Tom Howard (wrestler)
| Tom Howard | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Thomas Merrett Howard |
| Born |
December 26, 1969 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Residence | Dallas, Texas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Zuma KGB The Big Time Green Beret Tom Howard |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Billed weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Trained by |
Jesse Hernandez Bill Anderson |
| Debut | 1994 |
| Retired | 2006 |
Tom Howard (born Thomas Merrett Howard December 26, 1969 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American professional wrestler, and actor. He is best known for his Green Beret role in K-1 and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX in Japan. As a veteran competitor and instructor, Howard has worked for World Wrestling Federation (wrestler-instructor), World Championship Wrestling (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Zero-One (wrestler-instructor), Universal Fighting-Arts Organization (wrestler-instructor), K-1 (fighter – MMA, kickboxing), Cage Rage (fighter), IFL (fighter), All Japan Pro Wrestling (wrestler), Pro Wrestling Noah (wrestler), Inoki Genome Federation (wrestler), HUSTLE (wrestler), Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (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, 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.
In 1993, Tom Howard began training under Jesse Hernandez and Bill Anderson in professional wrestling, lucha libre and puroresu at the School of Hard Knocks wrestling training school. His first match was against Bobby Bradley Jr. at the Silver Nugget Casino in October 1994. In early 1995, Howard began appearing on NWC (National Wrestling Conference) Television in Las Vegas 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 KGB agent gimmick.
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