Jacques Rougeau is a professional wrestler (born June 13 1960) from Montreal, Canada active in the late twentieth and early twenty-first cenuries under his own name as well as the stage-names of The Mountie and, simply, Jacques.

The Rougeau family as a whole has been very involved in professional wrestling; Jacques is the brother of Ray Rougeau, the son of Jacques Rougeau Sr. and the nephew of Jean "Johnny" Rougeau, all of whom have worked as professional wrestlers and promoters of wrestling matches. Jacques' sister Johanne also promoted wrestling matches in Montreal, and brother Armand wrestled for smaller federations.

While teaming with his brother Raymond as the "Fabulous Rougeaus", Jacques participated in a relatively groundbreaking heel angle in which the Canadian brothers were announced as "From Canada, but soon to relocate to the United States," and had an intentionally annoying entrance theme in which they sang about being "All-American Boys". They also waved tiny American flags, infuriating fans.

In the late 1980s, Jacques assumed the role of "The Mountie" in the WWF, managed by Jimmy Hart. "The Mountie" character was a corrupt, taser-wielding member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who would often boast that he "Always gets his man" in the ring. "The Mountie" had two entrance theme songs - the first, a short-lived trumpet theme meant to highlight the Canadian heritage of the character, and the second, a heel marching theme sung by Jacques entitled "I'm the Mountie." The character was eventually the subject of litigation in Canada, leading to Rougeau being enjoined from performing as "the Mountie" in his home country. Thus, while wrestling in Canada, he was billed using only his real name and did not wear his Mountie-inspired hat and jacket to the ring, although he did retain other parts of his costime such as red shirt, black pants, and boots.

As "The Mountie", Jacques held the WWF Intercontinental Championship on one occasion, and held the WWF World Tag Team Championship on three occasions as part of "The Quebecers" tag team with Pierre-Carl Oulette . "The Quebecers" characters were an extension of the earlier Mountie-theme, albeit with a more casual costume and an emphasis on bullying behavior. The pair emphasized their detachment from the earlier Mountie controversy by using a doctored version of Jacques' second Mountie theme song, entitled "We're Not The Mounties". In the 1990s, Jacques and Pierre-Carl went on to wrestle as "The Amazing French Canadians" in the WCW.

External Links

• http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingRougeaus/home.html