10 Wrestlers Who Turned Their Backs On Former Gimmicks

The criminally underrated Jacques Rougeau reinvented himself numerous times during a near decade long spell with WWE, beginning as a miniature flag waving prick alongside brother and perennial French language commentator Ray, though he's probably best remembered as evil Canadian law enforcement cavalryman, The Mountie.

Whilst in the Red Serge, Rougeau became the new face of police misconduct, regularly zapping opponents with his cattle prod outwith standard procedure. This raised the ire of the old face of police misconduct, the Big Boss Man, who memorably put his northern counterpart in the slammer following a SummerSlam grudge match (thus proving the infallibility of American officers...).

Naturally, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police weren't best policed (pleased) with their noble manteau rouge being dragged through the muddy snow; lawyers were soon on the phone to Titan Towers, asking WWE to cease their slander.

When Rougeau returned to the WWE fold after a brief hiatus in 1993, he was teamed with fellow Canadian Pierre 'PCO' Ouellet. Though the pair were very obviously cribbing the style of Canada's finest, their theme song made things perfectly clear. In an update of Rougeau's previous entrance tune, the pair (rather dreadfully, it must be said) screeched that they were not the 'mounties'. They were the 'Quebecers'. Rien en commun.