Tommy Dreamer

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For the actor, see Tom Laughlin.

Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer in 2018
Birth nameThomas James Laughlin
Born (1971-02-13) February 13, 1971 (age 53)[1]
Yonkers, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)Beulah McGillicutty (m. 2002)
Children2
Websitewww.houseofhardcore.net
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)T.D. Madison
Tommy Dreamer
Billed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2]
Billed weight265 lb (120 kg)[2]
Billed from"Dreamland, USA"
Yonkers, New York[3]
Trained byJohnny Rodz[1]
DebutOctober 29, 1989[4]

Thomas James Laughlin

promoter better known by the ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former one-time TNA Digital Media Champion, and is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore
(HOH) promotion.

Dreamer is best known for his tenures with

storylines for the promotion as well as holding a number of back office roles.[6][7][8]

Dreamer has also appeared for notable promotions such as Impact Wrestling/TNA Wrestling,

AAA. After departing from WWE in 2010, Dreamer joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and was a part of an ECW-inspired stable known as EV 2.0. In 2012, Dreamer started his own wrestling promotion called House of Hardcore, named in honor of ECW's former wrestling school of the same name. Since then, Dreamer has made sporadic appearances with WWE in 2012, 2015, and 2016, as well as wrestling on the independent circuit
.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1989–1993)

Laughlin was trained in professional wrestling by Johnny Rodz.[1] His first notable foray into the business came when he worked in International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW) under the name T.D. Madison.[9] While there, he and his storyline brother, G.Q., held the IWCCW Tag Team Championship three times in 1991.[10] He changed his name to Tommy Dreamer, reportedly after taking his given first name, and adding "Dreamer" in tribute to Dusty Rhodes, in 1992 while working in the New England based Century Wrestling Alliance (CWA). While in the CWA, he became its first Heavyweight Champion by defeating "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas in a tournament final held in Wallingford, Connecticut, on November 5, 1992. He held the title for over four months before losing it to The Iron Sheik in Burlington, Vermont.[11] On August 17, 1993, Tommy Dreamer wrestled a dark match at a WWF Superstars taping in White Plains, NY, losing to The Brooklyn Brawler.[12]

NWA Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993–2001)

Early appearances (1993–1994)

Dreamer joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) in October 1993 at NWA Bloodfest. His first major gimmick in the company had him wrestling in matches in garish green suspenders and acting as something of a "pretty boy" – at least in relation to the rest of the ECW roster. This gimmick got him soundly booed by crowds, even when he became the first person in wrestling history to kick out of the pin that follows the Superfly Splash of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka at The Night the Line Was Crossed.[13]

Feud with the Sandman (1994–1995)

After

smarks" – fans with some amount of inside information. In a later match, Dreamer kayfabe accidentally blinded the Sandman, first by knocking a lit cigarette into his eye, then hitting in the other with a Singapore cane. Immediately after, Dreamer seemed to break kayfabe and started aiding the Sandman. He professed that he "didn't mean to do it" and that it was "an accident" as other wrestlers – face and heel – swarmed out to help. The feud continued with Sandman planning to announce his retirement at an ECW show, only to attack Dreamer and reveal he was never actually blind.[14]
The feud ended when Dreamer defeated the Sandman in a No DQ/No-Holds-Barred match.

Feud with Raven (1995–1997)

Though the blind Sandman

Loser Leaves Town match at Wrestlepalooza 1997. During the course of the feud, Beulah had left Raven and was Tommy's valet
.

Throughout 1996, during the feud with Raven, Dreamer was also involved in an additional feud with

Monday Night Raw defeating D-Von Dudley
during ECW's invasion in WWF.

Various feuds (1997–2001)

After Raven went to World Championship Wrestling, Dreamer began a feud with the World Wrestling Federation's Jerry "The King" Lawler. The feud was largely symbolic, with Dreamer representing Extreme Championship Wrestling's "new school" style of wrestling as a concept and Lawler (with James E. Cornette) representing the World Wrestling Federation and United States Wrestling Association's more "old school" way of doing things.[15]

In 1998, Dreamer had a short

CyberSlam, only to lose it to Justin Credible just 30 minutes later.[19]

When speaking of his title reigns on The Rise and Fall of ECW documentary produced by WWE Home Video, Dreamer is quoted as saying:[20]

I was actually pissed off. I wanted to go my entire ECW career without winning titles. The only reason I won titles is because guys left.

Dreamer stayed with ECW until it folded in 2001, defeating

"I Quit" match at Guilty as Charged[21] – the final pay-per-view – and teaming with Danny Doring in a win over Julio Dinero and E. Z. Money in the final independent ECW show.[22]

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2001–2010)

The Alliance (2001–2002)

After ECW closed its doors, Dreamer spent time in various

angle.[23] When the angle ended in November, Dreamer was sent to the WWF's "farm territory" Heartland Wrestling Association.[24]

Hardcore Champion and Heat mainstay (2002–2004)

He was brought back to the main roster of the now renamed World Wrestling Entertainment in March and placed on the

Loser Leaves Raw match on June 24 to send him to Raw's sister show, Heat.[29] Dreamer (with a variety of partners) would feud in the fall with Lance Storm and William Regal as he sought revenge for his jaw being broken. Dreamer would make his Royal Rumble debut in 2003, bringing weapons with him and breaking Bill DeMott's hand during the match.[30]

As 2003 and 2004 went on, Dreamer was used less and less on WWE television,[9] and they began allowing him to take independent bookings and work as color commentator for their developmental territories, Ohio Valley Wrestling, Deep South Wrestling and on occasion Heat. When his performers contract expired, he took a succession of office jobs inside World Wrestling Entertainment, including being the number two person in Talent Relations.[31]

ECW Original (2005–2007)

Main article: ECW Originals
Dreamer and a fan drinking beer at an ECW live event

In 2005, Dreamer was a major part of the

Lita.[36]

When the

stable was established, consisting of wrestlers new to ECW: Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker and Kevin Thorn. In response, a stable of ECW Originals was created, and the teams continued to clash in singles and tag matches, trading wins on the weekly ECW show throughout the spring of 2007, while both sides tried to get CM Punk to side with them. The Originals won a standard-rules four-on-four match at WrestleMania 23, which would be Dreamer's first and only match ever on the maincard of a WrestleMania. The Originals lost an extreme-rules rematch on the following episode of ECW. The feud continued until a number of roster moves left both sides nearly barren, with it ending at One Night Stand when Dreamer, Sandman and Punk beating Burke, Cor Von and Striker in a Tables match.[41]

ECW Championship pursuits (2007–2008)

In late 2007, Dreamer took part in the ECW brand's elimination chase to name a number one contender to the ECW Championship. During the series of matches, also involving Stevie Richards, Elijah Burke, and Kevin Thorn he added a bandana, worn on his head, to his ring gear. He received the original one from a young boy with a brain tumor, and from then on began wearing one as a sign of solidarity and strength to anyone going through that struggle.[42][43] Dreamer emerged victorious in the final match against Burke, only to be surprised by ECW's general manager Armando Estrada forcing him to face Big Daddy V, who promptly beat him for the number one contendership.[44]

In early 2008, Dreamer would have one of his career highlights. Despite not being featured on television leading up to the

WWE Tag Team Championship after they defeated them in a non-title match, but they lost the title match in an Extreme rules match in March. At WrestleMania XXIV, he participated in a pre-show 24-man battle royal to earn an opportunity for the ECW Championship in the event, a match that was won by Kane. Dreamer qualified for the five-way Singapore cane match at One Night Stand
to determine a number one contender for the championship; Big Show would win the match.

Following Mark Henry's ECW Championship win at Night of Champions, Dreamer was named his first challenger. At The Great American Bash, Dreamer was defeated by Henry for the championship after Colin Delaney turned on him and cost him the match. On the following ECW, Dreamer defeated Delaney and again on August 12, 2008, in an Extreme Rules grudge match which would be Delaney's final match in the WWE. Dreamer then turned his attention to the debuting Jack Swagger, who made disparaging remarks about Dreamer and ECW. They first faced off in an amateur wrestling match, which Dreamer was disqualified from for using his DDT on Swagger. Then Swagger defeated Dreamer in an Extreme Rules match, ending the feud.[45][46][47]

ECW Champion and departure (2009–2010)

On the January 13, 2009 episode of

ECW, Dreamer announced that if he failed to win the ECW Championship by June 6, when his WWE contract was to expire, he would no longer wrestle for ECW. The storyline saw Dreamer start a losing streak that ended when he defeated Paul Burchill on the February 24 episode of ECW.[48] On the April 28 episode of ECW, Dreamer received a match for the ECW Championship against then-champion Christian, which went to a no-contest when Jack Swagger interfered.[49] On the May 21 episode of Superstars Dreamer had another title match with Christian which once again went to a no contest when Swagger interfered, believing he ruined Dreamer's last title chance.[50] Dreamer was granted a one-day extension on his contract, allowing him one last chance at the ECW Championship, challenging the champion Christian and Jack Swagger in a triple threat match at Extreme Rules, where Dreamer pinned Jack Swagger in a hardcore triple threat match, capturing his second ECW Championship almost a decade after he claimed the title in the original ECW, being the only man to hold the belt in the original ECW and in the ECW brand of WWE.[51]

After successfully defending the title against Christian on the June 15 episode of

The Bash, before eventually losing the title back to Christian at Night of Champions
. On the July 28 episode of ECW, Dreamer announced he would exercise his rematch clause against Christian the following week. The two faced off in an Extreme Rules match, in which Christian retained the championship.

After his championship pursuit had ceased, Dreamer began teaming up with Christian, Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust on various occasions to take on William Regal and his allies Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson, exchanging victories and losses. On the December 29 episode of ECW, Dreamer wrestled Zack Ryder and lost. If Dreamer was to lose the match then he would be (kayfabe) forced to retire from in-ring competition. After the match, Dreamer made a farewell speech in which he thanked the fans before exiting the ring with his two daughters. A few days later on January 4, 2010, Dreamer was officially released by WWE, ending an eight-year tenure with the company.[52]

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2010–2011)

EV 2.0 (2010–2011)

TNA Impact!
 television taping in 2010

On June 13, 2010, at

TNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam by attacking Abyss and the rest of the TNA locker room.[56][57][58] The following week, TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event, Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand, as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company, while also placing Dreamer in charge of the show.[59] Dreamer made his TNA in–ring debut on the July 29 episode of Impact!, losing to Abyss in a No Disqualification match. After the match Raven reignited his old feud with Dreamer by turning on him, laying him out with a DDT on a chair and licking his face.[60] The following week Raven explained his turn by saying that he had not forgotten how Dreamer had "stolen" his girlfriend Beulah McGillicutty back in 1996; also on that show Dreamer teamed with Van Dam to beat Abyss and Raven.[61] On August 8 at Hardcore Justice, Dreamer was defeated by Raven in a "Final Showdown" (Final Singles match) match refereed by Mick Foley and featuring appearances by Beulah McGillicutty, "Lupus", The Blue Meanie and Hollywood Nova.[62]

On the following episode of Impact!, the ECW alumni, known collectively as

"I Quit" match to A.J. Styles due to Styles putting a fork into his eye.[66] Dreamer admitted EV 2.0's defeat on the following episode of Impact! and tried to reach a truce with Fourtune, but was beaten down.[67] The following week he returned with Raven, Stevie Richards, Sabu and Rhino and announced that Dixie Carter had given the five of them a Lethal Lockdown match against Fourtune at Bound for Glory.[68] At Bound for Glory Dreamer, Raven, Rhino, Richards and Sabu defeated Fourtune members Styles, Kazarian, Morgan, Roode and Storm in a Lethal Lockdown match, when Dreamer pinned Styles.[69] After weeks of dissension between Rob Van Dam and the rest of EV 2.0, caused by Van Dam's belief that there was a traitor within the group, Dreamer challenged him to a match.[70] At Turning Point Van Dam defeated Dreamer and afterwards made peace with him.[71] On the following episode of Impact!, Rhino turned heel by attacking Van Dam and Dreamer, revealing himself as the traitor Van Dam had been looking for.[72] The following week Dreamer defeated Rhino in a Street Fight, but he suffered an injured wrist during the match.[73] After spending some time off television, Dreamer returned on the February 24 episode of Impact!, becoming entangled in the feud between former tag team partners Bully Ray and Brother Devon.[74] On March 13 at Victory Road, Dreamer defeated Ray in a Falls Count Anywhere match, following interference from Devon.[75]

Immortal (2011)

Main article: Immortal (professional wrestling)

On the May 5 episode of Impact!, Dreamer was forced to attack A.J. Styles and to join Immortal in order to save his job in TNA.[76] Dreamer was later confronted on his choice by A.J. Styles, which led to a match at Sacrifice, where Dreamer was victorious following interference from Bully Ray.[77] On the following episode of Impact Wrestling, Dreamer officially turned heel, citing the first time he attacked Styles was due to being forced by Ray, before willingly attacking Styles because he wanted to and proceeding to berate the crowd by calling them "pieces of crap" for not sympathizing with his job situation. This is also the first time that Dreamer has wrestled as a heel since being a member of the Alliance during his WWF/E career.[78] On the May 26 episode of Impact Wrestling, Styles and Christopher Daniels defeated Dreamer and Ray in a no disqualification street fight.[79] On June 6 Dreamer confirmed that TNA's house show in Memphis, Tennessee on June 11 would be his final appearance for the promotion.[80] In his final TNA match, Dreamer teamed with Bully Ray in a losing effort against A.J. Styles and Brother Devon. After the match Bully would berate Dreamer, causing Dreamer to turn on him and make up with Styles and Devon.[81]

Independent circuit (2010–present)

Dreamer appeared at the inaugural event of

Jon Moxley.[83] On March 27, Dreamer made his pay-per-view debut for Dragon Gate USA in Phoenix, Arizona, where he lost a hardcore match to Moxley, which was taped for the Mercury Rising pay-per-view.[84]

On April 2, Universal Championship Wrestling added Dreamer to their roster.[85] He defeated fellow former ECW Champion Shane Douglas to become the promotion's Universal Heavyweight Champion on February 20.[86]

On April 25, Dreamer made his debut for Philadelphia-based

Hardcore Hall of Fame.[89][90] BDK ended up defeating Dreamer and Kingston, when Castagnoli pinned Dreamer.[90]

Dreamer returned to Chikara on November 13, 2011, at the promotion's first ever internet pay-per-view,

FWE Heavyweight Champion.[92] On September 14, 2012, Dreamer returned to Chikara, when he, Jerry Lynn and Too Cold Scorpio entered the 2012 King of Trios as "The Extreme Trio", defeating Team WWF (1–2–3 Kid, Aldo Montoya and Tatanka) in their first round match.[93][94] The following day, The Extreme Trio was eliminated from the tournament by Team ROH (Mike Bennett, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).[93][95] On October 4, 2012, he retained the FWE Heavyweight Championship against Rhino in the first PPV of the company.[96]

On November 25, 2012, Dreamer returned to Japan to take part in an independent event produced by The Big Guns. During the event, Dreamer and Makoto defeated Akira and Syuri in a mixed tag team hardcore match.[97] The following day, Dreamer made his debut for Wrestling New Classic (WNC), the follow-up promotion to Smash, entering the WNC Championship tournament and defeating Yusuke Kodama in his first round match.[98] Two days later, Dreamer was defeated in his semi-final match by Akira.[99]

On February 16, 2013, Dreamer tried to capture the FWE Heavyweight Championship in a TLC match against Carlito and Matt Hardy, but he was defeated.[100] On June 21, 2013, he was defeated by Rob Van Dam at FWE Welcome to the Rumble in an Extreme Rules match. However, the same night, he won the FWE Rumble.[101]

Tommy Dreamer worked with

Pentagón Dark
. November 20,2023 Was Beaten By Aaron Reyes At SWF

House of Hardcore (2012–present)

Main article: House of Hardcore

In 2012, Dreamer opened his own wrestling promotion and wrestling school,

Carlito in a three-way match, which also included Mike Knox.[103] On June 22, 2013, Dreamer defeated Lance Storm in the main event at House of Hardcore 2.[104]

Dreamer performing a DDT on Scotty O'Shea

On November 9, 2013, Dreamer participated in the main event of House of Hardcore 3. Dreamer and

TNA One Night Only
– Old School. On June 6, 2014, Dreamer was scheduled to face Team 3D along with Abyss. However, Bully Ray was pulled out of the event, so the main event was Devon and Dreamer vs Rhino and Abyss. Dreamer and Devon won the match.
NWA World Heavyweight Championship
against Nick Aldis, but he failed to win the title.

Return to TNA (2013–2015)

On January 17, 2013, Dreamer made an appearance

House of Hardcore III
.

At Lockdown in January 2014, Dreamer returned to the company as a road agent.

Bully Ray
powerbombed Dixie Carter through a table.

On August 27 episode of Impact Wrestling, Dreamer was defeated by

Tyrus
. Bound for Glory turned out to be Dreamer's final appearance with the company. Dreamer was reportedly fired due to an argument with fellow producers after cancelling the India Tour.

Second return to WWE (2012; 2015–2016)

On the December 17, 2012 episode of Raw, Dreamer made a one-off appearance as the surprise tag team partner of The Miz and Alberto Del Rio, defeating 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal) in a six-man tag team match. Later on in the night, Dreamer was attacked backstage by The Shield.

On the November 30, 2015 episode of Raw, Dreamer returned, teaming with The

TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Team Extreme were defeated by The Wyatt Family in an 8-man elimination tag team tables match. The following night on Raw, Team Extreme would challenge The Wyatt Family to a rematch, this time in an 8-man Extreme Rules match, in a losing effort. Dreamer continued to make live event appearances for the WWE in 2016, while becoming a regular guest on the WWE Network exclusive series, The Edge & Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness, alongside the show's hosts, Edge and Christian. In November 2016, Dreamer began filming an ECW show for the WWE Network alongside Paul Heyman, Tazz and Bubba Ray Dudley
.

Second return to Impact/TNA (2018–present)

Dreamer returned to Impact Wrestling on the April 12 episode of Impact when he helped

Killer Kross and Moose
. This led to a tag team match which the team was victorious.

On January 23, 2019, it was revealed that Dreamer would now be working as member of the creative team for Impact Wrestling.

Impact World Championship
.

On September 17, 2021, Impact officials announced that Dreamer had been suspended indefinitely due to the comments he made on an episode of Dark Side of the Ring, which saw Dreamer defend Ric Flair concerning the allegation that Flair made multiple unwanted sexual advances towards a flight attendant on a flight from England to the U.S. in 2002.[113] He left Impact in November 2021.[114] In December, Dreamer returned to Impact both as a producer and semi-active wrestler.[115]

At

Title vs. Career match. He would hold the titles until January 13, 2024, at Hard To Kill, when he lost the title to Crazzy Steve.[116]

Major League Wrestling (2018–2019)

Dreamer joined

Singapore Cane match.[121]

All Elite Wrestling (2019)

Dreamer participated in All Elite Wrestling (AEW)'s Casino Battle Royale at their inaugural pay-per-view event Double or Nothing on May 25, 2019. He failed to win as he was eliminated by Jimmy Havoc.[122] At their following PPV All Out, Dreamer worked backstage as a producer during the event.[123]

Other media

Dreamer appeared along with fellow ECW wrestler New Jack in the "Mel Schwartz, Bounty Hunter" episode of the TV series Early Edition as a biker.[124] In October 2011, Dreamer started his own YouTube series, titled The Tommy Dreamer TV. The show is produced by Brooke Platzner with graphics and music by Jason Platzner.[citation needed] He is a playable character in various video games including ECW Anarchy Rulz, ECW Hardcore Revolution, WWE Raw 2, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 .

Dreamer appeared on an episode of the

Brian "Q" Quinn, had to wrestle him as part of his punishment for losing the most contests on that episode. He had another cameo on the show, in a challenge where he had to take Q's pants off, before a stranger untangles his earphones.[125]

In 2013, he portrayed Officer Carpoza in the horror film Army of the Damned.[126] Dreamer also has a cameo, alongside fellow wrestlers Diamond Dallas Page, Jake Roberts and Roddy Piper, in the comedy film The Bet.[127]

In 2017, he starred as Detective Marx in the drama-thriller 'The Abduction of Jennifer Grayson', where he was credited as "Tom Dreamer".[citation needed]

Dreamer is also a co-host for the Sirius XM program Busted Open, a wrestling based radio show. Other hosts include Dave LaGreca, Bubba/Bully Ray Dudley, Mark Henry, and Ryan McKinnell. Busted Open is found on Sirius XM Channel "Fight Nation" Monday through Saturday.

Personal life

Dreamer is of Irish and Italian descent.

On October 12, 2002, at the Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester, New York, Laughlin married Trisa Hayes, known as ECW wrestler/manager Beulah McGillicutty, with whom he later had twin girls by her, Brianna Laughlin and Kimberly Laughlin.

On a November 2011 Art of Wrestling podcast, Dreamer told host Colt Cabana his family is "connected" to the New York mafia.

After one of his first matches in Brooklyn, which dozens of his local relatives attended, he was attacked from behind and beaten down by Bill DeMott, wrestling at the time under the name Sweet William. Unaware of wrestling's scripted nature, several of his relatives at ringside got angry. His grandfather jumped over the railing and tried to fight off security guards. His aunt told DeMott as he passed that she would "put a hit" on him. The misunderstanding was peacefully resolved.[128]

Championships and accomplishments

Dreamer's Hardcore Hall of Fame banner in the former ECW Arena

Notes

  1. ^ Dreamer's second ECW World Heavyweight Championship reign overall and first under the WWE banner.

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