Paul Vachon

Paul "Butcher" Vachon was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is a member of the Vachon wrestling family.
==Professional wrestling career==
Paul Vachon grew up as one of thirteen children of Ferdinand Vachon, a Montreal police officer. In 1955, he followed his brother Maurice into professional wrestling, adopting his brother's, the "Mad Dog", vicious heel style and the moniker "Butcher Vachon". He wrestled in the American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance and Georgia Championship Wrestling.
He often teamed with his brother "Mad Dog" Vachon, with whom he won the AWA World Tag Team Championship.
In the early 1970s he appeared alongside his sister Vivian Vachon in the motion picture Wrestling Queen.
Paul retired in 1986.
==Personal life==
He was the adoptive father of wrestler Luna Vachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Maurice and Vivian Vachon and former father-in-law of wrestlers David Heath (also known as Gangrel) and Tom Nash. In total, Vachon has six children and has been married four times.
After his wrestling career, Paul Vachon joined the NDP and ran as a federal candidate in 1988, 1993 and 1995.
In 1993, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and had half of his colon removed. Then, in 2003, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Vachon underwent 40 treatments, one on each week day for five straight weeks, to overcome the throat cancer. In addition, he had the disease burned out of his tonsils and his teeth removed. As a result of the radiation treatments, he underwent reconstructive jaw surgery in early June 2009. Vachon also suffers from diabetes.
Vachon and his wife Dee traveled to flea markets and fairs to sell therapeutic magnets, a business they began in 1995. He also self-published an autobiography titled When Wrestling Was Real.
==Championships and accomplishments==
*American Wrestling Association
:*AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon
:*AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon
*Eastern Townships Wrestling Association
:*ETWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling
:*NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon
*Mid-South Sports
:*NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Vachon
:*NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (5 times) - with Louie Tillet (2) and Stan Vachon (3)
:*NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon
*NWA Hollywood Wrestling
:*NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chavo Guerrero Sr.
*NWA Mid-Pacific Promotions
:*NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hard Boiled Haggerty
*Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
**(Class of 2004) - with Maurice Vachon
*Southwest Sports, Inc.
:*NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Maurice Vachon (1) and Ivan the Terrible (1)
*Stampede Wrestling
:*NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (3 times) - with Maurice Vachon
:*NWA International Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (3 times) - with Maurice Vachon
==External links==
* Profile
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