Tommy Dreamer

Thomas Laughlin ( born February 14, 1971 in New York), better known by his ring name Tommy Dreamer, is an American professional wrestler.

In the former ECW, he was above all as " Innovator of Violence " (engl.: the modernizer of violence) and referred to in World Wrestling Entertainment as Mr. Hardcore.

Private

Since October 12, 2002 Thomas Laughlin is married to Beulah McGillicutty and has with her two children, the twins Kimberly and Brianna Laughlin. Laughlin's daughters were born in May 2004 and was in 2006 a child actor in five episodes of the television series The Sopranos, which ran from 1999 to 2007.

Career

Laughlin began his career in 1989 as Bobby Ocean in the native to New England Promotion International World Class Championship Wrestling ( IWCCW ). He quickly changed its name to TD Madison and formed with GQ Madison a tag team, which then was allowed to win the local tag team title three times later. He was also the first to be allowed to escape from the finisher Superfly Splash of Jimmy Snuka.

In 1992 he changed his name to Tommy Dreamer and was active in the short term for the English PhD Century Wrestling Alliance, where he was the CWA Heavyweight Championship win once.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

In 1992 Thomas Laughlin was hired in the promotion NWA Eastern Championship Wrestling, which two years later was renamed Extreme Championship Wrestling. There he was quickly emerging as one of the cornerstones of the league. But originally Laughlin was ridiculed in the NWA / ECW by fans as "the Babyface with the green pants " sympathetically. But this quickly changed when Thomas Laughlin started a bloody feud with the Sandman shown. At the height of this feud, Laughlin had lost a match against this, beat the Sandman one with his kendo stick on Laughlin's bare back. But whenever his manager, Woman, Laughlin asked if this would abandon now, so this turned with the words: "No, sir. May I ask another (impact )? "To the Sandman. The beat now furiously on Thomas Laughlin one that even broke his kendo stick and Laughlin lay there with a bleeding sore and beaten back in the corner. Finally, Cactus Jack intervened, in which he stormed into the ring and protectively presented Laughlin. Here, this called several times to the audience: "He's ... he's hardcore hardcore! " And pointed to Laughlin. Since then, Thomas Laughlin was at all a hardcore wrestler.

A short time later it came during a show to a serious accident: Thomas Laughlin met in the ring on the Sandman to a common promo. According storyline had been agreed between the two that Laughlin attacked his opponent with his kendo stick. When the Sandman now as agreed Laughlin threatened with his burning cigarette, this took him from this and flicking the cigarette in the direction of the opponent's face. But the cigarette accidentally met an eye of the Sandman. Thomas Laughlin had this but not noticed and wrenched the writhing in pain counterparty the stick. As Laughlin now struck with this, the Sandman cringed at the wrong moment and Laughlin suggested this now almost accidentally from the other eye. After this incident, the Sandman disappeared for four weeks and had to reach for anyone. Thomas Laughlin but made the biggest accusations and actually thought to end his Wrestingkarriere.

After the return of the Sandman both went to Japan and introduced in the Japanese promotion FMW continued their feud. Laughlin is best known as an innovator in this Japanese promotion of violence, as he there now introduced some extremely brutal and bloody scale matches with the Sandman and Japanese wrestlers.

As of 1995, Laughlin led a little over two years a legendary feud with Raven. In the report drawn up by Paul Heyman Raven storyline and Laughlin were enemies since their joint school days. Also, the opponents argued several times about a common friend Beulah McGillicutty. Culmination of this feud was then that at that time the valet Beulah McGillicutty Ravens was pregnant by Laughlin. The feud between Raven and Laughlin was completed in 1997 with The Loser Leaves ECW match, that is, the loser had to leave the promotion. After playing the course brutally applied Raven lost this match and Beulah became the official ring companion of Laughlin. After the match Laughlin became active in the then current feud program WWF vs. ECW involved by following his victory over Raven of "Team WWF " (consisting of Sabu, Rob Van Dam and Bill Alfonso ) attacked and the surprisingly emerged in the ECW Arena Jerry Lawler and real hurt by Lawler by a blow to the genitals been.

Actually Laughlin had planned, in all its wrestling careers no (!) To win titles. However, after various feuds he had to be ECW World Heavyweight Champion, after he lift the title and Taz this but had to leave after just 3 minutes again to Justin Credible in 2000. Reason was that Taz had already signed with the WWF and that's why the title was not allowed to keep. Thomas Laughlin was so offended for a long time that they had forced upon him an undesirable title.

Independent

In summer 2001, Extreme Championship Wrestling bankruptcy filed, so Thomas Laughlin was then active for several independent promotions. So he went to a tournament in the promotion Combat Zone Wrestling and eventually undertook in Puerto Rico at the IWA and in Canada at Border City Wrestling. In both leagues Laughlin could win titles. A planned appearance at the German doctoral westside Xtreme wrestling could not perceive Thomas Laughlin and gave his friend instead Fullington.

World Wrestling Entertainment

In autumn 2001, Thomas Laughlin signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and cared there especially around the wrestling offspring. Here he was able to secure later on RAW 14 times the known hardcore titles. In the years 2003 and 2004, however, he was less and less used as an active wrestler. Laughlin was therefore hired as a commentator and trainer at the WWE developmental league Ohio Valley Wrestling. Later he was with the other WWE developmental league, Deep South Wrestling, employed. In addition, Laughlin was doing various office work for the WWE officials and worked there in the background.

Since the ECW One Night Stand the summer of 2005 Thomas Laughlin is again active as a wrestler, where he was responsible for the WWE big event event WWE One Night Stand

Since the summer of 2006, he belongs to the current ECW roster. From January 2007 he formed together with the Sandman, Sabu and Rob Van Dam, the team of ECW Originals. At Wrestlemania 23, this group was able to prevail (at that time consisting of Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker and Kevin Thorn ) against their foes, the Stable The New Breed.

Thomas Laughlin was used several times in various WWE events only in the mid- fight card. Although he received several times the opportunities to title matches, but could not decide for them.

January 13, 2009 then gave Laughlin during a broadcast of the weekly ECW show announced that his WWE contract would expire on June 6, 2009. He shared with the fans in this speech that he only had about 5 months to prove that he did not belong on the scrap heap. If he does not win the ECW Championship until then, he would not renew his contract and leave as a result, the WWE.

On 7 June 2009 Tommy Dreamer could win in a hardcore match against Christian and Jack Swagger to be new ECW Champion at the " Extreme Rules " pay- per-view broadcast major event. That was the prerequisite for Tommy Dreamer to extend his expired contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.

When PPV " Night of Champions " had to submit to Christian Dreamer the ECW Title on July 26, 2009.

Due to the planned discontinuation of the " ECW Roster " on the part of WWE Tommy Dreamer asked for early release from his current contract. In the course of a specially drafted resignation storyline Dreamer lost on December 29, a match against Zack Ryder. As a result, had to leave Dreamer the ECW roster and also the WWE.

Independent / Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

After his fine imposed by the WWE 90-day lock, the so-called " no-show " clause, Thomas Laughlin takes in the U.S. independent scene. Laughlin was on 13 June 2010 at the pay- per-view Slammiversary his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. His first match he played on 26 July against Abyss in a hardcore match. He was a member of the Stables EV 2.0, which was similar to the ECW Originals in WWE and feuded against the groupings Immortal and Fortune. According to later only sporadic inserts, Laughin denied on June 11, 2011 his last match for TNA.