{"id":18489,"date":"2018-05-03T22:54:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T02:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=18489"},"modified":"2018-05-03T22:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T02:55:47","slug":"pco-the-redemption-of-pierre-carl-ouellette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/05\/03\/pco-the-redemption-of-pierre-carl-ouellette\/","title":{"rendered":"PCO: The Redemption of Pierre Carl Ouellet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When <strong>Pierre Carl Ouellet<\/strong> was first announced as the mystery opponent for indie superstar and German powerhouse <strong>WALTER<\/strong> at <em><strong>Joey Janela&#8217;s Spring Break 2<\/strong><\/em> earlier this year, there was a collective head scratching heard around the world. For many younger fans, they had no idea who this large old dude was, and for the rest of the world, we suddenly started to Google why a former Quebecer from the WWF&#8217;s least appreciated era, <em>The New Generation Era<\/em> of the early to mid-90s, was suddenly relevant again. But once his match with WALTER was over, everyone suddenly knew who PCO was &#8211; whether they&#8217;d just found out or been reacquainted.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JANELABABY\/status\/965756179338137601?tfw_creator=Sharpshooter519&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#038;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Flastwordonprowrestling.com%2F2018%2F02%2F19%2Fjoey-janela-announces-new-match-spring-break-2-retro-video-game-promo%2F<\/p>\n<p>In the months leading up to the match, PCO began to release bizarre training videos, that showed an enraged mad man pulling off carnival-style feats of strength, all while seemingly getting himself worked up to face a man considerably younger who was a multi-time wrestling champion in promotions around the world, such as <strong>PROGRESS, wXw<\/strong>, and <strong>PWG<\/strong>. In fact, WALTER is <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/04\/22\/andnew-walter-wins-pwg-world-heavyweight-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">currently the reigning PWG World Champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PCO *cuts the deck #JJSB2 for Walter 2018. #4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MmhBz_UStpU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PCO is rolling a fry pan.#3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Y4ZzkqSwJw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At Spring Break 2, PCO didn&#8217;t just show up for a fight, he gave WALTER &#8211; who is widely considered to be one of the toughest, hardest hitting wrestlers on the planet &#8211; a lesson in abuse. The two monsters pummelled each other, with the 50 year old PCO standing toe to toe in the ring. In a surprising result, PCO got the win over WALTER, although looking at his chest, you wouldn&#8217;t think so. And to top it off, PCO pulled off a moonsault.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PCO\u2019s crazy Moonsault vs Walter 2018\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PXWFuP1_BBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/judekilgour\/status\/982674753017339904<\/p>\n<p>French-Canadian tough guy <strong>Pierre Carl Ouellet<\/strong>, a 3x WWF World Tag Team Champion alongside <strong>Jacques Rougeau<\/strong> in <strong>The Quebecers<\/strong> in the early 1990s and WCW Hardcore Champion. During his 31-year career, he also wrestled for <strong>ECW<\/strong>, Puerto Rico\u2019s <strong>WWC<\/strong>, <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong>, Montreal\u2019s\u00a0<strong>International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS)<\/strong> and Germany\u2019s wXw. He retired in 2010, but in 2016 made a quiet comeback. After Spring Break 2, there&#8217;s nothing quiet about it.<\/p>\n<p>A couple weeks ago, he faced <strong>&#8220;War King&#8221; Eddie Kingston<\/strong> in Cleveland, Ohio for AIW, and he&#8217;s got some seriously hot matches lined up in the coming weeks as well &#8211; on Friday June 1st he&#8217;s facing <strong>Matt Riddle<\/strong> with <strong>ICW New York<\/strong> at <em><strong>Night of Main Events<\/strong><\/em>, followed a night later facing off against Joey Janela himself at <strong>Game Changer Wrestling (GCW)<\/strong> in New Jersey at <em><strong>Zandig&#8217;s Tournament of Survival 3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>He returns to his home stomping grounds in Montreal, Quebec on July 14 at <strong>International Wrestling Syndicate (IWS)<\/strong> for a rematch against his Spring Break 2 opponent, WALTER, in a No DQ Street Fight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friday June 1st <br \/>Elmcor Center in <br \/>Corona Queens NYC!! <br \/>First Time Ever <br \/>Matt Riddle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuperKingofBros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SuperKingofBros<\/a> vs <br \/>PCO @PCOQuebecer <\/p>\n<p>1st ROW &#8211; SOLD OUT <br \/>Limited 2nd ROW Left! <br \/>Order your tickets now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7LJV7HAGVL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/7LJV7HAGVL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D1GVwYvZ6U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/D1GVwYvZ6U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ICW No Holds Barred \u26d3 (@ICWNHB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICWNHB\/status\/992158230913716225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was only a matter of time<\/p>\n<p>JOEY JANELA<br \/>vs <br \/>PCO<\/p>\n<p>GCW and Zandig present<br \/>Tournament of Survival 3<br \/>June 2, 2018 &#8211; 3pm<br \/>Freehold, NJ<\/p>\n<p>Tix Now:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vcKzfdA1yB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/vcKzfdA1yB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7TvTVr4UR2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7TvTVr4UR2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCWrestling_\/status\/988154714129883136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/IWSHardcore\/status\/986033850202624000<\/p>\n<p>And of course, it wouldn&#8217;t be a journey into pain with PCO if he didn&#8217;t train for it. But instead of the uplifting training montages of\u00a0<em>Rocky\u00a0<\/em>films of old, we&#8217;re getting psychotic videos from a horror film by Rob Zombie.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PCO 2018 vs Joey Janela ,Curls on spikes nails board beard foot. #5\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FweB203_QTw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/PCOQuebecer\/status\/992148615035609088<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that Pierre Ouellet is having the time of his life with the late career resurgence, and he&#8217;s impressing people on his in-ring performances instead of living of retro nostalgia. PCO is back and he&#8217;s here to make a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Now if only we could get him a match against <strong>Minoru Suzuki\u00a0<\/strong>and\/or\u00a0<strong>Haku<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18499\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18499\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/hNT8UhLG_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/hNT8UhLG_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/hNT8UhLG_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/hNT8UhLG_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: twitter.com\/PCOQuebecer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Pierre Carl Ouellet was first announced as the mystery opponent for indie superstar and German powerhouse WALTER at Joey Janela&#8217;s Spring Break 2 earlier this year, there was a collective head scratching heard around the world. 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