Fred Peloquin

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox professional wrestler |name=Fred Peloquin |image= |caption= |names=Fred Peloquin<ref name="CAGE"/> <br /> French Mad Dog<ref name="CAGE"/> <br /> Mad Dog Peloquin<ref name="CAGE"/> <br /> Puppy Dog Peloquin<ref name="CAGE">{{cite web |url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=10689&gimmick=Fred+Peloquin |title=Puppy Dog Peloquin |author= |author-link= |date= |year= |publisher=Cagematch |pages= |language= |quote= }}</ref> |height={{height|ft=5|in=7}} |weight={{convert|215|lb|kg|abbr=on}} |birth_name=Fred Peloquin |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1939|11|1|mf=y}} |birth_place=St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada<ref name="SLAM1"/> |resides= |billed= |trainer=Tony Condello<ref name="SLAM1"/> Stu Hart<ref name="SLAM1"/> |debut=1971<ref name="SLAM1"/> |retired=1993<ref name="SLAM1"/> }}

'''Fred Peloquin''' (born November 1, 1939, in St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada), is a retired professional wrestler best known as for his work in the International Wrestling Alliance as '''Puppy Dog Peloquin'''.<ref name="SLAM1">{{cite web |url=http://www.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingBios/peloquin_puppydog.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001216152000/http://www.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingBios/peloquin_puppydog.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2000 |title=SLAM! Wrestling Canadian Hall of Fame: Puppy Dog Peloquin |author= |author-link= |date= |year= |publisher=SLAM! Sports |pages= |language= |quote= }}</ref>

==Professional wrestling career==

===Early career=== Peloquin began his career in professional wrestling in 1971. He received training from Canadian wrestler/promoter Tony Condello.<ref name="SLAM1"/>

From 1980 to 1981, Peloquin worked as an enhancement talent for the American Wrestling Association.<ref name="CAGE"/>

===West Four Wrestling Alliance=== Peloquin wrestled in Condello's promotion West Four Wrestling Alliance, which would later be known as the International Wrestling Alliance. While there, he managed to win the company's premiere title, the WFWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship.

In 1986, International Wrestling Alliance promoted a crossover event with Stampede Wrestling, during which Peloquin (as Fred Peloquin) wrestled in a losing effort against Moe Malone.<ref name="CAGE"/>

==Personal life== Peloquin is the cousin of Canadian professional wrestler Chi Chi Cruz.<ref name="SLAM1"/>

==Championships and accomplishments== *'''West Four Wrestling Alliance''' **WFWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship (3 time)<ref name="WFWA">{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/mb/wfwa/wfwa-h.html |title=WFWA Canadian Heavyweight Championship |author= |author-link= |date= |year= |publisher=Wrestling-Titles.com |pages= |language= |quote= }}</ref> **WFWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (2 time) - with Bobby Jones (2)<ref name="WFWA Tag">{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestling-titles.com/canada/mb/wfwa/wfwa-t.html |title=WFWA Canadian Tag Team Championship |author= |author-link= |date= |year= |publisher=Wrestling-Titles.com |pages= |language= |quote= }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

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