Pat Rose

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Pat Rose
Birth namePatrick Rose
Born (1960-05-23) May 23, 1960 (age 64) [1]
Trenton, Georgia, United States [2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Pat Rose [2]
Pat Fargo [2]
White Knight [2]
Billed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Billed weight240 lb (110 kg; 17 st) [2]
Trained byKen Hawk
Debut1979 [2]
Retired1994

Pat Rose (born May 23, 1960) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Pat Rose who worked in Southern promotions, Continental Wrestling Association and World Championship Wrestling. [2]

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Professional wrestling career

Rose began his career in 1979 in Tennessee.

Early in his career he worked for Georgia Championship Wrestling.

In 1984 he teamed up with his cousin Randy Rose as the Rose Cousins winning the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship in Continental Wrestling Association in Tennessee. [3]

During Rose's career he worked for Mid-South Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions and Championship Wrestling from Florida.

Rose worked for World Championship Wrestling from 1989 to 1994 working as a jobber to the stars. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Also Rose worked for the World Wrestling Federation from 1989 to 1992. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Rose worked for Smoky Mountain Wrestling from 1991 to 1994.

In 1994, Rose retired from wrestling.

Personal life

Since Rose's retirement from wrestling, he hosts fishing tournaments. [14]

In 2007, he was interviewed by WWE to their "Where Are They Now?" section of WWE.com. [15]

In 2018, Rose and his cousin Randy Rose were inducted into the Alabama Professional Wrestling Hall Of Fame.

Championships and accomplishments

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References

  1. ↑ "Happy Birthday to Pat Rose! Born on May 23, 1960 PAT ROSE IS ALSO THE CHATTANOOGA WRESTLING MEMORIES "WRESTLER OF THE DAY"". Chattanooga Wrestling Memories. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Pat Rose". Cagematch.de. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Bios > Pat Rose". oklafan.com. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  4. ↑ "1989". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  5. ↑ "1990". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  6. ↑ "1991". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  7. ↑ "1992". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  8. ↑ "1993". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  9. ↑ "1994". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  10. ↑ "1989". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  11. ↑ "1990". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  12. ↑ "1991". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  13. ↑ "1992". Thehistoryofwwe.com. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  14. ↑ McFarlin, Matthew (11 July 2020). "Pat Rose trades boots for fish hooks". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer.
  15. ↑ "WWE: Superstars > Where Are They Now > Pat Rose". WWE. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  16. ↑ "NWA National Tag Team Title". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-03-10. at wrestling-titles.com
  17. ↑ Hoops, Brian (March 5, 2017). "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/05): The Hardy Boyz win WWF tag team gold". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
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