Patrick John O'Connor (22 August 1924 – 16 August 1990), was a New Zealand

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and

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. Regarded as one of the premier

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of his era, O'Connor held the

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and

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simultaneously, the latter of which he held for approximately two years. He was also the inaugural AWA World Heavyweight Champion. He is an overall two-time

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Early life

Patrick John O'Connor was born on 22 August 1924 in

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, New Zealand, to parents John Frederick and Isabella. While he attended high school at

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, he also helped tend to the sheep and cattle on his parents' farm. He later attended Massey Agricultural College, and later served for six months in the New Zealand Royal Air Force in 1945.

Amateur wrestling career

Before entering the world of professional wrestling, O'Connor was an amateur wrestler. He trained under Dave Scarrow, and later Don Anderson, while working as a blacksmith to pay the bills. After a tournament in 1947, he joined the Wellington wrestling team and trained under Anton Koolmann. In 1948, he represented New Zealand in the Pan American games. O'Connor won the New Zealand Heavyweight Championship in amateur wrestling in both 1949 and 1950. The 1949 win earned him entry into the 1950 British Empire Games. At the Empire Games, O'Connor, once again representing New Zealand, won a silver medal winner in the ( freestyle) heavyweight division. He later trained to be a professional wrestler under

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Professional wrestling career

National Wrestling Alliance

On 19 March 1955, O'Connor won the

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with

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partner

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, and held the

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until February 1956. Later in the year, he worked for

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. In March, he won the

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, but lost it on 2 May 1957 to

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. That same month, O'Connor and Whipper Billy Watson won the

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, but lost it to Gene Kiniski and

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on 31 October of that year. O'Connor held the

from 1959 to 1961. He first won the title on 9 January 1959 from

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, who had held the title for thirteen months. O'Connor's reign was recognized by both the

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and the

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. The title change was part of the

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between bookers

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and Fred Kohler, the latter of whom did not want to waste any money announcing O'Connor as the new champion. Kohler also wanted O'Connor to pay him $10,000 to wrestle at shows in Chicago, while being paid less than champions usually earned. O'Connor was so angry at the suggestion that he walked out of their meeting and later told Muchnick not to book him for any events in Chicago. The men later worked out a deal of sorts, and beginning on 19 February 1960, O'Connor wrestled in Chicago against

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and

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, among others. On 29 July at one of Fred Kohler's events, O'Connor defeated

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at an event with an attendance of 30,275. During this time, television also became a factor in the burgeoning market for professional wrestling, and as a result, the demand to trade wrestlers, including O'Connor, throughout the

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, was eased due to Vincent McMahon's

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. In December, he worked for McMahon in the Northeast. In March 1961, he was suspended for sixteen days when he missed a match in New York. On 30 June 1961, O'Connor dropped the title to Buddy Rogers in front of 38,622 fans at

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, a North American professional wrestling attendance record that lasted until Toronto's

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in 1986. The ticket revenue of $148,000 was a professional wrestling record for almost twenty years. The match, a

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, was billed as the "Match of the Century". During the match, both men had gained a

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, when O'Connor missed a

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and suffered a

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groin injury on the ropes, after which Rogers pinned him to win the match.

American Wrestling Association

In May 1960, while still the NWA World Heavyweight Champion, the

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(AWA) named O'Connor as the first holder of the

when they seceded from the NWA. Therefore, he held both the AWA and NWA World Heavyweight Championships simultaneously. However, he never defended the AWA World Heavyweight Championship, and was stripped of it in August, after ninety days, when

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was recognized as the new champion. On 10 November 1967, the team of O'Connor and

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defeated

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and

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to win the

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. They lost the title on 2 December to

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and Dr. Moto. O'Connor and Snyder also defeated Arakawa and Moto for the

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on 24 September 1968. They lost the title on 26 October to the same team.

Late career

On 13 October 1970, O'Connor was introduced as

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's first NWA Eastern States Heavyweight Champion as part of a storyline to introduce the title. The title was later awarded to the Missouri Mauler with the announcement that Mauler won it in New York. On 1 January 1982, O'Connor was part of the

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that comprised promoter Sam Muchnick's last professional wrestling show, located in St. Louis. O'Connor was also one of the owners of the

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. O'Connor, along with Verne Gagne,

, and Bob Geigel purchased the territory from Sam Muchnick the day after Muchnick's retirement. On 18 September 1983, O'Connor was named as a co-conspirator in the monopoly that controlled professional wrestling in Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa. O'Connor filed a counterclaim. On 16 November 1987, O'Connor participated in a

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"old-timers"

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, which was won by

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Death

O'Connor died of cancer on 16 August 1990. In December 1990,

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held the

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, an eight-team international tag team memorial tournament at

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in honor of O'Connor. In 1996, he was inducted into the

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. In 2007, the

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inducted O'Connor. He is also a member of the

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. In 2016, O'Connor became a "Legacy" member of the

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Championships and accomplishments

Amateur wrestling

* 1950 British Empire Games

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(heavyweight) * New Zealand Heavyweight Championship (1949, 1950)

Professional wrestling

( 1 time) **

( 1 time) – with Wilbur Snyder * Central States Wrestling **

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( 3 times) **

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( 1 time) – with

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(

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) – with Sonny Myers **

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( 3 times) **

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( 4 times) – with

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(1 time), Tiny Mills (1 time), Bob Geigel (1 time) and Omar Atlas (1 time) *

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( 1 time) – with Roy McClarity *

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**Class of 2004 *

( 1 time) **

( 1 time) – with Whipper Billy Watson *

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** NWA Eastern Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) *

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** Ohio Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * Montreal Athletic Commission ** World Heavyweight Championship (Montreal version) (2 times) *

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( class of 2011) **

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( 1 time) – with Roy McClarity and

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New Zealand ** NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship (New Zealand version) (

) *

Rocky Mountain ** NWA Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

** Class of 2007 *

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(Class of 1995) *

( 1 time) *

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** Class of 2007 *

( 1 time) – with Wilbur Snyder * ''

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'' **

( Class of 1996) *

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( Class of 2016)

Footnotes

External links

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Pat O'Connor at the NZ Olympic Committee website
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