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Thomas Merrett Howard (born December 26, 1969) is an American
professional wrestler Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
, and actor. He is best known for his Green Beret role in
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and
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in Japan. As a veteran competitor and instructor, Howard has worked for
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(wrestler-instructor),
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(wrestler),
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(wrestler-instructor), Universal Fighting-Arts Organization (wrestler-instructor),
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(fighter – MMA, kickboxing),
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(fighter), IFL (fighter),
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(wrestler), HUSTLE (wrestler),
Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Promociones Antonio Peña, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (commonly referred to as simply AAA, pronounced "Triple A" – an abbreviation of its original name Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración de Espectáculos, ) is a Mexican lu ...
(wrestler) and Ultimate Pro Wrestling (wrestler-instructor). In 2006, Howard retired from competition and began working in the entertainment industry (film, television and commercial). He has numerous US and International credits as an actor, stuntman, producer, technical producer, action coordinator, and fight scene choreographer. Howard is also co-owner of The Fight Pros,http://www.thefightpros.com a company specializing in providing consulting, casting and production for the Film/TV & Commercial industries, and Rebirth Productions, a production company specializing in creating and developing unscripted television properties.


Career


Professional wrestling

In 1993, Tom Howard began training under Jesse Hernandez and Bill Anderson in
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,
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and
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at the School of Hard Knocks wrestling training school. His first match was against Bobby Bradley Jr. at the
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in October 1994. In early 1995, Howard began appearing on NWC ( National Wrestling Conference) Television in
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and quickly became popular wrestling under the name Zuma'', a surfer gimmick from Zuma Beach, California. He went on to wrestle as "KGB", under a
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agent
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. In 1995, Howard was recruited to wrestle on television in
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where he quickly became popular wrestling for
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as KGB, using the same gimmick. Howard lived in Mexico City and appeared on AAA's television show for 2 years. In 1996, Howard returned to the United States to compete in
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's World Wrestling Peace Festival in Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, Howard took a break from wrestling to train in
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with Gokor Chivichyan &
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for
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competition. In late 1996, Howard and Rick Bassman formed Ultimate Pro Wrestling. Tom acted as the head instructor for the school, Ultimate University and also began competing in the ring regularly for UPW. He went under his real name and adopted the gimmick of a
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. Tom's former students include
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wrestlers such as
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,
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,
Chris Masters Christopher Todd Mordetzky (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling under the ring name Chris Adonis. He is a former two-time National Champion in NWA. He is best known for his time in WWE, under the ri ...
,
Aaron Aguilera Aaron Aguilera (born February 28, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and actor best known as Jesús and Uno on World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), MTV's Wrestling Society X, All Japan Pro Wrestling as Zodiac and Lucha Libre USA as Lu ...
,
Luther Reigns Matthew Robert Wiese (born September 22, 1971) is an American retired professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed on its SmackDown brand under the ring name Luther Reigns. Professional wrestling c ...
, Sakoda, Heidenreich, Nathan Jones and
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. In 1998, Howard signed a developmental contract with the
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. Tom's time was split as an instructor for the UPW and on the road performing in dark matches across the country. On June 26, 2001 Howard pinned Tony Jones to capture the
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title. On August 22, Howard became UPW's Shoot Champion when the Southern California title was renamed. Howard competed against
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for a
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Fighting Athletes PPV – Shingeki I in Japan and was signed to a contract with the company. On August 30 – Shingeki II, Tom Howard knocked out Lee Young Gun in
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. On May 8, 2002 Howard defeated
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to unify the UPW and Shoot titles in
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. Then on July 7 Howard & Nathan Jones defeated
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& Rapid Fire Maldon at Sumo Hall in Japan on a Zero-One pay-per-view. On December 15, Howard &
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beat
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&
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to win the
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on a Zero One PPV. On July 13, 2001, Tom Howard and Sean McCully defeated Yuki Ishikawa and
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when Howard used No. 42 on Fujiwara. On May 19, 2002 Shinya Hashimoto, Naoya Ogawa and Yoshiaki Fujiwara defeated Tom Howard, The Predator and
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. On May 23, Tom Howard and The Predator defeated Emblem (
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and
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). On June 27, Tom Howard, The Predator and Nathan Jones defeated Shinya Hashimoto and Emblem. On June 29, Tom Howard and The Predator defeated Shinya Hashimoto and
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. On June 30, Shinya Hashimoto and Masato Tanaka defeated The Predatora and Tom Howard. On July 28, Tom Howard, The Predator and C. W. Anderson defeated Shinya Hashimoto,
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and Masato Tanaka. On 7/30/02 Tom Howard and The Predator defeated Shinya Hashimoto and Yoshiaki Fujiwara. On July 31, Shinya Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Ogasawara and
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defeated Tom Howard, The Predator and
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. On August 2, 2002, Shinya Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Tatsuhito Takaiwa defeated The Predator, Tom Howard and C. W. Anderson. On March 2, 2003 Zero-One True Century Creation II, Tom Howard &
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defeated
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& Steve Corino. On March 9, Emblem (Shinjiro Ohtani and Masato Tanaka) defeated Tom Howard/King Adamo for the PWF Tag Team Title. On April 11, 2003 Tom Howard & Steve Corino beat
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&
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(11:33) when Howard used the No. 55 on Kikuchi. On April 13, 2003
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&
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beat Tom Howard & Steve Corino (11:06) when Akiyama used an Exploder on Corino. October 22 Howard defeated
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to regain the UPW Heavyweight Championship title in Santa Ana, California. On January 4, 2004 in HUSTLE,
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&
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& Sicodelico Jr. defeated Howard & Steve Corino &
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. On January 31, Tom Howard defeated
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in Tokyo. On February 20, at the UPW 5th Anniversary Show, Howard &
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defeated
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&
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. On February 29, Kohei Sato and Hirotaka Yokoi defeated Tom Howard and Zebra Man. On July 9, Tom Howard defeated Steve Corino, Jason The Legend and Psycho Simpson in a cage match. Then on October 30, Howard defeated Oliver John to retain the UPW Heavyweight title. On February 23, 2005 Howard & The Predator defeated
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&
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. Finally, on July 20, Howard defeated Matt "Horshu" Weise to retain the UPW Heavyweight title. Tom "Green Beret" Howard has also been featured in several video games in the US and Japan such as Fire Pro Wrestling, King of Coliseum and King of Coliseum 1 & 2.


Kickboxing and mixed martial arts

In 2003, Tom Howard signed a 2-year fight contract with Japanese
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and
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promotion,
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. When asked about making the transition from Japanese Puroresu (Pro Wrestling) to K1 MMA and Kickboxing Howard was quoted in Maxfighting.com as saying: "Jumping into this sport so late, I have been playing the catch up game since I started. My philosophy is to train my hardest, do my best and be happy with the outcome. I am not afraid of getting hurt and will fight anyone that they want to put in front of me at any time. I am not saying that to sound like a tough guy but the reality is that they (the K1 office) use their infinite wisdom to do their job in booking the fights and I need to do my job." When asked in the same article about how he got into wrestling and fighting in Japan, Howard explained: "I was doing pro wrestling in Japan on television for several years with a promotion called Zero-One – The back story to this explains my introduction to K1: Zero One was an offshoot company of New Japan Pro Wrestling established by Shinya Hashimoto. Hashimoto was looking for a new Gaijin (foreign) wrestler to introduce, so I was brought over to wrestle him on a big pay per view called Shingeki. This was when Japanese Pro Wrestling was mimicking MMA so we wore MMA gloves and the matches had MMA rules. I guess the match was highly regarded because we made the covers of the wrestling magazines and even mainstream sports papers. After that I started to get a following in Japan and spent the next several years going back and forth between Japan and the USA for monthly tours. At the end of one of my annual contracts I received word from my manager and friend Rick Bassman that K1 was interested in signing me to a multi year/fight deal and everything just worked out from there. As I said before, I was a huge fan of K1 and had been following it heavily with all of the time I was spending in Japan." He made his K1 MMA debut against France's Kristof Midoux on New Year's Eve at K-1 PREMIUM 2003 Dynamite!!. He then fought Mongolian Wrestling champion Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee (aka "Blue Wolf") at
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in May 2004. This bout was particularly brutal with Howard being kneed in the head and face a total of 46 times. It was after this fight that K1 changed their MMA rules to make throwing knees to the head of a grounded opponent illegal. In his next K1 MMA fight, Howard fought against American kickboxer and K1 US Champion Carter Williams in Hawaii at
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6. This fight ended when Williams threw a fury of punches on the ground causing cuts that required Howard to receive a total of 36 stitches. In June 2005, Howard fought in Hiroshima, Japan on the K1 Grand Prixs show under kickboxing rules against 7' 2", 400 lb. South Korean
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. This fight was featured in K1's Best Knockouts as Choi caught Howard with a knee to the Head causing a 6" cut up his forehead and knocking him halfway across the ring. In August 2006, Tom Howard was recruited by the Antonio Inoki's Tokyo Sabres to fight in the
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. His premier fight with the promotion came on September 6, 2006 against
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. In February 2007, Howard competed in the
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at Wembley Arena in London, England against Wolfslaire fighter Tom Blackledge. This fight ended quickly when Howard escaped from a takedown attempt and turned into a headkick by Blackledge causing a 5" cut which ended the fight and required 8 staples to close. In December 2007, Howard fought Eric "Butterbean" Esch in the main event of the World Cage Championship in Jasper, Alabama.


Instructor or trainer

* Trained several pro athletes in kickboxing and conditioning such as Deron Williams of NBA's Utah Jazz and PGA Pro Golfer Hunter Mahan * Trained DVD on TV hosts Dave Holmes and Jennifer Lothrop on camera for FX airing of the film "The Marine" * Acted as Trainer, Instructor and Technical Producer for Hulk Hogan Celebrity Championship Wrestling * Trained Actor
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in Pro Wrestling / Lucha Libre for film Nacho Libre * Hosted and Starred in series Ultimate Pro Wrestling Training, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 – Video/DVD (SPY Video) * Head Instructor for Ultimate University / UPW – Development territory for WWE – Instructed wrestlers such as:
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,
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,
Chris Masters Christopher Todd Mordetzky (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently wrestling under the ring name Chris Adonis. He is a former two-time National Champion in NWA. He is best known for his time in WWE, under the ri ...
, Jesus Aguilera,
Luther Reigns Matthew Robert Wiese (born September 22, 1971) is an American retired professional wrestler and actor. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed on its SmackDown brand under the ring name Luther Reigns. Professional wrestling c ...
, Sakoda, Heidenreich, Nathan Jones,
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,
Brian Kendrick Brian David Kendrick (born May 29, 1979) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in WWE. He is also known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH), Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestlin ...
,
Mike Knox Michael Shawn Hettinga (born July 17, 1978) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler best known under the ring name Mike Knox. He is signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) where he is one half of the NWA World Tag Te ...
,
Frankie Kazarian Frank Benedict Gerdelman (born August 4, 1977) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and musician signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), performing under the ring name Frankie Kazarian. He is also known for his wo ...
,
Paul London Paul Michael London (born April 16, 1980) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he performs as a wrestler and a producer. He is best known for his tenure in WW ...
,
Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...
, B-Boy, Hollywood Yates ("Wolf" on American Gladiators), Mike O'Hearn ("Titan" on American Gladiators), Evan Marriott (Reality show "Joe Millionaire") and The Predator * Co-hosted and Guest Starred: Ultimate Fighting Training series with Mark Kerr for Panther Video *Instructor for UFO – Universal Fighting Organization – Japan (Television/Pay Per View)


Producer

*FX's DVD on TV – "The Marine" 2009 – Technical Producer *Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling – 2008 – Technical Producer *Ultimate Pro-Wrestling Training – Volume 1: Building a foundation – 2000 – Producer *Ultimate Pro-Wrestling Training – Volume 2: The next step – 2000 – Producer *Ultimate Pro-Wrestling Training – Volume 3: Building a match – 2000 – Producer *Planned Parenthood – Commercial – 2000 – Producer


Film and television

Howard has had various roles in film, television and other media.


Film

* Muy Thai Giant (2008) * Sum Tum (2007) – * Daredevil (2003) * Blue Atomic (1999) *
True Vengeance ''True Vengeance'' is a 1997 American action film directed by David Worth, starring Daniel Bernhardt, Miles O'Keeffe, Beverly Johnson and George Cheung. Bernhardt stars as a former Navy SEAL and Yakuza henchman who must twice face his past whe ...
(1997) *
JFK John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until Assassination of John F. Kennedy, his assassination in 1963. He was the first Catholic Chur ...
(1991)


Television

* The Good Guys (2010) * Death Valley - "Pilot" (2010) * FX's DVD on TV - "The Marine" (2009) *
Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling ''Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling'' is an American reality television series that aired on CMT from October 18 to December 6, 2008. In Australia, it premiered in July 2009 on the FOX8 channel. It was also shown in the UK on Bravo ...
(2008) * Inoki's IGF - Japan (2008–2009) * Cage Rage World Championship - England (2008) * World Wrestling Allstars - South Africa (2008) * K1 Grand Prix Hiroshima - Japan (2006) * Samurai TV -Japan (2005–2006) * Zero One Fighting Athletes -Japan (2004–2006) * Pro Wrestling Noah - Japan (2006) * Universal Fighting Organization (UFO)- Japan (2006) * Faking It (2004) * Bodyslam (2002) *
Los Luchadores ''Los Luchadores'' is a live-action children's television series that aired on Fox Kids in 2001 produced by Saban Entertainment and Shavick Entertainment. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, ...
(2001) * Nikki (2001) * Dismissed (2001) * Inside: Pro Wrestling School (2000) *
The Drew Carey Show ''The Drew Carey Show'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1995, to September 8, 2004. Set in Cleveland, Ohio, the series revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionaliz ...
(1999) *
G vs E ''G vs E'' (later retitled ''Good vs Evil'') is an American supernatural comedy-drama television series that had its first season air on USA Network during the summer and autumn of 1999. For the second season the series moved to Sci Fi in early 20 ...
(1999) * AAA Lucha Libre - Mexico (1997–1998) * Sugar Ray Leonard's Fight Zone (1998)


Commercials

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World Wrestling Entertainment World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is an American professional wrestling promotion. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. A global integrated media and entertainment company, ...
(World Series Commercial) *
Planned Parenthood The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is an American nonprofit organization


Kickboxing record

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Choi Hong-man Choi Hong-man (; born October 30, 1980), often anglicised to Hongman Choi, is a South Korean kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and former ssireum wrestler. In Asia, he is called "Che Man", "Techno Goliath", "Korean Monster" and "Korean Colossus ...
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Mixed martial arts record

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Championships and accomplishments

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Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX , often referred to simply as Zero1 and sometimes referred to as Pro Wrestling Zero1 Catch as Catch Can (stylized as ZERO1 and PRO WRESTLING ZERO1 CATCH AS CATCH CAN, respectively), is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2001 ...
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NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship The Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, also known as the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship, is a professional wrestling tag team championship in Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1, typically reserved for (but not exclusive to) h ...
( 1 time) – with
Matt Ghaffari Siamak "Matt" Ghaffari ( ; , ; born November 11, 1961, in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran) is an Iranian-born American Greco-Roman wrestler, MMA Fighter and professional wrestler. Ghaffari was a two-time USA Olympic team member, obtaining a sil ...
* Ultimate Pro Wrestling :*UPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) :* UPW Southern California/Shoot Championship (1 time)


References

1) https://web.archive.org/web/20110929005702/http://board.deathvalleydriver.com/lofiversion/index.php/t7341.html Tom Howard interview on Maxfighting 2) https://web.archive.org/web/20110716233150/http://www.thefightpros.com/index.html Pro Wrestling and Fighting services to the Film & Television Industries


External links


The Fight Pros.com Profile


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