Nick Hamilton
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Nicholas Patrick Hamilton also known as Nick Patrick (born November 9, 1959, in Lakeland, Florida) is a professional wrestling referee currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment as the SmackDown! brand as a Senior Referee.
Physical statistics
- Height: 6'2" (1.88 m)
- Weight: 220 lbs (100 kg)
- Professional Debut: 1979
Job titles
- WWE SmackDown! Senior Referee
- WWE Referee
- WCW Senior Referee
- WCW Referee
- nWo Senior Referee
- NWA Referee
Career
Nick is the son of wrestling legend Masked Assassin. He grew up wanting to become a professional wrestler but an injury ended his wrestling career very early. Nick became a referee because he loved the sport so much. He used the name Nick Patrick to make a name for himself without his father's help.
He was a referee in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions and was retained when they became WCW. He eventually moved up to become the Senior Referee in WCW.
When the nWo formed in 1996, he joined and became their official referee. He would allow the nWo wrestlers to cheat and would stop the WCW wrestlers from doing anything to the nWo wrestlers. Because of this, he was forced into a match against Chris Jericho at the World War 3 PPV on November 24, 1996 in Norfolk, Virginia. Jericho had one arm tied behind his back and still defeated Patrick.
Patrick's biggest night with the nWo was refereeing every single match on the nWo Souled Out PPV on January 25, 1997 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Eventually, Patrick was kicked out of the nWo for not wanting to cheat for them anymore.
When WCW was bought by the WWF, he went along and was the Senior Referee for The Alliance of WCW/ECW wrestlers trying to take over the WWF. He even had a match against Earl Hebner at the Invasion PPV on July 22, 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio. Patrick lost to Hebner and Mick Foley, the special guest referee, gave him "Mr. Socko" after the match.
Since the invasion ended, Patrick has been an honest referee.