Patric Laprade1 is a Canadian professional wrestling historian and French-speaking Quebecer best known for his several award winning books on Canadian and women's wrestling.2 and working for TVA Sports as an interviewer3 and was a French language broadcaster of Monday Night RAW.45 He is also the founder and caretaker of the Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame6 and has been part of organizing women's wrestling events.78
Works
- Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story - with Bertrand Hébert910
- Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling - with Bertrand Hébert1112
- Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling1314
Awards and accomplishments
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Pro Wrestling Book (2013) for Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs
- Cauliflower Alley Club
- James C. Melby Historian Award (2025) shared with Bertrand Hébert15
See also
See also
References
References
- "Saluting Longtime CAC Member Bertrand Hebert - News - Cauliflower Alley Club". 17 August 2018.
- "Pat Laprade Talks Women Main-Eventing WWE WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey and More". Bleacher Report.
- "Kevin Owens seemingly quit the WWE after his loss to Seth Rollins on Monday Night RAW". Newsweek. 27 August 2018.
- "10 TV channels to reach your consumers | Quebecor Expertise Media".
- "Santino Marella on his life after WWE, French version of RAW in Canada -". 7 September 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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- "Lutte, lutte et lutte avec Patric Laprade". 18 January 2018.
- Wyman, Mike (2 April 2015). "French-language Mad Dog Vachon book launched". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
- ""Mad Dog" Vachon bio inspired by reader demand, author says".
- [1] https://archive.today/20180812160800/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2013/02/11/20592891.html
- "Pat Laprade talks his book on history of Montreal wrestling -". 11 September 2014.
- [2] https://archive.today/20180906030742/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2016/12/20/22691530.html
- "History of women's wrestling captured in new book".
- "Wrestling Historians Honored: Pat Laprade & Bertrand Hebert to Receive the James C. Melby Award". Cauliflower Alley Club. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
Further reading
Further reading
- Corriveau, Louis-Simon (September 2014). "Patric Laprade et Bertrand Hébert, À la semaine prochaine, si Dieu le veut! L'histoire inédite de la lutte professionnelle au Québec, Montréal, Libre Expression, 2013, 432 p." ResearchGate. Retrieved 24 November 2025.