Patric Laprade[1] is a Canadian professional wrestling historian and French-speaking Quebecer best known for his several award winning books on Canadian and women's wrestling.[2] and working for TVA Sports as an interviewer[3] and was a French language broadcaster of Monday Night RAW.[4][5] He is also the founder and caretaker of the Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame[6] and has been part of organizing women's wrestling events.[7][8]
Works
edit- Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story - with Bertrand Hébert[9][10]
- Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling - with Bertrand Hébert[11][12]
- Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling[13][14]
Awards and accomplishments
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- Best Pro Wrestling Book (2013) for Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs
- Cauliflower Alley Club
- James C. Melby Historian Award (2025) shared with Bertrand Hébert[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Saluting Longtime CAC Member Bertrand Hebert - News - Cauliflower Alley Club". 17 August 2018.
- ↑ "Pat Laprade Talks Women Main-Eventing WWE WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey and More". Bleacher Report.
- ↑ "Kevin Owens seemingly quit the WWE after his loss to Seth Rollins on Monday Night RAW". Newsweek. 27 August 2018.
- ↑ "10 TV channels to reach your consumers | Quebecor Expertise Media".
- ↑ "Santino Marella on his life after WWE, French version of RAW in Canada -". 7 September 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Slam Wrestling Homepage". Archived from the original on 3 May 2019.
- ↑ "Lutte, lutte et lutte avec Patric Laprade". 18 January 2018.
- ↑ Wyman, Mike (2 April 2015). "French-language Mad Dog Vachon book launched". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ↑ ""Mad Dog" Vachon bio inspired by reader demand, author says".
- ↑ https://archive.today/20180812160800/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2013/02/11/20592891.html
- ↑ "Pat Laprade talks his book on history of Montreal wrestling -". 11 September 2014.
- ↑ https://archive.today/20180906030742/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2016/12/20/22691530.html
- ↑ "History of women's wrestling captured in new book".
- ↑ "Wrestling Historians Honored: Pat Laprade & Bertrand Hebert to Receive the James C. Melby Award". Cauliflower Alley Club. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
Further reading
edit- Corriveau, Louis-Simon (September 2014). "Patric Laprade et Bertrand Hébert, À la semaine prochaine, si Dieu le veut! L'histoire inédite de la lutte professionnelle au Québec, Montréal, Libre Expression, 2013, 432 p." ResearchGate. Retrieved 24 November 2025.