Barrett started wrestling in 1960 as Paddy Barrett in Ireland and in 1963, he joined the
National Wrestling Alliance in the United States where he joined the sanctioned body of promotions in the U.S., National Wrestling Alliance. He also toured Canada where he created a successful tag team with
Tim Geoghegan. Barrett and Geoghegan defeated Art Nelson and Ivan Kameroff on 8 November 1965 to win the
NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. They lost their title to John Tolos and Black Terror on 4 January 1966 but defeated them back for the title on 28 February 1966. After Barrett and Geoghegan disbanded their team, Barrett created a tag team with
Don Leo Jonathan. On 22 July 1968, they defeated
Abdullah the Butcher and Armand Hussain to win the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship. After the pair separated, Barrett forged a singles career, and feuded with both Jonathan and Geoghegan. In 1974, he toured Australia where he created a gimmick of "Mr. Wrestling" and was sometimes known as "Mr. Wrestling of Australia". On 5 April 1974, he won a tag team tournament with
Tony Kontellis and won the
NWA Austra-Asian Tag Team Championship. In 1975, he joined
World Wide Wrestling Federation under his real name. He battled
Bruno Sammartino on 15 May 1975 for the
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship, but lost by count-out. In June 1975,
Victor Rivera left WWWF while being the
WWWF Tag Team Champion with
Dominic DeNucci. De Nucci chose Barrett as his replacement partner. De Nucci and Barrett lost the title to
The Blackjacks on 26 August 1975. He returned to NWA in 1975 and started his second stint with NWA. On 15 August 1977, Pat Barrett and
Norvell Austin defeated
Jerry Brown and
Buddy Roberts to win the
NWA Mid-America Tag Team Championship. They re-lost the title to Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts on 22 August. On 25 September, they defeated once again Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts to win the NWA-Mid American Tag Team Championship for a second time. In 1979, he joined the Los Angeles-based
NWA Hollywood Wrestling, and on 8 August, Barrett defeated
Bull Ramos to win the
NWA Americas Heavyweight Championship. As the NWA Americas Heavyweight Champion, he feuded with Bull Ramos,
Walter Johnson,
Chavo Guerrero,
Johnny Mantell,
Roddy Piper,
Ron Starr, and
Pat Patterson. In November, he lost the title to Patterson. In late 1979, he left NWA Hollywood Wrestling to tour the
Pacific Islands. On 2 January 1980, Barrett unsuccessfully challenged
Lee Osbourne for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship but won a rematch for the title a week later. On 15 April 1980, he defeated Kerry Garvin to win the
Pacific Area Heavyweight Championship. He feuded with Kerry Garvin and Lee Osbourne and defended his title against several wrestlers on the Pacific Islands. In 1981, Barrett toured New Zealand. He created a tag team with the popular New Zealand wrestling star
Pat O'Connor. He then formed a team with
John Istaz and won the
New Zealand Tag Team Championship. In 1984, he made his way to Northern Ireland. He went on to win the
Irish Heavyweight Championship and defended it against Irish wrestlers. In 1985, Barrett retired and became a trainer. On 27 August 2006, Pat Barrett made an appearance for the promotion
Irish Whip Wrestling's show which was being held in Dublin, Ireland. In the 1990s he penned an autobiographical book called "Everybody Down Here Hates Me", which recounts real life stories from his wrestling career. In 2021, Pat Barrett died in Dublin where he was living at the time. == Championships and accomplishments ==