Tom Laughlin (wrestler)
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Tommy Dreamer (born Thomas Laughlin on February 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler. He was a mainstay in Extreme Championship Wrestling until its downfall and is also formerly associated with World Wrestling Entertainment. He has been credited by the WWE as "Mr. Hardcore".
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Career
Laughlin started wrestling in the New England area as Bobby Ocean in 1989. He soon changed his name to T.D. Madison to team with G.Q. Madison as The Madison Brothers in ICCW, where they won the tag team titles twice.
He debuted as Tommy Dreamer in 1992 for the now defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling and was a mainstay there until it closed in 2001. Known as the "Innovator of Violence", he was well-known for bringing foreign objects such as a Kendo Stick to the ring. He was the first wrestler to kick out of Superfly Jimmy Snuka's Superfly Splash.
He had a legendary feud with Raven that started in April 1995 and lasted until June 7, 1997, when Dreamer won a loser leaves ECW match. Dreamer had not won a singles match against Raven the entire feud. Dreamer stole Beulah McGillicutty from Raven during this feud. He also feuded with Justin Credible and Shane Douglas while there.
He was the main ECW representative in the ECW vs. USWA feud against Jerry Lawler in 1997.
He is a former ECW World Heavyweight Champion, winning the belt in 2000, but losing the belt 18 minutes later to Justin Credible.
He is a loyal friend of former ECW owner and WWE performer Paul Heyman and followed him to WWE in 2001 where he stayed until 2003. He won the Hardcore Title several times there and did an angle where he ate disgusting things. He also had a brief revival of his feud with Raven, winning a loser leaves Raw match on June 24, 2002 which sent Raven to WWE's Heat program.
In 2005, Dreamer can still be occasionally found wrestling on the independent circuit. On June 12 he joined several former ECW wrestlers to promote the pay per view ECW One Night Stand.
He is married to his former ring manager Beulah McGillicutty (Teresa Hayes). They were married on October 12, 2002.
Profile
- Height: 6'3"
- Weight: 244 lbs.
- Birthday: February 14, 1971
- Hometown: Yonkers, New York
- Trainer: Johnny Rodz
- Nickname: "Innovator of Violence"
- Managers: Beulah McGillicutty, Kimona Wana-Laya, George, Luna Vachon, Alexis Laree, Francine, Jazz
- Other Gimmicks: Tommy Dreamer, Bobby Ocean, T.D. Madison
Finishers
- Spicoli Driver (Death Valley Driver)
- Dreamer DDT
- Dreamer-Driver (Scoop Slam Piledriver)
- Tommyhawk (Reverse Crucifix into Three-quarter Facelock Jawbreaker)
- Piledriver
Title History
- ECW World Heavyweight Champion (1)
- 4/22/00 (defeated Tazz, and lost to Justin Credible in the same night)
- ECW Tag Team Champion (3)
- 11/13/93-12/4/93 (with Johnny Gunn)
- 8/26/99-1/9/00 (with Raven)
- 2/26/00-3/4/00 (with Masato Tanaka)
- WWE Hardcore Champion (14)
- 4/15/02 (Defeated Raven, lost to Steven Richards)
- 5/1/02 (Defeated Steven Richards, lost to Goldust)
- 5/25/02 (Defeated Steven Richards, lost to Raven)
- 5/26/02 (Defeated Steven Richards, lost to Raven)
- 6/2/02 (Defeated Steven Richards, lost to Raven)
- 7/29/02-8/3/02
- 8/3/02-8/4/02
- 8/4/02-8/9/02
- 8/9/02-8/10/02
- 8/10/02-8/11/02
- 8/11/02-8/17/02
- 8/17/02-8/18/02
- 8/18/02-8/26/02 (Defeated by Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam, belt was unified with Van Dam's title)
- ICCW Tag Team Champion (2)
- 4/1991-4/19/91 (with G.Q. Madison)
- 5/1991-6/1991 (with G.Q. Madison)
- CWA Heavyweight Champion (1)
- 11/5/92-3/21/93 (Defeated Tony Atlas in a tournament final)
- SPW Texas Heavyweight Champion (1)
- 3/15/01-4/2001 (Defeated Rodney Begnaud)
- BCW Can-Am Heavyweight Champion (1)
- 3/7/01-4/18/01 {Defeated Scott D'Amore)
- KYDA-Pro Heavyweight Champion (1)
- 6/21/00-7/2000 (Defeated Dylan Night)
- IWA Hardcore Title (1)
- 9/8/01 (Defeated Spanish Angel and lost to Shane Sewell)
- BCW Tag Team Champion (1)
- 6/13/04-6/27/04 (with Nova AKA Simon Dean)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 184 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003.