding one more honour to his impressive collection this Sunday, with his...
Read MorePosted by Yves Leroux | Nov 9, 2009 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
MONTREAL – It is rare that a pro wrestler commands so much love from his native land, but...
Read MorePosted by Pat Laprade | Oct 23, 2008 | Gary Howard Memorial Library
Mad Dog Vachon’s autobiography, Une vie de chien dans un monde fous, was written two decades ago,...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Aug 19, 2008 | Canadian Hall of Fame, Interviews
There’s been a little less bite in Mad Dog Vachon these days, as he is cooped up in a...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Aug 27, 1900 | Story Archives
A Mad Dog, a Butcher, a Wrestling Queen and a Luna-tic walk into a ring … and create...
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