Yvon Cormier | |
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Born | Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada[1] | November 3, 1938
Died | March 4, 2009[2] Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada[2] | (aged 70)
Family | Cormier |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | The Beast Ivan The Lumberjack Joe Gump Pierre LeBelle |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 250 lb (110 kg) - 255 lb (116 kg)[1] |
Trained by | Les Ruffen[3] |
Debut | 1963[1] |
Yvon Cormier (November 3, 1938 – March 4, 2009) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Competing primarily under the ring name The Beast, he and his three wrestling brothers made up the Cormier wrestling family. He wrestled in many countries but regularly returned to Canada, where he competed for the Eastern Sports Association (ESA) and the ESA-promoted International Wrestling (IW). He also competed in the Calgary, Alberta-based Stampede Wrestling for many years.