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RENE DUPREE Height: 6 foot 3
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At just twenty years old, René Duprée is already leaps and bounds ahead of
where a person his age should be. He’s held the World Tag Team
Championship, and competed against nearly all of the top talent. And while
not the most popular athlete on the roster – especially in the U.S. —fans
do respect what Duprée’s capable of doing in the ring. Son of legendary Montreal promoter, Emile Duprée, René began training for a career in sports-entertainment at an extremely young age. He wrestled his first match at the age of fourteen, and was signed by WWE at eighteen. In the spring of 2003, he made his RAW debut, and held La Résistance together, while Sylvain Grenier was out injured. Not long after, Duprée got drafted by SmackDown!, and many speculated that the move would be a bad one for the talented young Frenchman, feeling that he hadn’t absorbed enough experience to branch off into singles competition. They were wrong. Since moving to Thursday nights, René has taken his career to new heights. On his first night in, he made an immediate impact by targeting John Cena, and quickly immersed himself into the chase for the United States Championship. He also underwent somewhat of a career metamorphosis, since branching out on his own, sporting boldly highlighted hair, and honoring his heritage by wearing outfits that bare the blue, white and red Tricouleurs of France. Duprée also walks to the ring with a French poodle named Fifi. Another significant change to Duprée’s persona is the repertoire of lavish custom made robes he wears down to the ring –throwbacks to those worn by wrestling legends such as Ric Flair, “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine and “Ravishing” Rick Rude. |
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