{{short description|Canadian professional wrestling historian}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} '''Patric Laprade'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/news/2018-08-17-lano-on-bertrand-hebert.html|title = Saluting Longtime CAC Member Bertrand Hebert - News - Cauliflower Alley Club|date = 17 August 2018}}</ref> is a Canadian professional wrestling historian and French-speaking Quebecer best known for his several award winning books on Canadian and women's wrestling.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2707887-pat-laprade-talks-women-main-eventing-wwe-wrestlemania-ronda-rousey-and-more|title=Pat Laprade Talks Women Main-Eventing WWE WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey and More|website=Bleacher Report}}</ref> and working for TVA Sports as an interviewer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/kevin-owens-quit-wwe-monday-night-raw-1092172|title = Kevin Owens seemingly quit the WWE after his loss to Seth Rollins on Monday Night RAW|website = Newsweek|date = 27 August 2018}}</ref> and was a French language broadcaster of ''Monday Night RAW''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quebecor.solutions/en/marques/tva-sports_lutte-wwe|title = 10 TV channels to reach your consumers | Quebecor Expertise Media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/wwe-news/90718-santino-marella-life-after-wwe/|title = Santino Marella on his life after WWE, French version of RAW in Canada -|date = 7 September 2017}}</ref> He is also the founder and caretaker of the Quebec Wrestling Hall of Fame<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alquebec.ss38.ca/html/contacts-en.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-05-03 |archive-date=2019-05-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503094558/http://alquebec.ss38.ca/html/contacts-en.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has been part of organizing women's wrestling events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2019/04/13/22796202.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503093045/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2019/04/13/22796202.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 3, 2019|title = Slam Wrestling Homepage}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thechronicle.blog/2018/01/17/6900/|title=Lutte, lutte et lutte avec Patric Laprade|date=18 January 2018}}</ref>
==Works== *''Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story'' - with Bertrand Hébert<ref>{{cite news | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724191535/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/04/02/22323096.html | archivedate=24 July 2017 | url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/04/02/22323096.html | title=French-language Mad Dog Vachon book launched | first=Mike | last=Wyman | publisher=SLAM! Sports | date=2 April 2015 | accessdate=9 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/pro-wrestling/os-mad-dog-vachon-pat-laprade-20171004-story.html|title="Mad Dog" Vachon bio inspired by reader demand, author says}}</ref> *''Mad Dogs, Midgets and Screw Jobs: The Untold Story of How Montreal Shaped the World of Wrestling'' - with Bertrand Hébert<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170723135123/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2013/02/11/20592891.html ] https://archive.today/20180812160800/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2013/02/11/20592891.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestleview.com/misc-news/50688-audio-pat-laprade-talks-his-book-on-history-of-montreal-wrestling/|title = Pat Laprade talks his book on history of Montreal wrestling -|date = 11 September 2014}}</ref> *''Sisterhood of the Squared Circle: The History and Rise of Women's Wrestling''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170724023704/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2016/12/20/22691530.html ] https://archive.today/20180906030742/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2016/12/20/22691530.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/pro-wrestling/os-womens-wrestling-pat-laprade-20170531-story.html|title = History of women's wrestling captured in new book}}</ref>
== 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) {{small|shared with Bertrand Hébert}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caulifloweralleyclub.org/wrestling-historians-honored-pat-laprade-bertrand-hebert-to-receive-the-james-c-melby-award|title=Wrestling Historians Honored: Pat Laprade & Bertrand Hebert to Receive the James C. Melby Award|work=Cauliflower Alley Club|date=May 26, 2025|access-date=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
==See also== * James C. Melby * List of ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' award winners for Best Pro Wrestling Book
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{Cite web |title=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. |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286690722_Patric_Laprade_et_Bertrand_Hebert_A_la_semaine_prochaine_si_Dieu_le_veut_L'histoire_inedite_de_la_lutte_professionnelle_au_Quebec_Montreal_Libre_Expression_2013_432_p |last=Corriveau |first= Louis-Simon |date=September 2014 |access-date=2025-11-24 |website=ResearchGate}}
==External links== * [http://lutte.com/ Lutte.com]
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