SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Ron Trottier
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Ron Trottier. -- Greg Oliver, CANOE
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REAL NAME: Ron Trottier
BORN: March 27, 1968 in Montreal
6'3", 285 pounds
The similarities between pro wrestling and the Strongman competitions
are there to be made: both are pseudo sports, not respected by the 'real
sporting' community; and both are full of really, really big men.
Ron Trottier of Montreal is one of the few to have walked in both lands.
He's been to Tokyo and South Africa for international Strongman
competitions, and successfully competed on the provincial circuit as
well.
As far as wrestling goes, he trained with Montreal mainstay
Gino Brito.
Just at the wrong time.
"I came maybe a little bit too late. [Wrestling in Quebec] was dying
when I came. So I really didn't have a chance, I didn't really have the
breaks to go to a big office. But I'm still working on that, going there
for a tryout," Trottier said backstage at the International Wrestling
2000 gala in Montreal at the end of December 1999.
For part of his career, he wrestled in a tag team called The Doormen.
But the other Doorman gave up the business, leaving Trottier on his own
as singular 'Doorman.'
The 6-foot-3, 285-pound Trottier only wrestles about four times a year
now, and only for
Jacques Rougeau Jr. and his big gala shows. On the
December show, he rode a motorcycle to the ring to battle the massive
King Kong Bundy. And standing beside Bundy, the former Strongman didn't
look out of place.
"The other shows [in Quebec] are really, really small shows," he
explained. "Money's not good at all, [and] you can hurt yourself for
like, $75 bucks. It's not worth it to go there."
So Trottier continues to harbour dreams of making the WWF or WCW while
working as a technician on the CL415 water bomber for Bombardier.
-- By GREG OLIVER, SLAM! Wrestling
Memories
I've met Ron a few times at Jacques Rougeau's galas in Montreal
and he's a nice guy who I wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.
We shared a laugh in 1999 when his valet for the night ("Miss
Doorman") also doubled as the intermission mascot in a big furry
bear suit. For Ron, she was in a sexy mini-skirt and would quickly
slip into "Youppi! the bear" after her match. Actually, I can't say
that seeing her go from Youppi! the bear back to Miss
Doorman was too unpleasant, she was pretty cute. Keep
wrestling Ron!
harris black, Montreal
