Pat Patterson, a WWE and WWF legend and the first openly gay pro-wrtlg superstar, has died. He was 79.Patterson, who was ducted to the WWE Hall of Fame 1996 by Bret “Hman” Hart, was the first-ever Interntental Champn. Later, Patterson created the popular Royal Rumble Match.“WWE is sadned to learn that Pat Patterson has passed away at the age of 79,” the anizatn said a statement. “WWE extends s ndolenc to Patterson’s fay and iends.”Patterson was a st member on 2014 realy TV seri “WWE Legends’ Hoe.”Also Read: WWE's The Unrtaker on Retirement, Boneyard Match and When Wrtlers' Court Gets RealPatterson, born Pierre Clermont 1941, published a memoir 2016 tled “Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE.” And boy did he change effectively retirg om actually wrtlg, Patterson provid mentary for the WWE/WWF and produced match for other wrtlers. Patterson uld often be found manng the all-important “Gorilla Posn” backstage. “Gorilla,” named after WWF legend Gorilla Monsoon, is where key members of WWE productn s directly behd the curta separatg backstage om the arena. It is where last-mute match cisns are ma, and where aclas or advice is dispersed followg a match.Patterson was nsired WWE Chairman Vce McMahon’s right-hand man for much of the pany’s Read: Rulon Gardner Explas Why Talks Wh WWE Broke Down - TwicePatterson began his wrtlg reer 1958 his native Canada. He would go on to w the AWA Tag Team Champnship wh Ray Stevens 1978.Patterson’s most memorable -rg rivalry was vs. Sgt. Slghter what was then the WWF. The two had heated Boot Camp Match as well as an inic Alley Fight at New York Cy’s Madison Square Garn, which is nsired the Mec of profsnal Donro, Patterson’s partner, died Read: Tracy Smothers, Who Wrtled WWE as Freddie Joe Floyd, Di at 58Patterson was beloved by many — though perhaps no one more than the first fay of WWE, The McMahons.“I n not exprs how cshed I feel right now wh the loss of Pat Patterson,” WWE executive and part-time wrtler Shane McMahon wrote on Twter. “A te member of my fay, mentor and ar iend. I love you Pat. God speed.”“I’m eply grateful to have grown up wh @WWE Hall of Famer, the first-ever Interntental Champn, the father of the RoyalRumble and the first openly gay wrtler of his generatn,” Shane’s sister Stephanie McMahon, the chief brand officer of WWE, penned. “Thank you for teachg me how to not take all so serly. Abooze.”“No words n scribe what he gave to ,” her hband Pl “Triple H” Levque, a former -rg great and the person currently charge of NXT, wrote. “His body as an -rg performer, his md as a storyteller, and his spir as a beloved member of our large @WWE fay. I will miss him for so many reasons… ’s never goodbye, ’s see ya down the road. Love you, Pat. Abooze.”Read origal story Pat Patterson, WWE Legend and First Openly Gay Wrtlg Superstar, Di at 79 At TheWrap
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- PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
- WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER, DI AT 79
- WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, 1ST GAY SUPERSTAR PANY, DI AT 79
- FIRST GAY WRTLG STAR PAT PATTERSON AD AT 79 AFTER LEGENDARY WWE REER
- WWE HALL OF FAMER, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLG STAR, PAT PATTERSON, DI AT 79
- PAT PATTERSON: BEG WWE'S FIRST GAY WRTLER, VCE MCMAHON RETIRG AND MENTORG THE ROCK
- WWE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER PAT PATTERSON SADLY PASS AWAY
- PAT PATTERSON'S AMAZG LEGACY AS A GAY WRTLER
- OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
- PAT PATTERSON WAS A POWERFUL GAY VOICE THE WWE, AND THAT MA ALL THE DIFFERENCE
- WWE LEGEND PAT PATTERSON DEAD AT 79, FIRST GAY WRTLG SUPERSTAR
- PAT PATTERSON WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLER — SI THE LATE STAR'S PERSONAL LIFE
- PAT PATTERSON, WWE LEGEND AND FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLG SUPERSTAR, DI AT 79
- WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, 1ST GAY SUPERSTAR PANY, DI AT 79
- PAT PATTERSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLER AND WWE HALL OF FAMER, DI AT 79
- WWE STARS MOURN THE PASSG OF HALL OF FAMER, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER PAT PATTERSON
PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
Pro wrtlg in Pat Patterson, the dtry's first openly gay star and a litenant of promoter Vce McMahon, has died. The WWE Hall of Fame member was 79. * gay wrestler pat *
Pro wrtlg in Pat Patterson, the dtry's first openly gay star and a long-time litenant of promoter Vce McMahon, has died, officials said WWE Hall of Fame member was Patterson at the 53rd Cliflower Alley Club Rnn Conventn at the Gold Coast Hotel & Caso Las Vegas, Nev. "The teenaged Patterson was thrown out of his home Montreal after g out to his parents and did the unthkable — immigrated to Ameri to make the hyper-macho world of pro wrtlg, he wrote his 2016 bgraphy, "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE. "Havg a gay man wh a seat at the cisn-makg table at a pany like the WWE was and is credibly important, " Zeigler said.
The visibily of his g out years later was great, but havg a seat at the table and makg sure the people around him knew he was gay, the power of that n't be overstated. When he announced 2014 that he was gay, they remaed Patterson, the first major wrtlg star to announce that he was gay, died on Wednday Miami Beach. Patterson on his tobgraphy, “Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE” (2016) s of workg his way up through regnal wrtlg circus Montreal, Boston and San Francis, Mr.
WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER, DI AT 79
He lighted his fans, pecially villa rol. When he announced 2014 that he was gay, they remaed loyal. * gay wrestler pat *
McMahon’s rivalry wh the wrtler Stone Cold Steve At the late announced he was gay 2014 durg an episo of “Legends’ Hoe, ” a realy televisn show on the WWE Network which retired pro wrtlers were sequtered though his iends and some wrtlg sirs knew about his sexualy, Mr. “I survived all this beg gay. ) Early his Canadian reer, he relled, he sometim traveled to towns “near the end of the known world” and wrtled there for five dollars a he was 16, he disvered a gay bar.
Wh his first gay sexual experience, he wrote his memoir, he found two thgs that had been largely missg om his life: “tenrns and affectn. Patterson enuntered homophobia profsnal wrtlg, he also found acceptance.
“The driver, who was a big guy, jumped out of his tck and me toward me to tell me he was gay, too. Pat Patterson, a WWE Hall of Famer who is nsired the first openly gay wrtler the dtry's ranks, died at the age of 79, the WWE said Wednday.
WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, 1ST GAY SUPERSTAR PANY, DI AT 79
Pat Patterson, a longtime employee of WWE and a pneerg pro wrtler who was the first the pany to e out as gay, has died at 79. * gay wrestler pat *
He chronicled his life wrtlg through his 2016 tobgraphy "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE.
FIRST GAY WRTLG STAR PAT PATTERSON AD AT 79 AFTER LEGENDARY WWE REER
WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, who is nsired to be the first openly gay wrtlg star, has passed away at the age of 79, the pany announced Wednday. * gay wrestler pat *
WWEWednday, December 2, 2020Legendary pro wrtler Pat Patterson who me out as the first gay superstar WWE has sports entertament pany announced Wednday that Patterson passed away at the age of 79. A longtime employee of the WWE, Patterson was hailed as a pneer for the LGBT muny wh the though his g out was long-known wh wrtlg circl, Patterson chronicled his life the dtry his 2016 tobgraphy "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE. "Addnally, the Canada-born Patterson is forever known as WWE's first-ever Interntental Champn, a prtig tle outsi of the pany's world champnship, and the creator of one of the pany's most unique match, the 30-person "Royal Rumble" Patterson was the first WWE Interntental "In a reer spanng six s, the renaissance man left an lible mark on the dtry the rg, on the microphone and behd the scen, " WWE stated, alludg to his one-time stt as TV lor mentator and his latter day role as a match producer and wrtled om 1958 until 1984, but still remaed a fixture of WWE's televised programmg, regularly appearg alongsi pany chairman Vce Patterson wrote about his life and reer the 2016 tobgraphy, "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE.
THE first gay wrtlg star Pat Patterson is ad at 79-years-old after his legendary WWE reer. Patterson nsired himself as wrtlg's "first gay superstar" and was an in the dtry.
Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon wrote: "RIPPatPatterson I’m eply grateful to have grown up wh @wwe Hall of Famer, the first-ever Interntental Champn, the father of the #RoyalRumble and the first openly gay wrtler of his generatn. Wrtlg legend Pat Patterson out as gay. WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, who is nsired to be the first openly gay wrtlg star, has passed away at the age of 79, the pany announced Wednday.
WWE HALL OF FAMER, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLG STAR, PAT PATTERSON, DI AT 79
Wrtler Pat Patterson left behd an amazg legacy as a wrtler and a gay man wh the dtry that spanned 30 years. * gay wrestler pat *
""I'm eply grateful to have grown up wh #wwe Hall of Famer, the first-ever Interntental Champn, the father of the #RoyalRumble, and the first openly gay wrtler of his generatn, " McMahon tweeted.
PAT PATTERSON: BEG WWE'S FIRST GAY WRTLER, VCE MCMAHON RETIRG AND MENTORG THE ROCK
An openly gay wrtler, Patterson was a trailblazer the grapplg world. * gay wrestler pat *
#RIPPatPatterson I’m eply grateful to have grown up wh @wwe Hall of Famer, the first-ever Interntental Champn, the father of the #RoyalRumble and the first openly gay wrtler of his generatn.
WWE'S FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER PAT PATTERSON SADLY PASS AWAY
Inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame class of 1996, Pat Patterson was the first openly gay profsnal wrtler history. He passed away at 79 years old. * gay wrestler pat *
In 2016, Patterson wrote about his experience the wrtlg world as a gay man his tobgraphy, "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE. "I was 19-years-old, had no plan and barely any money, " the star rells his new tobgraphy, Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed French-Canadian quickly began to imprs promoters tradnal wrtlg towns like Boston and Portland, Oregon.
What most the wrtlg world didn't realize, however, was that the new champn was gay. Newsweek spoke to Patterson about his tobgraphy, Accepted, the changg landspe of gay tolerance sports and the WWE product today. Newsweek: Some of your close iends wrtlg realized you were gay and were supportive, but did you experience any homophobia your reer?
The word "gay" or "queer" was never brought urse, I hid too. I didn't want anybody to know I was gay.
PAT PATTERSON'S AMAZG LEGACY AS A GAY WRTLER
* gay wrestler pat *
A lot of guys had girliends here, girliends there, but I was too aaid to go to a gay bar. [Current WWE Superstar] Darren Young, I didn't even know he was gay… I was surprised when he me out. ]If you're a performer, you're a performer… gay or straight, don't matter.
Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE is published by ECW Prs on Augt 9 the U.
Patterson, who was ducted to the WWE Hall of Fame 1996, is most well known for clchg the very first Interntental Champnship as well as beg the first openly gay profsnal was also the creator of the 'Royal Rumble' match which has bee so popular today. Wrtler Pat Patterson left behd an amazg legacy as a wrtler and a gay man wh the dtry wh a reer that spanned 30 years. This began the creatn of the gay wrtler Pat Patterson we know today.
OUT GAY PRO WRTLER AC MACK LEAV THE RG AS AN SPIRATN
Pat Patterson, a longtime employee of WWE and a pneerg pro wrtler who was the first the pany to e out as gay, has died at 79. * gay wrestler pat *
Patterson was the first openly major gay wrtler.
He also wrote a book about his experienc of growg up as a gay wrtler. Pat Patterson was the first major gay wrtler and helped to secure a place for queer people wh wrtlg today. © 2020 GCN (Gay Communy News).
Sunday’s “Great Midwtern Trendkill” event wasn’t the first time out gay pro wrtler AC Mack stepped to a Naptown All-Pro Wrtlg rg, but will be his last.
PAT PATTERSON WAS A POWERFUL GAY VOICE THE WWE, AND THAT MA ALL THE DIFFERENCE
The first openly gay pro wrtlg star, WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, whose rerd-breakg reer spanned six s, died. He was 79. * gay wrestler pat *
He is an out gay Black man the South who thrived, buildg human nnectns whose strength manifted the emotnal rponse by the ACTION fanbase when he announced he was leavg -rg petn last month. Born Pierre Clemont, Patterson started his reer the late '50s and is famed for beg the first openly gay WWF star. WWE’s first openly gay star, Pat was a trailblazer.
His time New England would open doors profsnally for him natnwi, but also prented an environment for him to fully embrace his gay inty. For many, Patterson’s sexual orientatn was his most powerful aspect — pecially agast the background of pro wrtlg’s near-nstant flirtatn wh homophobia.
WWE LEGEND PAT PATTERSON DEAD AT 79, FIRST GAY WRTLG SUPERSTAR
Many erroneoly pot to Patterson as the first out gay pro wrtler, but that narrative’s hold remas strong bee of the legacy Patterson leav behd.
Growg up a closeted gay kid ral Massachetts, I always found a sanctuary stg ont of the TV watchg the WWE (of urse, was the WWF at the time). Watchg Hulk Hogan and Earthquake, Dty Rhos and Ted DiBiase, I never felt beg gay was an issue, not as a fan, not the storyl. Years later we’d all fd out that one of the men behd the scen was gay.
While people the wrtlg world knew he was gay as early as the 1970s, most of didn’t get that nfirmatn until he shared an emotnal nversatn wh some of his fellow wrtlg legends. “I survived all of this beg gay.
PAT PATTERSON WAS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLER — SI THE LATE STAR'S PERSONAL LIFE
That’s a powerful legacy for anyone, but to be out to cisn-makers the 1970s and then through the AIDS crisis as people were beg fired elsewhere for beg gay, speaks not jt of Patterson’s strength but his wisdom and character.
In a “macho” sport that ters to “middle Ameri, ” storyl makg gay people the butt of jok and beatdowns would be far too easy.
Patterson earned people’s love and rpect, and that turn helped gui profsnal wrtlg away om blatant gay-bashg and more toward cln. For this gay kid lookg for an ocsnal pe om realy middle school and high school, pro wrtlg’s avoidance of gay slurs and blatant homophobia, all while wearg pk ge, quietly weled me to the rg. Created Royal Rumble, First Gay Superstar.
PAT PATTERSON, WWE LEGEND AND FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLG SUPERSTAR, DI AT 79
Patterson -- who nsired himself wrtlg's "first gay superstar" -- was a key part of WWE for s, wily known as Vce McMahon's right-hand man. In his book -- "Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE" -- Patterson explaed how the Rumble me to be. Pat famoly me out as gay durg a 2014 episo of "WWE Legends Hoe"...
Stephanie McMahon -- "I’m eply grateful to have grown up wh WWE Hall of Famer, the first-ever Interntental Champn, the father of the #RoyalRumble and the first openly gay wrtler of his generatn. Inducted to the WWE Hall of Fame class of 1996, Pat Patterson was the first openly gay profsnal wrtler history. In 2014, Patterson ma headl for g out as gay an emotnal episo of “WWE Legends’ Hoe.
”PAT PATTERSON WAS GAYIn ont of his fellow WWE legends, Patterson revealed that he "survived all this beg gay. Acrdg to the late Hall of Famer, tellg the world that he was gay was credibly important, so much so that he uldn’t fd “words powerful enough” to expla his the words of profsnal wrtlg manager Pl Heyman, Pat Patterson’s ntributns to people’s liv will forever be appreciated. Pat Patterson, a WWE and WWF legend and the first openly gay pro-wrtlg superstar, has died.
WWE HALL OF FAMER PAT PATTERSON, 1ST GAY SUPERSTAR PANY, DI AT 79
”Also Read: WWE's The Unrtaker on Retirement, Boneyard Match and When Wrtlers' Court Gets RealPatterson, born Pierre Clermont 1941, published a memoir 2016 tled “Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE. ”“I’m eply grateful to have grown up wh @WWE Hall of Famer, the first-ever Interntental Champn, the father of the #RoyalRumble and the first openly gay wrtler of his generatn, ” Shane’s sister Stephanie McMahon, the chief brand officer of WWE, penned.
”Read origal story Pat Patterson, WWE Legend and First Openly Gay Wrtlg Superstar, Di at 79 At TheWrap.
Pat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrtlg star and a WWE Hall of Famer, has died, the anizatn announced Wednday. The wrtler’s legacy was ptured his 2016 tobgraphy, “Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE, ” a chronicle about his life si and out of the rg.
PAT PATTERSON, FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLER AND WWE HALL OF FAMER, DI AT 79
While all of the aclas are imprsive, they all pale parison to the role of beg one of the first openly homosexual wrtlers, even beg dubbed “the first openly gay wrtlg star” by NBC News, as well as “The First Gay Wrtlg Star” by People Magaze after havg e out behd the scen the late 1970s; as well as g out publicly 2014 the last episo of WWE‘s “Legend’s Hoe. ” Wh beg the “First Gay Wrtlg Star” the persecutn of Pat Patterson. What was not mon knowledge, however, was the recently revealed vtigatn of Pat Patterson om the now-funct Immigratn and Naturalizatn Service (INS) to have him ported unr grounds that he was a homosexual; a fact recently ma public urty of David Bixenspan of MEL Magaze his piece “The Government’s Gay Wch Hunt of Pat Patterson“.
There was another sre happeng at the same time, however, that has been much slower to make s way to the public eye: The Lavenr Sre – a mass firg, forced rigng, and even some s portatn of “homosexuals and other sex perverts”.
WWE STARS MOURN THE PASSG OF HALL OF FAMER, FIRST OPENLY GAY WRTLER PAT PATTERSON
The sre is exorably lked wh the Red Sre, as McCarthy explicly associated homosexuals wh munists.
While homosexualy the US may have been somethg people were aware of, certaly wasn’t somethg they were willg to accept. This ma the 60s, as many n already assume and probably already know, a very bad time to be a homosexual the USA. Hate and bias for liftyl that went agast the tradnal Anglo-Saxon way of livg were at an all-time high, and didn’t take long before homosexualy was nsired by most to be a mental illns.
Most workplac were outright unacceptg of homosexuals; makg impossible for one to get a job unls they hid who they tly were, even facg the fear of beg forced to leave the untry if one was an immigrant. There was one thg that a homosexual uld do the 60s, though. Queerbag and Homosexualy Pro Wrtlg.