Pat Buck Patrick Buckridge ( December 24 , 1984 ) is an American professional wrestler , better known by the ring name Pat Buck . He competes for several promotions on the independent circuit , including Derby City Wrestling , Ohio Championship Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling . Buckridge is a co - owner of the Pro Wrestling Syndicate promotion . Career . Early career . In 2001 , he began training at the Critical Mass Pro Wrestling School , where he was known as Ru Star . He later ventured out and spent time wrestling in Florida independents and training with Dory Funk Jr . He then moved to New England to wrestle for numerous independent promotions before relocating to Louisville in 2005 . Ohio Valley Wrestling ( 2006 ) . Entering Ohio Valley Wrestling ( OVW ) in November 2005 , he faced Mark Henry in his first OVW appearance and lost to him in less than a minute . Early the next year , Buck lost matches to Elijah Burke , Ryan Reeves and Mikey Batts . On March 11 , he also lost to Jack Bull in a six - way match involving Discord , Charles Evans , Luis Almodovar and Mikey Batts . That same month , Buck began wrestling as The Erotic Erraticator whose ring style and in - ring persona was modeled after Adrian Adonis . Teaming with Robbie Dawber and Jack Bull , Buck faced teams including The Highlanders , The Riggs Brothers and Cody Runnels 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 . Gothic Mayhem ( 2006 - 2007 ) . During the summer of 2006 , Buck formed Gothic Mayhem with Johnny Punch . Much like Stevie Richards ' parody of KISS in Extreme Championship Wrestling during the mid - 1990s , the team was styled after " Twisted Sister " . Both sporting mohawks and carrying electric guitars to the ring , they were followed by valets Melody and Roni Jonah as part of their entourage . Buck donned himself the " Platinum Frontman " , and developed a persona mimicking Axl Rose . The two made their debut defeating Los Locos at the Davis Arena on August 16 . They lost , however , to Bad Company ( Eddie Craven and Mike Kruel ) , High Dosage ( Ryan Reeves and Jon Bolen ) and OVW Southern Tag Team Champions Cody Runnels and Shawn Spears . Buck also lost to Devin Driscoll , Steve Lewington , Paul Birchill , Christopher Rombola and Boris Alexiev in single matches . 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 Nahaje 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 " The Ox " LaRoche in a four - way match with Terminal Velocityn and Belgian Brawler and Nicholas Sinn 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 Mike Hutter 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 , Jay Bradley and Vladimir Kozlov during the year as well as making a brief appearance in Derby City Wrestling . 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 . The Men of Iron ( 2008 ) . In early 2008 , Buck worked single matches with Charles Evans , Drew McIntyre , Kevin Thorn and Rob Conway . After his recent loss to Conway , his opponent suggested he toughen himself up by becoming a " man of iron " like himself . Buck took his advice literally making his debut as " The Man of Iron " , Conway ' s own name , and defeated Lennox Lightfoot ending his four - month losing streak . Forming The Men of Iron with Conway during the summer , they captured the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship from ' The Insurgency ( Ali and Omar Akbar ) in Louisville on May 27 . Successfully defending the titles against The Insurgency during a series of matches held at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom , they held the championship for two months before losing to Darriel Kelly and Josh Lowry in a four corners match with The Insurgency and Dirty Money on August 6 . Recent years ( 2009 - present ) . On the December 25 , 2009 , episode of " WWE SmackDown " , Buck was featured in a jobber tag team along with Bryce Andrews , losing to Cryme Tyme . Buck became the head trainer at the New York Wrestling Connection school in 2010 , but left in early 2011 . 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 July 2012 , Pat created his All Women ' s Wrestling Promotion named Bombshell Ladies of Wrestling . Buck is also co - runs the wrestling school in Hicksville , New York , named Create A Pro Wrestling Academy alongside WWE alumni Brian Myers ( Curt Hawkins ) . Both Hawkins and Buck also serve the academy as its head trainers .