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#4 Pat Patterson's long WWE career
Pat Patterson was the first Intercontinental Champion. He is also the first openly gay wrestler to work behind the scenes.
He did have a brief return to in-ring action during the Attitude Era, but Patterson has chiefly been a backstage overseer for most of his career. The fact that Vince McMahon has taken care of him for so long hints at a more enlightened character to the chairman of the board.
Unfortunately, Patterson's advanced age and illness have kept him off of WWE programming for the last several years. Patterson helped break ground for those that followed.
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