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Pat Patterson
Acting Born Jan 19, 1941 Died Dec 2, 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 221 credits
Biography
Pat Patterson was a Canadian–American professional wrestler and producer, widely known for his long tenure in the professional wrestling promotion WWE, first as a wrestler, then as a creative consultant and producer. He is recognized by the company as their first Intercontinental Champion and creator of the Royal Rumble match. Patterson was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1996.
In 2019, Patterson became the oldest person to win a title in WWE history, after winning the WWE 24/7 Championship at age 78. He was described by journalist Dave Meltzer as "Vince McMahon's right-hand man" and "one of the chief architects of the WWE, playing an integral role in helping it become a global phenomenon."
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Career timeline
Brett Was a F*ck · Line Producer
Out in the Ring
My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson
The Price of Fame
NXT Takeover: TorontoOur Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars
WWE 24
Wrestlemania RewindWWE RivalriesWWE Legends' HouseWWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2
WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches
Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All TimeThe True Story of WrestleMania
WWE NXTWWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
WWE Breaking Point 2009
WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE Tough EnoughWWE WrestleMania X-Seven · Writer
WWE Armageddon 2000WWE Backlash 2000WWE Judgment Day 2000WWE King of the Ring 2000
WWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Royal Rumble 1999 · WriterWWE Fully Loaded 1999 · WriterWWE No Mercy (UK) 1999
WWE Royal Rumble 1998 · WriterWWE King of the Ring 1998 · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1998 · WriterWWE Capital Carnage · WriterWWE WrestleMania XIV · Writer
WWE Royal Rumble 1997 · WriterWWE WrestleMania 13 · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1997WWE SummerSlam 1997 · WriterWWE Survivor Series 1997 · Writer
WWE SummerSlam 1996 · WriterWWE Royal Rumble 1996 · WriterWWE WrestleMania XII · WriterWWE In Your House 10: Mind Games · WriterWWE Survivor Series 1996 · Writer
WWE Royal Rumble 1995 · WriterWWE WrestleMania XI · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1995 · WriterWWE King of the Ring 1995 · WriterWWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks · Writer
WWE WrestleMania X · WriterWWE Sunday Night Slam · WriterUndertaker: He Buries Them Alive! · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1994 · WriterWWE Royal Rumble 1994 · Writer
RawRawRawRawWWE March to WrestleMania IX · Writer
WWE Royal Rumble 1992 · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1992 · WriterWWE Survivor Series 1992 · WriterWWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992 · Writer
WWE Royal Rumble 1991 · WriterWWE WrestleMania VII · WriterWWE Survivor Series 1991 · WriterWWE U.K. Rampage 1991 · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1991 · Writer
WWE WrestleMania VI · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1990 · WriterWWE SummerSlam Fever · WriterWWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90 · WriterWWE The Main Event III · Writer
WWE U.K. PPV · WriterWWE Royal Rumble 1989 · WriterWWE SummerSlam 1989 · WriterWWE Survivor Series 1989 · WriterWWE WrestleMania V · Writer
WWE SummerSlam 1988 · WriterWWE Royal Rumble 1988 · WriterWWE Survivor Series 1988 · WriterWWE WrestleFest · WriterWWE U.K. Rampage 1988 · Writer
WWE WrestleMania III · WriterWWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 · WriterWWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 · WriterWWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show · WriterWWE Houston Wrestling: December '87 · Writer
Inside the Steel CageWrestleMania II · WriterTag Team ChampionsWWE Detroit Wrestling '86 · WriterWWE The Big Event · Writer
Full filmography
- Brett Was a F*ck (2024) Line Producer
- Out in the Ring (2022)
- My Way: The Life and Legacy of Pat Patterson (2021) as Pat Patterson
- The Price of Fame (2017) as Self
- NXT Takeover: Toronto (2016) as Pat Patterson
- Our Nation's Pride: The Best of Canadian Superstars (2016) as Pat Patterson
- WWE 24 (2015) as Pat Patterson
- Wrestlemania Rewind (2014) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Rivalries (2014)
- WWE Legends' House (2014) as Pat Patterson
- WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 2 (2014) as Pat Patterson
- WWE: Falls Count Anywhere: The Greatest Street Fights and Other Out of Control Matches (2012) as Pat Patterson
- Stone Cold Steve Austin: The Bottom Line on the Most Popular Superstar of All Time (2011) as Pat Patterson
- The True Story of WrestleMania (2011)
- WWE NXT (2010)
- WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time (2010) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Breaking Point 2009 (2009) as Pat Patterson (Appearance)
- WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship (2008) as Pat Patterson
- WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary (2007) as Pat Patterson
- WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Tough Enough (2001) as Pat Patterson
- WWE WrestleMania X-Seven (2001) Writer
- WWE Armageddon 2000 (2000) as Pat Patterson (Appearance)
- WWE Backlash 2000 (2000) as Pat Patterson (Appearance)
- WWE Judgment Day 2000 (2000) as Pat Patterson (Appearance)
- WWE King of the Ring 2000 (2000) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999)
- WWE Royal Rumble 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE Fully Loaded 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999 (1999) as Pat Patterson (Appearance)
- WWE No Mercy (UK) 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE Armageddon 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE Unforgiven 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE King of the Ring 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania XV (1999) as Pat Patterson (Appearance)
- WWE WrestleMania XV (1999) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE Rebellion 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE Backlash: In Your House (1999) Writer
- WWE No Mercy 1999 (1999) Writer
- WWE St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House (1999) Writer
- WWE Halftime Heat (1999) Writer
- WWE Over the Edge (1999) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1998 (1998) Writer
- WWE King of the Ring 1998 (1998) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1998 (1998) Writer
- WWE Capital Carnage (1998) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania XIV (1998) Writer
- Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1998) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Survivor Series 1998 (1998) Writer
- WWE Breakdown: In Your House (1998) Writer
- WWE No Way Out of Texas: In Your House (1998) Writer
- WWE Mayhem in Manchester (1998) Writer
- WWE Fully Loaded: In Your House (1998) Writer
- WWE Over the Edge: In Your House (1998) as Pat Patterson (Ring Announcer)
- WWE Over the Edge: In Your House (1998) Writer
- WWE Judgment Day: In Your House (1998) Writer
- WWE Unforgiven: In Your House (1998) Writer
- WWE Rock Bottom: In Your House (1998) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1997 (1997) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania 13 (1997) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1997 (1997) as Pat Patterson
- WWE SummerSlam 1997 (1997) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1997 (1997) Writer
- WWE D-Generation X: In Your House (1997) Writer
- WWE In Your House 13: Final Four (1997) Writer
- WWE One Night Only (1997) Writer
- WWE Badd Blood: In Your House (1997) Writer
- WWE King of the Ring 1997 (1997) Writer
- WWE In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell (1997) Writer
- WWE Ground Zero: In Your House (1997) Writer
- WWE In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker (1997) Writer
- WWE Sunny (1997) as Pat Patterson
- WWE In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (1997) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1996 (1996) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1996 (1996) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania XII (1996) Writer
- WWE In Your House 10: Mind Games (1996) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1996 (1996) Writer
- WWE In Your House 12: It's Time (1996) Writer
- WWE King of the Ring 1996 (1996) Writer
- WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage (1996) Writer
- WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog (1996) Writer
- WWE Hall Of Fame 1996 (1996) as Self
- WWE In Your House 9: International Incident (1996) Writer
- WWE In Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies (1996) Writer
- WWE In Your House 11: Buried Alive (1996) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1995 (1995) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania XI (1995) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1995 (1995) Writer
- WWE King of the Ring 1995 (1995) Writer
- WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks (1995) Writer
- WWE In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings (1995) Writer
- WWE In Your House 4: Great White North (1995) Writer
- WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header (1995) Writer
- WWE March to WrestleMania XI (1995) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania X (1994) Writer
- WWE Sunday Night Slam (1994) Writer
- Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive! (1994) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1994 (1994) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1994 (1994) Writer
- WWF SummerSlam Spectacular 1994: Sunday Night Slam (1994) Writer
- WWE March to WrestleMania X (1994) Writer
- WWF Countdown to The Crowning (1994) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994 (1994) Writer
- Raw (1993) as Patt Patterson
- Raw (1993) as Pierre Clermont
- Raw (1993) as Pat Patterson
- Raw (1993)
- WWE March to WrestleMania IX (1993) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993 (1993) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1993 (1993) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania IX (1993) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1993 (1993) Writer
- WWE King of the Ring 1993 (1993) Writer
- WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 (1993) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993 (1993) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1992 (1992) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1992 (1992) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1992 (1992) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992 (1992) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1991 (1991) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania VII (1991) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1991 (1991) Writer
- WWE U.K. Rampage 1991 (1991) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1991 (1991) Writer
- WWE This Tuesday In Texas (1991) Writer
- WWE Battle Royal at the Albert Hall (1991) Writer
- WWE The Main Event V (1991) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1991 (1991) Writer
- WWE Superstars & Stripes Forever: The March to WrestleMania VII (1991) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam Spectacular '91 (1991) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania VI (1990) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1990 (1990) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam Fever (1990) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '90 (1990) Writer
- WWE The Main Event III (1990) Writer
- WWE The Ultimate Challenge Special: The March to WrestleMania VI (1990) Writer
- WWE The Main Event IV (1990) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown '90 (1990) Writer
- WWE U.K. PPV (1989) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1989 (1989) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1989 (1989) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1989 (1989) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania V (1989) Writer
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: January '89 (1989) Writer
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89 (1989) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '89 (1989) Writer
- WWE The Main Event II (1989) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89 (1989) Writer
- WWE SummerSlam 1988 (1988) Writer
- WWE Royal Rumble 1988 (1988) Writer
- WWE Survivor Series 1988 (1988) Writer
- WWE WrestleFest (1988) Writer
- WWE U.K. Rampage 1988 (1988) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania IV (1988) Writer
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: July '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: December '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: July '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: November '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: August '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Los Angeles Wrestling: October '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: September '88 (1988) Writer
- WWE The Main Event (1988) Writer
- WWE WrestleMania III (1987) Writer
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '87 (1987) Writer
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: January '87 (1987) Writer
- WWE Houston Wrestling: The Paul Boesch Retirement Show (1987) Writer
- WWE Houston Wrestling: December '87 (1987) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '87 (1987) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '87 (1987) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: January '87 (1987) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: June '87 (1987) Writer
- WWE Houston Wrestling: November '87 (1987) Writer
- The Ken Patera Story (1987) as Pat Patterson
- Inside the Steel Cage (1986) as Pat Patterson
- WrestleMania II (1986) Writer
- Tag Team Champions (1986) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Detroit Wrestling '86 (1986) Writer
- WWE The Big Event (1986) Writer
- WWE Houston Wrestling: November '86 (1986) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: March '86 (1986) Writer
- The Best of the WWF: volume 8 (1986) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: May '86 (1986) Writer
- WWE Houston Wrestling: October '86 (1986) Writer
- The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano (1986) as Pat Patterson
- Villains of the Squared Circle (1986) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Pat Patterson
- The Wrestling Classic (1985) Writer
- Andre the Giant (1985) as Pat Patterson (Archive footage)
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '85 (1985) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: November '85 (1985) Writer
- WrestleMania (1985) as Pat Patterson (Referee)
- WrestleMania (1985) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '85 (1985) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: April '85 (1985) Writer
- Rowdy Roddy Piper's Greatest Hits (1985) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: December '85 (1985) Writer
- WWE War to Settle the Score (1985) Writer
- Tuesday Night Titans (1984) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: October '84 (1984) Writer
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 (1984) Writer
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: December '84 (1984) Writer
- WWE St. Louis Wrestling: September '84 (1984) Writer
- WWE The Brawl to End it All (1984) Writer
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 (1984) Writer
- WWE Maple Leaf Wrestling: September '84 (1984) Writer
- WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983 (1983) as Pat Patterson (Commentary)
- WWF Championship Wrestling (1980) as Pat Patterson
- WWF Championship Wrestling (1980) as Pat Patterson (Commentator)
- WWE Showdown at Shea '80 (1980) as Pat Patterson
- WWF All-Star Wrestling (1975) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Old School (1973) as Pat Patterson (Interviewer)
- WWE Old School (1973) as Pat Patterson
- WWE Old School (1973) as Pat Patterson (Commentary)