Forget The Bushwackers. Forget Tony Garea. The greatest superstar ever to come out of the island of New Zealand is easily Pat O’Connor.
Quite simply, no other Kiwi has gotten anywhere near to the levels of success that O’Connor achieved. This is a man who was recognised as having held both the AWA and NWA Heavyweight Championships during the prime of his career.
With 40 years of in-ring battles, O’Connor was still competing sporadically up until his untimely death in 1990.