Lash LeRoux
| John LeRoux | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Johnathan Mark LeRoux |
| Born |
November 22, 1976 Oxford, Alabama |
| Residence | Northport, Alabama |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mark LeRoux Lash LeRoux Corporal Cajun |
| Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Billed from | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Trained by | WCW Power Plant |
| Debut | July 25, 1998 |
| Retired | 2005 |
Johnathan Mark LeRoux (born November 22, 1976) is an American cartoonist and former professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name Lash LeRoux, a take off of Cajun western movie star Lash LaRue, and for his time in World Championship Wrestling, where he was a one time World Tag Team Champion with Lieutenant Loco.
LeRoux attended Oxford High School, where he was a junior high state finalist in amateur wrestling in two successive years. In his junior year he came third in the varsity state tournament. LeRoux also played football for the Oxford High Yellow Jackets, and in 1993 his team won the Alabama State Football Championship. After graduating from high school, LeRoux attended Jacksonville State University, studying towards a pre-med degree. He later decided to take a year out in order to focus on his burgeoning career as a cartoonist.
In 1997 LeRoux saw an advertisement for the WCW Power Plant (the professional wrestling school owned and operated by World Championship Wrestling) on an episode of WCW Monday Nitro. LeRoux qualified to train in the Power Plant, meeting the arduous physical qualifications, and trained throughout 1998, with his first match being a loss to Perry Saturn in mid-1998. He was promoted to the main roster in July 1998, and wrestled on WCW Saturday Night, WCW WorldWide and WCW Thunder as "Mark LeRoux" for several months, often losing squash matches. He debuted on Nitro on February 2, 1999 as "Lash LeRoux", losing to then-Cruiserweight Champion Billy Kidman. It was this match that caught the eyes of WCW officials, and he was signed to an official contract with World Championship Wrestling.
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