René Duprée On Chris Benoit, Debuting In WWE At 19, La Résistance, Ruthless Aggression Era
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- Опубликовано: 29 дек 2021
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René Duprée is a professional wrestler known for his time in WWE as part of the tag team La Résistance with Sylvain Grenier. He joins Chris Van Vliet to talk about signing with WWE at 18 years old and making his debut at 19, becoming the youngest WWE tag team champion ever, wanting to leave WWE after Chris Benoit's incident, how he was able to get so muscular at such a young age, his legendary father Emil Duprée, his new podcast called "Café De René" and much more!
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I wish he didn’t lie about taking juice
Have always LOVED Rene Dupree as a performer! He was safe/solid in the ring and always improving,while being a literal fucking kid. Dude was a TEENAGER, built like a Vince fever dream and had a natural heel charisma on the mic. Imagine if he came up in recent NXT and had time to improve both in ring and on mic. If he spent 2 yrs. there, would be an absolute BEAST at 21 yrs. entering the main roster. IF ever booked (pretty big if) as more than the cowardly womanizer, foreigner...he had the tools to be a upper midcard mainstay and possibly evolve into the world title scene. I don't care how WWE rubbed salt in his wounds,by making that kid who needs a haircut tag champ! HUGE ASTERISK! Rene was a LEGITIMATE tag champion as a fucking TEENAGER! A first Rd blue chip player like him, should have had more eyes on him,to help guide his career and keep the JBL's/Holly's from incessantly breaking his balls,trying to force him out. Hazing is one thing.... harassment is another. Rene was JAAAAACKED, and should have fucking cracked either of them......but they golf w)Vince, so tough spot. Dupree and la Resistance got heat from the fans. Yet it was clear that Vince had Renee pegged as the breakaway singles star yet still had him on training wheels and would not allow him to take them off. Hunter even challenge grenade saying it's easy to get heat with a French flag behind which Renee took to heart. And if you watch that era Renee got heat based on his character and especially his treatment of women. On the flip side, there was a time where the fans began take to Renee and actually cheer him quite often during his matches. It was enough to make one Wonder if the fans were beginning to see this pompous chauvinistic egomaniacal Frenchman as a baby face!.….... Which culminated into huge pops whenever he introduced his taunt which along with taz's call of it seem to change perception of the possible heel, into maybe more of a baby face. His taunt was called
The" French tickler dance"unquote, and it involved him introducing his ab work looking out at the crowd proudly and fluidly leaping from his left foot to his right with his hands at his sides as if to say, "This is how I roll", and along with taz's commentary of"I am a French man and I like to dance we French man like to dance romance" etc.(would change sometimes)
As ridiculous as this sounds Dupree was getting super over because his taunt actually fit his character so well! But we know how Vince who is supposed to do his best to make popular stars seems to like to do things his way and if a popular wrestler has something going on his own which events didn't create it will often be smashed and swept by the wayside as if it never happened and Vince will come up with something for the aforementioned wrestler.
For example, remember......
" I'M AFRAID I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS"! Wade Barrett did EVERYTHING WWE asked of him and came up w/something that the audience LOVED and was excited to work on/evolve. ......then Vince said
"You are a heel. I don't want the fans cheering heels"! (Then turn him face, he had nothing going on) .......but don't worry Wade, Ol'Vince had BIG plans for you..........
" All hail KING(most garbage,thrown together, partially non revised tourney) BARRETT"! Poor Wade had to walk out there in that cartoony bullshit costume.....but it gets even better Wade.... LEAGUE OF NATIONS!!! WOW!
I respect Wade for leaving. After being in something that fulfilled him creatively and actually GOT OVER(which isn't easy), he had to completely ditch BNB and be a cartoon henchmen, in a party city costume!
In a professional team oriented environment, I think Dupree had the potential to be a top guy. Imagine, being a nineteen yr. old champ!
I would also love to confirm w/Rene ,that once the "FT" starting getting over, did Vince order him to stop using the taunt?
That experience being in WWE that young and not realizing there is literally trouble all around you and ppl out to get you, to keep their spots etc, must have been rough.
I am POSITIVE this dude wanted to drop a bomb on Holly or JBL or whoever, but it ts tough....cuz like, they're your Father's age and you don't know if you would get fired/suspended etc. Sure homeboy portrayed a cowardly heel, but he was fucking SHREDDED! Not ashamed to say, that Rene was my benchmark/goal when I was a gymrat. Got in SIIIIIIIICK shape, just electric. Ddnt use the gas! Lol.
And to this day,the "French tickler" is my main taunt. After work, we went to Kings bowling/bar/lasertag etc. across st. THREE strikes in a row, three FT's and some heat! WORTH IT! Wish this guy well forever!
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W h I just called you and I can do it tomorrow and I can
Allo rene!! Tabarnac!! Lol I know I didn’t spell your name in the proper french spelling. I suck with typing translations. I believe you know my cousin, he wrestles under the name Marco Estrada. I am french as well, i am a Blanchard. My dads entire family is from lameque, tracadi, shippagan etc. Years back when we saw you got hired from wwe , we were so excited that someone from our hometown made it to the highest level. Especially a small island / very small area most people don’t know about. I love your work. You probably won’t see this but i just wanted to give a shout out.
Thanks for having me Chris, it was a pleasure.
Thanks again for a great conversation!
Thank you for the stories too, Rene! It's too bad the pandemic is keeping you from working Jan. 8 in Yokohama. I would've killed to have been there myself to see it!
Your awesome renee big fan I from Australia hspp new year
From one Maritimer to another, this was an absolute treat! 🤘
Hope One day you'll be back in either WWE or go to AEW, Impact, etc.
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Never was a huge fan of his, but knowing of all the stories of veterans making his life miserable, I'm glad he's alive and well.
A friend and I that used to watch WWE regularly, loved to laugh at Shelton Benjamin and Rene Dupree.
Shelton because we knew he would never get a main event push but was "a fantastic athlete". We would just state that whenever he showed up.
"Ain't no stopping me NOOOWWWW"
OH it's Shelton. What a Fantastic Athlete.
Rene...we just loved his dumb little dance he did in La Resistance.
I never was a fan of yours either u suck
@@zucchinidude1695 That killed me lol.
@@killwalker lol same 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I digged his french dancing taunt in the video games and he was in amazing shape back then.
Hell yeah, hahah I'm glad someone else remembers👍
The French tickler lol
You had to work very hard with Renee. He answered your questions but didn’t engage in easy conversation like others have done. This is where your real skill is so apparent. You can carry on an interview so professionally, you make it look easy. You are naturally gifted with this which is why we love your interviews and podcasts. Hope 2022 is a great year for you.
At the same time though, he was talking about heavy stuff that obviously was hard to talk about for him
To be fair, it can be difficult trying to hold an in depth conversation while smoking a weed pen.
I think most of his short answers and long pauses are mostly due to that.
Rene is a roody poo. Jk 😅
So interesting to see how Dupree acts in this interview: he's friendly but not overly friendly. He answers your questions but he doesn't talk a lot.
He's fairly stoic but great guy with his friends. He does really good on his podcast with his cohost James if you haven't checked it out
I think he s great! Really funny n honest as I ve been a fan of his podcast, dry humor which I dig.
Yes but there is no problem with it is Canadian that's their nature that's who they are they are a little bit dry mean Bret Hart he barely left and he is just like Renee always short answer he doesn't talk a lot and he is Poker Face most of the time but that's who he is that's Brett heart it is completely normal the difference is between each and every country and I see him very level-headed and professional and he has a good mind for the business he knows what he's doing
Cafederene is dope. Rene is def pretty stoic and a cool ass dude overall. He's married but doesn't have kids which is a bit unique for a lot of the other wrestlers, so he's more outspoken. But tbh he just seems pretty outspoken in general. Cool guy cool pod🤙💪
@@channeldeleted2946 actually I respect him for that the guy knows what he wants and knows what he doesn't want can't blame him he's standing up for what he believes in
Rene Dupree was a good worker and had a good physique. It’s sad to see what happens to Wrestlers who get a WWE contract at a young age, especially back in the day
Brock Lesnar 🤔🤔
@@Starveed Hardcore Holly tried to stiff him and Brock Lesnar quit after 2 years because he didn’t like the backstage politics and travel schedule
Teddy Hart comes to mind for me
They either went right to the top (Cena..Lesnar) or they got embarrassingly burried to the point they quit or got released
@@Starveed Nathan Jones left because of politics too.
Im not gonna lie, until this, I had no idea Renee Dupree still wrestles until this video. Thank you for this Chris, another awesome interview!
This dude is younger than orton he had so much potential
im begging for wrestlers to speak out more about Andrew Test Martin, whether its dark side of the ring or just interviews but he was such a talented guy and would have really shined in this era of pro wrestling, one of the 'mid card' guys i really got behind.
I do hope so! 💗I absolutely loved him so much growing up and still do. He will always be my top favorite for life, and it crushed me deep when he passed. But he deserved so much better during his run, but I'm still glad to have watched & enjoyed him when he was still here with us. I hope more people come out and talk about him, he was truly great
@@wffattitude5178 its like he's either taboo to talk about or has been forgotten id like to tee Trish and Albert tell stories of their times together.
Test was great. Looked like a real world champion.
He was absolutely one of my boys that I like to watch. His inner demons that stemmed from the business or what ultimately got him. But I think a lot of those demons probably surfaced and stemmed from his wedding storyline being botched and mishandled so poorly and him being made to look like such weak/dumb dolt. Triple H literally buried him to a point that it took him years to climb out of the hole just to form relevant tag teams with Albert and Scott's Steinner etc and he is lucky to have gotten that far considering that burial.
@@yourdashingheroidol7909 Many wrestlers say he was a very sloppy worker and he didn't really have any mic skills. I guess he had a good look but ultimately if the boys don't want to work with you.....Also--kind of weird to try to relate his drug issues to a booking decision like it was so devastating he turned to drugs--when he was probably using drugs prior to being in the WWE.
Hated this guy as a kid but learned so much. God bless you buddy. Genuinely hope his career soars.
Check out his Japan work
Asking you questions Mr Solodolo, Chris Van Vliet and René Dupree are two men born in 1983?
Please reply Mr Solodolo
@@hishamjararwah3125 Yeah dude, looks that way. You could probably have googled that though.
Weird.
@@mrsolodolo9716 Chris Van Vliet was born on May 19 in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, and René Dupree was born on December 15 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, as both Canadian born in 1983?
I always did like Rene and I'm glad he recognized he needed to get out of that toxic ass environment. And Salute to him for speaking out, been way too many ODs in wrestling.
No you didn't, you're just a boot licker trying to get likes.. only saying "I always was a fan of renee " liar
Chris does a great job making his guests feel comfortable. Rene is a really cool dude.
Dude speaks Truth , How can you not like that .
I loved everything about this interview. Reneé Duprée was an amazing Superstar in the early 2000s WWE. This was fun to listen to and catch up with everything about the man. Glad to hear that he followed the expression “The best revenge is to live a good life.”
What an amazing interview. So honest and open.
"You're the first guest that I've ever had that's in the Atlantic time zone. It was very confusing for me to book this."
"C’est la vie."
The ultimate in French indifference.
You’re the best, Chris. René is an amazing, underrated worker and I’m so thrilled to see the dude enjoying what he can in life.
Hey, nice. Interesting conversation to close out 2021. Wasn't expecting a little La Résistance at the end of the year. Cool to hear about him being in Pro Wrestling Noah. Hope I see him show up with the whole NJPW vs PWN crossover. Thanks for another good year, CVV.
I’ve been waiting for this one, Rene was so underrated. Thank you again, Chris, for another awesome interview!
Awesome interview CVV. This wasn't an easy one to get through but you got the absolute most of it. Thanks for the content!
Awesome interview again, Rene was always great in the ring. Wish this guy the best!
i love how hes just chillin in the interview with what looks like a weed pen, nice and chill interview with some good stories.
This was a good one. I don't remember a lot of the stuff he did in WWE so it will be interesting to go back and have a look knowing a bit more about him now
More of these interviews with the more open wrestlers who are not scared to say it how it is.
Love Renee for being honest and saying who the nice and not so nice fellow wrestlers are/were, thats what fans want to see, enough of the nicety non controversial boring stuff. Go Rene and great job CVV.
One of my favorite interviews to listen to so far.
Still loving the full length interviews.
I absolutely feel awful for Rene Dupree but I'm really glad he is doing a lot better.
Great interview. Thankyou to both of you. Great questions Chris. Rene, thankyou for your honesty.
What a fantastic interview CVV!
Great interview as always Chris, I really enjoyed it, had no idea how young he was
he’s awesome and so are you dude I’m glad you were able to interview him even though I wasn’t a fan of his growing up I’m even more of a big fan of yours and his now because of how real and outspoken he is plus I love Japan 🇯🇵 and Canada 🇨🇦 even though I’m from the states in Houston Texas 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾💪🏾💪🏾💯
WWE should have done more with Dupree in my opinion
@MrGHLover107 non of that makes any sense, but to answer your question he had a ton of potential as a performer, he was a great heel and in my opinion anyway much better as a singles wrestler
Subscribed to him. Looking forward to more stories! Thanks Chris!
Rene Dupree is probably one of the most underrated wrestler ever but his feud with John cena in 2004 was one of the worst
It's legitimately the first feud I ever watched in wrestling so I'll always be nostalgic for it.
Great interview had pleasure of meeting and watching Rene wrestle in hereford in the UK for ironfist wrestling
Wow Reñe is a real 1. Great conversation!! 💯
Actually an really enlightening interview. I wasn't the biggest Renee fan but he has my respect.
Great interview! Always been a fan of Rene Dupree. Chris can you interview Slyvan Greiner that would be awesome
I remember after his loss in a match ,he took a mic and said "I am French Phenom!!!!" And then Stone Cold came to the Ring and Hit hiM with A Stunner.
Rene vs Cena, Judgement Day 2004 is one of the very first wrestling matches I've watched.
He was the first ever victim of Cena's golden shovel!
Yeah this was a great interview
For me René will always be the youngest Tag Team Champion.
That doesn’t make sense
For me René will always be the president of Indochina.
Awesome Interview Today Chris And Renè
I truly enjoyed this interview. I always like Rene Dupree as a fan
Now I know the circumstances behind his departure.
Must be very sad to see so many of your friends go out like that, as a result of the culture created by a company
Glad he is living life and so outspoken
Great interview Chris. I'm going to check out his caffe channel
When I was a gymrat,then starting going at it hard, Rene Dupree was my goal/Obi Wan. Lol. I had just gone through an awful breakup,so spending 3 hrs.a.m / 3-5 p.m helped me to avoid those feelings and steadily gain confidence as I saw results. I am lucky to have great genetics and solid metabolism, so I was getting shredded and gaining mass weight quickly. As he may have mentioned, the key things to train that go overlooked, are traps/lats, legs. Those things put your entire body together. I assumed Dupree was on the gas, since he was at it his entire life etc. heard London saying Rene lactated cuz of them, lol. But aside from rumors, I still sat idk if he juiced. I got into amazing shape w/o juice. So hope he did too . Please read my second reply for the top question post. Wrote there by accident, but RD got the shaft!
A dude built like a Vince fever dream ,who is a safe worker and always improving and will definitely get better. He is magic on the mic and charismatic, really being able to lean into his character........at NINETEEN YEARS OLD!!!
Rene was a 1st Rd. Blue chip pickup! If Vince had eyes on this guy and made sure all he had to do was train+work+get better, rather than trying to figure out the pitfalls of the life, w/the Bradshaws/Holly types trying to fuck with him/hold their spots. Kid probably wanted to crack one of them. Again. 270 guy fuckin' zero % body fat could catch anyone on the button.....but Vince lackies. What is this KID supposed to do?
Horribly structured business model in general. Got better w/NXT, but that is a Pritchard plaything now. But Rene in NXT training 2 yrs., then debuting on main roster as a 21 trained up animal! Timing is everything.
As I mentioned in other spot......the "French tickler" is still my ace in the hole taunt, that I bust out when I smash something worthy of it!
I would love to ask Rene if Vince/WWE asked him to curb the "French tickler"when it started getting over,because of the OCD "heels shouldn't be cheered" shit.
Like the way Wade Barrett organically grew the "I'M AFRAID I'VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS"!BNB character and got it waaaaay over, but Vince shut that shit down,made him King of the ring,when it meant nothing but having to wear that AWFUL King costume, then to boot, lumped him into the league of nations.....and he tapped and left WWE. Who could blame him. So,yeah, just wondering if Vince tried to squash the pops for the "French tickler",( especially called by Taz.lol)
Dude, I am going to start watching your Japan stuff, cuz you were an AMAZING all around talent and could/should have been SO much more. Look at WWE's business model/recruiting strategy is TODAY. Now imagine that 19 y/o Rene Dupree, carved from granite, able to not only cut promos,but elavate the promo work of others in the scene. He can also work.....and work safely and professionally. Understands the way to work matches and actually sell and tell a story etc. He would be the Vince prototype! Vince would drop his drink, barreling past a disappointed Bron Breaker and Von Wagner!
That French tickler was almost the funniest thing I seen on wwe tv
This guy was a victim of the wrong timing for his career. Being the new guy he probably just thought it best to take the verbal punishment when in reality he probably coulda beat the hell out of JBL. Dude didn’t look like he could fight on tough enough. And of course theirs Joey Styles. Lol.
I saw René Dupree in a pro Wrestling NOAH event last year hope he is doing good in Japan wishing you both the best and a happy new year
Great interview
Excited to watch this one
Did a segment on an indy show with him a few years back, and after my match later in the night he called me crazy for doing hardcore and gave me some tips for longevity.
He also told guys backstage that he wanted to kick my ass after I referenced a lose to Rey Mysterio but I hope he took it in gest. H was a really nice guy.
Great interview.
Actually great foresight to realize the US population being 4-5% of the world's population but WWE gave him exposure to the entire world that he has plenty of fans elsewhere he can perform in front of.
That sucks that René moved in new Brunswick, loved to play hockey against him!
He was better than expected.
I’ve always gravitated towards the foreign heels growing up, Rene Dupree, and Muhammad Hassan are two of the best from my generation
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CVV just looks like a pro when interviewing someone who doesn't keep a conversation going
@@JediSteele I wonder if thats just how most french people are.
It's obvious he enjoyed every minute of this video
This was dope 👍
Cue Tupac's "Hit Em Up" at the 51:49 Mark 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol Renee seems like a sweetheart and I'm sad he got treated bad by some bully veterans!
I still often think about Chris Benoit and everything that happened. How it changed wrestling forever and how much impact it had for change. Such a sad end. Your interview with his son David is one of my favorite interviews of yours. I just wish someone could’ve prevented that tragedy from happening. So sad.
@@IMGBrk96 Well said
Been waiting for this one.🙏🏻💪🏻🔥🔥🔥🔥🇨🇦 Finally
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@@ChrisVanVliet love your content much love via Edmonton
I really like his work in the indies Always been a fan of his in ring performance and mic skills
He was bullied quite a bit back then, like how tough do u feel picking on a 19 year old trying to live his dream? 🤦♂️
* roided up 19 year old
@@supportpatriarchyordietrying holly was roided up to
@@Traypeats but he was way smaller
@@supportpatriarchyordietrying he was way smaller then lesnar too
@@Traypeats Did he bully Lesnar, too?
Letsss gooo ! thanks chris
Enjoy!
My boy hitting that THC pen 🔥
he said it was CBD not THC big difference
amazing wrestler the side by side dance is AWESOME in WWE LEGEND
I feel like wwe could have done something with Rene he was a pretty good heel in my opinion
Fellow New Brunswicker here!
I'm in New Brunswick, St Stephen!
Excited for a Noah/NJPW fued!!!
He was one of my favourites. Very impressive with that physique at 19 years old. I hated how they always pushed him first and then buried him shortly after. I was especially hyped for his feud with Cena over the US Title, and it sucked that it was so one-sided and got cancelled after just 2 PPV matches ...
But the other members from La Resistance got no better treating after all.
No he wasn't, you're only saying he was one of your favorites because he has a podcast and you're just a boot licker.. nobody looked forward to his match
Wwe always shits on wrestlers
Bully Ray/Bubba Ray was like that back then, not anymore though he’s smarten up now.
He is The French Phenom!!!!!!!!!!!!
Legend
Keep up the good work
Rene, aweille donc mon homme! Excellent invité!
The CVV man banging out the good shit.
@3:38 I like how one of the first questions he asks Renee about is New Japan guys he’d would like to work with and right as he’s about to answer, he just completely cuts him off….. -.-
Guy is awesome so mellow.
2 legendz
Would be awesome if you can interview Val Venis. Would love to hear his story.
Love it
Cvv and Hannibal are the two best
i Really Enjoyed This Great Video Interview With Pro Wrestler #ReneDupree
Cool. I live close to Rene Dupree
Two studs 🇨🇦
Very memorable
Really Raw!
Good interview, although I was surprised Benoit was hardly touched upon considering he was the first name in the title....
Rene seems like a cool guy 😎
Since Benoit was the reason he left wrestling in 2007, I thought it was important to include in the title
@@ChrisVanVliet Thanks Chris - wasn’t hating. Another good interview.
Rene was one the most underrated heels in wwe in the 2000s.
Le phenomen Francais Rene Dupree
Seriously Rene is the man for doing this
I'm watching those cafe Dupree shows about Benoit and drug use
Bret was at times a baby face though. Funny thing with Chris Jericho is that he was born in Manhasset, Long Island, NY.
I actually dig what he was doing in The last ecw run of his
Rip andrew martin
Please we need Rob Conway
We need a side by side with renee and matt taven
#TeamReneDupree
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