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René Duprée (born René Goguen on December 15, 1983 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment on the SmackDown! brand and is the youngest worker in the WWE
He is the son of celebrated Canadian Maritimes wrestling promoter Emile Duprée. René became a professional wrestler in 1997 at age 14. In 2001, he won the Mr. Canada Bodybuilding National Championship. That same year, he signed a developmental contract with WWE and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling to gain seasoning.
In 2003 he debuted in WWE on WWE RAW alongside fellow Canadian wrestler Sylvain Grenier forming a stuck-up French tag team called La Résistance. He soon became the World Tag-Team Champion with Sylvain Grenier making him the youngest champion in WWE history. After Wrestlemania XX, Duprée was selected to move from RAW to WWE's Smackdown! brand.
He also won the WWE Tag-Team Championship along with Kenzo Suzuki on September 9, 2004 but then lost the championship on the December 9, 2004 edition of SmackDown! to Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio. They had a rematch at Armageddon 2004 but lost.
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