Pat Barrett
Encyclopedia
Patrick "Pat" Barrett is a former Irish
professional wrestler
who is best known for his time with NWA
and WWWF
. He has wrestled in many areas which include Ireland
, Pacific Islands
, Australia
, Canada
, New Zealand
and United States of America.
where he had a successful career. During this time he also appeared as the voice of doctor octopus in the animated series spider man returns again.
where he joined the sanctioned body of promotions in the U.S., National Wrestling Alliance
. He was an international wrestler. He first toured Canada
where he created a successful tag team with Tom Geohagen.
Barrett and Geohagen defeated Art Nelson and Ivan Kameroff on 8 November 1965 to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship
. They lost their titles to John Tolos and Black Terror on 4 January 1966 but defeated them back for the titles on 28 February 1966.
. On 22 July 1968, they defeated Abdullah the Butcher
and Armand Hussain to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.
Paddy Barrett became a 3-time Canadian Tag Team Champion and Don Leo Jonathan became a 18-time Canadian Tag Team Champion. Their tag team was also disbanded after a short time. Barrett continued a singles career again and feuded with Don Leo Jonathan and former tag team partner Tom Geohagen for the next six years. He had notable and popular feuds with Don Leo Jonathan and Tom Geohagen.
where he created a gimmick of Mr. Wrestling and was sometimes known as Mr. Wrestling of Australia because Tim Woods
also used this gimmick. On 5 April 1974, he won a tag team tournament with Tony Kontellis
and won the Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship, a tag team title in Australia.
under his real ring name Pat Barrett. He battled Bruno Sammartino
on 15 May 1975 for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
. The match was not so long. He almost defeated Sammartino for the World Heavyweight Championship but in the end, he lost by countout. He was a mid-card wrestler in the WWWF.
left WWWF while being the WWWF Tag Team Champion with Dominic De Nucci. De Nucci chose Pat Barrett as the replacement partner for Rivera and became the WWWF Tag Team Champion. De Nucci and Barrett lost their titles to The Blackjacks
on 26 August 1975.
defeated Jerry Brown
and Buddy Roberts to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship
. They lost the titles back to Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts on 22 August. They decided to take the revenge of their losing.
They challenged Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts for weeks. On 25 September, they defeated once again Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts to win the NWA-Mid American Tag Team Championship for a second time.
based NWA Hollywood Wrestling territory of NWA On 8 August 1979, Pat Barrett defeated Bull Ramos to win the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship
. As the NWA Americas Heavyweight Champion, he feuded with Bull Ramos, Walter Johnson, Chavo Guerrero
, Johnny Mantell, Roddy Piper
, Ron Starr and Pat Patterson
and defended his title against these wrestlers in different reigns of United States. In November, he lost the title to Pat Patterson.
region. On 2 January 1980, Pat Barrett challenged Lee Osbourne for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship but lost the match. On 9 January, he dfeeated Lee Osbourne to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
. He created a tag team with the popular New Zealand wrestling star Pat O'Connor
who was the former NWA Champion
and AWA Champion
. Their team was disbanded afterwards. He formed a team with John Istaz and won the New Zealand Tag Team Championship and wrestled in New Zealand.
. He went on to win the Irish Heavyweight Championship and defended it against Irish wrestlers.
's show which was being held in Dublin, Ireland. This was his last ever wrestling appearance.
1This promotion shouldn't be confused with World Championship Wrestling
, a promotion once owned by Ted Turner
and later sold to World Wrestling Entertainment
in 2001.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
who is best known for his time with NWA
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
and WWWF
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
. He has wrestled in many areas which include Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Pacific Islands
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and United States of America.
Career
The Irish wrestler Pat Barrett started wrestling in 1960 as Paddy Barrett. He was a successful Irish wrestler. He started his early years wrestling in Ireland and in 1963, he joined National Wrestling AllianceNational Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
where he had a successful career. During this time he also appeared as the voice of doctor octopus in the animated series spider man returns again.
National Wrestling Alliance (First run, 1963-1974)
In 1963, he sailed from Ireland to the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where he joined the sanctioned body of promotions in the U.S., National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance
The National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
. He was an international wrestler. He first toured Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
where he created a successful tag team with Tom Geohagen.
Barrett and Geohagen defeated Art Nelson and Ivan Kameroff on 8 November 1965 to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship
NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship
The NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship is an National Wrestling Alliance-sanctioned tag team professional wrestling championship based mainly in the Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling promotion, although the title has been contested for in the Canadian Wrestling Federation, NWA Green Mountain...
. They lost their titles to John Tolos and Black Terror on 4 January 1966 but defeated them back for the titles on 28 February 1966.
Paddy Barrett and Don Leo Jonathan
Barrett and Geohagen were not participating as a good tag team which had showed a good performance in NWA for the last three years. They both disbanded their tag team and competed on singles careers. Barrett created a tag team with Don Leo JonathanDon Leo Jonathan
Don Heaton , also known as Don Leo Jonathan, is an American former professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:...
. On 22 July 1968, they defeated Abdullah the Butcher
Abdullah the Butcher
Lawrence Robert "Larry" Shreve best known as Abdullah the Butcher, and also at times The Madman from the Sudan, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler known as one of the most brutal or "hardcore" professional wrestlers of all-time...
and Armand Hussain to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship.
Paddy Barrett became a 3-time Canadian Tag Team Champion and Don Leo Jonathan became a 18-time Canadian Tag Team Champion. Their tag team was also disbanded after a short time. Barrett continued a singles career again and feuded with Don Leo Jonathan and former tag team partner Tom Geohagen for the next six years. He had notable and popular feuds with Don Leo Jonathan and Tom Geohagen.
Australia (1974)
In 1974, he toured AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
where he created a gimmick of Mr. Wrestling and was sometimes known as Mr. Wrestling of Australia because Tim Woods
Tim Woods
George Burrell "Tim" Woodin was an American former professional wrestler. He was best known under his ring name Mr. Wrestling.-Professional wrestling career:...
also used this gimmick. On 5 April 1974, he won a tag team tournament with Tony Kontellis
Tony Kontellis
Tony Kontellis , is a former Australian professional wrestler.Kontellis has worked for many wrestling promotions throughout his career, including WCW Australia and WWWF for Vince McMahon Sr..- Career :...
and won the Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship, a tag team title in Australia.
World Wide Wrestling Federation (1975)
In 1975, he joined World Wide Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
under his real ring name Pat Barrett. He battled Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino is an Italian-American former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation , holding the title across two reigns for over 11 years in total, as well as the longest single WWE Championship reign...
on 15 May 1975 for the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship
The WWE Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in WWE. It is the world title of the Raw brand and one of two in WWE, complementing the World Heavyweight Championship of the SmackDown brand. It was established under the then WWWF in 1963...
. The match was not so long. He almost defeated Sammartino for the World Heavyweight Championship but in the end, he lost by countout. He was a mid-card wrestler in the WWWF.
WWWF Tag Team Championship
In June 1975, Victor RiveraVictor Rivera
Víctor Rivera is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who was a member of the Men's National Team that ended up in sixth place at the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan. In the same year the wing-spiker was named Best Spiker at the NORCECA Championship in Anaheim...
left WWWF while being the WWWF Tag Team Champion with Dominic De Nucci. De Nucci chose Pat Barrett as the replacement partner for Rivera and became the WWWF Tag Team Champion. De Nucci and Barrett lost their titles to The Blackjacks
The Blackjacks
The Blackjacks were a heel professional wrestling tag team. The team consisted of Blackjack Mulligan and Blackjack Lanza. After forming in the 1970s, they wrestled in a variety of professional wrestling promotions, including the American Wrestling Association and World Wide Wrestling Federation...
on 26 August 1975.
National Wrestling Alliance (Second run, 1975-1979)
He returned to NWA in 1975 and started his second stint with NWA.Mid-1977
On 15 August 1977, Pat Barrett and Norvell AustinNorvell Austin
Norvell Austin is a retired American professional wrestler who made his debut in the late 1960s. Austin worked for most of his career in the Southern United States, most often in tag team competition. Norvell Austin is most famous for teaming with Sputnik Monroe in one of the first "mixed races"...
defeated Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr. is an American politician. Brown served as the 34th Governor of California , and is currently serving as the 39th California Governor...
and Buddy Roberts to win the NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship
NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship
The NWA Mid-America tag-team championship was a tag-team title promoted by the NWA Mid America promotion that ran more or less exclusively in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky from the 1940ties until 1980...
. They lost the titles back to Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts on 22 August. They decided to take the revenge of their losing.
They challenged Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts for weeks. On 25 September, they defeated once again Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts to win the NWA-Mid American Tag Team Championship for a second time.
NWA Hollywood Wrestling (1979)
In 1979, he joined the Los AngelesLos Ángeles
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based NWA Hollywood Wrestling territory of NWA On 8 August 1979, Pat Barrett defeated Bull Ramos to win the NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship
NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship
The NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's Los Angeles territory, known officially as NWA Hollywood Wrestling, from 1968 until the promotion closed in 1982. The title was first established in 1967 as a secondary championship in...
. As the NWA Americas Heavyweight Champion, he feuded with Bull Ramos, Walter Johnson, Chavo Guerrero
Chavo Guerrero
Salvador Guerrero III , better known as Chavo Guerrero or Chavo Guerrero, Sr., is a former professional wrestler. He is known for his work in Universal Wrestling Federation , American Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Entertainment and for being the father of third generation wrestler...
, Johnny Mantell, Roddy Piper
Roddy Piper
Roderick George Toombs , better known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, is a Canadian semi-retired professional wrestler and film actor who is currently signed to WWE. In professional wrestling, he is best known for his work with WWE...
, Ron Starr and Pat Patterson
Pat Patterson
Pierre Clermont , better known by his ring name Pat Patterson, is a Canadian former professional wrestler. He works for WWE as a creative consultant...
and defended his title against these wrestlers in different reigns of United States. In November, he lost the title to Pat Patterson.
World Junior Heavyweight Championship
In the late 1979, he left NWA Hollywood Wrestling and toured on the Pacific IslandsPacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
region. On 2 January 1980, Pat Barrett challenged Lee Osbourne for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship but lost the match. On 9 January, he dfeeated Lee Osbourne to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
Pacific Area Heavyweight Championship
On 15 April 1980, he defeated Kerry Garvin to win the Pacific Area Heavyweight Championship. He feuded with Kerry Garvin and Lee Osbourne and defended his title against several wrestlers on the Pacific Islands.New Zealand (1981-1984)
In 1981, Pat Barrett toured New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He created a tag team with the popular New Zealand wrestling star Pat O'Connor
Pat O'Connor (wrestler)
Patrick John "Pat" O'Connor , was a professional wrestler from New Zealand. O'Connor was regarded as one of the premier workers of his era...
who was the former NWA Champion
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
The National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship in the National Wrestling Alliance. Its lineage has been traced from the first World Heavyweight Championship, which traces its lineage to Georg Hackenschmidt's 1905 title and...
and AWA Champion
AWA World Heavyweight Championship
The American Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship and the highest ranked championship in the defunct American Wrestling Association. All AWA trademarks, including the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, are now owned by WWE...
. Their team was disbanded afterwards. He formed a team with John Istaz and won the New Zealand Tag Team Championship and wrestled in New Zealand.
Northern Ireland (1984-1985)
In 1984, he returned to his hometown in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. He went on to win the Irish Heavyweight Championship and defended it against Irish wrestlers.
Retirement
In 1985, Pat Barrett went out of retirement at the age of 44. He became a trainer and trained several young Irish wrestlers and many of them are successful today. After a good run as a trainer, Pat decided to turn his attention to things he had always aspired to do but had never had chance for because of his busy wrestling career. He took up competitive horseback riding, wining several low level equestrian competitions. He also started taking bassoon lessons, but soon gave those up after almost choking to death on one of its reeds. In recent years he has been raising horses on his ranch in eastern Montana.Irish Whip Wrestling (2006)
On 27 August 2006, Pat Barrett made an appearance for the promotion Irish Whip WrestlingIrish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...
's show which was being held in Dublin, Ireland. This was his last ever wrestling appearance.
Championships and accomplishments
- Continental Wrestling AssociationContinental Wrestling AssociationThe Continental Wrestling Association was a wrestling promotion managed by Jerry Jarrett. The CWA was the name of the "governing body" for the Championship Wrestling, Inc. promotion which was usually referred to as Mid-Southern Wrestling...
- AWA Southern Tag Team ChampionshipAWA Southern Tag Team ChampionshipThe AWA Southern Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team title in the Tennessee area from the 1940s through the late 1980s. It was originally named the NWA Southern Tag Team Championship from its inception through 1977, when it was renamed the AWA Southern...
(2 times) - with Norvell Ausin
- NWA All-Star Wrestling
- NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (Vancouver version)The Vancouver version of the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship was established in 1962 as the top tag team title in NWA All-Star Wrestling. The title held that status until late summer 1985, when the title was renamed the UWA Tag Team Championship upon All-Star Wrestling's departure as a member of...
(3 times) - with Tom Geohagen (2) and Don Leo JonathanDon Leo JonathanDon Heaton , also known as Don Leo Jonathan, is an American former professional wrestler.-Professional wrestling career:...
(1)
- NWA Hollywood WrestlingNational Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
- NWA Americas Heavyweight ChampionshipNWA Americas Heavyweight ChampionshipThe NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship was the top singles championship in the National Wrestling Alliance's Los Angeles territory, known officially as NWA Hollywood Wrestling, from 1968 until the promotion closed in 1982. The title was first established in 1967 as a secondary championship in...
(1 time)
- NWA World Championship Wrestling (Australia)National Wrestling AllianceThe National Wrestling Alliance is a wrestling promotion company and sanctions various NWA championships in the United States. The NWA has been in operation since 1948...
1 - NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team ChampionshipNWA Austra-Asian Tag Team ChampionshipThe NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship was the top tag team professional wrestling title in the Australian World Championship Wrestling promotion from 1972 through the promotion's 1978 closure....
(1 time) - with Tony Kontellis
- World Wide Wrestling FederationWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
- WWWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dominic De Nucci
- Other Titles
- Irish Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- New Zealand Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with John Istaz
- Pacific Area Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Pacific World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
1This promotion shouldn't be confused with World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling
World Championship Wrestling, Inc. was an American professional wrestling promotion which existed from 1988 to 2001. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance , named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and...
, a promotion once owned by Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable news network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
and later sold to World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
in 2001.