The Patriot

Quick Facts

Full Name	The Patriot
Occupation	Professional Wrestler
Date Of Birth	Dec 21, 1961(1961-12-21)
Age	63
Date Of Death	June 30, 2021, Newberry, SC
Birthplace	Washington, D.C.
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

The Patriot Biography

The Patriot is one of the most popular and richest Professional Wrestler who was born on December 21, 1961 in Washington, D.C., United States.

Wilkes was heavily recruited as an offensive lineman at Columbia’s Irmo High School and played for the South Carolina Gamecocks. One of only four consensus All-American football players in program history, Wilkes added 50 pounds of bulk to his six-foot-three, 225-pound frame to bolster an offensive line that in 1984 helped set school records for touchdowns (49), points (371) and total offense (5,095 yards). Wilkes knew the Gamecocks would do something special when he met first-year head coach Joe Morrison before the 1983 season. Wilkes had quit the team before Morrison was hired but agreed to meet the new coach and former NFL running back at a Columbia restaurant. Del was selected as an All-American starter in 1984 by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), the Associated Press (AP), and the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WC). Despite a stellar collegiate campaign, Wilkes failed to make the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1985 and the Atlanta Falcons in 1986. When football was over for Wilkes, he turned to a pro wrestling career that he found physically grueling but financially rewarding. Bob Hope, the iconic late comedian annually introduced college All-Americans during holiday television specials. Del Wilkes is one of only four Gamecock consensus All-Americans. The only others are George Rogers (1980), Melvin Ingram (2011) and Jadeveon Clowney (2012).

Del Wilkes, who from 1980–84 played College Football at South Carolina, started out in the American Wrestling Association in 1988 under his real name for a year, before wrestling under the ring name “The Trooper.” He wrote his opponents tickets after beating them as part of his police gimmick, and would also hand out plastic police badges to the fans as he came to and from the ring. The Trooper won the AWA World Tag Team Championship with D.J. Peterson on August 11, 1990 at the final AWA television taping. Peterson and Trooper would turn out to be the last AWA World Tag Team Champions. In January 1991, Pro Wrestling Illustrated and its sister publications withdrew recognition of the AWA’s World Championship status but continued to recognise Trooper and Peterson as incumbent “AWA Tag Team Champions” until the promotion finally closed later that year.

The Patriot Net Worth

The Patriot is one of the richest Professional Wrestler from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, The Patriot 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Del Wilkes (born December 21, 1961) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, The Trooper and The Patriot. Over the course of his nine-year career, Wilkes wrestled for the American Wrestling Association, the Global Wrestling Federation, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

The Patriot height 1.96 m Amany weight 116 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is The Patriot Dating?

According to our records, The Patriot is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, The Patriot’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1994, Wilkes signed with World Championship Wrestling to form a team with Marcus Alexander Bagwell called Stars and Stripes. They feuded with Paul Orndorff and Paul Roma over the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The two teams battled for the titles and exchanged victories in non-title matches for several months. One week after losing the titles at Fall Brawl 1994, Stars and Stripes defeated Pretty Wonderful on September 25, 1994 on WCW Saturday Night. Stars and Stripes held the titles for a month but lost them back to Pretty Wonderful at Halloween Havoc 1994. On November 16, 1994, at Clash of the Champions XXIX, Stars and Stripes regained the titles in a match where Patriot’s mask was on the line. Three weeks later, on December 8, Stars and Stripes lost the titles to Harlem Heat (the match would air on edition of January 14, 1995 of WCW Saturday Night). Wilkes continued wrestling for WCW for several more months until leaving in May 1995.

Facts & Trivia

Amany Ranked on the list of most popular Professional Wrestler. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. The Patriot celebrates birthday on December 21 of every year.

On January 2, 1996, Wilkes won All Japan’s yearly January 2 Heavyweight Battle Royal to give him his second All Japan achievement. For the battle royal victory, Wilkes ended his team with Ace and went into the midcard with little direction. In the spring of 1996, Wilkes entered the 1996 Champion Carnival where he finished in 9th place with 6 points. In the summer of 1996, Wilkes formed a tag team with Kenta Kobashi, on October 12, 1996, they challenged Steve Williams and Johnny Ace for the World Tag Team Championship but they came up short. In November 1996, Wilkes and Kobashi entered the 1996 World’s Strongest Tag Determination League where they finished in 3rd place with 16 points, Wilkes even scored a pinfall victory over Toshiaki Kawada.