Wrestling : Legends of Hardcore

"You're a jailbird." - Anybody that dared speak those words to Canadian lawman the Mountie (Jacques Rougeau) found themselves at risk of being electric-shocked by the big man's deadly, electro-charged nightstick. Even the Hitman Bret Hart got electrocuted by the Mountie in a fit of rage. Mountie met his match in the Big Boss Man (Ray Washington Traylor Jr.), a former corrections officer from Georgia who became America's renegade law enforcer.

Jacques Rougeau and Pierre Carl Ouellet (Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet) formed the tag team the Quebecers who became one of the most feared duos in all of wrestling. Ouellet became a hardcore legend later in his career which seems unusual. He became Ring Of Honor World Champion at the age of 51, a promotion where he wrestles as Perfect Creation One (PCO). He's known in wrestling circles as "the French Frankenstein" and with good reason.

FUN FACT : Best friends and former tag team partners Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were inspired by the in-ring style of the Quebecers.

Definitely a hardcore legend.

I heard Crash Holly died at Stevie Richards' house. They were hardcore greats and great friends to boot, but Holly had been struggling, he was out of WWE, and Richards gave his friend a place to stay while he tried to get straightened out.

Amen.

The whole Holly family were hardcore by what I remember. Didn't Hardcore Holly continue in a match with Brock Lesnar after he'd had his neck broken? They were tough dudes alright.

Molly Holly was hard as nails. People mistook her for being a lightweight due to her demeanour and the sound of her voice, but she was dynamite in the ring.

And let's not forget her entertaining stint with my main man, Carolina gangsta Gregory Helms! Hurricane and Molly Holly are still great friends by what I hear, as they should be (I know he runs his mouth but he just gets emotional from time to time because he loves the wrestling business).

Now that's made my day to hear, thanks. I was happy she made the WWE Hall of Fame this year, she definitely belongs there and the Hall roster is stronger for having her.

Fred Olen Ray is a former carny who wrestles under the name Fabulous Freddie Valentine. Ray directed Luke Perry in the movie 'Silent Venom' (2009) and he later helped Perry's son Jungle Jack Perry get started in the professional wrestling business.

Two actresses who've appeared in films directed by Ray are Linnea Quigley and Brinke Stevens. They've both done a bit of wrestling in their time. In fact, Quigley is a former alligator wrestler of some note. Stevens made her acting debut in Robert Aldrich's wrestling picture '... All The Marbles' (1981).

Like Brinke Stevens, actress J.J. North is a loyal member of Ray's stock company. North has wrestled for different promotions and she spent many years on the roster at Roman Gladiator Wrestling. North and her friend and frequent collaborator Theresa Lynn were originally Tromettes who appeared together in 'The Troma System' (1993).

Actress Tiffany Shepis is perhaps the most famous Tromette of all and she's also a wrestler. Shepis used to wrestle at a high level and she's made appearances in Jeanie Buss' promotion Women Of Wrestling (WOW). She's recently talked about trying to get a new wrestling horror movie into production.
Another leading horror performer who's also a Tromette and professional wrestler is punk Jenny Jannetty (I don't know if she's any relation to wrestling legend Marty Jannetty). It's odd that Jannetty has worked on four horror films directed by Brad Twigg yet he failed to cast her in his wrestling picture 'WrestleMassacre' (2018), though on the plus side, it is arguably his worst picture to date.

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