GANGREL LINES UP NORTH AMERICAN HIT SQUAD FOR NEW YEAR ACTION
Vampire Warrior Gangrel, one of international wrestling’s most immediately recognisable stars, is returning to Britain early in 2008 and will be leading a North American hit squad into exclusive All Star Wrestling action, backed by much travelled force Chad Collyer and Canadian duo Pierre Ouellet and Rene Dupree. White shirted Gangrel and Collyer need no introduction to home fans and Ouellet certainly made his presence felt in October and November.
After entering the pro-ranks in 1987, Ouellet was introduced to the WWF by fellow Canadian Jaques Rougeau after they met in Puerto Rico and their Quebecers tag team won the WWF tag title on three occasions during the 1990s. Ouellet also had a solo feud with ‘Hit Man’ Bret Hart that brought explosive confrontations in the USA and Canada before re-uniting with Rougeau on the World Championship Wrestling circuit where his solo outings included a double count-out matching with then WCW champion Kevin Nash in Montreal.
Ouellet’s wrestling run is all the more remarkable as he lost the sight in one of his eyes in a shooting accident as a 12 year-old schoolboy and even today sometimes goes into action wearing a distinctive eye patch. Now he’s returning with tag partner Dupree, a 6ft 3in tall, 250lbs contender who formed one half of the WWE tag team ‘La Resistance’ along with Sylvian Grenier.
And, of course, there’s the little matter of ‘American Disaster’ Broady Steele coming back to defend the All Star Wrestling British heavyweight title that he won from James Mason in Liverpool back in October.
