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René Duprée (born René Goguen on December 15, 1983 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a French Canadian professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand and is the youngest worker in the WWE.
He is also the son of celebrated Canadian Maritimes wrestling promoter Emile Duprée.
Career
René became a professional wrestler in 1997 at age 14, he began working for Grand Prix Wrestling. In 2001, he won the Mr. Canada Bodybuilding National Championship. That same year, he signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling to gain seasoning.
In 2003 he debuted in WWE on WWE RAW alongside fellow Canadian wrestler Sylvain Grenier forming a stuck-up French tag team called La Résistance. He soon became the World Tag-Team Champion with Sylvain Grenier making him the youngest champion in WWE history. After Wrestlemania XX, Duprée was selected to move from RAW to WWE's Smackdown! brand. It is then that he started using his current finisher, the Dupree Driver, a sit-out belly-to-belly piledriver.
He also won the WWE Tag-Team Championship along with Kenzo Suzuki on September 9, 2004 but then lost the championship on the December 9, 2004 edition of SmackDown! to Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio. They had a rematch at Armageddon 2004 but lost.
On the March 24 2005 airing of SmackDown!, he was "sacrificed" by the The Undertaker as a message to Randy Orton (regarding their match at WrestleMania 21), when The Undertaker interrupted a match between Rene Dupree and Booker T. The result of the "sacrifice" saw Rene tombstone piledriven on the steel steps which lead up to the ring.
On June 30, [2005]], Duprée became one of the last minute trades in the 2005 WWE Draft, which saw him jump from SmackDown! to RAW, and defeat Val Venis on the same night.
Profile
- Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Weight: 250 lb (113 kg)
- Birthday: December 15, 1983
- Hometown: Moncton, New Brunswick
- Trained by: Emile Duprée
- Professional Debut: 1997
- Previous Identities: Rene Dupre, Rene Goguen, Rene E. Dupre, Rene Rougeau, "French Phenom"
- Previous Manager(s): Kenny Bolin
Finishing/Signature Moves
- '''Dupree Driver''' (Michinoku Driver II)
- '''Loire Valley Driver'''
- '''Cobra Clutch'''
- French Tickler (Pas de basque followed by fist and knee drop at same time)
- Standing Spinebuster
- Fisherman Suplex
- Running Neckbreaker
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