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Patrick Buckridge (born December 24, 1984), better known by the ring name Pat Buck, is an American professional wrestler and promoter, signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as the Vice President of Talent Development and as a coach. He was previously signed to WWE, where he worked as a producer and on-screen official. He competes for several promotions on the independent circuit, including Derby City Wrestling (DCW), New England Championship Wrestling (NECW), New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC), Limitless, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) and Ohio 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 and Curt Hawkins opened the Create A Pro Wrestling Academy.
Teaming with Robbie Dawber and Jack Bull, Buck faced teams including The Highlanders, The Riggs Brothers and Cody Rhodes and Elijah Burke in dark matches on OVW television. On June 5, he and Shawn Spears 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, Roadkill, Mo, and Chet the Jet. Buck's team lost when he was pinned by Roadkill.
During the next two months, he teamed with Jack Bull and Shad Gaspard and also lost to Chet the Jet, Mike Mizanin 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 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.
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 partner Jake 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 against Kofi Kingston and Harry 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 and Justin LaRouche in a four-way match with Terminal Velocityn and Belgian Brawler and Nick Cvjetkovich 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 and Derrick Bateman in a six-man tag team match. They also feuded with The 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. Buck also lost to Atlas DaBone, Brad Bradley and Vladimir Kozlov during the year as well as making a brief appearance in Derby City Wrestling.DCW #14 "Derby City Wrestling TV". Perf. Pat Buck, Damian Adams, Jami Olivencia and Sergio. 2007. Videocassette. B. Brown Video. 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.
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 and Hog Wild. They continued to wrestle teams including Knuckles and Knives (Johnny Punch and Rudy Switchblade) and Tilo and Shiloh for the next few months. On April 22, Top Shelf Talent defeated Fang and Igotta Brewski and Totally Awesome (Sucio and Kamikaze Kid) in a three-way match to win the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship. The pair held the championship for 49 days, before losing it to Totally Awesome on June 10.
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 of WrestlePro. 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 April 4, 2022, it was reported that Buck resigned from WWE, just following WrestleMania 38.
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