All language subtitles for Dark Side Of The Ring S02e06 The Assassination Of Dino Bravo

Dino Bravo was an icon in Quebec. He was
an idol. Bravo!

I am proud of my heritage.

He was big. He was strong.

He could bench press 500 pounds.

He had the size and he had the weight.

He was really like the old Kogan of
Montreal.

Dino appears to be in great physical
condition.

I mean, he could do no wrong. I feel at
my best when I answer that square

circle. You can't turn your back on Dino
Bravo.

Dino Bravo combined relentless ambition
with a fiery intensity that made him a

superstar in Montreal, Quebec, and saw
him wrestle the biggest names in the

He did work with Ogun. He did work with
Ultimate Warrior.

Did you see that power move by Dino
Bravo?

With Dino Bravo, either he liked you or
he doesn't like you.

He loves to live dangerously.

He's tough.

Nothing could touch him.

For me, Mafia always scared me. The word
Mafia scared me.

I said, listen, I don't know if you're
doing the right thing, but it's not for

me to judge what he did.

His world was the wrestling world. It
wasn't the organized crime world.

He screwed up.

On this episode, we'll examine

the tragic consequences when a wrestling
enforcer is pushed out of the

spotlight. and into a life of crime.

Let that be a lesson for everybody, me
included, that everybody's touchable.

On March 10, 1993, the family of Dino
Bravo came home and discovered his dead

body. Police said he had been struck by
11 bullets.

Within days, rumors began to surface
that it was a mafia -style execution.

30 years later, Dino's unsolved murder
remains one of wrestling's darkest

mysteries. Those closest to him have
never spoken openly about what led him

such a dangerous path until now.

My favorite.

I never want to give him a kiss.

And when he gives me a kiss, I was
always like...

He said, okay, give me a kiss with your
nose.

Dino Bravo, his name is Luther.

His name is Adolfo Bresciano.

I'm Diane Rivet. I'm from Montreal.

I met him when I was working in a bar.

And the manager of the place, who also
knew a lot about boxing and wrestling,

was in love with Dino.

And he always told me when I arrived
there, Dino is coming, Dino is coming.

I said, who is Dino?

I was barely 19 years old. And so he

offered me to come and drive me home.

My name is Patrick Leprade.

I'm a wrestling historian.

I first started watching wrestling when
I was six years old. And Dino was just

that super hero to me.

He was big, he was strong, full of
muscle. He was really like an action

coming to life.

In the early 80s, Montreal's
international wrestling is the leading

Quebec. And Dino Bravo is its premier
star.

We had almost 2 million people watching
the TV on Sunday morning. It was very,

very big. My name is Tony Muley. I was a
wrestling promoter from 1971 to

1986.

During international wrestling, we had
Rick Martel, King Tonga. We had

Raymond Rojo, Jacques Rojo, and The
Giant.

But listen, Dino Bravo, he was the
biggest star here in the 80s.

Dino Bravo was very hard to get to be
friends with. But once you were, he

by you. He had your back.

That's what I like about Dino. My name
is Gino Brito.

Not wrestling now, but I started
wrestling in 1961.

So I think I know a bit about wrestling.

Well, Dino Bravo was more than a friend.
He was almost family.

The other wrestler was seeing us getting
into the arena. Me, Dino, and Dino. Oh,

here's the Italian connection.

With his two business partners by his
side, Dino isn't just international

wrestling's top draw.

He's also co -owner and matchmaker.

Dino was the boss here of the company in
Quebec.

And we were like superstars in our own
home, in our own province, and Dino

created all that.

Maybe if you could just give us a brief
introduction to who you are. Do you know

who I am?

I'm the Mountie.

My name is Jacques Rougeau. I've been
wrestling for 41

years. But Dino Bravo, I've known him
since I was 18 years old.

Dino was the booker.

It's like when you watch a sitcom on TV
every week, they have storylines.

Well, the booker is the one who creates
the storyline.

How was it to have that full packed
house right behind you during that main

event? And he created himself.

He beat everybody when they came in, and
he worked around his image and his

future. The fans here are obviously
solidly behind Dino Bravo.

I think he was so passionate, and he was
so into the fight, that he just wanted

to become more and more famous.

Over my shoulder.

the belt emblematic of the International
Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.

This belt worn so proudly for four of
the last five years by, of course, the

great Dino Bravo.

Casting himself as the main attraction
doesn't always sit well with the other

wrestlers, especially those looking to
make a name for themselves.

He'd book himself a main event, and he'd
put my brother and I like in third or

fourth match before intermission.

But for me in my head, I was a main
eventer. There wasn't always sunshine

between me and Dino.

I wanted his spot.

He was the boss.

And me being unhappy, Pat Patterson and
Vince will call on me. They said,

Jacques, would you like to join the WWF?
And I said, well, I don't know. It's a

jungle out there. You know, I want to go
there out there alone in that jungle.

As part of its plan for global
dominance, the Emerging World Wrestling

Federation set its sights on Montreal.

and his intent on poaching the town's
top stars.

It was unheard of to have wrestlers make
the kind of money that Vince McMahon

could make these people. By the 90s, it
was a new wave. It was something new. It

was fun to see Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Whoa!

And Coco Beware with his birds. And it
was, ooh, yeah, with Miss Elizabeth. It

was an era that came and just, it was
fun to watch.

Welcome to WrestleMania 3!

Vince is a very intelligent individual,
and he knew that he needed Dino Bravo on

board if he really wanted to draw good
crowds in Montreal.

And in 1985, early 1986, there was a big
match that he aired in

Montreal. It was a dream match.

Al Cogan against Dino Bravo.

As a matter of fact, that would have
been a match you could have put in the

Olympic Stadium and draw at least 40
,000 people.

And it never materialized. They got
scared that Dino Bravo would actually be

more popular than Hulk Hogan in
Montreal.

And at the last minute, just decided to
cancel the match. So Dino was not happy

with WWE and decided to actually try to
bring international wrestling to a level

of popularity where they could actually
compete with WWE.

He was in a mood where, I'm not going to
let him ruin my business.

He was fooling himself, and there's
nothing that he could have done to match

what WWF was coming with.

Despite Dino's blind ambition,
international wrestling is no match for

showmanship. He's outclassed in almost
every single way.

Now, either you get out of the way, or
you compete against an elephant.

When I left to go to WWF, I did what I
had to do, and my dad and Dino, they

begged me. I swear to God, begged me.

Don't go, don't go, because if you go,
the WWF's going to come in here and

they're going to kill everybody.

But it was too late. The damage was
done.

The Talon, they all went for Vince.

The Rougeos went for Vince.

Martel, Tonga, everybody went there.
Once your Talon's gone, you can't eat.

And that was it. It was a downfall that
was, I think, that you couldn't avoid.

Certain moments of frustration with the
WWF. And, of course, they questioned

themselves.

By the end of 1986, Dino Bravo's once
thriving company is on life support.

Now he must decide whether to continue
to fight for his independence or to side

with the enemy.

In order to support his family, Dino
Bravo must decide if he can let go of

pride and join the opposition, Vince
McMahon's World Wrestling Federation.

So, of course, he was looking to take
care of his family. And Vince McMahon

offered Dino money that Dino couldn't
refuse.

It was something like $300 ,000
guaranteed.

And with everything else, he could have
made over a million.

Something that he could have not dreamed
of doing if he would have stayed in

Montreal. I think Dino came to his
senses, and he came to WWF. And that was

funny, because when he walked into the
room, hey, how you doing, Dino? You

you did the same move we did.

But there was never animosity.

It was almost like when Dino came, he
put that behind him, and he says, okay,

let's move.

It was like

a new life

for Luther, a completely new stage in
his career.

To make a French -Canadian strongman fit
within the cartoon world of the WWF,

Dino was paired with one of American
wrestling's most iconic personalities.

Can you tell us who Jimmy Hart is?

Oh, my God.

The best man in the business.

Some managers took the credibility away
from their boys. Jimmy Hart was the guy

who knew how to give credibility to his
wrestler.

Look at him, man. Look how strong he is.
Woo!

I wanted the ring. I was a baritone.
When I came out, I was a soprano.

He's the world's strongest man. I
guarantee you that. Look at me.

The wrestler was always the Cadillac. We
were kind of the hood on a Cadillac. He

was in great shape. He could go 30
-minute matches if he had to.

He could go against Hogan. He could go
against Andre the John or any of them.

was a big man's territory.

And he had the size and he had the
weight. By being with me, it kind of put

rocket on his career.

And all of a sudden, he started moving
up the card a little bit more.

And of course, when you make a lot of
money, your lifestyle goes up.

And he had the Mercedes, the big million
-dollar house. He had this, he had

that. We had our houses built at the
same time.

That's how we got to be next to each
other.

Moi, je lui ai demandé pourquoi une
maison, une grande maison à Laval. Il y

avait un garage avec une auto rouge.

Il m 'amenait à ce garage -là, puis il
me disait, ça, c 'est ton auto.

Puis ça, je vais m 'en souvenir toute ma
vie.

J 'avais 4 ans, je pense.

Dino's lavish new lifestyle comes at a
cost, as Vince McMahon makes radical

changes to his character, from all
-round Canadian hero to an anti

bleach -blonde villain.

So for someone who's not familiar, how
would you describe who Vince McMahon is?

Wow!

That's the question I didn't expect.

Vince likes to test the boys who stick
up to him.

You don't see an Italian with blonde
hair.

You know, not in Quebec.

Everybody thought it was funny when he
came through with the blonder.

And then Dino was pissed.

Because Dino's a very proud guy.

He was so embarrassed.

but he had to do it because that's what
they wanted. That's the difference in

when you're in a small -time league like
international wrestling. You believe in

yourself, you build, you create
yourself. When you go to WWF, you're a

you're a character, you're just part of
a show.

Competing with the WWF's all -star
roster, the French -Canadian flair that

worked for Dino back home gets lost in
translation.

I think everybody looks at merchandise
and looks at sales and looks at what

can do with you.

Let's just say Dino Bravo, he had that
broken English.

It was

hard for people to understand what he
might be saying, and so that held him

back a little bit.

Dino had his routine.

He had his punches, he had his boots, he
had his routine.

But he was never the kind of guy to
discover something new.

I think the hardest thing for Dino was
doing jobs for guys that weren't on top.

Well, I'm talking getting beat.

The most important thing in wrestling is
your valeur marchande, which means what

you are worth on the market. And if you
are a guy that the fans see on TV week

after week getting beat, getting beat.

Even if it's a show and it's fake and
it's organized, people don't believe in

you anymore.

He was getting older. Gotta remember
that when he was like at his peak of his

career back in international wrestling,
he was like in the early to the mid

-30s. Now he was late 30s, early 40s. He
still saw himself as a top guy.

When you go to WWF, if there's one thing
you don't bring, there's an ego. All

the shames and all the things you're
afraid of, it's going to happen.

Unfortunately, Dino had bigger plans for
himself than Vince had for him.

Vince figured, you know, bring in new
talent, new faith, new blood, and you're

out. By the end of 1992, Dino's days
with the WWF are over when his contract

expires and is not renewed.

No, he just came and told me, hey, I'm
leaving. He said, look, I'm burnt out.

I've done everything I can. I want to
spend time with my family. We hugged and

everything else, and that was basically
it.

No, but suddenly it stopped.

There's no more income. And you don't
have a pension and resting or nothing

that. That's where the trouble starts.

With his career over, Dino has lost his
life's passion and his livelihood and is

left staring into an abyss.

After six years on wrestling's biggest
stage, Dino Bravo's career is over.

He must look for other ways to support
his family and decadent lifestyle.

I think that once you get with the WWF
and you leave, where could you go? You

know, it's like playing professional
baseball and then dropping down to a

league contract.

You know, as soon as you drop down, it's
like, oh, his career is over.

Everybody has good times in life.

makes money and everybody has bad times
in life where they need money.

I've been there, done that many times.

With no professional experience outside
of wrestling, Dino has very few options.

What he does have is connections.

Montreal is not far from the United
States, and the corruption is widespread

the police.

and the government in Quebec.

That's why the mafiosi like Montreal.

I am a journalist with interest in mafia
and organized crime.

The Cotonou family was very active under
the authority of the Sicilian family

Rizzuto. Vic Cotonou was the leader of
the first mafia family in the history of

Quebec. Everybody knew who Vic Cotroni
was.

He was like the so -called father of the
mob here in Montreal.

Vic Cotroni was also a former wrestler.
He wrestled back in the 1930s under the

name of Vic Vincent.

Dino Bravo was actually related to the
Cotronis because Vic was Dino's uncle.

For me, it's the Cotroni family. He was
in our family, actually.

You have to say it. It wasn't a guy who
had a judicial record.

It was a guy who had contacts.

And there are people who will say, it's
not because you're alive that you're

part of it.

But it depends.

The Cotroni group was powerful at that
time, at the

level of cigarette smuggling, smuggling
at the level of alcohol.

It was an imposing guy.

C 'était un gars qui avait une belle
personnalité.

Et je pense que les gens de la mafia
italienne ont voulu, d 'une façon, l

'approcher. Moi, je pense qu 'il a peut
-être été naïf. Et souvent, l 'argent va

faire des choses.

Il était imposant. De collecter, c
'était inquiétant.

Bravo avait une stature très imposante.
Quand tu vois, il y avait deux gars dans

la porte.

It was like a

$60 million man. He had no fear of
anything and no consequences.

There's nothing could happen to him.

Dino's past life as a wrestling
powerhouse means he has all the brute

debt collector requires.

We've kind of heard stories about Dino
kind of had a little bit of a temper. Is

that true?

Yeah. Hot temper? Oh, no, he had a hot
temper.

Very, very hot temper.

Dino Bravo was a big Montreal Canadiens
fan. And if you're a Montreal Canadiens

fan, you hated everything about the
Quebec Nordiques. I'm not going to name

the player, but one time in a bar in
Quebec City, there's a player that said

something. I'm 18 years old.

I'm drinking, drinking, drinking, and
I'm coming down the stairs, and then

says, hey, that's a hockey player from
the Nordiques.

And me, with my loud mouth, I'm drunk,
half drunk. I go, ah, the Nordiques.

That's all bullshit.

So he backs up against the wall and he
puts himself in position like that. And

start running with my fist. But I'm
running towards the wall and he ducks

hit the wall.

And he grabs me by the shirt. And I
swear, I would have probably had the

of my life.

And Dino took him and he sidestepped and
he says, hey, let him go. And then he

made a something to Dino.

He said something about phony. And the
guy had a nice Corvette.

Dino picked him up like you'd pick up a
rag doll and ran his head right into the

Corvette just out of nowhere.

You know, the guy just went down like a
sack of babies.

He said, you think I'm a phony? Come and
try me out.

Believe me, you didn't want to be around
him when he got mad.

You were to put a gun to his head, he
says, don't point a gun at me. Shoot me

right away because I'm coming for you.

As Dino heads down his new career path,
his wife, Diane, senses trouble.

It was very dangerous because if you
don't know the rules,

you're in trouble.

One night, Dino calls me. Hey Jacques,
can you come and see me?

I'm like, Dino's calling me to go see
him? We're not that close of friends. We

respect each other, but we're not that
close of friends.

And I said, okay. I said, I can't go
today, but I'll go tomorrow. He said,

and see me as soon as you can.

That was his last words to me.

That night, there was a hockey game.

I called him. I said, Dino, what are you
doing?

He says, I'm going to watch the hockey
game.

And the next morning, I'm at the gas
station. Now I'm going to see him.

The gas, we got the pump. The guy says,
yeah, your friend, your buddy there, he

got it, huh?

I looked at the paper. It was the front
page of the Montreal paper.

He got 11 bullets in the body and 7
bullets in the head.

That's a rough way to go.

Are there any details that you wish to
share on that final day?

Close to midnight on March 10, 1993,
Dino Bravo's wife, Diane, pulls into the

driveway with six -year -old Claudia
sleeping in the back seat.

Almost the first one to know because his
wife got back home and we had the house

one beside the other one.

She rings up the bell and I see her
crying with Claudia in her hand.

They come in the house, said, why are
you crying? Do you know he's dead?

I said, what did you say?

It's like the biggest shock I ever had
in my life.

If you would have taken a 2x4 and you
hit me in the back of my head, you

wouldn't have hurt me more than that. I
said, are you crazy?

Yeah, he was shot.

It wasn't no scuffle.

His wife and family were sent away, and
he was just sitting there.

Like he was waiting for it to happen,
you know.

Then you hear all kind of different
stories, you know, about what happened.

Well, was it a robbery? Was it a break
-in? It was so sketchy on everything.

Dino had been shot 11 times, seven
bullets to the head and four to his

A pistol and a machine gun are found at
the scene, but strangely there is no

sign of forced entry, and the door is
unlocked.

The mysterious and brutal circumstances
of his death leaves Dino's family and

friends

I waited and the funeral, went to the
funeral.

I don't know what to tell you. It was
the worst time of my life.

J 'ai fait un dessin de ma famille. J
'ai dessiné ma mère, mon père et moi.

Puis je lui ai apporté ça dans sa tombe.

Tous les gens derrière moi se sont levés
parce qu 'ils trouvaient ça tellement

peur qu 'un enfant...

Mais je l 'ai pas reconnu sur le coup.

Mais j 'ai reconnu ses doigts.

I see his daughter there, so young, that
she didn't understand exactly.

You know how sad it is.

On m 'expliquait que mon père était
parti au ciel rejoindre les étoiles et

'allais plus le voir.

C 'était dur pour moi de réaliser qu 'il
était vraiment plus là, en fait.

Je pense qu 'elle l 'a réalisé plus
quand elle a commencé à aller à l 'école

des amis, puis que les gens savaient qui
était son père, des choses comme ça.

Donc, c 'est là qu 'on s 'était savés,
puis on lui a expliqué un peu plus de

détails, mais...

The details of Dino's murder dominate
the headlines in Montreal.

Yet despite all the coverage pointing to
a mafia -style execution, questions

surrounding who did it and why remain.

finir de cette façon -là.

Monsieur Bravo aurait confié à un
proche, avec qui nous avons parlé ce

'il craignait pour sa vie. C 'est là où
on en est rendu.

Ah, mon Dieu, mon père, il n 'y avait
pas d 'ennemis. Tout le monde l 'aimait.

Il aimait le monde.

Je ne sais pas comment il aurait pu se
faire des ennemis à part que quelqu 'un,

quelque chose a mal tourné.

I honestly think when Dino was at the
end of his day, that he may have done

something that he wasn't supposed to. A
lot of rumors run.

And he must have realized at one point,
you're screwed.

But the true depth of Dino's involvement
in organized crime will stun the

wrestling world and beyond.

The door must have been unlocked because
there's no forced entry.

Or he let somebody in.

I wouldn't want to go that way.

Police examining the crime scene of Dino
Bravo's murder discover 17 bullet

casings from two different firearms on
the living room floor.

This leads authorities to believe that
two assassins are involved and supports

the theory that his death is linked to
organized crime.

The neighborhood he was living in in
Laval was in Vimon, which is like a very

upscale neighborhood.

A lot of Mafiosi from the new
generation, they moved there. At least

who were living near Dino Bravo were
killed at the same time.

Nine months earlier, Mafia accountant
Robert Caberson was shot in his home

down the street from Bravo's house.

Four months later... And two streets
away, a cigarette smuggler, Gislan

was also killed. The police, aware of
Bravo's ties to the Catroni family,

for connections.

Three

days

after his death, a crucial piece of
evidence is uncovered.

On laisse entendre également qu 'il y
avait une somme considérable d 'argent à

'intérieur de la maison.

Un montant d 'environ 55 000 $ qui
comprenait une cargaison de cigarettes

de contrebande.

À un moment donné, il y a eu un vol de
camions, puis on n 'a pas pu savoir où

est allée la marchandise.

Il y a quelqu 'un qui a dit, on a une
perte de 50 000 $. Pour les enquêteurs,

mort d 'Ido Bravo est reliée.

By the early 1990s, organized crime is
flourishing in Montreal.

Alongside the mafia are warring biker
gangs and smugglers operating out of

Nation reserves.

What connects them all is the lucrative
business of contraband cigarettes.

Il m 'amenait n 'importe où, je veux
dire, j 'étais comme son amie. Quand on

était seules ensemble, quand ma mère n
'était pas présente, il m 'assoyait en

avant dans l 'auto.

Il m 'amenait surtout chez les Indiens.
J 'avais aucune idée de ce que les

Indiens représentaient pour mon père. C
'était leur ami.

Je ne sais pas comment il a
nécessairement rencontré ces gens -là.

C 'est sûrement quelqu 'un qui a
présenté, puis à un moment donné...

C 'était comme officialisé. Je m 'occupe
avec des amis de la contrebande de

cigarettes. Voici des cigarettes à
plumes qui viennent de ces réserves.

Ça se détaillait combien à l 'époque?

Ça devait être cinq piastres à
cartouches.

Did you know that he was involved in
cigarette smuggling?

Yeah, well, of course I knew.

Yeah, he told me. I said, well,
everybody at that time, a lot of people

into that business because everybody
smoked and everybody wanted to pay less

money. So is it from that? I don't know.

Is it for something else? I don't know.

Because if I knew, believe me, I was so
close to him, I would like to have that

revenge for him.

The only wrestler that I know of that
Dino talked to about his organized

crime life prior to leaving wrestling
was Rick Martel.

Martel declined to be involved in this
documentary.

But in 2007, he gave a rare interview
revealing conversations he had with Dino

about his life in organized crime.

Dino went to see the Indians.

And the Indians were big wrestling fans,
you know.

So when they saw Dino, oh man, you know,
so they started dealing strictly with

Dino. So Dino had the monopoly with the
Indians because the Indians, you know,

they have the river there.

You know, they can pass cigarettes like
crazy or whatever.

I had no idea what he was involved in.

Really, no idea.

Control over the narcotics trade is in a
constant state of flux.

Each criminal group is looking for an
edge, even if that means crossing into

somebody else's turf.

doing so great that the cocaine people,
you know, saying, hey, there's some

money for us in there too, you know. So
the big cocaine guy apparently went to

see Dino and said, look, you let me in
on your cigarette deals and I'll let you

in on some cocaine deal.

So what apparently happened, they did
some kind of agreement and Dino had a

,000 shipment in some warehouse
somewhere and it stayed there for like

days.

A few days before the murder, the police
seized a large quantity of

cigarettes in a warehouse.

They made surveillance of the warehouse,
and they saw Dino Bravo with people who

were on investigation.

And on the third day, when the cocaine
guy went to pick it up,

The RCMP and all the police were there.
So they were blaming each other. Dino

said, oh, you should have picked it up
the first day. It never happened, and

shouldn't have let it sit there. So
there was a lot of heat.

Dino screwed up and would have made the
organization lose tons of money.

It was a big seizure, $400 ,000.

It's enough to be killed.

They did investigations.

It was so violent, and the way they did
it, the mafia...

They are more classy when they shoot
somebody.

I did hear that the thinking was that
the killer wanted police to believe

were two shooters.

The person who killed him was a friend.

That's what I think.

Sitting in the couch with your remote
control, when there's someone in front

you, it can't be a stranger.

It has to be someone you like and you
trust.

That, for me, is the definition of mafia
for me.

In 35 years, I never heard that natives
killed people

off the reserve.

The motorcycle gangs, maybe it's in
their style. They are more violent.

That's why maybe the bikers execute a
contract or the natives behind that

contract. We don't know. It's a mystery
for everybody.

This is a beautiful picture. Dino Brower
in blonde and Claudia, his little girl.

Of course, the little girl was always
around him.

And here is me and Dino, well, walking
here at the arena. We were getting ready

to work.

So these are the best memories of my
life.

I miss him every day.

What could have been? What could have
been?

Questions with no answers.

Decades after Dino Bravo's brutal
murder, friends and family still don't

they'll ever find out the truth of what
happened and why.

Alors, on a juste continué à vivre le
quotidien. Puis avec ma belle -mère,

évidemment, elle avait la force de juste
vivre sans son fils. Puis moi, je

suivais un peu aussi cette force -là
pour aussi élever ma fille. Puis d

'air d 'une maman normale avec son
enfant qui est veuve à 28 ans.

It's correct.

It's correct that she did that.

He started wrestling in 1970, ended up
in 1992.

That's a 22 -year career.

So that's the only thing he knew. That's
the only thing he could do. And there's

not a lot of jobs you can do, which will
give you several hundreds of thousands

of dollars aside from organized crime.

Dino Bravo always made sure that there
was harmony.

between the boys.

Dino knew how to create a team.

If I had to start my life again, that
would be one part I'd never change.

The time that I had a business in
Quebec, working for Dino Bravo.

Listen, my father was a volcano, an
explosion.

As much as he could be nice in his role,
as much as when he was mean, he was

mean. He was in his character.

So I think the best heritage he left to
people is to be passionate.

But believe me, the way things are,
people always keep reminding, there will

always be stories that will come out
about Dino, how he died, and did he die

from the bikers?

That will stay with them. And that's too
bad.

But that's the way it is.

You know, you've got to take the punch.

It created an immense pain, an immense
emptiness, more than immense.

It's not even the word.

Even today, after 25 years, everyone is
still sad about my father's loss.

My family was angry that he wasn't found
guilty.

Extremely angry about that.

But also, I think it's better that we
don't know, because knowing is just

being...

I have

beautiful

memories of the man who was, who gave me
a beautiful daughter, whom I am very,

very proud of.

J 'aimerais que les gens se rappellent
de lui étant un homme fier de

le Québec au niveau de la lutte, au
niveau de sa profession.

L 'homme le plus fort au monde.

Et surtout un bon coéquipier au niveau
des amis, puis un bon père de famille et

un bon mari.

Je le pardonne.

D 'avoir pris des mauvaises décisions
parce qu 'il a fait ça pour nous, mais

je l 'aime et que j 'aimerais que ce
soit là.

J 'aimerais que ce soit là et qu 'il
serait grand -père aujourd 'hui de deux

magnifiques enfants.

Mon fils, je le ressent tellement, c
'est sa copie. J 'aurais tellement aimé

qu 'il joue à la lutte avec lui.

The Quebec police were contacted for
this documentary, but they declined to

participate as this case still remains
open.

You know the old saying, Shakespeare,
somebody said, the evil that men do

after them, but the good...

gets injured with their bones, it should
be the other way around.

Think about the good and, you know, the
rest. Try to forget it and try not to

repeat it.

That's it.