10 Wild Wrestlers Who Oversold Throughout Their WWE Careers
7. Jacques Rougeau
Not every over-seller makes their opponents look great. Not to say that Jacques Rougeau wasn’t able to put over an opponent, but the way in which he sold in the ring sometimes rubbed his opponents the wrong way. His issues with 'Dynamite Kid' Tom Billington are well known and even Bret Hart found himself perturbed at some of Rougeau's work.
A man of many gimmicks, Jacques debuted in the World Wrestling Federation alongside his brother Raymond as The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers before embarking on a solo career as The Mountie. As his career winded down, Jacques parlayed The Mountie gimmick into a tag team with Pierre Ouellet known as The Quebecers.
As a second generation performer, Jacques achieved success in WWE, capturing the Intercontinental Championship in 1992 and the Tag Team Championships in 1993 and 1994.
Regardless of which persona Jacques was portraying, he always displayed a hokey, over-the-top wrestling style that can only be categorized as over-selling. Jacques would often have to get pulled in by some of his opponents, like Bret Hart, who thought his selling was less than believable - bordering on being too silly - and detracted from the match.
The in-ring style of Jacques Rougeau was often an accurate reflection of his wrestling character, which is to say a complete caricature.