Tommy Dreamer is signed to Impact Wrestling and is the owner and promoter of the House of Hardcore promotion.
70 Facts About Tommy Dreamer
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In 2012, Tommy Dreamer started his own wrestling promotion called House of Hardcore, named in honor of ECW's former wrestling school of the same name.
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Since then, Tommy Dreamer has made sporadic appearances with WWE in 2012,2015, and 2016, as well as wrestling on the independent circuit.
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Tommy Dreamer 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.
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Tommy Dreamer held the title for over four months before losing it to The Iron Sheik in Burlington, Vermont.
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Tommy Dreamer joined Extreme Championship Wrestling in October 1993 at NWA Bloodfest.
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Immediately after, Tommy Dreamer seemed to break kayfabe and started aiding the Sandman.
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The feud continued with Sandman planning to announce his retirement at an ECW show, only to attack Tommy Dreamer and reveal he was never actually blind.
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Raven's entrance into ECW had him accompanied by Beulah McGillicutty, an overweight girl from their kayfabe childhood who had a crush on Tommy Dreamer and was now a Penthouse Pet.
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The feud culminated in a scaffold match at High Incident in October 1996, where Tommy Dreamer sent Lee off the scaffolding through several tables in the ring below.
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On February 24,1997, Tommy Dreamer appeared on WWF Monday Night Raw defeating D-Von Dudley during ECW's invasion in WWF.
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The feud was largely symbolic, with Dreamer representing Extreme Championship Wrestling's "new school" style of wrestling as a concept and Lawler representing the World Wrestling Federation and United States Wrestling Association's more "old school" way of doing things.
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In 1998, Tommy Dreamer had a short feud with The Dudley Boyz, during which they "broke" Beulah's neck.
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Tommy Dreamer did accept, and got the title, but was paired with the unexpected partner Raven, who slid into the ring at the last second and made the pin.
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When speaking of his title reigns on The Rise and Fall of ECW documentary produced by WWE Home Video, Tommy Dreamer is quoted as saying:.
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Tommy Dreamer soon reverted to his "Innovator of Violence" gimmick in the summer and amassed fourteen reigns as Hardcore Champion.
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Tommy Dreamer would make his Royal Rumble debut in 2003, bringing weapons with him and breaking Bill DeMott's hand during the match.
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In 2005, Tommy Dreamer was a major part of the ECW One Night Stand reunion show pay-per-view held under the World Wrestling Entertainment banner.
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In late 2007, Tommy Dreamer took part in the ECW brand's elimination chase to name a number one contender to the ECW Championship.
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Tommy Dreamer 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.
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Tommy 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.
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In early 2008, Tommy Dreamer would have one of his career highlights.
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At The Great American Bash, Tommy Dreamer was defeated by Henry for the championship after Colin Delaney turned on him and cost him the match.
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Tommy Dreamer then turned his attention to Jack Swagger, who made disparaging remarks about Tommy Dreamer and ECW.
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Tommy 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 Tommy 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.
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On June 13,2010, at Slammiversary VIII Tommy Dreamer made his debut for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, appearing in the crowd and thus distracting Brother Ray and costing him his match against Jesse Neal.
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Styles, which led to a match at Sacrifice, where Tommy Dreamer was victorious following interference from Bully Ray.
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Tommy Dreamer appeared at the inaugural event of Evolve on January 17,2010, in a non-wrestling role, getting involved in a match which led to him brawling with Jimmy Jacobs.
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Tommy Dreamer returned to Chikara on November 13,2011, at the promotion's first ever internet pay-per-view, High Noon, accompanying Eddie Kingston to his Chikara Grand Championship match.
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On July 28,2012, Tommy Dreamer wrestled for Family Wrestling Entertainment in which he defeated Brian Kendrick, Carlito and champion Jay Lethal in a four-way Elimination match to become the new FWE Heavyweight Champion.
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On September 14,2012, Tommy 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 in their first round match.
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On November 25,2012, Tommy Dreamer returned to Japan to take part in an independent event produced by The Big Guns.
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Two days later, Tommy Dreamer was defeated in his semi-final match by Akira.
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On February 16,2013, Tommy Dreamer tried to capture the FWE Heavyweight Championship in a TLC match against Carlito and Matt Hardy, but he was defeated.
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Tommy Dreamer worked with Ring of Honor during 2017 coming to the aid of Bully Ray who had been attacked by former allies The Briscoe Brothers.
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Tommy Dreamer made his debut in Lucha Underground in Aztec Warfare IV, Episode 1 of Lucha Underground's fourth season on June 13,2018, at number 7, and was pinned and eliminated by Pentagon Dark.
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In 2012, Tommy Dreamer opened his own wrestling promotion and wrestling school, House of Hardcore, which is the name of the former ECW wrestling school.
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On June 22,2013, Tommy Dreamer defeated Lance Storm in the main event at House of Hardcore 2.
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On November 9,2013, Tommy Dreamer participated in the main event of House of Hardcore 3.
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On June 6,2014, Tommy Dreamer was scheduled to face Team 3D along with Abyss.
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At House of Hardcore VII, Tommy Dreamer wrestled against Bobby Roode for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but he was defeated.
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Tommy Dreamer has made various touring tours across the United States and over the years at his owner's level he is still fighting and defeating his opponents in hardcore matches.
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On March 23,2018, the 38 episode of House of Hardcore Tommy Dreamer beat Joey Mercury in one very brutal street fight match; the day after this match, Dreamer was a contender for NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Nick Aldis, but he failed to win the title.
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On January 17,2013, Tommy Dreamer made an appearance Impact Wrestling as one of Bully Ray's groomsmen during his wedding to Brooke Hogan.
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Tommy Dreamer faced Ethan Carter III at two house shows and on December 29,2013, at TNA Hardcore Justice 3, Dreamer was defeated by Ethan Carter III in a Tables match.
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At Lockdown in January 2014, Tommy Dreamer returned to the company as a road agent.
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The day before Bound For Glory Tommy Dreamer would induct Team 3D into the TNA Hall of Fame and at Bound for Glory, Tommy Dreamer teamed up with Abyss to face Team 3D in a losing effort.
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At Bound for Glory, Tommy Dreamer competed in the 12-man Bound for Gold Gauntlet match which was won by Tyrus.
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Tommy Dreamer was reportedly fired due to an argument with fellow producers after cancelling the India Tour.
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Later on in the night, Tommy Dreamer was attacked backstage by The Shield.
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Tommy 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 and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness, alongside the show's hosts, Edge and Christian.
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In November 2016, Tommy Dreamer began filming an ECW show for the WWE Network alongside Paul Heyman, Tazz and Bubba Ray Dudley.
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At Bound for Glory, Tommy Dreamer saved Edwards from an attack from Killer Kross and Moose.
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Tommy Dreamer had already been serving as a producer for some time.
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At Slammiversary, Tommy Dreamer unsuccessful challenged Moose in an Old School Rules match for the unsanctioned TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
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At No Surrender on February 13,2021, his 50th birthday, Tommy Dreamer unsuccessfully challenged Rich Swann for the Impact World Championship.
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Tommy Dreamer joined Major League Wrestling in 2018 as a wrestler and in a backstage role as an agent for matches.
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Tommy Dreamer would be on the winning team in the War Games match as himself, John Hennigan, Shane Strickland, Barrington Hughes and Kotto Brazil defeated Abyss, Jimmy Havoc, Sami Callihan and his team The Death Machines.
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Tommy Dreamer then entered a feud with Brian Pillman Jr.
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Tommy Dreamer beat Pillman in their first encounter, but three weeks later, Pillman would pin Dreamer in a tag team match on the December 21,2018 episode of MLW Fusion.
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Tommy Dreamer failed to win as he was eliminated by Jimmy Havoc.
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At their following PPV All Out, Tommy Dreamer worked backstage as a producer during the event.
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Tommy 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.
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Tommy Dreamer 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.
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Tommy Dreamer appeared on an episode of the TruTV television show Impractical Jokers, as one of the show's main members, Brian "Q" Quinn, had to wrestle him as part of his punishment for losing the most contests on that episode.
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Tommy Dreamer had another cameo on the show, in a challenge where he had to take Q's pants off, before a stranger untangles his earphones.
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Tommy Dreamer has a cameo, alongside fellow wrestlers Diamond Dallas Page, Jake Roberts and Roddy Piper, in the comedy film The Bet.
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Tommy Dreamer is a co-host for the Sirius XM program "Busted Open" a wrestling based radio show.
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Tommy Dreamer's grandfather jumped over the railing and tried to fight off security guards.
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Tommy Dreamer's aunt told DeMott as he passed that she would "put a hit" on him.