Paul Vachon
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Paul "Butcher" Vachon was a professional wrestler. He is the father of wrestler Luna Vachon, the brother of wrestlers Maurice and Vivian Vachon and Father-in-Law of wrestler David Heath (also known as Gangrel).
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Paul Vachon grew up as one of thirteen children of Ferdinand Vachon, a Montreal police officer. In 1957, he followed his brother Maurice into professional buisiness, 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 teaming with his brother, "Mad Dog" Vachon and won the AWA World Tag Team Championship twice.
In the early 1970s he appeared alongside his sister Vivian Vachon in the motion picture Wrestling Queen.
Paul retired in 1984.
- Height: 6'2"
- Weight: 280 lbs.
- Birthday: -
- Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
- Trainer: -
- Other Gimmicks: Nikita Zolotoff
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- AWA Midwest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon
- AWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon
- National Wrestling Alliance
- National
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- NWA Americas Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chavo Guerrero
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Calgary version) (2 times) - with Maurice Vachon
- Regional
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- NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Vachon
- NWA Hawaii Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Hard Boiled Haggerty
- NWA Southern Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (3 times) - with Stan Vachon
- NWA Texas Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Maurice Vachon (1) and Ivan the Terrible (1)
- NWA World Tag Team Championship (Georgia version) (1 time) - with Maurice Vachon
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- Stampede International Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Stan Vachon