Real Name - Michel Pigeon
Lifespan - 8/31/44 - 5/1/99
6'1" 280 lbs. - Montreal, QUE

Aliases - Butcher LeDuc, The Headbanger

Athletic background - Judo

Teachers - Jack Britton, Stu Hart

Professional background - Stampede(`68-`69), IWA[Montreal](`69), ESA[Maritimes](`69), Toronto(`70,`71), Grand Prix[Montreal](`72), Florida(`73-`74), Grand Prix[Montreal](`74), SECW[Tennessee](`77), Florida(`78), Memphis(`78-`79), IWE(`79-`80), SECW[Alabama](`80-`81), Memphis(`81), All Star[NZ](`81), SECW[Alabama](`82), Memphis(`83), Mid-Atlantic(`83), Memphis(`86), WWC(`86), WWF(`88), FMW(`89)

Groups - none

Peak Years - `71-`78

Career Highlights - n/a

Finisher(s) -
- One-Arm Backbreaker
- Legdrop
- Bearhug

Favorites -
- Bodyslam
- Running Elbow
- Chokehold
- Overhead Forearm to chest
- Chop

Ringwork Rating -
move set - 5
science - 2
aerial - 0
power - 9
strikes - 8

Intangible Rating -
entertainment - 7
selling - 6
bumping - 6
carrying - 5
heat - 7
legacy - 6

Place in History - Jos LeDuc is the type of pro-wrestler who if he came along today, he never would have received the opportunities he did when he broke in. Michel Pigeon was a rugged former judoka with the size and look to get pushed hard from the outset of his career. Paul LeDuc was a smallish ten-year veteran when he met Pigeon and convinced him to become his kayfabe brother. The LeDucs started out on the Pacific Coast, however their feuds with the Rougeau Brothers and the Vachon Brothers in their native Quebec is where they became legends. The LeDucs had a lumberjack gimmick and their costumes - cuffed dungarees, heavy boots, knit hats and their distinct jawline beards. Although they were a successful tag team, Jos would break away from his brother and tour the world finding great success in several areas. In Florida, “The Canadian Freight Train” had a legendary rivalry with Dusty Rhodes during the peak of that territory. LeDuc became known for his bloody brawls and crazed personality. Then came a feud with Jerry Lawler that left a legacy that was rekindled numerous times over the next twenty years. In Memphis, Jos LeDuc became immortalized for his superhuman strength in and out of the ring, however it was his “blood oath” interview where he cut himself on live TV with his axe that made him one of the region’s most famous characters. Jos LeDuc, the powerful lumberjack, may seem hokey in retrospect, yet he had an intensity in his persona and a stiffness in his work that made him get over very easily as both a heel and face. By the late 70s, LeDuc had put on a lot of weight and settled into barnstorming promotions where he’d built a name for himself and others where his notoriety proceeded him. The WWF even picked him up briefly in the late 80s, but he was a shell of his former self by that point. Jos LeDuc had a few “legend” appearances in the mid-90s before diabetes broke him down totally and eventually led to his death. Jos LeDuc is one of those legendary pro-wrestling figures from the 1970s when bloody brawling was rampant and his maniacal behavior was convincing and captivating to so many people around the world specifically French-Canadians and Southerners in the States.