American-Canadian professional wrestler (1962–2010)
Luna Vachon
Vachon in 2007
Birth name
Gertrude Elizabeth Wilkerson[1]
Born
(1962-01-12)January 12, 1962 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died
August 27, 2010(2010-08-27) (aged 48) Pasco County, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death
Drug overdose
Spouse(s)
Dan Hurd
(m. 1980; div. 1985)
Tom Nash
(m. 1987; div. 1993)
Gangrel
(m. 1994; div. 2006)
Children
2, including Vincent "Van" Hurd
Family
Vachon
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Luna Vachon Luna Princess Luna Angel Baby Trudy Herd
Billed height
5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[2]
Billed from
Montreal, Quebec, Canada "The Other Side of Darkness"
Trained by
Paul Vachon Vivian Vachon The Fabulous Moolah
Debut
1985
Retired
2007
Gertrude Elizabeth Vachon (/vəˈʃɒn/və-SHON; January 12, 1962 – August 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Luna Vachon.[3][4][5][6][7] Over the course of her 22-year career, she wrestled for promotions such as the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE), Extreme Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and World Championship Wrestling. She was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, and Women's Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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^"Luna Vachon". Wwe.com. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
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^Oliver, Greg (August 27, 2010). "Luna Vachon Found Dead". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012.
^Lisa S. Davis, "Ex-wrestler Luna Vachon, 48, found dead Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine", Tampa Bay Online (August 31, 2010).
^Oliver, Greg (January 12, 1999). "Canadian Hall of Fame: Luna Vachon". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012.
^Cite error: The named reference lunacy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Elizabeth Vachon (/vəˈʃɒn/ və-SHON; January 12, 1962 – August 27, 2010) was an American-Canadian professional wrestler, better known as LunaVachon. Over...
the older brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler LunaVachon. Vachon started his career as an amateur wrestler, participating...
Vachon. A member of the Vachon family of wrestlers, she was the sister of Maurice and Paul Vachon, and the aunt of LunaVachon. She is considered one of...
Maurice and Paul Vachon were inducted as a tag team into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. Vivian Vachon and LunaVachon were inducted...
Night Titans. Paul Vachon was the adoptive father of wrestler LunaVachon. He is the brother of wrestlers Maurice and Vivian Vachon and former father-in-law...
WrestleMania IX in April was cancelled due to time constraints. In June 1993, LunaVachon was introduced as Bigelow's valet and "main squeeze" (love interest)...
against Doink the Clown, with whom he had been feuding, by teaming with LunaVachon to defeat Doink and his partner Dink. Randy Savage settled his feud with...
used as a mid carder. In late 1999, he brought in his real-life wife LunaVachon as his manager until she was fired. Gangrel continued working for the...
self-attention. Although the two worked well together, Goldust's valet LunaVachon grew vocally disdainful of Sable, who was also being mocked by Mero and...
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World Wrestling Federation (WWF) once again. Debuting as an associate of LunaVachon, Nakano competed against the WWF Women's Champion, Alundra Blayze in...
Pillman. After the Marlena-Goldust alliance dissolved, Goldust revealed LunaVachon as his new manager. Runnels later re-emerged in 1998, under her real...
"out to this guy in Arizona and pimped them out." In a 2002 interview, LunaVachon claimed that when she was sixteen years old and training at Ellison's...
valet, LunaVachon. Sensational Sherri followed Tatanka to the ring to prevent Vachon from getting involved in the match. During the match, Vachon approached...
with LunaVachon, whom she faced in a Hair vs Hair Mixed Tag Team match in September 1991. Miceli and her partner Eddie Gilbert defeated Vachon and Cactus...
Savage and Miss Elizabeth divorced in real life. At WrestleMania IX, LunaVachon debuted and initially aligned herself with Shawn Michaels. Later, she...