LeDuc spent many years traveling between Florida and Tennessee, and he won belts in both locations as a singles wrestler and as a tag team competitor.
He continued to split his time between singles and tag team wrestling, and he resumed his feud with Lawler in Tennessee.
[8] Prior to entering professional wrestling, Pigeon gained combat sport experience by studying judo.
[8][2] His friend Paul LeDuc had competed as a professional wrestler in Mexico and wanted a tag team partner.
[7] The LeDucs' gimmick was inspired by "Yukon" Eric Holmback, a professional wrestler who had died three years earlier.
[10] They received a push from the promoters and won the Stampede International Tag Team Championship in 1969, but they lost the belts later that year.
After moving to the Montreal area, the LeDucs debuted in the International Wrestling Association with a scripted attack on local wrestler Johnny Rougeau.
[2] Jos LeDuc was booked to win the Montreal version of the International Heavyweight Championship by defeating Johnny Rougeau in 1971.
[14] While in Montreal, the LeDucs also competed for Grand Prix Wrestling and were booked in a feud with the Vachon brothers (Mad Dog and Butcher) as well as Killer Kowalski.
[16] They won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship on November 23, 1973, by defeating Dusty Rhodes and Dick Slater.
[20] LeDuc and Rhodes were placed in a heated feud at this time, and they frequently faced each other in Death matches.
Jos and Larry also received a few title shots against AWA tag champs Blackjack Lanza and Bobby Duncum in August 1976.
Probably his most memorable accomplishment while working for the promotion was a bus-pulling stunt filmed in Minneapolis that was also used in promo videos while appearing in the Memphis and Atlanta territories, among others.
[23] LeDuc was placed with a new partner, Jean Louie, to win the NWA Mid-America Southern Tag Team Championship in May.
[24] They faced Lawler and Jimmy Valiant on May 22 to defend the belts, but the match was declared a no contest and the title was vacated.
[25] He was soon a champion again, as he and Thor the Viking were booked to win the NWA Florida United States Tag Team Championship on February 17, 1979, from Jack and Jerry Brisco.
[26] They dropped the belts to Killer Karl Kox and Jimmy Garvin, but LeDuc soon regained the title by teaming with Pak Song.
[27] In a storyline several months later, LeDuc and King Curtis Iaukea attacked Buddy Rogers, a veteran then working as a face.
[22] LeDuc was then booked in singles competition, winning the Southeastern Heavyweight Championship twice more with victories over Jacques Rougeau, Jr. and Terry Gordy.
[30] He was also put over Terry Gordy to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Championship in May 1982, but LeDuc dropped the title that summer to Austin Idol.
Under Humperdink's management, LeDuc was booked to win the NWA Television Championship by defeating Jimmy Valiant in 1982.
[25] His final reign as Florida Heavyweight Champion was short-lived, as the bookers had him drop the belt in a rematch with Windham the next night.
[24] In a six-man match the following week, LeDuc teamed with Lawler and Jimmy Hart, who was their manager but wrestled on occasion.
He defeated Hercules Ayala on January 6, 1986, to win the World Wrestling Council's North American Heavyweight Championship.
[4][38] He made his first house show appearance on April 22, defeating Jose Luis Rivera in White Plains, NY.
[1] LeDuc appeared in the 1989 film No Holds Barred, which starred fellow professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
[1] After his death, the revelation that he and Paul LeDuc were not related caused a minor scandal on talk shows in Quebec.