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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.

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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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