John Toland (wrestler)
| Tank Toland | |
|---|---|
Toland in 2003 holding an OVW Southern Tag Team Championship title belt.
|
|
| Birth name | John Michael Toland |
| Born |
August 31, 1980 Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | James Dick Tank Toland |
| Billed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Billed from | Margate City, New Jersey |
| Trained by |
Ohio Valley Wrestling Larry Sharpe and Bill Granatt |
| Debut | 2000 |
John Michael Toland (born August 31, 1980) is a former American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tank Toland. Toland is best known for his appearances on the independent circuit with promotions such as Ring of Honor, as well as his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand in 2005 to 2006 as James Dick.
Toland was trained at The Monster Factory and made his debut in 2000.
Toland wrestled in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling starting in May 2003, teaming with Chris Cage. The babyface duo won the Tag title three times. During 2005 Toland turned heel and began to team with Chad Wicks, who posed as his cousin, Chad Toland they wrestled as the Blond Bombers and on April 12, 2005 the team won the OVW Tag Team Title from the Thrillseekers (Matt Cappotelli and Johnny Jeter). Toland also went on to hold the OVW Heavy Weight Title from which he took from his former partner Chris Cage. He held it until he had to surrender it due to his first torn biceps that required surgery. While in OVW Toland was voted by the fans to be both the most popular babyface as well as most popular heel, which made him one of the major draws for the company.
Toland made his debut as a heel on WWE Friday Night SmackDown as James Dick along with his partner, Chad Toland who was now using the name Chad Dick on October 14, 2005 as The Dicks. Their gimmick was dressing up like chippendales and using body oil (which was really water) to spray in their baby-face opponents eyes. After The Mexicools won their 8-man tag match with their partners Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich by defeating Paul Burchill and William Regal and MNM, The Mexicools were ambushed by the Dicks, and in the process they threw the then current WWE Cruiserweight Champion, Juventud out of the ring and laid out Super Crazy and Psicosis using two of their signature tag team finishers.
...
Wikipedia