Alexis Smirnoff
| Alexis Smirnoff | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michel Lamarche |
| Born |
February 9, 1947 Saint-Lin, Quebec, Canada |
| Residence | Fremont, California, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Michel Dubois Cecil DuBois Alexis Smirnoff Mike Dubois |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Billed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Billed from | Russia |
| Trained by | Edouard Carpentier |
| Debut | 1970 |
| Retired | 1988 |
Michel Lamarche (born February 9, 1947) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler, known by his ringnames Alexis Smirnoff and Michel "Justice" Dubois (Mike "The Judge" Dubois), who competed in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, including the Mid-South, Central States, Georgia and San Francisco territories, as well as brief stints in International Wrestling Enterprise, the American Wrestling Association and the World Wrestling Federation during the 1970s and 1980s.
Born in Saint-Lin, Quebec, Lamarche was involved in amateur wrestling as a teenager before training under Edouard Carpentier for a career in professional wrestling. Making his debut as Michel "Justice" Dubois in 1970, he wrestled for Montreal promoter Bob Langevin during the early part of his career and, after spending six months in the Kansas City-area, he returned to Canada becoming a major villain or "heel" in Quebec and the Maritimes region.
Winning the International Tag Team titles with Fidel Castillo in 1970, the two were billed as the "European Tag Team Champions" while touring Georgia Championship Wrestling in January 1971 defending the titles against Doug Somers & Bobby Shane, Jack & Jim Dalton, and The Assassins. During the match against The Assassins Castillo suffered a major cut by Assassin #1 during a match at the Atlanta Municipal Auditorium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 29, 1971.
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