Tom Laughlin

Born in Yonkers, New York, Tom Laughlin is an American professional wrestler and promoter who performs under the ring name Tommy Dreamer. After training with Johnny Rodz, he appeared in International World Class Championship Wrestling as T.D. Madison and won its tag team title three times in 1991 with his storyline brother G.Q. He began using the Tommy Dreamer name in 1992 and became the first heavyweight champion of the Century Wrestling Alliance. Dreamer joined Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1993 and became a central figure there through the 1990s and early 2000s, holding the ECW World Heavyweight Championship twice, the ECW World Tag Team Championship, and the WWF/E Hardcore Championship. He is the only wrestler to have won that championship in both the original ECW and the WWE-owned ECW. Dreamer spent much of 2001 to 2010 with WWE, then appeared for Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and AAA, and in 2012 launched the House of Hardcore promotion.