The Saint's Haven

The Official Website of Patrick "The Saint" McCarthy

Biography

Basic Information

Character Name: Patrick Ambrose McCarthy
Age: 23
Date of Birth: August 15, 1984
Place of Birth: Boston, MA. USA
Place of Residence: Boston, MA. USA
Height: Five feet, nine and half inches
Weight: One hundred eighty-five pounds
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Blue/Grey
Marital Status: Unknown
Tattoos: Celtic cross on back of left shoulder blade with parents' initials
Hair Style: Medium-length, straight.

Family

Father: Patrick McCarthy
Father's Occupation: Unknown
Father's Age: Deceased
Marital Status: Married
Residence: Last Known: Boston, MA. USA Burial Place: Boston, MA, USA

Mother: Colleen McCarthy
Mother's Occupation: Unknown
Mother's Age: Deceased
Marital Status: Married
Residence: Last Known: Boston, MA. USA Burial Place: Boston, MA, USA

All Other Family:
- Uncle, Aunt, cousins – names unknown – living in Boston, MA. USA.

Wrestling Information

In-Ring Name: Patrick McCarthy
Nicknames/Monikers:
- The Saint
- The Pittsburgh Prodigy (no longer used)
- The Future of Wrestling (no longer used)
- The Man of Steel (no longer used)
Wrestling Style: A mix of high flying and strong style brawling. Rarely is McCarthy on the offensive. When he is it is usually due to his speed and quickness. The majority his power is derived from speed. McCarthy is well known for wearing down his opponents to the point of exhaustion because he able to withstand incredible amounts of pain.
Ring Attire: - Either shirtless or wearing a black “McCarthy Disciple” T-shirt, generally wears jeans with a belt in the ring. Black knee pads and black elbow pads. Black low-top ring shoes. Black taped up wrists with a Cross drawn on in white chalk
Entrance Themes: - “Cosmonaut” by At The Drive-In
Entrance: - “Cosmonaut” by At the Drive-In hits the sound system and the lights in the arena start flashing. From behind the entrance curtain emerges Patrick McCarthy, wearing sunglasses, a “McCarthy Disciple” T-shirt, and a black leather jacket. A large set of rosary hangs from McCarthy’s neck as he bows his head, before looking up and making the sign of the cross - blessing himself – then hyping up the crowd. McCarthy walks down to the ring giving high-fives to the fans along the walkway. McCarthy hands his sunglasses to a small fan at ringside before sliding in under the bottom ropes. McCarthy climbs two of the turnbuckles repeating the act from the entrance way, before slowly removing his shirt, jacket and rosary beads.

Gimmick Information
Gimmick Summary: Patrick McCarthy originally hails from Dublin, Ireland. He was born there, but his family was forced to move stateside after his father thwarted a mugging by members of the I.R.A. (Irish Republican Army). After moving to Boston, the I.R.A., through their American contacts, executed Patrick's parents in front of him on his ninth birthday. From this event, McCarthy developed several psychological conditions: post-traumatic stress disorder which leads to vivid night terrors, manic-depression, and an abnormal case of schizophrenia which, has in the past, caused McCarthy to believe that God had spoken to him in his dreams. McCarthy is devoutly religious (Catholic) and a through-and-through “good guy.” His small stature and tenacious attitude have made him a fan favorite.

Wrestling History

Tag Teams or Stables: Youthanazia, S & M
Titles Held:
SCCW Tag Team Champion w/Jay Jersey,
PHW B.T.C. Champion,
PHW Tag Team Champion w/Scarlett Willis,
Longest Reigning/Most Defenses/Longest Undefeated Streak Undisputed COPW Tag Team Champion w/Scarlett Willis,
Longest Reigning/Most Defenses/Longest Undefeated COPW Heavyweight Champion
Win-Loss Record: 30-5-1
Promotions Competed In: SCCW/PHW/COPW
Notable Feuds: Guy Kadon, The Alpha Males, Chris Champion, Silvermane, Galactix, Damion Darkside, Damian Cardosa, C.P.T., Suicidal Tendencies, Wolf

Pic Bases
Norman Reedus

Moveset
Finisher Name: Leap Of Faith
Finisher Description: Stalling Swanton Bomb
Signature Move One: Izzy Kick (kick to the chest of kneeling opponent)
Signature Move Two: The Benediction (similar to Undertaker's “rope-walk” except instead of a forearm shot, McCarthy does a hurricranna)
Other Moves: Shining Wizard, Spinning Heel Kick, Springboard dropkick, Springboard clothesline, elbow drop, top rope leg-drop, splash, Exploder Suplex, snap suplex, DDT, single-arm DDT, dropkick, enziguiri, Plancha, Tope Suicida (suicide dive), Tope Con Helo (front-flip suicide dive), hurricranna, flying leg lariat, swinging neckbreaker, Texas Cloverleaf, stiff kicks, knife-edge chop, Japanese arm drag, monkey flip, moonsault, B.M.E. (Best Moonsault Ever – double jump moonsault), STO, running knee lift, Dragon Sleeper-Crossface Chicken Wing combo (submission finisher), shooting star press, Boston Crab, Busaiku Knee

History

SCCW:
Patrick McCarthy entered the wrestling business by joining the Simcoe County Championship Wrestling promotion out of Simcoe County in Ontario, Canada. McCarthy was billed as the prodigy of former SCCW wrestler Isaac Bronco (including a billing from Pittsburgh, PA when McCarthy was actually from Boston, MA). McCarthy, like his trainer Bronco, was ladened with ubiquitous nicknames that included “The Pittsburgh Prodigy” and “The Future of Wrestling” in reference to Bronco's training, as well as “The Man of Steel” in reference to his supposed Pittsburgh origins and his ability to absorb a lot of punishment in the ring. McCarthy defeated Damion Darkside in his first match. The McCarthy/Darkside feud would span three promotions (SCCW/PHW/COPW) and several years with Darkside's insanity and residual jealousy from his loss to McCarthy being the catalyst. McCarthy then went on to become part of Youthanzia as Jay Jersey's tag team partner. Jersey's original partner had left SCCW shortly after winning the SCCW Tag Team titles and Jersey was forced to choose a new partner. All of Jersey's previous choices were subsequently injured or turned on Jersey. McCarthy became the first (and last) of Jersey's partners to pair with him for more than one match. McCarthy, however, would fall victim to the “Jersey Curse,” as he would have to leave SCCW to bury his grandmother in Ireland.

Returning to America, Pre-PHW:
When McCarthy returned to the United States, he had little-to-no money left to his name. McCarthy’s only option for residency was in the South Boston Irish ghetto, in the same apartment complex where McCarthy’s parents had been killed when he was a child. McCarthy’s parents had been killed on his ninth birthday by an armed gunman that had randomly targeted the apartment. In a cruel twist of fate, the only available apartment was the same one that the McCarthy family had inhabited several years earlier. This became the catalyst for McCarthy’s gimmick Pure Honor Wrestling in his return as “The Saint.” McCarthy changed his back-story to include a more brutal murder by I.R.A. hit-men in America. There is debate over whether or not McCarthy’s mental instability or his religious zeal are real or exaggerations.

PHW:
McCarthy moved back to Canada at the behest of Isaac Bronco and joined Pure Honor Wrestling – a splinter promotion from the now defunct SCCW. McCarthy suffered an early defeat against the Canadian Power Trip, but gradually became more and more popular as a B.T.C. Champion. After losing the B.T.C. Title McCarthy was randomly paired with another young, up-and-coming talent in Scarlett Willis. McCarthy and Willis (a team that would later be known as S & M) captured the PHW Tag Team titles a few weeks prior to PHW's merger with the other SCCW splinter promotion: Central Ontario Pro Wrestling.

COPW:
S & M was pushed to the forefront of the battle between the arriving PHW wrestlers and the existing COPW wrestlers. S & M quickly became fan favorites by calling out Dominant Species (Version 4), a powerful, veteran heel team. S & M defeated Dsv4 at Redemption I to unify the PHW and COPW Tag Team titles, referring to themselves as the “Undisputed Canadian Tag Team” titles.

Undisputed:
S & M would spend the next six months running roughshod over every tag team in COPW. After defeating every tag team on the roster, “super groups” were formed in an attempt to displace the reigning champions (who had a combined weight of a little over 300 pounds). Even these teams were defeated by the team of S & M, who had become two of the most popular stars in the COPW, pushing the promotion's popularity to new heights. S & M main event-ed more events than any other wrestlers in COPW during that time frame, pushing tag team wrestling to the forefront.

Personal Life w/Scarlett Willis:
While successful on-screen, the relationship between McCarthy and Willis extended off-screen. The two young wrestlers (both under 21 at the time) began dating. The relationship was originally thought to be a “work,” but it became readily apparent that the relationship was legitimate and was brought on-screen to enhance the team's popularity.

McCarthy's Injury:
S & M's title reign would come to an abrupt end when Galactix hit McCarthy with a chair shot following a successful tag title defense. The assault was supposed to be a set-up for a kayfabe injury that would sideline McCarthy to come back as a heel and cause S & M to forfeit the titles. However, one of the chair shots proved to be too stiff, cracking one of the vertebrae in McCarthy's neck. The injury sidelined McCarthy for two months. When he returned the heel turn was hinted at but so poorly received that McCarthy was reinstated as a face, leaving for two weeks with a kayfabe re-injuring of his neck, only to be the surprise final entry in the Ruler Of The Ring Tournament to see who would face Galactix for the COPW Heavyweight title that had been vacated.
During this two week hiatus it is believed that McCarthy and Willis either got engaged or eloped. The extent to which the relationship matured is unknown and neither person is willing to comment.

The Ruler Of The Ring Tournament:
McCarthy's star was on the rise, but no one believed the sub-200 pound wrestler would be billed to face Galactix for the Heavyweight title. McCarthy's first match was against former champion and wrestling legend Kirsta Lewis. McCarthy defeated Lewis with a vicious super-kick (Lewis' finisher) to the back of the head. The “Kick Heard Around the World” showed McCarthy in a new light: both as a potentially lethal opponent and as a potential Heavyweight champion. McCarthy's next opponent was Chris Champion, a member of the newly formed faction: The Alpha Males. Champion hit McCarthy with all three of his finishing moves. Each time McCarthy managed to kick-out and eventually scored the win with the “Leap of Faith.” This match would be a precursor to McCarthy's feud with the Alpha Males, but it would also send McCarthy into the semi-finals of the tournament against Silvermane.

Silvermane and The Break-Up:
McCarthy had just defeated a former champion and a heavy favorite to win and was now set to face the over-seven-feet-tall, RoughKut Invitational Tournament semi-finalist: Silvermane. McCarthy entered the week confident in his ability to beat the giant, but his confidence was shattered when McCarthy walked in on Scarlett Willis in a compromising position with another man on the sofa of their apartment. McCarthy would end up beating the man to within an inch of his life in the parking lot, before being taken to jail. The beating was gruesome and posted on the COPW website with a mature content warning. It was the most viewed video in COPW history.
To this day the extent to which this incident was a “shoot” has been debated. McCarthy had finished a promo in the apartment building's lobby. The cameraman had been invited upstairs to ask Scarlett about her recent losing streak. The footage is obscured at first, since the cameraman had forgotten to turn the camera off, but opportunistically began to film the incident. Many people question the reality of the incident, calling it a work in order to make McCarthy seem capable of more viciousness in order to make his eventual defeat of Silvermane seem more logical. McCarthy would defeat Silvermane to face Galactix at Redemption VIII for the Heavyweight Championship.

Heavyweight Champion and the Scarlett Fall-out:
Though the reality of the McCarthy/Willis break-up has been called into question, McCarthy's and Willis' devotion to kayfabe has not. The couple was never seen in public together again. Willis moved out of the apartment complex, eventually leaving COPW and moving back to Salt Lake City. If the break-up had been a work, the devotion to kayfabe is admirable.
McCarthy would defeat Galactix in a brutal Falls Count Anywhere match to become the COPW Heavyweight Champion. McCarthy would become the longest reigning Heavyweight Champion, holding the title for four months defending it against Silvermane and every member of the Alpha Males (Myke Adams, Ryan Reed, Jen Blackhart, Chris Champion and Guy Kadon).
McCarthy's final match would be at Redemption XII. McCarthy was set to lose the title after missing the Leap of Faith and receiving Kadon's finisher twice. McCarthy missed the Leap of Faith as planned, but in doing so, severely broke his neck. The limp McCarthy was lifted up by Kadon and hit with two back-to-back Kadominators. Kadon's celebration was cut short as the locker room and EMTs filled the ring to check on McCarthy. It would be the last match in COPW history.

Recovery:
McCarthy spent the next six months in the hospital and the last of his money from COPW on treatment of a severely broken neck. McCarthy was immobile and deemed paralyzed for several months. After McCarthy's spinal cord and neck were repaired, McCarthy was not expected to walk again for years, following extensive physical therapy. He was told his wrestling career is over. Two and a half years have passed since McCarthy's injury and he is not only walking again, but looking to return to professional wrestling.