10 Wrestlers You Were Too Embarrassed To Admit You Loved

8. Jean Pierre Lafitte

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The first of two entries on this list for current indie wrestling sensation Carl 'PCO' Oullet, Jean Pierre Lafitte was a f*cking pirate for f*cks sake back when WWE needed something of a business miracle to save them from drowning completely. Far from pillaging though, Lafitte provided much during his relatively short New Generation run.

From a quality standpoint, it's not as though Oullet lived the gimmick and robbed them blind during his failed tenure - the former Tag Team Champion was a supreme heavyweight that meshed well with the fast-paced WWE style at the time. Borne out of Lafitte nicking a leather jacket, his matches with Bret Hart are still celebrated today despite the hokiest of reasons given for them to fight in the first place.

Truthfully, he did little wrong during his time with Titan apart from falling foul of the worst folk. Over a since-resolved miscommunication with Kevin Nash, the Quebec native found himself on the wrong side of The Kliq with 1995's other abused entities Bam Bam Bigelow and Shane Douglas. Various great matches stood no chance of keeping him over once he walked the plank into political hot waters.

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