Pat Buck
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Patrick Buckridge is an American 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...

, better know by the name Pat Buck. He competes in Midwestern, New England, and Metropolitan independent promotions including Derby City Wrestling, Ohio Championship Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...

, formerly a 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...

 developmental territory, where was one half of Gothic Mayhem with Johnny Punch
Johnny Punch
Tom Demers better known by his ring name Johnny Punch, is an American professional wrestler, who competed in North American independent promotions including Derby City Wrestling, New England Championship Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions...

 and The Men of Iron with Rob Conway. He also competed in Florida Championship Wrestling. Currently competing in Northeast for NYWC, NWS, WWA, and various promotions.

Early life and career

Born in Bellerose
Bellerose, Queens
Bellerose, also called Bellerose Manor, is a neighborhood on the eastern edge of the New York City borough of Queens, near the border with Nassau County. It is sometimes referred to as Bellerose Manor, to distinguish it from the adjacent Bellerose Village and Bellerose Terrace in Nassau County,...

, a town in the borough of Queens, New York Buck attended St Gregory the Great elementary school in Bellerose, and St. Mary's High School
St. Mary's High School (Manhasset, New York)
St. Mary's College Preparatory High School is a private Catholic high school in Manhasset, New York. Located on the north shore of Nassau County, also known as the gold coast, the campus is just a few blocks from the Miracle Mile. St...

 in Manhasset, New York
Manhasset, New York
Manhasset is a hamlet and neighborhood in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 8,080....

 where he graduated from in 2001. A stand out lacrosse player and champion martial artist enabled Buck to receive a partial scholarship to college. He later attended Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University is a private, nonprofit, co-educational, career-oriented university with four campuses located throughout the United States. Providence, Rhode Island, USA, is home to JWU's first and largest of four currently operating campuses. Founded as a business school in 1914, by...

 and Sullivan University
Sullivan University
Sullivan University is a private for-profit university based in Louisville, Kentucky and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Sullivan University currently has physical campuses in Louisville, Lexington, and Fort Knox, and an online Global e-Learning campus. With...

 studying business and hotel restaurant management
Restaurant management
Restaurant management is the profession of managing a restaurant. Associate, bachelor, and graduate degree programs are offered in restaurant management by community colleges, junior colleges, and some universities in the United States.-Floor management:...

.

In 2001, he began training at the Critical Mass Pro Wrestling School under John Curse, Brimstone, and Mike Mayhem where he was known as Ru Star. He later ventured out and spent time wrestling in Florida independents and training with Dory Funk Jr. He then moved to New England to wrestle for numerous independent promotions before relocating to Louisville in 2005. Once in Louisville, Buck worked for and continues to work for OVW full time and continue training under Rip Rogers. Buck was then offered exclusivity to train with WWE Developmental Talents who learned from Al Snow.

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2006)

Entering Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...

 in November 2005, he faced Mark Henry
Mark Henry
Mark Jerrold Henry is an American professional wrestler signed with WWE, where he performs on its SmackDown brand as the reigning World Heavyweight Champion. He is a 1992 Olympian, and winner of the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic...

 in his first OVW appearance and lost to him in less than a minute. Early the next year, Buck lost matches to Elijah Burke
Elijah Burke
Elijah Samuel Burke is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name of "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero; a gimmick in which he portrays a Harlem street preacher...

, Ryan Reeves
Ryan Reeves
Ryan Reeves is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, but is inactive due to injury. After being one of the eight finalists on WWE Tough Enough 4, he later signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and wrestled in Deep South Wrestling and Florida...

 and Mikey Batts. On March 11, he also lost to Jack Bull
Gregg Groothuis
Gregg Groothuis is an American professional wrestler, known by his stage name Jack Bull, who competed in North American independent promotions including Impact Zone Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and Ultimate Pro Wrestling as well as Japanese promotions HUSTLE, New Japan Pro Wrestling...

 in a six way match involving Discord, Chuck Evans
Chuck Evans
Charles "Chuck" Evans was an American football fullback who played for the Minnesota Vikings and the Baltimore Ravens...

, Luis Almodovar and Mikey Batts. That same month, Buck began wrestling as The Erotic Erraticator whose ring style and in-ring persona was modeled after Adrian Adonis
Adrian Adonis
Keith A. Franke was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Adorable" Adrian Adonis.-Career:Franke trained under Fred Atkins and debuted in 1974, wrestling under his own name...

.

Teaming with Robbie Dawber and Jack Bull, Buck faced teams including The Highlanders
The Highlanders (professional wrestling)
The Highlanders are a Scottish professional wrestling tag team consisting of storyline cousins Robbie and Rory McAllister who were best known for wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Raw brand.-History:Couch and Murray were both born and raised in Oban, Scotland The Highlanders are...

, The Riggs Brothers and Cody Runnels and Elijah Burke in dark matches on OVW television. On June 5, he and Shawn Spears
Ronnie Arniell
Ronnie William Arneill is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name as Shawn Spears. He is perhaps best known for his stint with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand, where he briefly performed under the ring name Gavin Spears.-Early life:Born and raised in St...

 unsuccessfully took on Roadkill and Chet the Jet. Two weeks later at a June 16 Six Flags Show, he teamed with Jack Bull, Rahim and Deuce N' Domino in a 10-man tag team match against Cody Runnels, Kasey James
Kasey James
Kurt Sellers , better known as K.C. James or James Curtis, is an American professional wrestler who was best known for working in World Wrestling Entertainment.-Early career:...

, Roadkill and Mo and Chet the Jet. Buck's team lost when he was pinned by Roadkill.

Buck and Skyfire were the only two non contracted talents to be allowed to be on OVW television while Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman is an American entertainment producer, best known for his career in professional wrestling as a promoter, manager, commentator and journalist. He is also an occasional actor in film....

 was booker. Due to not being under contract with WWE, Buck was never allowed to defeat any WWE talents, however, his ability was respected so much that he would be used to make other less skilled workers look good.

During the next two months, he teamed with Jack Bull and Shad Gaspard
Shad Gaspard
Shad Chad Javier Romane Chittick Gaspard is an American professional wrestler of Haitian and Curaçaon descent, currently signed with Inoki Genome Federation...

 and also lost to Chet the Jet, Mike Mizanin
Mike Mizanin
Michael "Mike" Gregory Mizanin is an American professional wrestler and reality television personality better known by his nickname and ring name The Miz. He is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its Raw brand...

 and Chuck Evans in single matches. On July 12, he and Shawn Spears lost to The Untouchables and to Charles Evans a week later at separate OVW television tapings. On August 5, he defeated Scott Cardinal and, at a Six Flags Show several days later, he participated in an 18-man battle royal
Battle royal (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a battle royal is a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner...

 including Jack Bull, Shad Gaspard, Elijah Burke, Lennox Lightfoot, Ranger Milton, Rod Steele, Eddie Craven III, Mike Kruel
Mike Kruel
Michael "Mike" Mayo, Jr. is an American professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Mike Kruel. He began his career in the independent circuit, wrestling in Pro-Pain Pro Wrestling, Ring of Honor, East Coast Wrestling Association and USA Pro Wrestling, while occasionally making...

, Shawn Osborne, Jon Bolen
Jon Bolen
Jon Bolen is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He currently competes on the independent circuit including Maximum Pro Wrestling, the International Wrestling Cartel and the National Wrestling Alliance...

, Neighborhoodie, Seth Skyfire
Seth Skyfire
Steve Adkins is a retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Seth Skyfire. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling .-Career:...

, Johnny Punch, Los Locos and The Untouchables.

Gothic Mayhem (2006-2007)

During the summer of 2006, Buck formed Gothic Mayhem with Johnny Punch
Johnny Punch
Tom Demers better known by his ring name Johnny Punch, is an American professional wrestler, who competed in North American independent promotions including Derby City Wrestling, New England Championship Wrestling and Top Rope Promotions...

. Much like Stevie Richards
Stevie Richards
Michael Manna is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Stevie Richards. Also known by his ring names, Steven Richards and Dr...

 parody of KISS in Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling
Extreme Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001...

 during the mid-1990s, the team was styled after Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands...

. Both sporting mohawks and carrying electric guitars
Electric Guitars
Electric Guitars were formed early in 1980 by Neil Davenport and Richard Hall who were both studying English at Bristol University. The band soon increased to a five-man line-up, with Andy Saunders , Matt Salt and Dick Truscott , they also later added two backing singers: Sara and Wendy...

 to the ring, they were followed by valets Melody
Melody (wrestler)
Melody Dawn Medeiros is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time in Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she is a one time Women's Champion.-Independent circuit :...

 and Roni Jonah
Roni Jonah
Roni Jonah is a Canadian professional wrestler and actress. She has worked for both Ohio Valley Wrestling and Women's Extreme Wrestling.-Ohio Valley Wrestling :...

 as part of their entourage. Buck donned himself the "Platinum Frontman" who's persona mimicked Axel Rose. The two made their debut defeating Los Locos at the Davis Arena on August 16. They lost, however, to Bad Company (Eddie Craven and Mike Kruel), High Dosage (Ryan Reeves and Jon Bolen) and OVW Southern Tag Team Champions Cody Runnels and Shawn Spears. Buck also lost to Devin Driscoll
Devin Driscoll
Devin Drisoll is an American former professional wrestler, known by his ringname Devon Driscoll. He is best known for his stint in Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he is a one time Television Champion.-Professional wrestling career:...

, Steve Lewington, Paul Birchill, Christopher Rombola
Christopher Rombola
Christopher "Chris" Rombola is an American professional wrestler who, in January 2006, was the first to be selected in the nationwide tryouts held by the World Wrestling Entertainment...

 and Boris Alexiev in single matches.

On January 10, 2007, he and Johnny Punch lost to Chett the Jet and Steve Lewington in a four-way match including Los Locos and The Untouchables at an OVW television taping. Feuding with Chris Rombola later that month, they defeated Rombola and his partner Jake Hager
Jake Hager
Jacob "Jake" Hager, Jr. is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works under the ring name Jack Swagger on the Raw brand....

 on January 27. Weeks later at a February 14 OVW television taping, they met Rombola in a "Battle of the Bands" which ended when Pat Buck smashed a guitar over Rombola's head. The team would continue fight in matches against Kofi Nahaje Kingston
Kofi Kingston
Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah , is a Ghanaian American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kofi Kingston. He is currently signed to WWE and works on its Raw brand where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Evan Bourne as Air Boom...

 and Harry Smith
Harry Smith (wrestler)
Harry Smith is a Canadian professional wrestler of English descent. He is currently working for Inoki Genome Federation and is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he won the Unified Tag Team Championship along with Tyson Kidd before being released from his contract on August 5, 2011...

 and Terminal Velocity (Chet the Jett and Steve Lewington).

In a match to decide the number one contender to the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, they lost to Charles "The Hammer" Evans and Justin "The Ox" LaRoche
Justin LaRouche
Justin Bruce Rocheleau is an American professional wrestler, who worked on World Wrestling Entertainment's ECW brand under the name Bam Neely...

 in a four-way match with Chet the Jett and Steve Lewington and Belgian Brawler and Nicholas Sinn
Nick Cvjetkovich
Nicholas "Nick" Cvjetkovich is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his stint in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he worked on its SmackDown brand as Kizarny.-Training and beginning:...

 on March 7. Although losing matches to Chet the Jett and Steve Lewington over the next few weeks, he and Johnny Punch teamed with Tony Braddock to beat TJ Dalton, Jamin Olivencia and Mike Hutter in a 6-man tag team match. They also feuded with The Major Brothers
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder were a American professional wrestling tag team who appeared on the independent circuit and WWE under a variety of evolving names....

 during most of May and early June.

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. Buck also lost to Atlas DaBone, Jay Bradley
Brad Bradley
Brad Bradley is an American professional wrestler, best known for working for World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring name Ryan Braddock.-Early career:...

 and Vladimir Kozlov
Oleg Prudius
Oleg Aleksandrovich Prudius is a Ukrainian American professional wrestler, also known by his ring name Vladimir Kozlov . Since competing for WWE, he won the WWE Tag Team Championships with Santino Marella on one occasion...

 during the year as well as making a brief appearance in Derby City Wrestling. On October 10, Gothic Mayhem lost to Los Locos in a qualifying match to enter a championship tournament for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. The two wrestled their last match together against The Major Brothers on November 7. Buck teamed with Ryan Reeves in a match against OVW Southern Tag Team Champions Colt Cabana and Shawn Spears the following week.

2008-present

In early 2008, Buck worked single matches with Charles Evans, Drew McIntyre, Kevin Thorn
Kevin Fertig
Kevin Matthew Fertig is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment under the ring names Mordecai and Kevin Thorn....

 and Rob Conway. After his recent loss to Conway, his opponent suggested he toughen himself up by becoming a "man of iron" like himself. Buck took his advice literally making his debut as "The Man of Iron", Conway's own name, and defeated Lennox Lightfoot ending his four month losing streak.

Forming The Men of Iron with Conway during the summer, they captured the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship from 'The Insurgency (Ali and Omar Akbar) in Louisville on May 27. Oddly, Conway and Buck look alike. They are both same height, weight, hair, and facial features. Successfully defending the titles against The Insurgency a series of matches held at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Kingdom is an amusement park located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The park is located on of land which includes a collection of 27 amusement rides and a water park named Splashwater Kingdom...

, they held the titles for two months before losing to Darriel Kelly and Josh Lowry in a four corners match with The Insurgency and Dirty Money on August 6.

On September 23, around the time OVW ended its business relationship with 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...

, Buck and Conway were part of a group of OVW wrestlers scouted by WWE executive John Laurinaitis
John Laurinaitis
John Joseph Laurinaitis is the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations for WWE and appears on WWE's Raw Brand as interim General Manager. He was previously a professional wrestler under the ring name Johnny Ace, and wrestled for such promotions as the National Wrestling Alliance and All...

. Others included in the audition included Low Ryder, Angel of Sin, Ryback
Ryback
Ryback may refer to:*Casey Ryback - a fictional Navy SEALS commando and counter-terrorist in the Under Siege films played by Steven Seagal*Timothy Ryback - an American historian*"Silverback" Ryan Reeves - an American Pro Wrestler's ring name*Alexander Rybak...

, Joey Matthews
Adam Birch
Adam Birch is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his tenure with World Wrestling Entertainment , and training in WWE's developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, as Joey Mercury...

, Kris Cage
Chris Pavone
Kris Pavone is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment , where he wrestled under the ring name Caylen Croft. He was one half of the Dude Busters tag team with Trent Barreta. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit.Pavone debuted in...

, J.D. Michaels
J.D. Michaels
Jordan Danyluk is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring names J.D. Michaels and J.D. Maverick...

 and female wrestler Serena
Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, appearing on the SmackDown brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. under the ring name Serena...

.

On the edition of WWE Smackdown! which aired on December 25, 2009, Buck was featured in a jobber
Job (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling slang, the term job describes a losing performance in a wrestling match. It is derived from the euphemism "doing one's job", which was employed to protect kayfabe. As professional wrestling is scripted, inevitably a wrestler will be required to lose to an opponent.The term...

 tag team along with Bryce Andrews, losing to Cryme Tyme
Cryme Tyme
For animated series named Crime Time, visit Crime TimeCryme Tyme was a professional wrestling tag team that was signed to WWE.The team consisted of JTG and Shad , an over-the-top parody of stereotypical street thugs.-Early lives:Of Haitian and...

. Buck continues to work the independents and has done several tours overseas.

Pat became the head trainer of NYWC in 2010. NYWC is a successful school known for training a few well knowns in the industry.

Pat left NYWC in early 2011 and soon made his debut for Pro Wrestling Syndicate. 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 titles on August 20, 2011 in Ronkonkoma, New York.

In wrestling

  • Managers
    Manager (professional wrestling)
    In professional wrestling, a manager is a secondary character paired with a wrestler for a variety of reasons. The manager is often either a non-wrestler, an occasional wrestler, an older wrestler who has retired or is nearing retirement or, in some cases, a new wrestler who is breaking into the...

  • Melody
    Melody (wrestler)
    Melody Dawn Medeiros is an American professional wrestler and actress. She is best known for her time in Ohio Valley Wrestling, where she is a one time Women's Champion.-Independent circuit :...

  • Roni Jonah
    Roni Jonah
    Roni Jonah is a Canadian professional wrestler and actress. She has worked for both Ohio Valley Wrestling and Women's Extreme Wrestling.-Ohio Valley Wrestling :...


Championships and accomplishments

  • New York Wrestling Connection
  • NYWC Heavyweight Championship
  • NYWC Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Tyler Payne (1) and Wayne (1)

  • Ohio Valley Wrestling
    Ohio Valley Wrestling
    Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky. OVW is run by owner Danny Davis and was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1997 until 2000...

  • OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
    OVW Southern Tag Team Championship
    The OVW Southern Tag Team Championship is the tag team titles of Ohio Valley Wrestling. Created in 1997, the first champions were Nick Dinsmore and Flash Flanagan. As of 2011, the current champions are Ted McNaler and Adam Revolver, known as The Elite in their fourth reign...

     (2 times) - with Rob Conway (1) and J.D. Maverick (1)

  • New England Championship Wrestling
    New England Championship Wrestling
    New England Championship Wrestling was an independent professional wrestling promotion based in the Northeastern United States and has promoted events since 2000...

  • NECW Television Championship
    NECW Television Championship
    The NECW Television Championship was a professional wrestling title in New England Championship Wrestling. The title was later unified with the PWF Mayhem Junior Heavyweight title.-Title history:-External links:*...

     (1 time)

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    Pro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...

  • PWI ranked him #333 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2009

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