Vivian Vachon : Woman Wrestler
Vivian Vachon : Woman Wrestler
5' 7" 145 lbs
Wrestled from 1969 to 1986
Trainers: Mad Dog Vachon & Fabulous Moolah
Trainers: Mad Dog Vachon & Fabulous Moolah
Vivian Vachon was the sister of wrestlers Maurice and Paul Vachon. She was also the aunt of wrestler Luna Vachon. She is considered one of the best female wrestlers of the 1970s.
Viviane Vachon, born in 1951 in Montreal, grew up as one of thirteen children of Ferdinand Vachon, a Montreal police officer who later retired and settled on a farm. Vivian started wrestling at a young age, and at the age of 16 she went to The Fabulous Moolah's school to train. While she was there she ended up dating one of Moolah's nephews.
She began her career in wrestling in the late 1960s while still a teenager, training with her brothers Maurice and Paul, who were both champion professional wrestlers. She adopted the ring name "Vivian Vachon" (or "Viviane Vachon").
In February 1971, she became the California Women's Champion. She became the American Wrestling Association's (AWA) Women's Champion for a time, defeating Bette Boucher on November 4, 1971. In the early 1970s she starred in the motion picture the Wrestling Queen, which also included her brothers and other wrestlers. She came back to wrestle in the 1980s for Mad Dog's farewell tour and a tour of Japan. In 2006, she was honored posthumously by the Cauliflower Alley Club.
Vachon also put out a couple of singles in French, which were hits in Canada.
In 1978, she married wrestler Buddy Wolfe.
Nicknames
"Wrestling Queen"
"Vivacious Vivian"
"Wrestling Queen"
"Vivacious Vivian"
Championships & accomplishments
American Wrestling Association
AWA World Women's Championship (1 time)
American Wrestling Association
AWA World Women's Championship (1 time)
Cauliflower Alley Club
Posthumous Award (2006) with Bobby Shane
Posthumous Award (2006) with Bobby Shane
Other titles
GPW Women's Championship
California Women's Championship
GPW Women's Championship
California Women's Championship
