Jean Gagné Jean Gagné ( May 25 , 1950 – October 21 , 2016 ) was a Québécois retired professional wrestler and manager , best known under the ring name Frenchy Martin . During his World Wrestling Federation heyday in the 1980s as the manager of Canadian wrestler Dino Bravo , he was known for his trademark sign that read " USA is not OK " . Gagné , however , began his career in Canada , primarily in Stampede Wrestling , and Puerto Rico ' s World Wrestling Council . In 1990 , Gagné left the WWF and retired from professional wrestling . Professional wrestling career . Canada and Puerto Rico . Jean Gagné began his career in 1971 in Quebec and in Stu Hart ' s Stampede Wrestling . In June 1977 , Gagné , under the name Frenchy Martin , won the ESA North American Heavyweight Championship in Trans - Canada Wrestling . In July , he lost the title to Leo Burke . In Stampede Wrestling in February 1976 , he held the Stampede International Tag Team Championship under the name Don Gagné . In October 1977 , Gagné , still wrestling under the name Don Gagné , won the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship in a tournament final after the former champion Dan Kroffat retired and vacated the title . In January , however , he lost the title to old rival Leo Burke . Gagné defeated Burke for the Stampede Championship in November 1979 but lost it to Mr . Sekigawa in December . Meanwhile , Jean Gagné also wrestled in Puerto Rico ' s World Wrestling Council under his own name , and in the first half of 1978 , he and partner Huracán Castillo traded the WWC World Tag Team Championship with the team of Invader I and José Rivera , holding the title once . He also held the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship and the WWC North American Tag Team Championship , the latter he held four time ; one of the times was with Michel Martel as part of a tag team called The Mercenaries . While in Puerto Rico , he wrestled Ric Flair in a match to a 60 - minute time limit draw . World Wrestling Federation . In August 1987 , he became the host of a WWF talk show segment called " Le Studio " ( presented only in Canada , during " WWF Superstars of Wrestling " ) , one of his first guest was Mr . T . Frenchy Martin began managing Bravo after his split with the tag partners Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine , collectively known as The Dream Team . During his alliance with Bravo , Martin regularly carried a sign down to ringside that read " USA is not OK " . In March 1988 , he managed Bravo at WrestleMania IV in a match against Don Muraco . During a rematch at SummerSlam in August , Martin distracted Bravo ' s opponent Muraco to allow Bravo to get the victory . In October at the King of the Ring , Martin managed Bravo in a win over Jim Duggan in a flag match . He also appeared at Bravo ' s side at Saturday Night ' s Main Event XVII at the end of October . On Thanksgiving night , he also appeared at Survivor Series . At the Royal Rumble in January 1989 , Bravo , accompanied by Martin , teamed with The Fabulous Rougeaus ( Jacques and Raymond ) but lost a two out of three falls match against Jim Duggan and The Hart Foundation ( Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart ) . At WrestleMania V at April 1989 , after Bravo ' s match with Ron Garvin , Martin attacked Garvin , and as a result , Garvin performed his signature maneuver on him . Bravo eventually dropped Martin in favor of Jimmy Hart . Later , Martin appeared as an occasional " jobber " on weekly WWF television broadcasts , reviving his initial role with the company when he joined the WWF in 1986 . By mid - 1990 , Gagné retired and left the business . Outside the WWF . In Montreal ' s Lutte Internationale in January 1984 , Gagné won the Canadian International Tag Team Championship with partner Pierre Lefebvre from the team of Gino Brito and Tony Parisi , but lost them in a rematch on February 20 . In June , Gagné and Lefebvre won the title back , but lost it to Raymond Rougeau and Jacques Rougeau , Jr . in the beginning of July . In 1980 , under the name Masked Cyclops , Gagné won the NWA Pacific International Championship from Tor Kamata , but he lost it later that year to Siva Afi . At the International Wrestling 2000 card at the Centre Pierre Charbonneau , Gagné as Frenchy Martin managed Richard Charland in the semi - main event against King Kong Bundy .