First openly gay pro wrestler

Rosser was the first openly gay wrestler to compete in WWE. In fact, he was the first openly gay professional wrestler. The format is still being implemented nowadays with some changes, of course. Dwayne Johnson also shared a heartfelt tribute to Patterson.

Home News. Still, many people knew about Dondero. After hanging up his boots, he became a WWE Official. He passed away at 79 years old. Do not sell my personal information. By Edduin Carvajal. After that, they had to prepare something special for a three-hour live show, so McMahon told Patterson to put together the Royal Rumble fight.

Shortly after the news of his death hit the internet, several people involved in the wrestling business took to Twitter to share their sorrow. Patterson made his wrestling debut inand worked in many companies, like BTW, PNW, AWA, NJPW, before arriving in WWE in Pro wrestling icon Pat Patterson, the industry's first openly gay star and a lieutenant of promoter Vince McMahon, has died.

Here are some of the most prominent wrestlers who are out and proud. Dec 04, Many of today's most popular wrestlers, both in major feds and on the indies, are LGBTQ+. He passed away at 79 years old. Together, they joined the American Wrestling Association in the late 70s.

A few years before officially retiringPatterson began his career as a color commentator. The following year, Patterson joined the WWE. In Septemberhe became the first Intercontinental Champion after winning a tournament in Rio de Janeiro.

Born Pierre Clermont in Montreal, Canada, Pat Patterson began his career as a professional wrestler in in Canada, when he was about 17 years old. In the past, battle royal fights were quite messy as every wrestler was in the ring at the beginning of the match.

In front of his fellow WWE legends, Patterson revealed that he "survived all this being gay. Rest in peace, legend. Later that year, he debuted on the main roster as part of The Nexus. In his autobiography, Patterson wrote that, during his time as an active wrestler, he only told his closest friends about his sexual orientation.

InYoung formed The Prime Time Players with Titus O'Neil, with whom he is a one-time WWE Tag Team Champion.

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The WWE Hall of Fame member was Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class ofPat Patterson was the first openly gay professional wrestler in history. Eventually, he moved to San Francisco and became one of the most famous wrestlers in the Bay Area for almost 20 years, taking home the regional tag team championship ten times with seven different partners.

Patterson knew that McMahon just needed time for ideas to sink in. Although getting everything together for the first Royal Rumble was challenging for everybody involved, it was a success. The details of his passing have not been disclosed.

However, in his version of the Royal Rumble, participants were allowed to join the fight at two-minute intervals.