| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patrick Buckridge (1984-12-24)December 24, 1984 (age 40) Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Buck Muncie Magee[1] Pat Buck Pat Cena Platinum "Precious" Ru Starr |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Billed from | Detroit Rock City Queens, New York |
| Trained by | Ohio Valley Wrestling[2] |
| Debut | 2001[2] |
Patrick Buckridge (born December 24, 1984), better known by thering namePat Buck, is an Americanprofessional wrestler and promoter, signed toAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) as the Vice President of Talent Development and as acoach.[3] He was previously signed toWWE, where he worked as a producer andon-screen official. He competes for severalpromotions on theindependent circuit, including Derby City Wrestling (DCW), New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC), Limitless, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) andOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW). Buckridge was a co-owner of the Pro Wrestling Syndicate (PWS) promotion. Buck is the owner and operator of WrestlePro Federation. In 2014, Buck andCurt Hawkins opened the Create A Pro Wrestling Academy.[4]
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 inNew England Championship Wrestling (NECW).[5]
EnteringOhio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in November 2005 and adopting the new ring name of "Pat Buck", he facedMark Henry in his first OVW appearance and lost to him in less than a minute.[6] Early the next year, Buck lost matches toElijah Burke,Ryan Reeves andMikey Batts. On March 11, he also lost toJack Bull in a six-way match involving Discord, Charles Evans, Luis Almodovar and Mikey Batts. That same month, Buck began wrestling as The Erotic Erraticator whose ring style andin-ring persona was modeled afterAdrian Adonis.[7]
Teaming with Robbie Dawber and Jack Bull, Buck faced teams includingThe Highlanders, The Riggs Brothers andCody Runnels and Elijah Burke indark matches on OVW television. On June 5, he andShawn Spears unsuccessfully took onRoadkill and Chet the Jet.[8] Two weeks later at a June 16Six Flags Show, he teamed with Jack Bull, Rahim, andDeuce 'n Domino in a 10-man tag team match against Cody Runnels,Kasey James, Roadkill, Mo, and Chet the Jet. Buck's team lost when he was pinned by Roadkill.[9]
During the next two months, he teamed with Jack Bull andShad Gaspard and also lost to Chet the Jet,Mike Mizanin and Chuck Evans in single matches. On July 12, he and Shawn Spears lost toThe Untouchables[8] and to Charles Evans a week later at separate OVW television tapings.[10] On August 5, he defeated Scott Cardinal and, at aSix Flags Show several days later, he participated in an 18-manbattle royal including Bull, Gaspard, Burke, Lennox Lightfoot, Ranger Milton, Rod Steele, Eddie Craven III, Mike Kruel, Shawn Osborne,Jon Bolen,Neighborhoodie, Seth Skyfire, Johnny Punch, Los Locos and The Untouchables.[11]
During the summer of 2006, Buck formed Gothic Mayhem with Johnny Punch.[12] Much likeStevie Richards' parody of KISS inExtreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the mid-1990s, the team was styled afterTwisted Sister. Both sportingmohawks and carryingelectric guitars to the ring, they were followed by valets Melody andRoni Jonah as part of their entourage.[10] Buck donned himself the "Platinum Frontman", and developed a persona mimickingAxl Rose. The two made their debut defeating Los Locos at the Davis Arena on August 16.[13] 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.[8] Buck also lost to Devin Driscoll,Steve Lewington,Paul Birchill, Christopher Rombola andBoris Alexiev in single matches.
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 partnerJake Hager 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 continued fight in matches againstKofi Nahaje Kingston andHarry Smith and Terminal Velocity. In a match to decide the number one contender to the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship, they lost to Charles "The Hammer" Evans andJustin "The Ox" LaRoche in a four-way match with Terminal Velocityn and Belgian Brawler andNicholas Sinn on March 7. Although losing matches to Terminal Velocity over the next few weeks, he and Johnny Punch teamed with Tony Braddock to beat TJ Dalton, Jamin Olivencia andMike Hutter in a six-man tag team match. They also feuded withThe Major Brothers 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.[14] Buck also lost toAtlas DaBone,Jay Bradley andVladimir Kozlov during the year as well as making a brief appearance in Derby City Wrestling.[15] 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 ChampionsColt Cabana and Shawn Spears the following week.
In early 2008, Buck worked single matches with Charles Evans,Drew McIntyre,Kevin Thorn andRob 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.[16] 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. Successfully defending the titles against The Insurgency during a series of matches held atSix Flags Kentucky Kingdom,[17][18][19] they held the championship 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.[20]
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 andHog Wild.[21] They continued to wrestle teams including Knuckles and Knives (Johnny Punch andRudy Switchblade) and Tilo andShiloh for the next few months.[22][23] On April 22, Top Shelf Talent defeatedFang andIgotta Brewski and Totally Awesome (Sucio andKamikaze Kid) in a three-way match to win theOVW Southern Tag Team Championship.[24][25] The pair held the championship for 49 days, before losing it to Totally Awesome on June 10.[25]
On the December 25, 2009, episode ofWWE SmackDown, Buck was featured in ajobber tag team along with Bryce Andrews, losing toCryme 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 ofWrestlePro. 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.
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 betweenShayna Baszler andNia 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 followingWrestleMania 38.[31]
On April 14, 2022, only ten days after his WWE resignation, it was reported Pat Buck had signed withAll 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 betweenCM Punk,Ace Steel,Kenny Omega andThe Young Bucks following the2022 All Out media scrum, but that suspension was lifted after an investigation found that he was only attempting to break up the fight.[33]
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.
