Carpentier began his wrestling career in Europe, before being brought to Canada by promoters Eddie Quinn in 1956, where he quickly became a popular babyface.

Nicknamed "The Flying Frenchman", Carpentier championed a high-flying wrestling style, and was known for his athletic manoeuvres including "back flips, cartwheels and somersaults".

Prior to his acting career, Ventura had been a successful wrestler under the ring name "The Italian Rocket" Lino Borrini.

Impressed by the young Frenchman's athleticism and ring ability, he recommended him to promoters Eddie Quinn and Yvon Robert.

[1] Carpentier was a crowd favourite, one of the first wrestlers to delight fans with acrobatic leaps from the turnbuckles and a variety of other aerial manoeuvres such as the rope-aided twisting headscissors.

[10] Carpentier headlined Madison Square Garden three times in 1962 with tag team partner Bobo Brazil.

In solo matches at the Garden, he defeated Giant Baba, Skull Murphy, Magnificent Maurice, and Hans Mortier.

[1] He also operated in the early 1980s as a babyface colour commentator, alongside heel play-by-play host Guy Hauray, for the Montreal-based Lutte Internationale, and then, together for the World Wrestling Federation, when the WWF bought the Montreal territory in 1985.