Personal Life
Gagne appeared in the 1974 movie, The Wrestler. He also made a brief appearance in the movie Highlander during the opening scene at Madison Square Garden.
Greg and his wife, the former Mary Graiziger, have been married since June 3, 1978. Together they have three children, two sons (J.P. and Peter) and a daughter (Gail). His eldest son, Jon-Paul Verne (born October 27, 1980) is known as J.P. He graduated from Notre Dame, and is now a baseball pitcher who was drafted by the Colorado Rockies.
His daughter, Gail Elin (born November 6, 1982), played basketball at Northern Colorado. On December 2, 2009, a warrant was issued for her arrest for criminal sexual conduct with a then 16 year-old student when she was a teacher and weight room supervisor at Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minn. She was found guilty of fifth-degree criminal sexual contact and sentenced to two years probation. She was also required to register as a sex offender in both Minnesota and California (where she works). In addition to being required to register as a sex offender, she is not allowed to work with minors.
Greg inducted his father, Verne Gagne, into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 1, 2006.
When his run with WCW was over, he sold Mitsubishis in Minnesota. On April 30, 2006, it was announced that Gagne would be working for World Wrestling Entertainment full-time as a Road Agent, starting at Backlash. He also worked at WWE's training camp Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). He later parted ways with WWE. He currently works as a sales manager at a car dealership while running a small commodity trading fund on behalf of retired AWA talent. In addition, in 2009, Gagne opened a professional wrestling school with Jim Brunzell and Buck Zumhofe in Mound, Minnesota. He has also coached football.
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