Real name: Tom Prichard
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 230 lbs.
Date of birth: August 18, 1959
Hometown: Houston, TX
Pro debut: 1978
Trained by: The Iron Sheik
Finishing move: Piledriver
Photo credit: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Biography
- On May 23, 1984, Prichard and Brett Sawyer defeated Rip Oliver and the Assassin for the
NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team title.
- Prichard and Sawyer defeated Mike Miller and Mr. Ebony on August 18, 1984 in Portland, OR
to regain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team title.
- Prichard defeated Tim Horner on March 3, 1986 in Birmingham, AL for the
NWA United States Junior Heavyweight title. He did the same on March 31,
1986 to regain the title, and for a third NWA U.S. Junior title on May 10,
1986 in Donthan, AL.
- On November 10, 1986, Prichard defeated Roy Lee Welch to regain the NWA
U.S. Junior Heavyweight title.
- Prichard defeated Larry Hamiliton on February 27, 1987 in Knoxville, TN
for his fifth NWA U.S. Junior title.
- On October 3, 1988, Prichard won a one night tournament to claim the CWF title.
- On March 31, 1990, Prichard defeated Cheetah Kid in Philadelphia, PA.
- Prichard defeated Jeff Jarrett on March 15, 1991 in Dallas, TX for the
USWA (United States Wrestling Association) title.
- Prichard beat Bill Dundee on June 7, 1991 in Dallas, TX for the World
Class Texas title.
- On August 12, 1991, Prichard defeated Lord Humongous in Memphis, TN to
regain the Texas title.
- On November 4, 1991, Prichard defeated Eric Embry in Memphis, TN to
regain the USWA title. Prichard did the same on December 2, 1991 for his
third USWA title, and for his fourth on February 8, 1992.
- Heavenly Bodies (Prichard and Stan Lane), managed by Jim Cornette,
defeated Bobby and Jackie Fulton in the finals of a tournament to capture
the SMW (Smoky Mountain Wrestling) Tag Team title on April 23, 1992 in
Harrogate, TN.
- On June 29, 1992, Prichard defeated Brian Christopher to regain the USWA
title. He did the same on July 27, 1992 for his sixth USWA title.
- After dropping the SMW Tag Team title to the Fultons, the Heavenly Bodies
regained them on August 10, 1992 in Benton, TN.
- On November 26, 1992, the Heavenly Bodies defeated the Rock 'n' Roll
Express in Hazzard, KY for their third SMW Tag Team title.
- One day after dropping the SMW Tag belts to the Rock 'n' Roll Express,
the Heavenly Bodies regained them on November 28, 1992 in Johnson City, TN.
- The Heavenly Bodies attained their fifth SMW Tag Team title on January
28, 1993, by defeating the Rock 'n' Roll Express in Newton, NC.
- On April 2, 1993, The Heavenly Bodies and Bobby Eaton defeated the Rock
'n' Roll Express, Arn Anderson and Dutch Mantel, Jimmy Golden, and Robert
Fuller in a "triangular street fight" match.
- At SMW's Rage in the Cage on May 9, 1993, Prichard defeated Ricky Morton.
- The Heavenly Bodies (Prichard and new partner Jimmy Del Ray) defeated the
Rock 'n' Roll Express on November 24, 1993 in Boston, MA for the SMW Tag
Team title.
- Prichard and Del Ray defeated the Rock 'n' Roll Express on February 19,
1994 in Taylor, MI for the SMW Tag Team title.
- On August 4, 1995 in Knoxville, TN, Prichard and Del Ray defeated Tracy
Smothers and Dirty White Boy to regain the SMW Tag Team title.
- Prichard and Del Ray defeated PG-13 on August 7, 1995 for the USWA Tag
Team title.
- In the WWF, Prichard became one half of the Bodydonnas (Prichard competed
as Zip and partner Chris Candido was Skip), managed by Sunny.
- At the 1995 Survivor Series, the Bodydonnas, Rad Radford, and the
1-2-3-Kid defeated the Underdogs (Marty Janetty, Bob Holly, Barry Horowitz,
and Hakushi).
- At Wrestlemania IV in Anaheim, CA, Bodydonnas defeated the Godwinns in a
tournament to final to win the WWF World Tag Team title.
- The Bodydonnas successfully defended the WWF Tag Team title on April 28,
1996 at In Your House VII in Omaha, NE.
- At International Incident on July 21, 1996 in Vancouver, British
Columbia, the Bodydonnas defeated the Smokin' Gunns.
- After working in the WWE offices for years, Prichard was released in September 2004.
- On January 22, 2007, Prichard was named the new head trainer for Deep South Wrestling, replacing Bill DeMott.
