Phil Lafon
Dan Kroffat | |
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Birth name | Philippe Lafon[1][2] |
Born | [3] Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada[4][2] | September 16, 1961
Alma mater | NorQuest College[1] |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Black Sabbath Dan Kroffat[4] Danny Kroffat Phil Lafleur[4] Phil Lafon Philip Lafon Rocky Venturo[4] Rene Rougeau[4] Blue Blazer II |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[5] |
Billed weight | 231 lb (105 kg)[5] |
Billed from | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Trained by | Mr. Hito[4][5] |
Debut | 1983[5] |
Retired | 2014 |
Philippe Lafon (born September 16, 1961) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation as Phil Lafon and with All Japan Pro Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring name Dan Kroffat.[1][2][6][4][5]
Early life
Lafon was born in Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada, to his French-Canadian parents and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2][4]
Professional wrestling career
Early career (1983–1988)
Lafon was discovered at a local gym in Canada by
All Japan Pro Wrestling (1988–1996)
Kroffat was a longtime mainstay of
Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996, 1997–1998)
The duo joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in late 1996, having a series of matches against Sabu and Rob Van Dam. At Fright Fight 1997, Lafon and Furnas were defeated by
Lafon and Furnas also formed a short-lived stable of "invaders" from the WWF with Lance Wright,
World Wrestling Federation (1996–1997)
A few months later, both men made their
Late career (1998–2014)
After leaving both WWF and ECW, Doug Furnas retired from wrestling and the pair went their own separate ways. Lafon wrestled in Mexico for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in 1998 as the Blue Blazer II. He returned to All Japan between 2000 and 2001, then worked in the independents in Western Canada until his initial retirement in 2006.
Lafon was the Head Trainer of Monster Pro Wrestling (MPW) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On March 6, 2010 in Edmonton, he returned to the ring to compete with MPW after five years of being in retirement, due to nagging knee and shoulder injuries.[4] He would wrestle his last match in 2014.
Personal life
In 2014, Lafon graduated from NorQuest College with a diploma in social work.[1]
Championships and accomplishments
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- All Asia Tag Team Championship (5 times) - with Doug Furnas[4][6]
- World Junior Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- World's Strongest Tag Determination League New Wave Award (1989) - with Doug Furnas[13]
- World's Strongest Tag Determination League Power Award (1991) - with Doug Furnas[14]
- Extreme Championship Wrestling
- 1 time) - with Doug Furnas[6]
- Lutte Internationale
- Canadian International Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Tom Zenk (1 time) and Armand Rougeau (1 time)[2][6]
- Monster Pro Wrestling
- MPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Sonic Insania
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 163 of the 500 top singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003[15]
- Universal Wrestling Association
- UWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Doug Furnas
- World Wrestling Council
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Match of the Year(1992) with Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Sendai, May 25
- Most Underrated Wrestler(1989)
See also
- The Can-Am Express
References
- ^ a b c d "Philippe Lafon". NorQuest College. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-77090-296-1.
- ^ "Canoe.Com". canoe. Archived from the original on December 6, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Sean Cooper (April 7, 2010). "Phil Lafon returns to the ring". Canoe.com. Quebecor Media. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c d e "Phil Lafon". Cagematch.net. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4766-0505-0.
- ^ "puroresucentral.com". Go Daddy. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ "All Japan Jr. Heavyweight Championship". www.puroresucentral.com.
- Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- ^ "Real World Tag League 1989". Cage Match. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "World's Strongest Tag Determination League Power Award". Cage Match. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated Top 500 – PWI Years". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
External links
- Phil Lafon's profile at Cagematch.net , Internet Wrestling Database
- Phil Lafon at IMDb