John LeRoux Johnathan Mark LeRoux ( November 22 , 1976 ) is an American cartoonist and former professional wrestler . He is best known by his ring name Lash LeRoux , a take off of Cajun western movie star Lash LaRue , and for his time in World Championship Wrestling , where he was a one time World Tag Team Champion with Lieutenant Loco . Early life . LeRoux attended Oxford High School , where he was a junior high state finalist in amateur wrestling in two successive years . In his junior year he came third in the varsity state tournament . LeRoux also played football for the " Oxford High Yellow Jackets " , and in 1993 his team won the Alabama State Football Championship . After graduating from high school , LeRoux attended Jacksonville State University , studying towards a pre - med degree . He later decided to take a year out in order to focus on his burgeoning career as a cartoonist . Professional wrestling career . World Championship Wrestling ( 1998 - 2001 ) . In 1997 LeRoux saw an advertisement for the WCW Power Plant ( the professional wrestling school owned and operated by World Championship Wrestling ) on an episode of " WCW Monday Nitro " . LeRoux qualified to train in the Power Plant , meeting the arduous physical qualifications , and trained throughout 1998 , with his first match being a loss to Perry Saturn in mid - 1998 . He was promoted to the main roster in July 1998 , and wrestled on " WCW Saturday Night " , " WCW WorldWide " and " WCW Thunder " as " Mark LeRoux " for several months , often losing squash matches . He debuted on " Nitro " on February 2 , 1999 as " Lash LeRoux " , losing to then - Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman . It was this match that caught the eyes of WCW officials , and he was signed to an official contract with World Championship Wrestling . LeRoux competed primarily in the cruiserweight division . He feuded with Disco Inferno over the Cruiserweight Championship , and lost to Disco in a title match at Halloween Havoc 1999 . Shortly afterwards , LeRoux and Disco joined forces against the New York gangster Tony Marinara and his henchmen , The Mamalukes , who were owed money by the compulsive gambler Disco . They faced Big Vito and Johnny The Bull in a tag team match at Starrcade 1999 , but lost following a miscommunication between the partners . After the match , the unconscious Disco Inferno was carried from the arena inside a body bag and locked in the trunk of a car . He appeared sporadically on television , teaming with Midnight and pursuing the Cruiserweight Championship once more . He was fired in storyline by WCW President Eric Bischoff in April 2000 for not helping to protect him from Diamond Dallas Page , whose wife Kimberly had betrayed him in order to align herself with Bischoff . LeRoux and several other wrestlers who had been fired by the disgruntled President returned several weeks later as the Misfits In Action ( M . I . A . ) , a military - themed stable who were unwilling to align themselves with either the heel New Blood or the face Millionaire ' s Club . All of the Misfits were given ranks , with LeRoux known as " Corporal Cajun " . The M . I . A . feuded with the New Blood , with LeRoux helping Lieutenant Loco retain his Cruiserweight Championship . LeRoux and Loco won the WCW World Tag Team Championship on October 9 , 2000 in Sydney , Australia , defeating New Blood members Mark Jindrak and Sean O ' Haire , but lost the belts just minutes later in an instant rematch ordered by commissioner Mike Sanders ( also a New Blood member ) . The M . I . A . also feuded with Team Canada , who had taken possession of the United States Heavyweight Championship and renamed it the " Canadian Heavyweight Championship " , during which time M . I . A . ' s valet , Major Gunns turned on them and joined Team Canada . The M . I . A . gradually disbanded in late 2000 and early 2001 , with the departure of Loco and Sergeant A . W . O . L . precipitating the end of the stable . On January 23 , 2001 the leader of the M . I . A . , General Rection , requested LeRoux ' s M . I . A . shirt , informing him that he had been " honourably discharged " . LeRoux began wrestling as Lash LeRoux once more , and returned to the cruiserweight division . His last appearance on WCW television was on the February 19 episode of " Nitro " , where he challenged United States Champion Rick Steiner and was easily defeated . Following the purchase of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001 , LeRoux was signed to a three - year developmental contract by the WWF in April 2001 . Along with several other former WCW wrestlers , he was sent to the Heartland Wrestling Association to further his training . LeRoux negotiated his release in June 2002 , preferring " to pursue other options rather than be stuck in limbo . " Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and retirement ( 2002 - 2005 ) . LeRoux appeared on the inaugural Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay - per - view on June 19 , 2002 , competing in the Gauntlet for the Gold where he was eliminated by Jeff Jarrett . The following week , LeRoux suffered a neck injury while working on the independent circuit , and was initially told that he needed surgery . He consulted a second doctor , however , and underwent seven months of physical rehabilitation without surgery until his neck healed . From April to July 2004 , LeRoux travelled south to Orlando , Florida and appeared occasionally on TNA ' s secondary television show " Xplosion " . LeRoux also competed for a number of independent promotions , including Georgia Championship Wrestling and NWA Wrestle Birmingham and made a number of appearances in Deep South Wrestling . Cartoonist . LeRoux has also worked as a cartoonist , and his work has been featured in multiple publications and websites including " Pro Wrestling Illustrated " and " The Wrestler " . During his tenure in WCW , he drew a series of single - panel comics for " WCW Magazine " called " Lashing Out " . Since retiring from wrestling , LeRoux has become a full - time cartoonist and illustrator . Personal life . LeRoux has two brothers , older brother Joseph and younger brother James , and younger twin sisters , Terri and Sherri Creswell . LeRoux married his high school sweetheart , Elizabeth , on December 22 , 1997 . LeRoux is close friends with fellow WCW alumni and Misfits In Action stablemates Bill DeMott and Chavo Guerrero , Jr . , and Jerry Tuite ( until Tuite ' s death ) . Growing up , LeRoux was a fan of Ric Flair , Hulk Hogan , Bob Armstrong , Arn Anderson , and the Four Horsemen . LeRoux is a Christian .