5 Canadian wrestlers that should be remembered for their contributions

#1 Canadian Wrestlers That Should Be Remembered: Mad Dog Vachon

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Very few wrestlers can create the kind of fear this particular Canadian wrestler did on his audience. Among all Canadian wrestlers, he is a patriarch of Canadian wrestling.

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— eugene styles1 (@eugenestyles1) July 1, 2020

Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon's career was as noted as anyone in the country's past. The resident of Montreal, Quebec Canada, Vachon would terrorize not only those in attendance but those across the ring from him. He wrestled in four different decades.

With a career that began in 1950, Vachon would later distinguish himself from other Canadian wrestlers during this time. While Stone Cold Steve Austin's shaved head and goatee became a signature look for him, in the case of Vachon, it was unlike anything anyone had seen at the time, let alone Canadian wrestlers.

Vachon would shave his head and grow a beard that created a quite frightening image on the audience. Vachon noted that the 'Mad Dog' nickname came after he appeared rabid after a match and the promoter at the time said 'you looked like a real mad dog out there'. The rest as they say is history. Vachon is also the uncle to late WWF women's star, Luna Vachon.

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— Classic Wrestling (@classwrestling) July 2, 2020

Mad Dog Vachon is among the Canadian wrestlers that best be remembered.