TheVachon family is a French-Canadian family long associated withprofessional wrestling in Canada and the United States, headed byMaurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, his brotherPaul "Butcher" Vachon - both longtimeNWA andAWA veterans - and their sisterVivian.[1] At one point the Vachons were joined by astoryline brother named "Stan Vachon" who worked with Maurice and Paul Vachon in tag team matches.[2]
In 1975, the family was the subject of a documentaryThe Wrestling Queen and, in 2007, was featured inWorld Wrestling Entertainment'sThe Most Powerful Families in Wrestling. The Vachons are noted to have lived in France in the 17th century. The Vachons have been noted as tough and rough family but they have a very rich history. In 2004, Maurice and Paul Vachon were inducted as a tag team into theProfessional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Vivian Vachon and Luna Vachon were inducted into theProfessional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in the Lady Wrestler category in 2015 and 2020 respectively.
The Vachon family name has also been adopted by wrestlers unrelated to the family, for instances byPierre "The Beast" Vachon and Damien "Pitbull" Vachon, Canadian independent wrestlers who present themselves as the sons of Paul Vachon and have wrestled as a tag team inCWA Montreal,Great Canadian Wrestling, theMillennium Wrestling Federation,NWA: Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling,NWA: New England, andPaulie Gilmore's New World Wrestling.[6][7]
The Vachons are profiled in the 2019 documentary filmMad Dog and the Butcher (Les Derniers vilains).[8]