Hubert Gallant
Hubert Gallant | |
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Birth name | Hubert Gallant |
Born | Emile Dupree Leo Burke | November 12, 1955
Debut | May 2, 1975 |
Retired | 1986 |
Hubert Gallant (born November 12, 1955) is a
Professional wrestling career
Early career
Born in the rural countryside on the outskirts of
Gallant had been working as a machine operator when, at age 19, he contacted Rudy Kay to be trained as a professional wrestler. Gallant, who at the time weighed 160 lb (73 kg), was advised to increase his weight and began training with a local bodybuilder eventually he weighing in at around 200 lb (91 kg) after six months.
Beginning his training with Emile Dupree and the Cuban Assassin in late 1974, he eventually made his professional debut as "Larry Roberts" wrestling a 15-minute match on May 2, 1975. He would later tour the Maritimes with Dupree's Grand Prix Wrestling and International Wrestling during the summer and in Montreal before the end of the year.
After spending early 1976 competing in International Wrestling, Leo Burke was able to arrange Gallant to tour the United States with the
Stampede Wrestling
After returning to Canada, Gallant began wrestling for
After a brief return to Charlotte during 1978, in which he wrestled his former trainer Rudy Kay in a 30-min. match, he began teaming with Moose Morowski in Calgary and Charlotte. Splitting his time between the Maritimes and Calgary, he declined offers to tour Japan and Germany instead wishing to remain in Calgary. He later teamed with Keith Hart to win the Stampede Wrestling International tag team titles from the Cuban Assassin and Norman Frederick Charles III on April 29 before losing the titles to Raul and Fidel Castillo September 9, 1978.
With Leo Burke, together they advanced to the finals of a championship tournament to fill the vacant Stampede International tag team titles before losing to The Dynamite Kid &
During 1981, he defeated Bruce Hart for the Stampede Wrestling British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship on March 13 and soon began teaming with Kerry Brown against Bruce and Keith Hart the following month before losing a 6-man tag team match with Brown and Jude Rosenbloom against Jim Neidhart, Bruce and Keith Hart in Edmonton, Alberta on April 18.[4]
Losing the title to former tag team partner Keith Hart on May 9, the following year he would team with Jude Rosenbloom losing to Hercules Ayala & Kung Fu in the opening rounds of the 1982 Stampede International Tag Team Tournament in March 1982.[5]
In 1984, he began teaming with
After undergoing back surgery later that year, Gallant spent six months recuperating before returning to active competition. However, after teaming with Kerry Brown to lose to
Retirement
After his retirement, Gallant settled down with his wife Claire and his two sons Jocelin and Jason in Cap-Pele, New Brunswick where he resumed his career as a machine operator hauling wood and buying woodlots although he would continue to train younger wrestlers for Grand Prix Wrestling during the 1990s, most notably Gary Williams and Mike Hughes.
An accomplished musician, he has also appeared as a guitarist playing with Francis Cormier and the Bluegrass Diamonds while touring the Maritimes provinces.[1]
Championships and accomplishments
- TransCanada Wrestling
- Maritime Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Leo Burke 1977
- Grand Prix Wrestling
- GPW North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Leo Burke [8]
- International Wrestling
- Global Tag Team Championship (2 or 3 times) - with Rudy Kay
- Stampede Wrestling
- 1 time) [9]
- 2 times) - with Keith Hart and Danny Davis [10]
References
- ^ a b c Oliver, Greg (2006-10-05). "The sweet sounds of Hubert Gallant's career". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "1980's Match History". BretHart.info. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30.
- ^ "1979 Stampede International Tag Team Title Tournament". ProWrestlingHistory.com. 2006.
- ^ Nevada, Vance; Mike Rodgers (2005-07-30). "Wrestling Match Results: Kerry Brown". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "1982 Stampede International Tag Team Title Tournament". ProWrestlingHistory.com. 2006.
- ^ "1984 Stampede International Tag Team Title Tournament". ProWrestlingHistory.com. 2006.
- ^ "1985 Stampede International Tag Team Title Tournament". ProWrestlingHistory.com. 2006.
- ^ "Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling North American Tag Team Title". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- ^ "British Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Title (Calgary Stampede)". Puroresu Dojo. 2003.
- ^ "Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Title". Puroesu Dojo. 2003. Archived from the original on 2008-05-05.
External links
- Hubert Gallant's profile at Cagematch.net
- Gary Will's Canadian Pro Wrestling Page of Fame