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.
Male wrestlers[edit]
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[edit]
Midget wrestlers[edit]
Stables and tag teams[edit]
Managers and valets[edit]
Commentators and interviewers[edit]
Referees[edit]
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. |
References[edit]
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