cheapshot Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Just broken, more info here: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2013/11/21/21283811.html RIP Quote
KanadianKrusty Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 To give you an idea of how big this guy is over here, the radio station I listen to just stopped everything a few minutes ago to talk about Mad Dog. RIP big guy. Quote
tsurutaman Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Truly R.I.P. to one of the biggest names in Canadian wrestling. It should be noted that "Grand Prix Wrestling" in the 70s (the promotion Mad Dog was involved with) had better ratings than the venerable "Hockey Night In Canada" in an NHL mad country. My condolences to Khawk as he is the resident AWA guru/maven here. For anyone who reads the CANoe.ca article linked before : "Vachon the Cochon" (cochon means "pig") As Mad Dog used to growl.... "It's not da size of the dog in da fight, it's da size of the fight in da DOG!" He was one of a kind. Quote
Matt D Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Condolences to Khawk as well. He's done more than anyone to really keep alive the legend of the Mad Dog. Quote
khawk20 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 A sad day but one that, with Mad Dog's rapidly declining health, was coming sooner than later. RIP to a real icon from my childhood. It makes me happy that his family has a video record of his life story to show future generations. KanadianKrusty noted the signifigance of Vachon's death here in Canada, and I would suspect that many Canadian news outlets on every level will have a little something about his death to mention, especially in Quebec. Quote
NintendoLogic Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 I have to admit that when I saw the thread title, I thought that the poster who goes by the name of Mad Dog had died. Quote
KrisZ Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Dog was a true legend and won't be forgotten RIP Quote
BrickHithouse Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 edit. Sorry this posted so large Quote
vikingsfan73 Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Very sad. I was lucky enough to have met Mad Dog at the Thesz/Tragos HOF a number of times. It was hard watching his health decline so much the past few years. This year at the banquet, he was introduced and given a standing ovation. He was at the table next to me, and I heard him say quietly, "Very impressive!" Growing up in the AWA territory, he was definitely a name that everyone knew. Quote
Ricky Jackson Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 RIP They just mentioned his death on CBC2 here in Vancouver and played a clip of him cutting a promo. Unfortunately his pro wrestling career was pretty much summed up as "he wrestled for the WWF in the 1980s". They also claimed he was in 13,000 "fights" during his career. Quote
Wolfman Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 I remember he had an extremely short push in the WWF around 1984. Very cool voice. RIP! Quote
tsurutaman Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 RIP They just mentioned his death on CBC2 here in Vancouver and played a clip of him cutting a promo. Unfortunately his pro wrestling career was pretty much summed up as "he wrestled for the WWF in the 1980s". They also claimed he was in 13,000 "fights" during his career. Yep...that's CBC 2 for you. Quote
Grimmas Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Sad day. Mad Dog was one of my favourite thing on the entire AWA set. His match with Blackwell was in my top ten and I loved the Bockwinkel match too. A real character and he seemed like one of the guys that was actually liked in the business. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/que...at-84-1.2435046 Quote
Marty Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Sad day. One of the best to come from here in the Great White North. Quote
Al Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Looking at Vachon's Olympic career. Mad Dog at the '48 games was 18 years old. Eighteen, competing against 20 and 30 year olds. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/a...e-vachon-1.html Quote
khawk20 Posted November 22, 2013 Report Posted November 22, 2013 "My deepest condolences to the family of Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon, a Canadian wrestling legend," tweeted (Canadian) Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Sympathies were also extended by the leader of the Official Opposition, whose party counted Paul Vachon as a candidate in the 1980s and 1990s. "A true legend from the glory days of wrestling has just left us," tweeted NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. "My condolences to the family of Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon." http://ca.news.yahoo.com/montreal-born-for...-163853825.html Quote
El-P Posted November 22, 2013 Report Posted November 22, 2013 Impressive. I never realized Maurice Vachon was such a huge name. I really only knew him as the crazy uncle of Luna and the guy whose leg was used as a foreign object in the infamous Diesel vs Micheals IYH match. Always sad to see a legend go. Thought some might get a kick out of that : Mad Dog Vachon's beer commercial Or this : Quote
Marty Posted November 22, 2013 Report Posted November 22, 2013 "My deepest condolences to the family of Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon, a Canadian wrestling legend," tweeted (Canadian) Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Sympathies were also extended by the leader of the Official Opposition, whose party counted Paul Vachon as a candidate in the 1980s and 1990s. "A true legend from the glory days of wrestling has just left us," tweeted NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. "My condolences to the family of Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon." http://ca.news.yahoo.com/montreal-born-for...-163853825.html Yeah, the story is getting good mainstream media coverage up here. Reminds me of when Carpentier and Kowalski passed. Quote
Kevin Ridge Posted November 24, 2013 Report Posted November 24, 2013 Mad Dog was one of those guys I didn't see what was the big deal about. I was slow to come around to him during the AWA set but he just slowly grew on me. Seeking out more footage of his career I really began to enjoy him. As mentioned by a couple others the guy really was a character. You're not getting hight level work rate stuff but he was fun to watch and listen to. Worth going out of your way to seek out more of his stuff. Quote
marrklarr Posted November 25, 2013 Report Posted November 25, 2013 http://www.omaha.com/article/20131122/NEWS/131129590 I'm ashamed to admit I didn't even know Mad Dog lived across town from me. Now they tell me! Quote
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