René Goguen René Goguen ( December 15 , 1983 ) better known by his ring name René Duprée , is a Canadian professional wrestler . Goguen is best known for his tenure in World Wrestling Entertainment , where he is a one - time World Tag Team Champion with Sylvain Grenier as the tag team La Résistance and a one time WWE Tag Team Champion with Kenzo Suzuki . Upon winning both titles , Goguen became the youngest wrestler in WWE history to win the World Tag Team Championship ( at age 19 ) and the WWE Tag Team Championship ( at age 20 ) . His World Tag Team Championship win also made him the youngest man in WWE history to win any title . He is also the son of celebrated Canadian Maritimes wrestling promoter Emile Duprée . Professional wrestling career . As his father Emile was a wrestling promoter , Goguen was exposed and encouraged into wrestling at a young age . Goguen became a professional wrestler in 1997 at age 14 , and began working for his father ' s Grand Prix Wrestling promotion . A few years later , he signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment , and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling to further develop his skills . World Wrestling Entertainment . La Résistance ( 2003 – 2004 ) . After weeks of vignettes airing , Sylvain Grenier and Duprée made their first appearance on the April 28 , 2003 episode of " Raw " as La Résistance by attacking Scott Steiner . Steiner had made remarks two weeks earlier comparing France to hell and Grenier and Duprée were offended . La Résistance went on to feud with Scott Steiner and Test , who was forced to be Steiner ' s tag team partner by Stacy Keibler . La Résistance ended up defeating Steiner and Test at Judgment Day on May 18 , 2003 in the team ' s pay - per - view debut . On June 15 , 2003 , La Résistance won the World Tag Team Championship from Kane and Rob Van Dam at Bad Blood , making Duprée the youngest wrestler in WWE history to not only win the World Tag Team Championship , but any championship in the company ' s history at 19 years old . Also , as a result of winning the title , he is the only teenager in the history of the WWE that has won a championship . The third member of La Résistance , Rob Conway , was originally introduced as an unnamed American serviceman being abused by Grenier and Duprée . When The Dudley Boyz came out to attack La Résistance , they brought Conway into the ring with an American flag . Once the Dudley Boyz had their backs turned , Conway attacked them with the American flag and then tore it off the pole and laid it on top of them . Conway , now renamed to Robért Conway , joined Duprée and Grenier and the trio began carrying the French flag to ringside and singing the French national anthem before their matches . La Résistance dropped the titles to the Dudley Boyz at Unforgiven in a three - on - two handicapped tables match . The trio went on to feud with several tag teams , including the Dudley Boyz , Rosey and The Hurricane , and Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak . In October 2003 , Grenier suffered a back injury . Duprée and Conway held the tag team together until Grenier returned in the Spring of 2004 . At Armageddon , La Résistance competed in a Tag Team Turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship which was won by Ric Flair and Batista . At the Royal Rumble , Duprée competed in the 30 - man Royal Rumble match where he eliminated Matt Hardy before getting eliminated by Rikishi . At Wrestlemania XX , La Résistance ( René Duprée and Rob Conway ) competed in a Fatal four - way tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles . Grenier returned in March 2004 , thus reuniting the trio . The reunion did not last long , as Duprée was the first pick in the 2004 WWE Draft Lottery on March 22 . Championship pursuits ( 2004 – 2005 ) . Duprée made his " SmackDown ! " debut on the March 25 , 2004 episode of " SmackDown ! " by defeating Billy Kidman . He briefly had a talk show on " SmackDown ! " , called " Cafe de René " , but his only guest was Torrie Wilson as the segment was cancelled after only one night . For several months , he went for the United States Championship , held by John Cena . After an incident that happened during his " Cafe de René " ( the same incident involving Torrie Wilson ) , Duprée challenged Cena to a title match . The match was granted by the then - SmackDown ! General Manager Kurt Angle and it took place at Judgment Day that May . Cena retained the title when he pinned Dupree after executing an " F - U " . At The Great American Bash , Duprée competed in a Four - way elimination match for the WWE United States Championship which which saw Cena retain once again . After losing to Cena , he focused on the WWE Tag Team Championship and eventually won the title with Kenzo Suzuki on September 9 ( making him the youngest man to win the WWE Tag Team Championship at age 20 ) . They lost the championship on the December 9 episode of " SmackDown ! " to Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio . This match happened just days before Van Dam and Mysterio were to challenge Duprée and Suzuki at Armageddon . At the pay - per - view , Duprée and Suzuki had a championship rematch , but they were unable to regain the tag title . At the 2005 Royal Rumble , Duprée competed in the 30 - man Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Chris Jericho . On the February 20 edition of Sunday Night Heat before the No Way Out pay - per - view , Duprée and Suzuki faced Hardcore Holly and Charlie Haas in a losing effort , On the March 24 , 2005 airing of " SmackDown ! " , he was " sacrificed " by The Undertaker as a message to Randy Orton ( regarding their match at WrestleMania 21 ) , when The Undertaker interrupted a match between Duprée and Booker T . The result of the " sacrifice " saw René receiving a " Tombstone Piledriver " on the steel steps which lead up to the ring . Duprée was taken off television after this , working dark matches until the April 28 edition of " SmackDown ! " , where he was defeated by John Cena . Duprée went back to dark matches and a few " Velocity " matches until the June 18 episode of " Velocity " , where Duprée came out calling himself " The French Phenom " , defeating Mark Jindrak via submission . The following week on " Velocity " , Duprée came out with a new look , sporting black trunks with his initials as well as jet black hair and a Dalí - styled goatee . Brand switches ( 2005 – 2007 ) . On June 30 , Duprée became one of the last minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery , which saw him jump from SmackDown ! back to Raw . On the July 4 edition of " Raw " , Duprée redebuted with his French Phenom gimmick and defeated Val Venis on the same night . Duprée began cutting promos using a new quote referring to himself as " Simply Phenomenal " . Duprée also began a winning streak against superstars such as The Hurricane , Matt Striker and Tajiri before suffering a near career - ending hernia in mid - September . Once Duprée was cleared to wrestle , WWE sent him back to Ohio Valley Wrestling for training before returning to WWE . In December 2005 , however , it was revealed that he was plagued by a recurring hernia . He later underwent surgery for the injury , but it was unsuccessful . Duprée later returned to OVW then to his father ' s Grand Prix Wrestling , forming a team with his brother Jeff , before wrestling dark matches on the Raw brand . On the August 8 , 2006 , episode of " ECW on Sci Fi " , a promo aired with Duprée , sporting a clean shave and long hair , announcing that he would be debuting for the brand soon . Promos aired throughout the rest of August showing Duprée taking pictures , posing in mirrors , and working out , while claiming he is " the most extreme athlete in ECW history " . Duprée made his ECW debut on September 12 , 2006 , defeating Balls Mahoney . On the February 20 , 2007 episode of " ECW on Sci Fi " , Duprée reformed La Résistance with Sylvain Grenier , but the team ' s reunion was short - lived after Duprée was suspended at the start of March and sent to rehab after violating the Health and Wellness policy . Duprée returned to the ring at WWE ' s new developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling on June 26 , 2007 and defeated Steve Madison . However , he was released from his WWE contract on July 26 , 2007 by his own request . Independent circuit ( 2007 – 2012 ) . Since leaving WWE , Gougen has wrestled primarily on the European independent circuit , as René Duprée , when he has not been wrestling in Japan . He made his debut for All Star Wrestling on January 25 , 2008 defeating Mikey Whiplash . During his tenure at ASW , he formed a partnership with fellow French Canadian , Pierre Carl Ouellet . In March 2008 , Duprée wrestled for Irish Whip Wrestling where he fought Mandrake for the IWW International Heavyweight Championship . In July 2008 , he represented Europe in the Grand Prix Tournament . In September 2008 , Duprée returned to Europe for several months where he won European Wrestling Promotion Royal Rumble and wrestled regularly for American Wrestling Rampage . In March 2009 , Duprée defeated Rob Van Dam for the AWR No Limits Championship and would vacate it after two days when he was awarded the AWR Heavyweight Championship . On November 24 , Duprée lost the AWR Heavyweight Championship to RVD in a best of two falls match but would regain the title on December 9 . Duprée re - united La Resistance with Sylvain Grenier for AWR France 2010 Tour . After leaving AJPW , Duprée wrestled on the European independent circuit only and won the Southside Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match . However his time in Europe came to an end when he returned to Canada . On November 11 , 2012 , made his debut for the American indie circuit when Duprée lost to the Dynamic Sensation in a four corners match which also included Dan Maff and Devon Moore for Pro Wrestling Syndicate in Rahway , New Jersey . In May Rene and his father are restarted Grand Prix wrestling and featured talent from All Japan pro wrestling and other assorted talent . Hustle ( 2007 – 2009 ) . Gougen debuted for the Japanese promotion Hustle on August 15 , 2007 under the name " René Bonaparte " , defeating fellow WWE alumnus Tajiri . After debuting , René became a member of President Nobuhiko Takada ' s Takada Monster Army thus continuing his winning streak . Bonaparte and Wataru wrestled their grudge match was on September 22 , with the stipulation being that Wataru ' s wife , Eiko , was to become the wife of the winner of the match . Bonaparte defeated his tag team partner Sakata via disqualification , thus winning Eiko . After a brief hiatus , Bonaparte made his return to the promotion in January 2008 and defeated Tajiri . His undefeated streak came to an end on January 17 , when he and Giant Vabo lost to Tajiri and KUSHIDA . On July 2008 , he lost the first round of the HUSTLE GP to Toshiaki Kawada . Goguen debuted a new masked gimmick , Dina Sharp , and teamed with Mighty Sharp , this gimmick didn ' t last long with them dropping the gimmick after only two shows . In April to May 2009 , Bonaparte teamed with Lance Cade and stayed undefeated in tag team matches until they lost twice to Tajiri and Magnum Tokyo . In June , Bonaparte teamed with Travis Tomko as Armageddon , where Tomko was named Arma and Bonaparte was named Geddon . In July , Geddon turned on Arma and reverted to his René Bonaparte name before defeating Arma . Goguen wrestled his final match for Hustle on October 10 , where his team lost a five - on - five tag team match . All Japan Pro Wrestling . Voodoo Murders ( 2008 , 2010 – 2011 ) . On June 22 , 2008 , Goguen debuted for All Japan Pro Wrestling under his René Duprée ring name and defeated Manabu Soya . During his short stint in 2008 he aligned himself with the Voodoo Murders stable where he teamed up with TARU mostly . On January 2 , 2010 , Duprée returned to AJPW and rejoined Voodoo Murders by filling in the final spot for a Voodoo Murders vs GURENTAI tag team match which he lost , later on in the night he lost a seventeen man battle royal . In April , he participated in 2010 ' s Champion Carnival , where he won only one match upon defeating Taiyō Kea . On September 20 , 2010 , Dupree and former tag team partner KENSO were defeated by Akebono and Taiyō Kea in a match for the World Tag Team Championship . From November 20 to December 7 , Dupree teamed with TARU in the 2010 World ' s Strongest Tag Determination League , where they finished seventh in their bracket . On June 3 , 2011 , AJPW disbanded Voodoo Murders , suspended all of its Japanese members , including Duprée , and vacated all championships following the aftermath of a backstage fight between Yoshikazu Taru and Nobukazu Hirai , which resulted in Hirai suffering a stroke . In the aftermath of this , Duprée and former Voodoo Murders member Joe Doering stayed together as a tag team until the end of Duprée ' s run with AJPW . At the joint pay - per - view All Together , which featured wrestlers from AJPW , Pro Wrestling Noah and New Japan Pro Wrestling , Duprée participated in the Destroyer Cup battle royal , which was ultimately won by Kentaro Shiga . Return and departure ( 2013 ) . During an AJPW international tour in Cocagne , New Brunswick , Canada on May 27 , 2013 , Duprée defeated Seiya Sanada to win the Gaora TV Championship . However , he returned the title to AJPW on September 11 after leaving the promotion to begin performing for Wrestle - 1 . Wrestle - 1 ( 2013 – 2014 ) . While still officially the Gaora TV Champion , Duprée made a surprise appearance at the AJPW splinter promotion Wrestle - 1 ' s inaugural event on September 8 , 2013 , teaming with Zodiac in a main event tag team match , where the two were defeated by Bob Sapp and Keiji Mutoh . Three days later , after Duprée had been announced for all future Wrestle - 1 events , he returned the Gaora TV Championship to AJPW . During the October tour , Duprée joined Masayuki Kono ' s Desperado stable . On March 2 , 2014 , Dupree took part in the big event , teaming with Desperado member Masayuki Kono and Samoa Joe losing to Rob Terry , Keiji Mutoh and Taiyō Kea in a six - man tag team match . On March 15 , Duprée competed in a battle royal to determine the number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship , which was won by Seiki Yoshioka . Personal life . Goguen ' s father , Emile , was also a professional wrestler and is currently a promoter . After leaving WWE , Goguen adopted several tattooes , including flame patterns on his forearms and lower legs , the Japanese language characters 日 and 本 on his left pectoral muscle and left deltoid respectively , and a large crucifix spanning across his back . On October 14 , 2009 , Goguen married a Japanese woman named Kanako .