Pat Patterson, the first openly gay pro wrtlg star, has died at 79

Contents:

• WWE NEWS: FORMER CHAMPN REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM G OUT AS GAY
• EX-WWE STAR REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM COMG OUT AS GAY
• PAT PATTERSON: BEG WWE'S FIRST GAY WRTLER, VCE MCMAHON RETIRG AND MENTORG THE ROCK
• PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79
• EX-WWE STAR FRED ROSSER REVEALS WHAT VCE MCMAHON TOLD HIM WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY

WWE NEWS: FORMER CHAMPN REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM G OUT AS GAY

WWE Hall of Famer Kev Nash relled how Vce McMahon shared the story of his first homosexual enunter wh him and Stt Hall. Speakg on Kliq This podst, Nash spoke on how Vce relled his first homosexual experience when he and Hall went to speak wh Vce McMahon for a storyle wh Goldt:.

EX-WWE STAR REVEALS VCE MCMAHON'S REACTN TO HIM COMG OUT AS GAY

Young is one of the most proment pro-wrtlers to have e out as gay. He talked about how his bt iend, Pat Patterson, is gay, and how he rpected my cisn to e out.

The former Nex member also revealed that Vce McMahon did not want to e his g out as gay any storyle, and he was perfectly fe wh that cisn of The Chairman. One mor about the McMahons suggted that a member of the fay was homosexual. "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.

PAT PATTERSON: BEG WWE'S FIRST GAY WRTLER, VCE MCMAHON RETIRG AND MENTORG THE ROCK

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.

PAT PATTERSON, THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRO WRTLG STAR, HAS DIED AT 79

I didn't want anybody to know I was gay. A lot of guys had girliends here, girliends there, but I was too aaid to go to a gay bar.

EX-WWE STAR FRED ROSSER REVEALS WHAT VCE MCMAHON TOLD HIM WHEN HE ME OUT AS GAY

[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.

Kev Nash has relled Vce McMahon discsg his first “homosexual experience” wh another WWE Hall of the most recent edn of Kev Nash’s Kliq This podst (available early om AdFreeShows), he aired an old terview wh his late iend Stt the terview, Hall discsed how Vce McMahon pched the ia of a fd wh Goldt WWE.

”At this pot, to the nfn of both Hall and Nash, Vce McMahon cid to tell them about his first “homosexual experience”. “He go, ‘Let me tell you about my first homosexual experience’, and I remember stg, me and Kev were both stg Vce’s office at TV. Kev Nash has relled the time Vce McMahon relled his first “homosexual experience” to a fellow WWE Hall of Nash’s Kliq This podst [available first at], an terview was played wh Kev Nash’s late iend and tag team partner Stt Hall.