Lutte Internationale (International Wrestling ) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Montreal , Quebec from 1980 to 1987. Former employees in Lutte consisted of professional wrestlers , managers , play-by-play and color commentators , announcers , interviewers and referees .
Alumni
Male wrestlers
Birth name:
Ring name (s):
Tenure:
Notes
Unknown
André Malo
1984–1985
[1]
Unknown
André Proulx
1985
[2]
Unknown
Andy Moreuir
1983
[1]
Unknown
Antonio Ricco
1980–1981, 1983–1985
[1]
Unknown
Apollo the Greek / El Gran Apollo
1987 3
Unknown
The Avenger
1981–1982
[1] [3]
Unknown
Billy Black Two Feathers
1981
[1]
Unknown
Billy Strongbow
1986
[1]
Unknown
Bob Boucher
1980, 1983–1985
[1] [4]
Unknown
Bob Dela Serra / The UFO
1980, 1983–1984, 1987
[1] [2] [3] [5] [6]
Unknown
Bob Duncan
1980
[1]
Unknown
Bob Steel
1980
[1]
Unknown
Bull Gregory
1980–1981
[1] [5]
Unknown
Chin Lee
1982
[1]
Unknown
Claude Gosselin
1984
[1]
Unknown
Claude Hébert
1987
[2]
Unknown
Dale Moore
1984
[1]
Unknown
Dan Ferris
1980
[4]
Unknown
Daniel Robert
1980
[1]
Unknown
Denis Goulet
1983–1986
[2] [6] [7]
Unknown
Diamond Jim Brady
1984
[1]
Unknown
El Santos
1981
[1]
Unknown
The Executioner
1986
[6]
Unknown
Georges Guimond
1980, 1982, 1984
[1]
Unknown
Hawaiian Punch
1987 3
[8]
Unknown
Henri Cardinal
1984
[1]
Unknown †
Jerry O
1983
[1]
Unknown
Jim Londos
1986
[1]
Unknown
John White
1980–1984
[1]
Unknown
Johnny Rapone
1984–1985
[1]
Unknown
Johnny War Eagle
1980–1981
[1]
Unknown
Kendo Nagasaki
1987 3
[9]
Unknown
Kim Carlo
1986
[1] [6]
Unknown
The Mercenary
1986
[1]
Unknown
Le Tigre du Ring
1984
[1]
Unknown
Lionel Prevost
1980
[1]
Unknown
Lionel Robert
1980
[1]
Unknown
Lou Rock
1980
[1]
Unknown
Ludger Proulx
1985–1986
[2] [6]
Unknown
Michael Gagnon
1980
[1]
Unknown
Michael Morin
1980
[1]
Unknown
Michael Sevigny
1981
[1]
Unknown
Mike Golden
1986
[6]
Unknown
Mr. Wonder
1986
[1]
Unknown
Nick De Carlo
1986
[1] [6]
Unknown
Pal Chesty
1986
[1]
Unknown
Pancho Ferraro
1981
[1]
Unknown
Pat Murphy
1986
[1]
Unknown
Pierre Roy
1986
[6]
Unknown
Ray Field
1986
[1]
Unknown
Reynald Dubé
1984–1987
[1]
Unknown
Real Dulenis
1980
[1]
Unknown
Reggie Rapone
1984–1986
[1]
Unknown
Richard Tessier
1983–1984
[1]
Unknown
Rocky Dela Serra
1984–1987
[2] [6]
Unknown
Rudy Burke
1985
[1]
Unknown
Scott Duran
1985
[1] [8]
Unknown
Sonny Boy
1983–1985, 1986
[1]
Unknown
Tiger Chen Lee
1986
[1]
Unknown
Tito Senza
1980–1981, 1983
[1] [6]
Unknown
The Terrible Viking
1981
[1]
Unknown
Tommy Russo
1983
[1]
Unknown
Tony Gatillo
1986–1987
[1]
Unknown
Tony Rashe
1980
[1]
Unknown
Yvan Vincent
1985
[1]
Unknown
Yvon Laverdure
1984–1987
[2] [4] [7]
Ángel Acevedo
The Cuban Assassin
1985 3
[1]
Dino Acocella
Gino Brito Jr.
1983–1987
[1] [2] [4] [6] [10] [11]
Louis Acocella
Gino Brito, Sr.
1980–1987
[1] [4] [12] [13]
Katsuji Adachi †
Mr. Hito
1982–1983
[1]
Louis Albano †
Lou Albano
1980
[1]
Samula Anoaʻi
The Great Samoo / Mr. Samu
1985–1986
[2] [6] [10]
Bob Backlund
Bob Backlund
1980, 1982
[1]
Dennis Baldock
Bobby Bass
1981
[1]
Roland Barriault
Frenchie Lamont
1985
[1]
Robert Bédard †
René Goulet
1985, 1986
[1]
Józef Bednarski
Ivan Putski
1981, 1985
[1]
Dick Beyer †
The Destroyer
1980–1984
[2] [3] [10]
Jerry Blackwell †
Crusher Blackwell
1984
[14]
Richard Blood
Ricky Steamboat
1985, 1987 4
[1]
Nick Bockwinkel †
Nick Bockwinkel
1983–1986 1
[6]
Terry Bollea
Hulk Hogan
1980, 1986
[2]
Larry Booker †
Moondog Spot
1985 4
[1]
Adolfo Bresciano †
Dino Bravo
1980–1987
[2] [3] [12] [13]
Timothy Brooks †
Buster Brown Brody
1987
[5]
Kerry Brown †
Rick Valentine
1983–1985
[4] [12] [13]
Jim Brunzell
Jim Brunzell
1983–1984 1
[1]
Ray Canty †
Kareem Muhammad
1986
[5] [6]
Richard Charland
Richard Charland
1980–1987
[2] [4] [6] [13]
Pierre Clermont †
Pat Patterson
1980, 1982–1983
[4] [12] [13]
Leonce Cormier †
Leo Burke
1983–1985, 1987
[4] [13]
Romeo Cormier †
Bobby Kay
1981–1982
[1]
Daniel Côté †
Gorman Purdy
1981
[1] [15]
Ruben Cruz †
Hercules Ayala
1986–1987 3
[5] [6] [10]
Dominic DeNucci †
Dominic DeNucci
1984
[13]
Steve DiSalvo
Steve Strong
1986–1987
[4] [2] [7] [6]
Mark Dumer
Jason the Terrible
1987 3
Serge Dumont
Serge Dumont
1980
[2] [13] [16]
Bill Eadie
The Masked Superstar
1983–1985
[2] [3] [12]
Conrad Efraim †
S. D. Jones
1985 4
[1]
Gerard Ethifier
Gerry Morrow
1986
[6]
Ed Farhat †
The Sheik
1987
[4]
Wayne Farris
The Honky Tonk Man
1987
[1]
Sam Fatu
The Tonga Kid
1985–1987
[1]
Solofa Fatu Jr.
Prince Alofa
1986
[6] [8] [13]
Raymond Fernandez †
Hercules Hernandez
1985 4
[1]
Tonga Fifita
King Tonga
1984–1987
[3] [4] [12] [13] [10]
Richard Fliehr
Ric Flair
1984, 1986
[6]
Keith Franke †
Adrian Adonis
1985–1986 4
[1]
Stan Frazier †
Uncle Elmer
1985 4
[1]
Dory Funk Jr.
Hoss Funk
1986 4
[1]
Terry Funk †
Terry Funk
1985
[1]
Hubert Gallant
Hubert Gallant
1981, 1983
[1]
Greg Gagne
Greg Gagne
1983–1984 1
[1]
Jean Gagné †
Frenchy Martin
1983–1986
[2] [4] [6] [12] [13]
Richard Garza †
Mighty Igor
1984
[1]
Frank Goodish †
Bruiser Brody
1986–1987
[5] [12]
Neil Guay
Le Bourreau (The Hangman)
1980–1984, 1986–1987
[13]
John Hanson II
Stan Hansen
1982, 1986
[2] [6]
Robert Hanson †
Swede Hanson
1980–1981
[13]
James Harris †
Kamala
1986
[6]
Ian Hodgkinson
Ian Richards/Gene Anderson/Billy Fury
1984-1987
[8]
James Janos
Jesse Ventura
1985
[1]
Brian Jewel
Joe Lightfoot / Joe Ventura
1982, 1985–1986
[6]
Dan Johnson †
Bull Johnson / Danny Johnson
1982, 1986
[6] [13] [17]
Toshiaki Kawada
Toshiaki
1986
[4] [6] [8]
Lanny Kean †
Cousin Junior
1985 4
[1]
Stephen Ketcher †
Steve Gatorwolf
1985
[1]
David Kochen
Buddy Lane
1986
[6]
Pierre Lafleur †
Max Lebeouf / Max Zarinoff / Zarinoff Lebeouf
1982
[2]
Philip Lafond
Phil LaFon / Dan Kroffat
1984–1987
[2] [6] [8] [13]
Michel Lamarche †
Michel DuBois
1980–1982
[10] [2]
Louis Laurence
Louis Laurence
1980–1983
[8]
Pierre Lefebvre ‡
Pierre Lefebvre
1980–1985
[2] [4] [12] [13] [10]
Larry Liger †
The Great Malumba
1983
[1]
Steve Lombardi
The Brooklyn Brawler
1985 4
[1]
Jacques Magnin †
Jacky Wiecz / Jacky Weickz
1980–1981
[1] [18]
Mike McCord
Austin Idol
1986
[1] [6]
Rick McGraw †
Rick McGraw
1981–1982, 1985
[1] [8] [13]
John Minton †
Big John Studd
1981–1982, 1985–1986
[1]
Mike Moore (wrestler)
Man Mountain Moore
1986
[6] [12]
Angelo Mosca †
Angelo Mosca
1986
[1]
Don Muraco
Don Muraco
1985–1986
[1]
Jim Myers †
George "The Animal" Steele
1986 4
[1]
Robert Nutt †
Ron Starr
1985
[1]
Bob Orton, Jr.
Bob Orton, Jr.
1985–1986 4
[1]
Randal Orton †
Barry O
1985 4
[1]
Gustave Ouimet †
Géant Gustave
1986
[1]
Masashi Ozawa †
Killer Khan
1981
[1]
Chris Pallies †
King Kong Bundy
1985–1986, 1987 4
[1]
Kenneth Patera
Ken Patera
1984 1
[2] [14]
Paul Pellerin
Paul Peller
1981, 1983–1984
[1]
Michael Penzel †
Corporal Kirchner
1985–1986 4
[1]
Stephen Petitpas
Sheik Ali / Steve Petitpas
1980, 1985–1987
[6] [13]
Michel Pigeon †
Jos LeDuc
1984–1986
[2] [3] [4] [12] [13]
Lanny Poffo †
Lanny Poffo
1985 4
[1]
Randy Poffo †
Randy Savage
1985–1986, 1987
[1]
Luc Poirier
La Merveille Masquée (The Masked Marvel) / The Mercenary
1983–1984
[3] [8]
Gilles Poisson
Gilles Poisson
1980–1984, 1986–1987
[2] [4] [12] [13]
Garfield Portz
Scott McGee
1985 4
[1]
Antonio Pugliese †
Tony Parisi
1982–1986
[4] [6] [13] [14] [19]
John Quinn †
John Quinn
1984
[20]
Harley Race †
Harley Race
1987
[1]
Robert Rancourt
Robert Rancourt / Suni War Cloud / Sunny War Cloud
1984–1987
[2] [4] [6] [7]
James Raschke
Baron von Raschke
1984 1
[1]
Rick Rechsteiner
Rick Steiner
1985
[8]
Bruce Reed †
Butch Reed
1985, 1987 2
[21]
Robert Remus
Sgt. Slaughter
1980, 1986
[1] [6]
Tony Ricco
Tony Ricco
1980, 1983–1984, 1986–1987
[1]
Sylvester Ritter †
Junkyard Dog
1985, 1986
[1]
Billy Robinson †
Billy Robinson
1982–1984
[2] [13] [10]
Johnny Rodriguez
Abdullah Java Ruuk
1980
[10]
Mike Rotunda
Mike Rotundo
1982
[8]
Armand Rougeau
Armand Rougeau
1982–1987
[6] [12] [13] [22]
Jacques Rougeau Sr. †
Jacques Rougeau Sr.
1985
[4] [22]
André Roussimoff †
André the Giant / Le Géant Ferré
1980–1983, 1985
[4] [23]
Ronald Rychliski
Ron Ritchie
1986
[1] [6]
David Sammartino
Bruno Sammartino, Jr.
1983–1984
[8]
David Schultz
David Schults
1986
[2] [5] [10]
Verne Seibert
Verne Seibert / The Spoiler
1986–1987
[3] [6]
Mike Sharpe †
Iron Mike Sharpe
1985–1986 4
[1]
Mike Shaw †
Mike Shaw
1984
[8]
Len Shelley
Len Shelley
1980–1981
[2] [13] [19]
David Sherwin †
Goldie Rogers
1986
[6]
Larry Shreve
Abdullah the Butcher
1981–1987
[2] [4] [12] [10] [24]
Reginald Siki
Sweet Daddy Siki
1986–1987
[2] [5] [25]
Chuck Simpson
Chuck Simms
1986–1987
[4] [6] [8] [13]
Davey Boy Smith †
Davey Boy Smith
1987
[1]
Jimmy Snuka †
Jimmy Snuka
1983
[2]
Merced Solis
Tito Santana
1985–1986, 1987 4
[1]
Carl Stevens †
Ray Stevens
1983
Bill Terry †
Kurt Von Hess
1983
[1]
Tourville, Camille ‡
Tarzan Tyler
1980, 1984–1985
[2] [4] [12] [26]
Tomomi Tsuruta †
Jumbo Tsuruta
1984
[1]
Maurice Vachon †
Mad Dog Vachon
1981, 1984, 1986
[1] [6] [12]
Paul Vachon †
Butcher Vachon
1980
[1]
Hossein Vaziri †
The Iron Sheik
1985–1986 4
[5]
Nelson Veilleux
Nelson Veilleux
1984, 1986
[27]
Rick Vigneault
Rick Martel
1980, 1982–1983, 1984–1986
[2] [4] [6] [7] [12] [10]
Kevin Wacholz
Kevin Kelly
1984–1985
[8]
James Ware
Koko B. Ware
1987 4
[1]
Édouard Weiczorkiewicz †
Édouard Carpentier
1980–1984
[10]
Larry Weil †
Larry Sharpe
1980
[1]
George Wells
George Wells
1985–1986 4
[1]
Anthony White
Tony Atlas
1985–1986
[1]
Ed White †
Sailor White
1980–1986
[4] [12] [13] [10] [23]
James Williams
Jimmy Garvin
1985–1986
[2]
Robert Windham †
Blackjack Mulligan
1983–1984 1
[1]
Jonathan Wisniski
Greg Valentine
1982, 1985
[1]
Tom Zenk †
Tom Zenk
1985–1986
[6] [8] [13]
Female wrestlers
Midget wrestlers
Stables and tag teams
Managers and valets
Referees
Birth name:
Ring name (s):
Tenure:
Notes
Eugene Brie
Eugene Brie
Adrien Desbois ‡
Adrien Desbois
1984–1985
Paul LeDuc
Paul LeDuc
1984
[12]
Luigi Macera †
Luigi Macera
Omer Marchessault †
Omer Marchessault
Andre Roy †
Andre Roy
1980–1987
Senior referee
Company name to Year
Company name:
Years:
Promotions Varoussac
1980–1984
Lutte Internationale / International Wrestling
1984–1987
Notes
† ^ Indicates they are deceased.
‡ ^ Indicates they died while they were employed with Lutte Internationale.
1 ^ Indicates they were part of a talent exchange with the American Wrestling Association .
2 ^ Indicates they were part of a talent exchange with Pro Wrestling USA .
3 ^ Indicates they were part of a talent exchange with the World Wrestling Council .
4 ^ Indicates they were part of a talent exchange with the World Wrestling Federation .
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