Tommy Lee American (born November 24) was an American

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, better known by his

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, Tommy Lane. Lane is best known for his appearances in

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s as Tommy Lane, one-half of the

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the

Rock 'n' Roll RPMs The Rock 'n' Roll RPMs were a professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Tommy Lane and Mike Davis, and later Kevin Dillenger (Allen Martin) that competed in several professional wrestling promotions throughout the Southern United States. ...

with Mike Davis.

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Jones started wrestling in the NWA's Central States promotion in 1981 under the name Tommy Rogers (not to be confused with the Tommy Rogers of the Fantastics tag team). In the summer of 1984, he and

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formed a duo called the Uptown Boys, and twice won the

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. Jones also wrestled as Jeff Gouldie, the (

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) son of

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, who also competed as the Mongolian Stomper. This storyline also allowed Jones to adopt the in-ring nickname Mongolian Stomper, Jr.

Rock 'n' Roll RPMs

Using the Tommy Lane

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, Jones made his way to

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, which at the time was still affiliated with the NWA. He started a tag team with Mike Davis called the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs. They had feuds with several tag teams, including another "Rock 'n' Roll" pairing known as

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. The RPMs feuded with

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over the

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, as well, but were unable to win the title. The RPMs then competed in the CWA in

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, where they won the

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twice, and feuded with The Midnight Rockers. Teaming with Cactus Jack, the Rock-n-Roll RPMs lost a six-man match against

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, and

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at the only AWA

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. After the demise of World Class, the RPMs moved on to

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, where they were used as jobbers. Tommy Lane later formed a tag team with "Big" Bobby Jones known as The NEW RPMs for Central All-Star Wrestling. the original RPMs were managed in the Memphis organization by Downtown Bruno (Bruno Lauer)

Championships and accomplishments

*Central All-Star Championship Wrestling **CACW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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(

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) – with

* Continental Wrestling Association / Championship Wrestling Association **

( 5 times) – with Mike Davis **

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( 1 times) – with Mike Davis *

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( 1 time) – with

Mongolian Stomper Archibald Edward Gouldie (November 22, 1936 – January 23, 2016) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He wrestled for Stampede Wrestling for decades as Archie "The Stomper" Gouldie, with the nickname coming from the wrestler's reputation ...

*USA Wrestling **USA Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Mike Davis *

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(

) – with Mike Davis

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lane, Tommy American male professional wrestlers Living people People from Tennessee Professional wrestlers from Tennessee Stampede Wrestling alumni 20th-century male professional wrestlers 20th-century American professional wrestlers 1949 births Stud Stable members WWC World Tag Team Champions