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Rene Goulet

Nickname: The Number One Frenchman

Height: 6' 0

Weight: 220 lbs.

From: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Birthday: Jul 12th

Pro Debut: 1957

Aliases: Bob Bedard, Buddy Rogers, Jr., Sgt. Jacques Goulet

Feds Worked For: TSW, WWF, AWA, NWA, Georgia Championship Wrestling (GA), Pacific Northwest Wrestling (OR/WA), World Wrestling Association (IN)

Finisher: Scorpion Claw Hold

Career Highlights: -NWA (Florida) Southern Champion (2x)
-NWA Georgia Tag Team Champion (w/ Ole Anderson)
-Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Pepper Martin & Shag Thomas)
-WWA (Indianapolis) Tag Team Champion (w/ Don Fargo)
-WWWF World Tag Team Champion (w/ Karl Gotch)

Affiliates: The Legionnaires, The House of Humperdink, Chris Markoff

Other Facts: -Sometimes billed from Nice, France
-While working as Buddy Rogers, Jr., he was billed as the son of pro wrestler Buddy Rogers.
-First person to defeat Ric Flair
-While teaming with Chris Markoff, they were billed as the European Tag Team Champions, though no documentation of this title is available. He also was sometimes billed as the European Champion and again, no documentation of that title is available.
-Subject of a full-page photo spread in the third issue of People Magazine. (March 11, 1974)
-Competed in the first WWF match ever broadcast on the USA Network (against Tito Santana)
-Hosted the "Cafe Rene" segment on "Tuesday Night Titans"
-Former member of The Legionnaires
-Former member of the House of Humperdink
-Served as a road agent for the WWF from 1987-1997
-Passed away May 25, 2019 at the age of 86.