A heartbreaking news is reported from the WWE world. The legendry wrestler Pat Patterson has died at the age of 79. In a statement on Wednesday company sia,d "WWE extends its condolences to Patterson’s family and friends," Patterson, who considered himself wrestling's "first gay superstar," was a key part of WWE for decades, widely known as Vince McMahon's right-hand man.
Pat Patterson was one of the most popular wrestler in the world. He began wrestling in the 1950s and finally joined up with WWE in the late '70s, where he famously engaged in a series of many matches with Sgt. Slaughter. He became the company's first Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion in 1979. Patterson later became a colour commentator for WWE and continued to work in the ring and in the booth until his retirement. Patterson joined McMahon as a WWE executive and in 1988, he gave the idea for the Royal Rumble.
In his book: Accepted: How the First Gay Superstar Changed WWE, Patterson explained how the Rumble came to be. "The first Royal Rumble was on January 24, 1988, in Hamilton, Ontario. The difference between WWE’s Royal Rumble and a traditional over-the-top-rope battle royal is that the participants come into the match at two-minute intervals--not all at the same time at the beginning of the match. I wanted to create something special."
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