In the latest exclusive for WrestlingNews.co, Steve Fall spoke with former WWE Tag Team Champion ‘The Mountie’ Jacques Rougeau. He talked about his career, the Montreal Screwjob, why he hasn’t watched WWE for 30 years and a lot of other topics. Scroll down to watch the interview.
On defeating Hulk Hogan in Montreal:
“When I was in the dressing room that night, I had no idea I was going over. I said, ‘No, no. I’m going in to do the job.’ Even in Montreal, I was just so glad that he worked with me. It was just so notorious and prestigious to be in the ring with Hulk Hogan. I wasn’t in the same caliber as him. Since I booked the show, I’m the one that booked Flair, Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, I booked the whole show. It was my card and I booked the show. I wanted Ric Flair on the card, so I booked that show. We got in the dressing room. The Harlem Heat was in there too. There was a lot of good talent that Eric Bischoff permitted me to take from WCW.”
“When I got in the dressing room that night, we’re all there, and out of nowhere, I came into the room, and I guess everybody knew it was my show. I get in the dressing room and Hulk takes the word up, he stands up, and he says, ‘Okay brother. What are we doing tonight?’ I looked at him and I started laughing. You know, like he’s asking me what are we doing tonight? Then he says, ‘Brother, don’t laugh. It’s your show. How are you beating me tonight?’ Then I really started laughing. I said, ‘That’s funny Hulk. That’s really, really funny.’ He said, ‘I’m serious, brother. It’s your show. It’s your time tonight. How do you want to beat me?’ You could hear a pin drop in the dressing room from all the boys. They were like, is he serious or is this a rib?”
“It was an amazing night. 99% of the people were booing me in my hometown and I was the babyface and he was the heel. When he came out, he was NWO and it was at its peak, but when he came out, the roof just popped up. I kept working the match as a babyface. He kept cheating and cheating, and at the end of the match when I did the small package, because I beat him with the small package, about 60 or 70 percent of the people cheered for me. I gained them back. It’s like I regained them back.”
“When I got back to the dressing room that night, all the boys were gone. There was nobody left in the dressing room after my match. It’s like nobody wanted to be there or nobody watched the match.”
On his Jailhouse match against The Big Boss Man at SummerSlam 91:
“What a great, great, great character and what a great time going to jail and all of that. Big Boss Man, God rest his soul, and Lanny Poffo who lately passed away too, but Ray Traylor, you know, one of my greatest friends. We traveled the world together. We worked in every arena, 10, 15, 20,000 people every night. It was so fun to work with that guy.”
“The old school wrestlers were brought up with a different model. We were brought up, like for example, if you were in the ring with a guy and you’re doing a highspot with him or an acrobatic move with him, if ever you lost your balance, the first rule was you make sure that the guy who gave you his body falls straight on the mat and you fall crooked. You hurt yourself. Ray Traylor, we used to do those slams, those power slams every night and he would never, ever hurt me. It was such a pleasure working with him.”
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