in Montreal, Canada. One of four kids his family did not have a lot. Patterson took every chance he had to get involved in wrestling and began training at the age of fourteen.
This began the creation of the gay wrestler Pat Patterson we know today. Patterson’s wrestling career spans several decades.
He began wrestling in 1958 in Montreal under the name ‘Pretty boy’. After several years on the amateur wrestling scene, in 1979 he got his big break.
He began wrestling with WWF (now known as the WWE) under the name ‘Heel’. He was portrayed as a villain within WWE but soon had a turn and became the good guy.Patterson was WWE’s very first intercontinental heavyweight champion.