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Pierre Carl Ouellet
Ouellet in 2018
Birth nameCarl Josef Yvon Ouellet[1]
Born (1967-12-30) December 30, 1967 (age 56)[1][2][3][4]
Sainte-Catherine, Quebec, Canada[2][4]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Bash the Terminator[5]
Carl Ouellet[5]
Jean-Pierre LaFitte[5]
Killer Karl Wallace[5]
Kris Kannonball[5]
PCO[5][4]
Perfect Creation One[6]
Pierre[5]
Pierre Carl Ouellet[5]
Pierre Ouellet[5]
The Pirate[5]
Quebecer Pierre
Super Bee #1[5]
Wal Wallace[5]
Wild Carl Wallace[5]
X[5]
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[7]
Billed weight300 lb (136 kg)[7]
Billed fromMontreal, Quebec, Canada[7]
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Trained byÉdouard Carpentier[5]
Pat Girard[5]
Dan Kroffat[5]
Steve Strong[5]
Debut1987[7]

Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet (born December 30, 1967) is a Canadian

stable.[6][1][2][3][5][7]

Ouellet is best known for his appearances with the

ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion. Other promotions Ouellet has wrestled for include Extreme Championship Wrestling, the International Wrestling Association, and Major League Wrestling
.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1987–1993)

Carl Ouellet debuted in 1987. He worked on the independent circuit – at one point forming a tag team with "Evil" Eddie Watts known as the "Super Bees".

He also worked in South Africa and Germany.

In January 1993, Ouellet began wrestling for the

World Wrestling Federation.[9]

World Wrestling Federation (1993–1995)

The Quebecers (1993–1994)

Main article: The Quebecers

In 1993, Ouellet joined the

gimmick, The Mountie, which had been banned in Canada due to concern that the heelish character of The Mountie would lead to children mistrusting legitimate Mounties. The Quebecers sang their own entrance theme, in which they stated that, contrary to appearances, "We're not the Mounties". Later in the year they were joined by manager, Johnny Polo.[2]

The Quebecers held the

The Headshrinkers on the May 2 episode of Monday Night Raw in Burlington, Vermont. After losing to The Headshrinkers at a house show in July, that led to Pierre's sneak attack on Jacques. The feud culminated in the former partners' wrestling one another in Rougeau's retirement match on October 21, 1994, in Montreal, main-eventing a sold-out house show.[2][10]
After Jacques retired, Ouellet worked in house shows.

Jean-Pierre LaFitte (1995)

Ouellet in 1995

In March 1995, Ouellet was repackaged as "Jean-Pierre LaFitte", the supposed descendant of the pirate

Jean LaFitte. As a pirate he wore an eyepatch over his blind right eye.[2] He engaged in a three-month feud with Bret Hart and stole the mirrored sunglasses that Hart handed to fans at ringside. After LaFitte stole Hart's trademark leather jacket, the enemies faced one another at In Your House 3 on September 24, 1995, where Hart forced Ouellet to submit by using the Sharpshooter.[2][11] In his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer described this pay-per-view match as the "show saver" and an "excellent match."[12] Hart later recalled, "In a lot of ways, I loved working with guys like him. He was a guy, that when he threw you in the ropes, he really threw you in the rope...everything he did was power, and at the same time he was a very safe guy.... He took a lot of pride in his work, he really wanted to have a great match with me...And so we worked really hard, and it was a really good match."[13]

Ouellet's WWF career came to an end after an alleged

buried due to the Kliq's influence.[10][11][14] Ouellet left the WWF in November 1995.[15]

World Championship Wrestling (1996–1997)

See also: The Amazing French Canadians

In September 1996, Ouellet reunited with Jacques Rougeau and moved to World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where the duo was known as The Amazing French Canadians. They wore more traditional wrestling gear, but failed to duplicate the success they had found in the WWF.[2] They had the distinction of losing to Arn Anderson and Steve "Mongo" McMichael in Anderson's last match.

The Amazing French Canadians were managed by Col. Robert Parker (who began dressing in a French Foreign Legion uniform), and they began feuding with Harlem Heat as a result of tension between Parker and Harlem Heat's manager, Sister Sherri. After Harlem Heat defeated the Amazing French Canadians at World War 3 on November 24, 1996, Sherri won the right to fight Parker for three minutes. Parker was beaten down by Sherri, but the rivals later reconciled and fell in love with one another.[16]

In April 1997, Ouellet won a 'patch match' against The Giant in a house show in Montreal via disqualification.[17][9] He made his final appearance with WCW on the June 16, 1997, episode of Nitro, with he and Jacques losing to Harlem Heat.

Catch Wrestling Association (1997)

From September to December 1997, Ouellet wrestled for the Catch Wrestling Association in Hanover and Bremen in Germany. Wrestling as "Jean-Pierre LaFitte", he competed in both the Catch Cup and the International Catch Cup.

Return to WWF (1998–2000)

See also: The Quebecers

Along with Jacques, Ouellet was rehired by the WWF in January 1998.

Brawl for All tournament, but lost in the first round to "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.[18] The Quebecers took part in the tag team battle royal at WrestleMania XIV, but disbanded once again soon afterward. Along with other WWF employees such as Bart Gunn and Vader, he worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling as part of a talent loan, and spent time in the WWF's Memphis based developmental territory, Power Pro Wrestling, where he was known as "Kris Kannonball".[17] He left the WWF once more when his contract expired in January 2000, unhappy with the way he was being used.[19][15]

Extreme Championship Wrestling (2000)

Ouellet began working for

squashing jobbers for several weeks before losing to Justin Credible in a match for Credible's ECW World Heavyweight Championship.[19]

Return to WCW (2000)

See also: Team Canada (WCW)

Ouellet and Rougeau had a second run in WCW in August 2000, briefly joining Team Canada at the New Blood Rising pay-per-view. Rougeau—who had additionally served as a guest referee in Lance Storm's win over Mike Awesome—left immediately afterwards, upset with the WCW creative team's plans for him, while Ouellet worked two more dates in Canada and was awarded the WCW Hardcore Championship by Storm on August 14 as Storm held three different titles at the same time. He lost the title that same night to Norman Smiley.

Due to working visa issues, Ouellet could not work in the US, and had to be released back to Canada soon after.[19]

Independent circuit (2000–2005)

Between 2000 and 2003, Ouellet appeared with Rougeau's International Wrestling 2000

Verdun Auditorium in Montreal on December 29, 2000, facing King Kong Bundy in front of an audience of 4,000.[19]
In the summer of 2003 Ouellet decided to begin wrestling in the Quebec area once more.

Ouellet returned to the Puerto Rican promotion

IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
for first time in his career. Lafitte left IWA.

NWA Total Nonstop Action / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2003, 2005–2007)

In November 2003, Ouellet debuted in

NWA Total Nonstop Action as "X", a masked[10] wrestler who competed primarily in the X Division as he had a feud with Christopher Daniels and Sonjay Dutt
. He left after two months.

In February 2005, Ouellet began hosting the

RDS studios with Marc Blondin, replacing Michel Letourneur. He even had a war of the words against comedian Jean-René Dufort (of Infoman fame), to which Dufort responded by adopting the wrestling gimmick "La Punaise Masquée" (The Masked Tick) and "challenging" Ouellet to a match. However, Dufort backed out before the match could take place. In October 2007 he quit the company and was replaced by Sylvain Grenier
.

Other WWE appearances (2007, 2008)

In October 2007, Ouellet wrestled a dark match for

ECW / SmackDown! tapings. He was defeated by Tommy Dreamer.[10]

In July 2008, Ouellet lost to

Slam! Sports on August 6, 2008, Ouellet declared that he would like another stint with the WWE.[10]

Independent circuit (2005–2011)

In the mid-2000s, Ouellet wrestled for the Montreal-based International Wrestling Syndicate and the Hull-based CPW International promotion, under the "Pierre Carl Ouellet" name once again.

Ouellet also wrestled for All-Star promotions in Britain alongside his friends and tag team partners with

Rene Dupree. Ouellet has mainly been working a lot of Tag Team matches with Rene Dupree, Robbie Dynamite, Hannibal and Mikey Whiplash. He defeated Sylvain Grenier in an RDS battle on June 21, 2008, in Hawkesbury, Ontario Canada with Marc Blondin serving as the special referee. He then defeated long-time rival Kevin Nash on May 30, 2009, at the International Wrestling Syndicate's 10th Anniversary show by making him submit via an armbar.[21]

Ouellet retired from professional wrestling on February 8, 2011.[22]

Return to the independent circuit (2016–2018)

PCO in 2016

On May 21, 2016, Ouellet made his return to professional wrestling at an MWF event, entitled "Collision," in

Walter at Game Changer Wrestling's (GCW) Joey Janela's Spring Break 2 in New Orleans. Ouellet's performance and online footage of his unconventional workout regimen impressed the independent wrestling audience, and led to many higher-profile bookings.[27][28]

On June 18, 2018, Ouellet was announced as the first of twenty-four participants for

T-Hawk and Timothy Thatcher
).

Ring of Honor (2018–2021)

On December 1, 2018, Ouellet announced his exclusive signing with

The Kingdom to win the ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship, making PCO a double champion within a 24-hour span.[34]

PCO performing a dive onto Rickey Shane Page in 2018

At the

ROH World Champion Matt Taven
, which gave him a future title opportunity.

On April 27 at the 2019 Crockett Cup event, PCO and King won the eight-team tournament (winning three matches in the same night) to not only win the Crockett Cup Trophy, but also win the vacant NWA World Tag Team Championship as well. At War of the Worlds, PCO challenged ROH World Champion Matt Taven for the championship, however he was defeated. The following night, PCO continued his feud with Taven by attacking Taven following his win over Mark Haskins.[36] PCO would then compete in a Four Corner Survival match to determine the #1 contender for the ROH World Championship which was won by Jeff Cobb. At State of the Art, PCO competed in a DEFY or DENY match for the ROH World Championship which was won by Taven. At Death Before Dishonor XVII, PCO defeated Kenny King in a First-round match in the Final Battle ROH World Championship #1 contender tournament. At Glory By Honor XVII, PCO defeated fellow member of Villain Enterprises Marty Scurll in the finals of the tournament to become the #1 contender for the ROH World Championship. At Final Battle, PCO defeated Rush to become the ROH World Champion, in the process once again becoming a double champion in ROH, as well as becoming a world champion for the first time in his career. After his title win, Villain Enterpraises feuded with Rush's La Facción Ingobernable, retaining the World title against Dragon Lee, but losing against Rush on February 29. at Best in the World, PCO and Danhausen defeated The Bouncers (Brian Milonas and Beer City Bruiser).

Return to Impact Wrestling/TNA (2022–present)

At

Team Impact (Chris Sabin, Rhino, Rich Swann, Steve Maclin, and Willie Mack) in a 10-man tag team match to remain in Impact. At Sacrifice, PCO lost to Jonah. At Multiverse of Matches, PCO and Moose lost to Josh Alexander and Jonah
. On the April 14 episode of Impact Wrestling, PCO lost to Jonah. On April 24 PCO defeated Jonah in a Monsters Ball match in Poughkeepsie NY for a TV episode to be aired on May 5.

On October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, PCO would turn face by leaving Honor No More attacking his partners after Eddie Edwards quoted, "PCO is nothing but a bitch!"

Last Rites match to end their rivalry.[43] On October 24, with Impact rebranding themselves under the revived Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling entering the following year,[44] PCO was announced as the first signee of its new area.[45]

Lucha Libre AAA (2023)

PCO made his Mexico debut on March 19, 2023, for Lucha Libre AAA At the Lucha Libre World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Personal life

Ouellet lost vision in his right eye at the age of 12 after an accident with a pellet gun.[4][46]

Championships and accomplishments

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