Gino Brito
Poirier was trained by Edouard Carpentier and Louis Laurence. He debuted in 1982. In the early 1980s, he joined the Montreal-based International Wrestling Association as a masked hooded wrestler and was known as " The Masked Marvel". Poirier wrestled as a face until October 1984, when he turning heel and changed his name to "The Mercenary". Shortly after turning heel, Poirier was unmasked by Gino Brito.