10 New Generation-Era WWE Stars You Totally Don't Remember

10. Jean-Pierre LaFitte

Jean-Pierre Lafitte
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Most will remember Carl Ouellet as Pierre, one half of The Quebecers, the tag team that had three runs as champions in late 1993 and early 1994, and who were involved in the tag match that led to Owen Hart totally abandoning his family. The Quebecers represented the final worthwhile WWE run of Jacques Rougeau (the man who trained Kevin Owens), he of The Mountie and Rougeau Brothers fame.

So what happened with Pierre? Well, he was repackaged as Jean-Pierre LaFitte, the descendant of a real-life pirate of the same name (minus the Pierre part, although his brother was called Pierre and Jean had a son called Jean-Pierre). Jean-Pierre wore an eyepatch, because all pirates wear eyepatches (and Ouellet is genuinely partially sighted in one eye). The real pirate didn't wear one, but he did die in a shootout with the Spanish in 1823.

The pro wrestling pirate was involved in just the one feud of note, but what a feud it was. LaFitte battled none other than Bret Hart over a three-month period in 1995, after LaFitte stole Bret's glasses and jacket. The two actually put on a rather excellent match at In Your House 3, and Hart only had good words for LaFitte.

Not long after the feud he ran foul of the Kliq however, and was soon released.

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