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'''Johnathan "John" Mark LeRoux'''<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/l/lash-leroux.html|title=Lash LeRoux profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref> (born November 22, 1976) is a [[Cajun]] [[United States|American]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], better known by his [[stage name|ring name]], '''Lash LeRoux'''. His ring name is a take off of Cajun [[Western (genre)|western movie]] star [[Lash La Rue]].
'''Johnathan "John" Mark LeRoux'''<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/l/lash-leroux.html|title=Lash LeRoux profile|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2009-04-22}}</ref> (born November 22, 1976) is a [[Cajun]] [[United States|American]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], better known by his [[stage name|ring name]], '''Lash LeRoux'''. His ring name is a take off of Cajun [[Western (genre)|western movie]] star [[Lash La Rue]] thus earning him the alias "The Ragin' Cajun".


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 05:08, 27 January 2010

John LeRoux
Born (1976-11-22) November 22, 1976 (age 48)[1]
Lafayette, Louisiana
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Lash LeRoux[1]
Mark LaRoux
Corporal Cajun[1]
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight220 lb (100 kg)[1]
Billed fromNew Orleans, Louisiana[1]
Trained byWCW Power Plant[1]
DebutJuly 25, 1998

Johnathan "John" Mark LeRoux[1] (born November 22, 1976) is a Cajun American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lash LeRoux. His ring name is a take off of Cajun western movie star Lash La Rue thus earning him the alias "The Ragin' Cajun".

Early life

LeRoux was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, but moved to Oxford, Alabama at an early age. He attended Oxford High School, where he was a junior high state champion in amateur wrestling in two successive years. In his junior year he came third in the varsity state tournament. LeRoux also played football for the Oxford High Yellow Jackets, and in 1993 his team won the Alabama State Football Championship. After graduating from high school, LeRoux attended Jacksonville State University, studying towards a pre-med degree. He later decided to take a year out in order to focus on his burgeoning career as a cartoonist.

Professional wrestling career

World Championship Wrestling (1998-2001)

In 1997 LeRoux saw an advertisement for the WCW Power Plant (the professional wrestling school owned and operated by World Championship Wrestling) on an episode of WCW Monday Nitro. LeRoux qualified to train in the Power Plant, meeting the arduous physical qualifications, and trained throughout 1998, with his first match being a loss to Perry Saturn in mid-1998. He was promoted to the main roster in July 1998, and wrestled on WCW Saturday Night, WCW WorldWide and WCW Thunder as "Mark LaRoux" for several months, often losing squash matches. He debuted on Nitro on February 2, 1999 as "Lash LeRoux", losing to then WCW Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman. It was this match that caught the eyes of WCW officials, and he was signed to an official contract with World Championship Wrestling.[2]

LeRoux competed primarily in the cruiserweight division. He feuded with Disco Inferno over the Cruiserweight Championship, and lost to Disco in a title match at Halloween Havoc 1999.[3] Shortly afterwards, LeRoux and Disco joined forces against the New York gangster Tony Marinara and his henchmen, The Mamalukes, who were owed money by the compulsive gambler Disco. They faced Big Vito and Johnny The Bull in a tag team match at Starrcade 1999, but lost following a miscommunication between the partners. After the match, the unconscious Disco Inferno was carried from the arena inside a body bag and locked in the trunk of a car.[4]

He appeared sporadically on television, teaming with Midnight and pursuing the Cruiserweight Championship once more.[5][6] He was fired in storyline by WCW President Eric Bischoff in April 2000 for not helping to protect him from Diamond Dallas Page, whose wife Kimberly had betrayed him in order to align herself with Bischoff. LeRoux and several other wrestlers who had been fired by the disgruntled President returned several weeks later as the Misfits In Action (M.I.A.), a military-themed stable who were unwilling to align themselves with either the heel New Blood or the face Millionaire's Club.[1] All of the Misfits were given ranks, with LeRoux known as "Corporal Cajun".[7]

The M.I.A. feuded with the New Blood, with LeRoux helping Lieutenant Loco retain his Cruiserweight Championship. LeRoux and Loco won the WCW World Tag Team Championship on October 9, 2000 in Sydney, Australia, defeating New Blood members Mark Jindrak and Sean O'Haire, but lost the belts just minutes later in an instant rematch ordered by commissioner Mike Sanders (also a New Blood member).[8] The M.I.A. also feuded with Team Canada, who had taken possession of the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and renamed it the "Canadian Heavyweight Championship", during which time M.I.A.'s valet, Major Gunns turned on them and joined Team Canada.[9]

The M.I.A. gradually disbanded in late 2000 and early 2001, with the departure of Loco and Sergeant A.W.O.L. precipitating the end of the stable. On January 23, 2001 the leader of the M.I.A., General Rection, requested LeRoux's M.I.A. shirt, informing him that he had been "honourably discharged". LeRoux began wrestling as Lash LeRoux once more, and returned to the cruiserweight division. His last appearance on WCW television was on the February 19 episode of Nitro, where he challenged United States Champion Rick Steiner and was easily defeated.[10]

Following the purchase of WCW by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001, LeRoux was signed to a three year developmental contract by the WWF in April 2001.[11] Along with several other former WCW wrestlers, he was sent to the Heartland Wrestling Association to further his training. LeRoux negotiated his release in June 2002, preferring "to pursue other options rather than be stuck in limbo".[7]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Deep South Wrestling (2002-2005)

LeRoux appeared on the inaugural Total Nonstop Action Wrestling PPV on June 19, 2002, competing in the Gauntlet for the Gold (he was eliminated by Jeff Jarrett).[11] The following week, LeRoux suffered a neck injury while working on the independent circuit, and was initially told that he needed surgery.[11] He consulted a second doctor, however, and underwent seven months of physical rehabilitation without surgery, and his neck healed.[11] From April to July 2004, LeRoux travelled south to Orlando, Florida and appeared with TNA, wrestling on TNA Xplosion as a jobber.[1]

LeRoux also competed for a number of independent promtions, including WXO, Georgia Championship Wrestling, Ultimate Championship Wrestling , NWA Wrestle Birmingham and Southern Championship Wrestling.[1] In late 2005, LeRoux made a number of appearances in Deep South Wrestling.[1]

Cartoonist

LeRoux has also worked as a cartoonist, and his work has been featured in multiple publications and websites including Pro Wrestling Illustrated and The Wrestler.[7] During his tenure in WCW, he drew a series of single-panel comics for WCW Magazine called Lashing Out.[7]

Personal life

LeRoux has two brothers, older brother Joseph and younger brother James, and younger twin sisters, Terri and Sherri Cheswell.[12] LeRoux married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth, on December 22, 1997.[13]

LeRoux is close friends with Bill DeMott and Chavo Guerrero, Jr., as well as with the late Jerry Tuite.[7] Growing up, LeRoux was a fan of Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Bob Armstrong, Arn Anderson, and the Four Horsemen.[7][11]

In wrestling

  • Nicknames
    • "The Ragin' Cajun"
    • "The Stooge from Baton Rouge"
    • "The Ayatollah of Shrimp Creole-ah"

Championships and accomplishments

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Lash LeRoux profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  2. ^ "WCW Nitro Year-By-Year - 1999 - February 2, 1999". Online World of Wrestling. 1999-02-02. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  3. ^ Powell, John (1999-10-25). "WCW rebounds at Havoc; Goldberg holds double gold, Hogan wimps out". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  4. ^ Powell, John (1999-12-20). "Goldberg screwed at Starrcade". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  5. ^ "WCW Nitro Year-By-Year - 2000 - February 21, 2000". Online World of Wrestling. 2000-02-21. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  6. ^ "WCW Nitro Year-By-Year - 2000 - March 20, 2000". Online World of Wrestling. 2000-03-20. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Nemer, Paul (2002-02-24). "Lash LeRoux Interview: Discusses WCW, WWF/HWA & More". WrestleView. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  8. ^ a b Duncan, Royal. "WCW - World Championship Wrestling WCW World Tag Team Title History". Solie. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
  9. ^ "Misfits In Action". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  10. ^ "WCW Nitro Year-By-Year - 2001 - February 19, 2001". Online World of Wrestling. 2001-02-19. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Exklusivinterview mit Lash LeRoux". Genickbruch.com. 2003-03-21. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
  12. ^ Stated in the December 1999 issue of WOW Magazine
  13. ^ Stated in the December 1999 issue of WOW Magazine
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i World Championship Wrestling (1999-10-24). "Disco Inferno Vs Lash LeRoux". WCW Halloween Havoc.
  15. ^ a b c World Championship Wrestling (1999-12-19). "Disco Inferno & Lash LeRoux Vs The Mamalukes /w Tony Mamaluke". WCW Starrcade.
  16. ^ a b c World Championship Wrestling (2001-01-01). "M.I.A. vs Natural Born Thrillers". WCW Thunder.
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