PCO

[8.0] "PCO seemed to age in reverse over his career. His early time in WWE as Jean Pierre LaFette or Quebecer Pierre was fine, but he did not stand out. After that he basically disappeared from the most wrestling fans. Then about 2018 he returns and does some of his best work for ROH. Post pandemic he goes to TNA and has a good run their as well. Things ended rough between TNA and PCO apparently and now he seems to be focusing on MLP as he winds down his career. His post WWE character work was phenomenal, and he was willing to take big risks for the crowd."

[8.0] "PCO is a rare example of a wrestler who has always been pretty good but kept improving well into his late 50s. Known for his physical charisma and fearless, high-risk style, he has reinvented himself as a hardcore, intense performer, earning comparisons to legends like Terry Funk. Though not a major star early in his career, his recent resurgence in promotions like ROH, Impact and MLP has made him a must-watch attraction. Despite occasional pacing flaws and a simple gimmick, his dedication and toughness at his age are widely admired. PCO's late-career success is impressive, and his legacy as a resilient, unforgettable competitor is firmly established."

[8.0] "PCO is like a phoenix that rises from the ashes or a fine wine that gets better with age. I don't think his work in the 80's and 90's was bad but he didn't quite stand out. Now in the recent years on his mid 50's he had become a spectacular entertainer and I think the IWC agrees with me on this one!"

[8.0] "56 years old and still going. That in of itself is incredible. Now you add in his style and the things he does and its shocking that he isnt crippled yet. PCO is an absolute beast, snd someone who even at his age, you can always rely on to have a great match. Im not sure how much time he has left, but dammit, I want to see him as TNA world champion before he retires. It just needs to happen."

[8.0] "Prior to his revival in the later half of the 2010s I didn't really care too much for PCO. He was a competent enough tag guy in the WWF but he just wasn't that memorable. But ever since I saw that incredible match against WALTER from Mania weekend a few years ago I have been a huge fan of PCO. His daring in-ring antics are always amazing to see and make every one of his matches a must see spectacle. I loved his short lived tag team with Brody King and his recent run in IMPACT as the heavy for Honor No More. I'm really interested to see what PCO does next."

[9.0] "It's amazing to me that this guy is still doing this technically sound, dangerous shit at his age. Typically once you get into your late 50s, it behooves you to take it easy, and yet, nope, not at all. And it's crazy that he still looks like a million bucks at this age. The gimmick is nothing fancy, but sometimes, a solid, meat and potatoes gimmick is all you need. I hope this guy goes for 10 more years. I need that shit in my life. And what luck; upon further inspection, the fact that he's been around this long leaves a long, impressive resume of matches for me to check out. Lucky me."

[9.0] "A guy who SHOULD have been a main event player in his prime, but luckily found new relevance in the twilight of his career, still doing awesome stuff a guy his size shouldn't be able to do. I've never not been entertained by PCO."

[9.0] "The man is completely bonkers, enormously entertaining, and his modern matches are all insane. Some of the ones post-Quebecers and pre-PCO can be a bit all over the place. The modern ones are kind of like watching wrestling's version of a car accident IRL. Amazing physique, has shined w/good gimmicks (Quebecers, PCO) in tag and singles, probably the best worker in the most styles this side of Terry Funk. Had a bizarre Funk-esque career revival in the 2010s with his "French-Canadian Frankenstein" gimmick which was inspired. Can do traditional, flippy, hardcore, deathmatch. Can't talk well, but English isn't his first language, it's French. Saddled with an unfortunate pirate gimmick in his fed singles run that still got us a 5 star rasslin match w/Brett Hart. Under Siege match with Maclin is among the best hardcore matches of all time. Match with Walter/Gunther is terrific, too for a European strong-style. These are actual 5-star "I remember spots from it" matches, not FotM BS. Somehow he still wrestles despite doing insane spots for literal decades (he's 55+). Should probably retire for the sake of his health so he can walk in 10 years."

[3.0] "Versteh den Hype um ihn gar nicht, da ich nicht finde dass er jetzt immer noch so gut sein soll. Man merkt deutlicher als bei anderen Wrestlern sein höheres Alter an, aber auch mit jungen Jahren war er nie wirklich gut in irgendeiner Weise, er verleitet mich eher zum Abschalten."

[10.0] "The man is legitimate freak of nature. The stuff he does isn't the stuff of a 50 year old. He went from average wrestler to hardcore spot machine that Is Frankenstien. Everytime he's on TV or youtube I watch, I wait to see what bump he's going to take."

[7.0] "So let's be up front here and say we've only seen his stuff from the previous century! Maybe some of what I'm familiar with still applies? Maybe my commentary will be seen as a lost relic and not applicable at all to his current standings in the squared circle: Solid, not spectacular heavyweight who seems like an over achiever. You won't find many men his size, throwing his frame around with such assurance and ease. Not much of a talker, but that's fine because his tag matches are always somehow way better than they ever should be (he'll find new ways to mildly entertain in an otherwise dull evening). Seems best suited in tag roles BUT is rather capable at playing a character heel in singles. Will always need work on keeping me captivated though, he's solid but I can wander off from his ring action at times. 6.75 rounded up. The Amazing French Canadians/Not the Mounties - The Quebecers get strong recommendations."

[9.0] "When he says he is not human, it is completely true. Never seen a wrestler over 50 years of age with such a violent, intense and explosive style. I've been able to see much of his "revival" since 2018 and he never disappoints. He is always able to do something that makes the fans go crazy."

[8.0] "Many legends of the past continue to perform on the independent scene after ending of an active career - for example, Demolition, Tito Santana, Bushwalker Luke and many others. They continue to do what they love and earn money by attracting more fans to the show, and of course there is nothing wrong with that. However, not everyone manages to literally restart their career after many years. And PCO became one of those people. Starting as a tag team specialist in the nineties, people started talking about him again after the match with Walter in 2018. Carl has rediscovered himself, he does not parasitize on the past and now performs with a new interesting monster gimmick, at his age he shows really amazing matches and managed to perform in ROH, wXw, Impact and couple of less known promotions. Carl has done an amazing job on himself and proved that he still got it."

[4.0] "I never saw him in his 'prime', but I don't get his current appeal. He plays some sort of crazed Frankenstein-esque monster, which is pretty dorky, and his offence is basically just him wrecking himself with slow and sloppy high spots. His opponents always have to slow down to match his lack of pace and intensity, which makes for some pretty dull matches. Respect to him for managing to still wrestle in moderately notable promotions at 50+ years old, but I don't enjoy his matches very much."

[8.0] "Back in the day, I always thought PCO/Ouellet was and underrated in-ring performer as a big, thick guy who was surprisingly athletic. For whatever reason, he never got a good gimmick or much of a chance in the big leagues. As a result, I'm glad to see his late-career renaissance in ROH and now Impact where he's finally gotten the recognition he deserves. I don't know how long he'll be able to keep it up given his age, and I hope he knows when to retire before it's too late, but late-career PCO has been a thing to behold, especially with the crazy bumps he seems to keep on taking."

[8.0] "PCO has built an intriguing character and has a great aura as a wrestler even in his mid 50s he's able to put on interesting and fun matches."

[8.0] "PCO is like wrestlings Solomon Grundy. He's old, he's big and brutal, and he keeps getting back up literally no matter what. He's Terry Funk-esque in his ability to take absolutely insane bumps regardless of his age and get back up and continue to wrestle, especially when you take into account how long as he has been active in the business."

"PCO is downright impossible for me to rate. His modern matches are like awful bloody accidents that you can't help but stare at, but you can't deny that they captivate fans and helped rejuvenate Ouellet's career. Add onto that his old work being completely different stylistically and you've got a package that's about as hard to rate as it gets."

[8.0] "An incredible 2019 for a man of his age. ROH World Six Man Tag Champ, ROH World Tag Team Champion, NWA World Tag Team Champion, Crockett Cup 2019, Tag Wars 2019, a stacked No. 1 Contender's Tournament and lastly the Ring of Honor World Champion. PCO is not for everyone but this athletic undead monster is a unique and special performer. To have held the WWF World Tag Team Championship in 1994 (3 times! ), the WCW Hardcore Championship in 2000 (admittedly with many caveats) and ROH World Championship in 2019, you really have to be an atypical kind of star. How much longer PCO can go and how many more goals he can achieve remains to be seen but he's had an incredible comeback and a memorably bizarre career which has put him in the record books and my heart."

[8.0] "Though he never took off as Jean-Pierre LaFitte & only had the one memorable program against Bret, I always thought there was something to him even back then. Hard to believe that all these years later & he's one of the top guys on the indies. I think the PCO character is lacking a little in the gimmick department, but you have to give him tons of credit for the body of work he's currently putting together against guys half his age."

[8.0] "Immer noch ein guter Mann. Zeigt in vielen aktuellen Matches das er es immer noch drauf hat. War schon bei der WWF und bei WCW unterbewertet. Auch ein guter Trainer. Der eine User der nur 1 Punkt gibt verstößt erstmal gegen die Regel da er in spanisch postet und postet dann auch noch Unsinn. Edit Aufwertung Not Human und das sind keine Tricks bei den YouTube Videos. PCO kennt keinen Schmerz."

[9.0] "Anyone who takes that big of bumps at that age is more than deserving of my respect. It also helps that he's actually good."

[5.0] "In a way PCO reminds me of Terry Funk in that he managed to reinvent his career at an age when most wrestlers are already retired. However the main difference is that even when wrapping himself in barbed wire Terry Funk showed glimpses of the all-time great he once was while PCO shows little more than his willingness to do crazy stunts. I'd like to give him a higher vote for his devotion to the business but, honestly, he's always been the very definition of "a decent midcarder" and his solid if completely unremarkable career cannot be redeemed by throwing himself off high places in his 50's."

[10.0] "Amazingly good, honestly always but especially his late career resurgence. He steals the show on every show he's on and he's 51 bloody years old, amazing."

[5.0] "I like the story of PCO, it's really cool. Definitely has much merit what he achieved in 2018 but is far from being that great wrestler that the beautiful people on the internet wants us to believe simply because he works in the indies. ¿Is he a better wrestler than in his years in the WWF? Without a doubt, although that was not so difficult to achieve either."

[8.0] "This man is underrated. In WWF he was nit given a big enough push. His success were the World Tag Team titles with Jacques Rougeau and having a short feud with Bret Hart. His Jean-Pierre LAFitte gimmick was so-so. Kevin Nash treated him like garbage and that's partly why he was not given a bigger push. He has been going back and forth in the indies. I saw of match of his this year and he did amazing well. He has now signed with Ring of Honor. Now 50 years old he has impressed me and has got a bigger push now. Rare for someone in their fifties to have the biggest peak of their career. I have met him and is a very nice guy. Funny on the mic."

[10.0] "I will never be able to explain my love for PCO the wrestler. I was a huge fan of his as soon as I saw videos of IWS on YouTube, with him just murdering super talented young kids that were breaking out in the USA. Then I reevaluated his WWF run in The Quebecers and his feud with Bret, and I saw how deeply ingrained his talent was. I was surprised a couple years ago or so when he returned from retirement. It made me smile to see he still had a little in the tank. I could have never imagined the run he was about to embark on. Just insane. One of the most underrated wrestlers of all-time in his prime. A true hall of famer and legend in professional wrestling."

[8.0] "PCO is nOt HUmaN aNd iS taking tHE iNdiES bY tsToRm. One of the best career revivals in history, PCO can pull off moves that, for humans of his age, are impossible. FeeL tHE EleCTrIciTy !"

[9.0] "PCO is a freaking 50 years old and he can do moonsault easily. I admit that he is not WALTER or Michael Elgin but his match is freaking entertaining. This maybe his last run with pro wrestling and I am lucky enough to witness this great journey. And also he is very nice guy."

[8.0] "Very good wrestler. Had the chance to see him wrestle a lot in the early '00 in the Quebec's indy scene and he was a huge step above everybody. Outside his crazy bump and crazy maneuvre , just the way he run between the ropes has to be seen live to fully grasp how good he is. Very intense wrestler but also capable to tell a good story in the ring. His world tag team wwe run may be forgotten by the so call "wwe universe" but left a huge influence in the quebec wrestling scene. Huge guy moving like a luchador with the toughness of an 90's AJPW guy. His comeback fight vs Walter in 2018 is a testament to his talent."

[8.0] "Great and very underrated wrestler. He was one half of the Quebecers where he recommended himself as good team worker. Later he had a singles run and even had an awesome match with Bret Hart. Unfortunately he was in problems with Click and was released soon after that."

[1.0] "Tuvo un gran combate contra Bret Hart en In your HOuse, pero el resto de su carrera no ha sido para recordar ni mucho menos. Su hija ha tenido mejor carrera y The Miz es mejor que él en tod. Resumiendo, 1 buen combate en toda su carrera y nada más."

[8.0] "Carl war immer mehr als grundsolide, von seinem Beginn bei Flesh Gordon über sein Quebecer und Piraten-Gimmick, als CWA-worker, mit dem ich immer gute Kämpfe hatte, war immer in Topform mit Riesenamen. Viellciht kein World-Champ-Material, aber unterbewerteter Uppercarder. Auf jeden Fall nett und charismatisch, wenn man ihn aus der Nähe kennt."

[4.0] "Ähnlich wie bei vielen der guten Wrestler , im Ring gut alles andere fast schon unterdurschnitt. Gesamtpaket ist schlecht."

[8.0] "Und wieder ein unterschätzter Wrestler! Er war nicht nur super im Tag Team, sondern auch als Singles-Wrestler, was er oft genug unter Beweis stellt, nur jetzt kopiert er zu sehr diesen Street Fighter Typen Sagat. Er sollte sich wieder neu Erfinden, vielleicht werden dann die Booker endlich wieder auf ihn aufmerksam!"

[7.0] "Wurde bei WWE und WCW immer unter Wert verkauft. Mit seiner Statur so tolle Matches abliefern zu können - Respekt, Mr. Ouellet."

[9.0] "Wer PCO fehlendes Charisma vorwirft, den kann ich echt nicht verstehen. Er hat ne unglaubliche ausstrahlung und ist echt sehr sehr ordentlich im Ring für seine Größe! Eines der größten verschwendeten Talente!"

[5.0] "Ordentlicher Big Men mit guten Fähigkeiten. Reichte aber nie über den Status eines Mid Carders hinaus."

[7.0] "Die Quebecers waren cool, Jean Pierre als Singles Wrestler dann auch voll in Ordnung und PCO beim Carat 08 einfach total over und absolut geil, hätte ich von ihm damals nicht erwartet."

[8.0] "Als Singlewrestler leider untergegangen. Für seine Größe und Gewicht sehr beweglich."

[10.0] "Dieser Junge hat es so wahnsinnig drauf! 2008 Live gesehen und einfach nur sprachlos, das muss man gesehen haben, unglaublich! Deswegen 10 Punkte, den Körper und dieses Können, alle anderen Bighouses zusammen sind NICHTS gegen ihn. O-O"

[8.0] "Klasse Typ-seine Matches damals gegen Bret Hart waren das beste , was WWF zu dem Zeitpunkt zu bieten hatte. Über die Quebecers muss man ja eh nichts mehr sagen-legendäres Heelteam."

[10.0] "Ich weiß nicht warum, aber ich finde ihn ganz Stark! hab ihn immer gern gesehen, ob als Wild Wallace bei New catch in Frankreich, bei der CWA, WWF, WCW oder wo er heute überall antritt. Was er als Wrestler mit seiner Statur für Aktionen zeigt ist schon beeindruckend und dazu noch ein großer Entertainer! Von mir die volle Punktzahl."

[9.0] "PCO überzeugt durch seine Körperbeherrschung und solide Arbeit im Ring. Immer noch top in Form und hat eine mega Statur. Viel zu schade, dass er nach der erfolgreichen WWF Tag Team Zeit zu sehr untergegangen ist."

[9.0] "Gut eingesetzt im Tag Team mit J. Rougeau, danach leider etwas untergegangen. Gute Arbeitseinstellung, wenn ich sehe, wie er selbst hier bei einer kleinen Veranstaltung(CWN Winsenmania) professionell sein Können aufbietet. Respekt!"

[8.0] "Im Tag Team sehr gut und auch als Jean Pierre Lafite hat er mir immer gefallen."

[7.0] "Er ist auf jeden Fall ein richtig guter Mann, der auch immer ein ordentliches Match zu Stande bringt!"

[7.0] "Außergewöhnlicher und sehr unterschätzter Wrestler, der bis auf seine Zeit im Team mit Jacques Rougeau und als Jean-Pierre LaFitte oft falsch eingesetzt und sein Talent vergeudet wurde."

[6.0] "Als Teil der Quebeccers fand ich ihn Klasse, wenn auch ein wenig im Schatten von Jacques, aber als Pirat Jean-Pierre LaFitte konnte ich ihm nichts mehr abgewinnen."

[10.0] "Ich glaube es gibt wenige Wrestler aus den Bunten WWF Tagen, die heute noch so glaubwürdig sind. Ganz großer Könner !"

[8.0] "PCO ist einfach cool. Glaubwürdiges Catcheraussehen und gutes Können."

[7.0] "Als Quebecer fand ich ihn im Zusammenspiel mit "Mountie" Jacques Rougeau richtig genial, sein Piratengimmick war eher mittelmäßig."

[8.0] "Aussichtsreicher Kandidat für den Titel Mr. Underrated."

[6.0] "Solider Worker, der in der WWE besonders als Teil der Quebecers zu überzeugen wusste."

[8.0] "Gefiel mir doch wirklich sehr gut beim Carat, deshalb diese Bewertung. Er kann gerne wiederkommen."

[8.0] "Einer der genialsten Big Men aller Zeiten. Es ist schön zu sehen, dass er auch heute noch aktiv, fit und erfolgreich unterwegs ist, was man nicht von vielen "Veteranen" dieser Ära sagen kann."

[8.0] "Er hat mich positiv überrascht, besonders was er an Dives ausgepackt hat. Dieser Mann muss einfach wXw-Regular werden. Das ist genau was AbLas jetzt brauch."

[6.0] "Als Tag Team Wrestler überzeugend, in Singles Matches nicht."

[6.0] "Genau wie die Quebecers fand ich ihn auch im Einzelbereich nicht besser als Note 3. Die Zeit als Pirat Jean-Pierre Lafiette war ganz gut, aber zu kurz und unerfolgreich, um eine bessere Note geben zu können."

[8.0] "hat mir sowohl im Tag-Team als auch als Single-Wrestler immer gut gefallen, technisch sehr sauber, mit wirklich coolen Aktionen. War und ist imo immer etwas underrated."

[6.0] "In der Tat haben sich die Quebecers im Ring duch besondere Kreativität von den anderen damaligen Tag Teams unterschieden. Als Singles Wrestler fehlte ihm das Charisma mit entsprechendem micwork. Die in-ring-skills sind ohne Zweifel vorhanden."

[6.0] "Die Quebecers warenn sehr innovativ und eines meiner Lieblingsteams überhaupt. Als Single durch schwaches Micwork aber nicht so gut wie Rougeau ... daher nur 6, 0."