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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Jul 24, 2014 3:25:49 GMT -5
Was Jacques suppose to be The Mountie? I mean he didn't even change attires..
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 24, 2014 3:57:38 GMT -5
If I recall, WWE was being pressured by Canada to knock that shit off, and they decided to do it in the most half-assed way possible to stick it to them.
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Post by JTG Fan on Jul 24, 2014 4:04:29 GMT -5
They're not the Mounties. Unlike the Mounties, they always get their man.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Jul 24, 2014 4:59:08 GMT -5
I remember them referring to him as Jacques Rougeau a couple of times when he was the Mountie, so I'd guess yeah.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jul 24, 2014 6:38:15 GMT -5
If I recall, WWE was being pressured by Canada to knock that shit off, and they decided to do it in the most half-assed way possible to stick it to them. It drew more attention to the Mounties by the Quebecers singing they aren't the Mounties and dressing like them.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 24, 2014 7:19:49 GMT -5
If I recall, WWE was being pressured by Canada to knock that shit off, and they decided to do it in the most half-assed way possible to stick it to them. It drew more attention to the Mounties by the Quebecers singing they aren't the Mounties and dressing like them. Pretty much, with WWE doing what they needed to, but getting their shots in still.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 24, 2014 7:46:25 GMT -5
I don't recall any connection between Jacques and Mountie. If it was, it was a subtle jab as if Jacques wouldn't have wanted the mention.
The Quebeccers run, both actually, were strange to me. In 1993, they seemed to come out of nowhere. They debuted around July 1993 but I didn't see them on TV until September of 1993 around the time the Steiners feud started. They won the titles and all of a sudden were the big heel team. Their 1998 run was much less memorable but again, they seemed to come out of nowhere (I was reading the Observer so I think there was a mention of a possible return) and as quick as it was, they were gone again like April of the same year. They didn't even stick around long enough to get a Comic Images WWF trading card when everyone else seemed to-everyone from Papi Chulo, Stephen Regal, Southern Justice and Dr. Death.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jul 24, 2014 8:09:02 GMT -5
I don't recall any connection between Jacques and Mountie. If it was, it was a subtle jab as if Jacques wouldn't have wanted the mention. The Quebeccers run, both actually, were strange to me. In 1993, they seemed to come out of nowhere. They debuted around July 1993 but I didn't see them on TV until September of 1993 around the time the Steiners feud started. They won the titles and all of a sudden were the big heel team. Their 1998 run was much less memorable but again, they seemed to come out of nowhere (I was reading the Observer so I think there was a mention of a possible return) and as quick as it was, they were gone again like April of the same year. They didn't even stick around long enough to get a Comic Images WWF trading card when everyone else seemed to-everyone from Papi Chulo, Stephen Regal, Southern Justice and Dr. Death. In the magazine profiles they put out, they did reference Jacques as a former IC champion, so there were hints. I love the 1993 tag team scene in WWF, The Quebecers were my first favourtie team so thay have a special place in my heart. Them, The Headshrinkers, Smoking Gunns, Money Inc. The Steiner Brothers, that's a good little scene, they all had their gimmicks, they matched and had good tag team manoeuvres.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 24, 2014 10:55:04 GMT -5
I love the 1993 tag team scene in WWF, The Quebecers were my first favourtie team so thay have a special place in my heart. Them, The Headshrinkers, Smoking Gunns, Money Inc. The Steiner Brothers, that's a good little scene, they all had their gimmicks, they matched and had good tag team manoeuvres. I think the first I saw of them was in that 1993 profiles magazine. The publication always seemed to be ahead of the time. The 1995 featured Goldust (who had debuted on house shows) who had not appeared on WWF TV at the time. There's no way even the average WWF wouldn't know Mountie was the same guy as Jacques Quebeccer. In my original post I meant to post how both of their runs were short. The 1998 run was extremely short but even their 1993-1994 run was short. They were done as a team by April or May 1994 and Pierre was doing a singles run. They may have done a singles match on the house shows but not TV. The tag team scene was pretty good at the time, it had been for a few years even though there weren't any major long lasting teams like in the mid 80s. The bad part about the 1993-1994 tag scene was that the major teams didn't last that long. Money Inc was done in mid 1993, Steiners only lasted about a year on TV as did Quebeccers and original Headshrinkers were done after two years. That left us with Smoking Gunns (good), Well Dunn and Heavenly Bodies and a number of make-shift teams.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2014 12:03:58 GMT -5
But wasn't their theme song Jacques and Pierre (and maybe Johnny Polo) singing, "We're the mounties - we're handsome - we're brave - we're strong..."
I never considered there to be any disconnect between the Mountie and Quebecer Jacques. I just figured they started calling him Jacques because it was better than calling them Mountie #1 and Mountie #2.
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Post by auph10imitated on Jul 24, 2014 13:19:32 GMT -5
Yeah it was strange, they did come out of no where. I dont understand why they were given a title run so soon and while there was subtle hints at them being the same person I dont recall it being said outright but since Mountie left in Nov 1992 and they debuted in July 1993, it was pretty obvious.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jul 24, 2014 15:13:40 GMT -5
But wasn't their theme song Jacques and Pierre (and maybe Johnny Polo) singing, "We're the mounties - we're handsome - we're brave - we're strong..." I never considered there to be any disconnect between the Mountie and Quebecer Jacques. I just figured they started calling him Jacques because it was better than calling them Mountie #1 and Mountie #2. Actually it was the opposite, *Clears Throat* We're not the Mounties We're handsome, we're brave, we're strong We're not the Mounties Cuz we enforce the law You can try to run, but you can never hide Unlike the Mounties, We always get our maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 26, 2014 4:42:35 GMT -5
But wasn't their theme song Jacques and Pierre (and maybe Johnny Polo) singing, "We're the mounties - we're handsome - we're brave - we're strong..." I never considered there to be any disconnect between the Mountie and Quebecer Jacques. I just figured they started calling him Jacques because it was better than calling them Mountie #1 and Mountie #2. Actually it was the opposite, *Clears Throat* We're not the Mounties We're handsome, we're brave, we're strong We're not the Mounties Cuz we enforce the law You can try to run, but you can never hide Unlike the Mounties, We always get our maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! I believe you're both right. I think they had a brief period where they sang that song, until the RCMP told them to knock it off. Which is funny, because the Mounties have done some heel tactics in real life WWF never even dreamed of.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2014 9:26:10 GMT -5
Yes, they cleared all that up in the book on Montreal (which has a lot about Jacques Rougeau - imagine that). He could be "the Mountie" in the United States, but in Canada he could not use that moniker; he was just Jacques Rougeau.
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