WW: How did you ever get hooked on wrestling? What was your first wrestling related experience?

Patti:  My first match was sort of as a joke. Our local volunteer fire dept. used pro wrestling as a means of fund raising. They asked the promoter if he could provide women's matches. He couldn't but quickly the fire dept volunteered me and another lady. We trained for like 4 hours and presto. It was meant to be just for fun but since no one here had ever seen women wrestling it was a hit. The depts in the area wanted women on their shows too so he brought in a trained female wrestler and she trained me and we did the fire dept shows. Eventually there were 4 of us. I also worked at a local college that at the time had a women's wrestling team. I got to use the gym as part of my compensation and they'd be there so eventually I started fooling around with them and really fell in love with freestyle wrestling. It's all competitive and not entertainment like pro wrestling. Over the years even when I wasn't doing pro wrestling I've always been doing freestyle.

WW: If you can sum it up briefly: what exactly is it that you love about wrestling?

Patti: It's fun. It's like for a few minutes the world's in that ring. Meeting people is also great.

WW: We know you wrestled for Lady Victoria. Did you have other matches as well? If so, how many and against whom?

Patti: I do more freestyle matches than pro. In pro though which is I think what you're interested in I've still only had maybe 60 matches.
I took a long time away from it and trained with Lady Victoria when I decided to do a few more pro matches before I got too old or had something physically happen that wouldn't allow me another chance.

WW:  What is your approximate (or precise) win/loss record?

Patti:  I stay about 50/50. I don't really keep up with it but I know it's pretty close to even and I'm satisfied when it's there.

WW: What was your most memorable wrestling moment?

Patti: Standing in the ring my first match being mortified when they announced my weight (167 lbs at that time). Now I'd be thrilled if I could weigh that little again. I just remember standing there trying to look mean and trying not to cry at the same time.

WW: What is your favorite wrestling hold and why do you like that hold?

Patti: I'm old school, I like power moves and holds. I like suplexes. I like boston crabs since you can vary the pressure from none to massive.

WW: Do you prefer to win your matches via pin or submission? Do you reckon a submission victory weighs more in the balance than a pin one?

Patti: No, a win's a win. I would rather loose by being pinned so I presume everyone else would as well. I resist submitting and fight harder so getting the pin can be easier.