From there the developmental system was born. Tom's first three students were Mark Henry, Achim Albrect (Brakus), and Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson.
He asked Tom if he would be interested in being the first trainer in what was then just a lone ring in the warehouse of WWE (WWF) studios. Word got back to Vince McMahon who called Tom into his office one afternoon. Tom had some previous experience while visiting his hometown of Houston and popping in on some local wrestlers and offering advice and tips through the years. In the summer of 1996 the WWE (WWF) decided it was time they started developing their own stars from within the company. While they found success at Wrestlemania 12 by winning the WWF tag team titles, Candido suffered an injury and once again Tom was left without a partner. Tom was offered an opportunity to team with a young Chris Candido and Sunny to form "the Boddydonnas". The later part of '95 saw Jimmy Del Rey go out with an injury and Dr. The Heavenly Bodies faced the hometown favorites, Rick and Scott Steiner. Tom finally made his debut in the WWE (WWF) at Summer Slam '93 in Detroit. Tom traveled the United States as well as Japan in his early years, working in virtually every territory in the South and West Coast before finally landing in Knoxville, Tennessee for Smoky Mountain Wrestling.Īs one half of the Heavenly Bodies, with Stan Lane and later Jimmy Del Rey, and managed by the legendary Jim Cornette, Dr. He had his first match on October 20th, 1979 and then ventured to Los Angeles. Beginning in 1972 Tom got his start taking pictures for various wrestling magazines and newspapers at the age of 12, eventually working his way into wrestling promoter Paul Boesch's office at age 16.
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Tom has spent over 40 years in professional wrestling.
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