Pat Barrett (wrestler)
| Pat Barrett | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Partick Barrett |
| Born |
4 September 1941 Dublin, Ireland |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Mr. Wrestling Paddy Barrett Pat Barrett |
| Debut | 1960 |
| Retired | 1985 |
Patrick "Pat" Barrett (born 4 September 1941) is a former Irish professional wrestler who is best known for his time with NWA and WWWF. During his career, he wrestled in countries including Ireland, Pacific Islands, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States of America.
Barrett started wrestling in 1960 as Paddy Barrett in Ireland and in 1963, he joined the National Wrestling Alliance in the United States where he joined the sanctioned body of promotions in the U.S., National Wrestling Alliance. He also toured Canada where he created a successful tag team with Tim Geoghegan. Barrett and Geoghegan defeated Art Nelson and Ivan Kameroff on 8 November 1965 to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. They lost their title to John Tolos and Black Terror on 4 January 1966 but defeated them back for the title on 28 February 1966. After Barrett and Geoghegan disbanded their team, Barrett created a tag team with Don Leo Jonathan. On 22 July 1968, they defeated Abdullah the Butcher and Armand Hussain to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. After the pair separated, Barrett forged a singles career, and feuded with both Jonathan and Geoghegan.
In 1974, he toured Australia where he created a gimmick of Mr. Wrestling and was sometimes known as "Mr. Wrestling of Australia". On 5 April 1974, he won a tag team tournament with Tony Kontellis and won the NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship.
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