Pat Buck
Pat Buck | |
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Birth name | Patrick Buckridge |
Born | Queens, New York | December 24, 1984
Trained by | Ohio Valley Wrestling[2] |
Debut | 2001[2] |
Patrick Buckridge (born December 24, 1984), better known by the
Professional wrestling career
Early career
Buckridge's early career from 2001 to 2005 was under the ring name "Ru Starr" and spent in firstly New York Wrestling Connection and then simultaneously in New England Championship Wrestling (NECW).[5]
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut (2005–2006)
Entering
Teaming with Robbie Dawber and Jack Bull, Buck faced teams including
During the next two months, he teamed with Jack Bull and
Gothic Mayhem (2006–2007)
During the summer of 2006, Buck formed Gothic Mayhem with Johnny Punch.
On January 10, 2007, he and Johnny Punch lost to Terminal Velocity (Chett the Jet and Lewington) in a four-way match including Los Locos and The Untouchables at an OVW television taping. Feuding with Rombola later that month, they defeated Rombola and his partner
On July 4, Buck was scheduled to face Cody Runnels but the match was canceled when Runnels was attacked backstage by Shawn Spears earlier during the show.
Tag Team Champion (2008–2009)
In early 2008, Buck worked single matches with Charles Evans,
In early 2009, Buck formed a team known as Top Shelf Talent with J.D. Maverick. In their first match as a team, they defeated Tony Mann and
Later years (2009–2016)
On the December 25, 2009, episode of WWE SmackDown, Buck was featured in a jobber tag team along with Bryce Andrews, losing to Cryme Tyme.[26]
Patrick relocated to Tampa, Florida to work with FCW upon news that WWE was ending their partnership with OVW in 2009. Upon arrival, Patrick became a referee for the promotion working all live events and television, until he left in 2010.
Patrick was part of the crowd funded WRP project by Jeff Katz in 2011 playing the character of “Liberal Redneck” Muncie McGee. The project featured a steady cast of talent, but the project never saw the light of day.
Buck became the head trainer at the New York Wrestling Connection school in 2010, but left in early 2011 after a dispute with management. He then debuted for Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS). Teaming with John Silver as "The Lone Rangers" and being managed by Opie and Anthony's Sam Roberts, the duo defeated The Urban Legends for the tag team championship on August 20, 2011 in Ronkonkoma, New York. In 2012, Buck became the co-owner of PWS, alongside Eric Tapout.
In 2012, Patrick opened a wrestling school called Create A Pro. He is the sole owner of the Create A Pro NJ school, and full partner of Curt Hawkins for the Create A Pro NY school (opened 2014). Notable students include MJF and Kris Stadtlander. Create A Pro Students are regularly used for WWE, NXT, and Impact.
Buck became a producer and show timer for Impact Wrestling in 2018. He produced and competed in Impact’s Ultimate X Match for the “United We Stand” event in New Jersey during Wrestlemania 35 weekend.
In 2016 Buck Became the sole owner of WrestlePro. Patrick successfully brought WrestlePro to Anchorage, Alaska in 2019 at the Sullivan Arena. The main event featured MJF vs Joey Janela vs Pat Buck. Mick Foley was special enforcer.
WWE (2019–2022)
On August 7, 2019, Buck announced that he had signed with WWE as a backstage producer.[27] He was furloughed on April 15, 2020 due to COVID-19 cutbacks with an expected furlough end date of July 1, 2020.[28] A few months later, he was rehired.[29] On the July 27 episode of Raw, Buck was involved in a brawl between Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax where he tried to separate the two but was attacked by Jax. The following week on Raw, Buck announced that Jax was indefinitely suspended for assaulting him before being once again attacked by Jax.[30]
On April 4, 2022, it was reported that Buck resigned from WWE, just following WrestleMania 38.[31]
All Elite Wrestling (2022–present)
On April 14, 2022, only ten days after his WWE resignation, it was reported Pat Buck had signed with All Elite Wrestling as a coach.[32] On August 3, 2022, Buck was named the Vice President of Talent Development.[3] Buck was reportedly suspended after being involved in a fight between CM Punk, Ace Steel, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks following the 2022 All Out media scrum, but that suspension was lifted after an investigation found that he was only attempting to break up the fight.[33]
Championships and accomplishments
- Create A Pro Wrestling Academy
- CAP Championship (1 time)
- DDT Pro-Wrestling
- New York Wrestling Connection
- NYWC Heavyweight Championship
- NYWC Interstate Championship (1 time)
- NYWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tyler Payne (1) and Wayne (1)
- New England Championship Wrestling
- NECW Television Championship (1 time)
- Ohio Valley Wrestling
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with JD Maverick (1) and Rob Conway (1)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked him #333 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009[35]
- PWI ranked him #333 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the
- Pro Wrestling Syndicate
- PWS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Silver
- WrestlePro
- WP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ryback[36]
- WP Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with
References
- ISSN 1083-9593.
Jeff Katz's Wrestling Revolution Project taped its first season in Los Angeles this past week. [...] Also getting a good reaction was Pat Buck, under the name Muncie Magee.
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- ^ Wooldridge, Rey (2009-04-01). "April 1, 2009–Ohio Valley Wrestling - TV Taping in Louisville, Kentucky". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ Wooldridge, Rey (2009-04-22). "April 22, 2009–Ohio Valley Wrestling - TV Taping in Louisville, Kentucky". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ a b "OVW Southern Tag Team Championship". Ohio Valley Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 5, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ^ Middleton, Marc (2009-12-26). "WWE SmackDown Results 12/25/09". LordsofPain.net. Archived from the original on December 28, 2009.
- ^ "It's been a wild 18 year journey of wrestling many matches, coaching many talent, and promoting many events. Elated to join WWE and start a new chapter. Appreciate all the 💚!!".
- ^ "Exclusive Details On Packet WWE Sent To Furloughed Employees, Tentative Furlough End Date". 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Wwe Producer Re-Hired". PWInsider.com. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
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- ^ "WWE Producer Reportedly Quits After Working Top WrestleMania 38 Matches". 4 April 2022.
- ^ Wolstanholme, Danny (May 9, 2022). "Pat Buck Addresses His Decision To Leave WWE And Join AEW". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- ^ Carey, Ian (September 15, 2022). "Christopher Daniels, Michael Nakazawa no longer suspended by AEW". Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
- ^ 海外絶賛流出中のアイアンマンヘビーメタル級王座の動向<3月31日分>. DDT Pro-Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2009". The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Ryback Wins WrestlePro Tag Team Title Last Night". 411MANIA. 2016-10-15. Retrieved 2019-04-24.