Dr. Tom Prichard

Real Name: Thomas Prichard
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 230 lbs.
Date of Birth: August 18, 1959
From: Pasadena, Texas
Resides: Houston, Texas
Pro Debut: 1979
Trained By: The Iron Sheik
Finishing Move: Piledriver

Biography

– Prichard debuted in various southern territories in 1979. He would occasionally work as Tom Price during this phase of his career
– On March 31, 1980, Prichard & Apollo Jalisco defeated Jack & Ray Evans to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles. They would lose, regain and lose the titles in April
– On May 16, Prichard & Al Madril defeated Jack Evans & Pampero Firpo to win the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
– On July 18, Prichard & Madril defeated Ron Starr & The Assassin by DQ to retain the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
– On September 5, Prichard & Madril defeated Ox Baker & The Enforcer to retain the NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
– In early 1981, Prichard wrestled a tour with New Japan Pro Wrestling
– On February 13, 1981, Prichard & Chris Adams defeted Mike Masters & El Mongol to win the vacant NWA Americas Tag Team Titles
– On May 23, 1984, Prichard & Brett Sawyer defeated Rip Oliver & The Assassin to win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On May 31, Prichard & Sawyer defeated Mike Miller & Rip Oliver to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On June 1, Prichard & Sawyer defeated Mike Miller & Rip Oliver in a Best Of 3 Falls Match to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On June 13, Prichard & Sawyer defeated Rip Oliver & The Assassin to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On June 30, Prichard & Sawyer defeated The Assassin & Mr Ebony by DQ to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On July 17, Prichard & Sawyer defeated Mike Miller & Mr Ebony by DQ to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On July 19, Prichard & Sawyer defeated Doug Somers & Buck Ramstead to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On August 18, Prichard & Sawyer defeated Mike Miller & Mr Ebony to regain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles, having lost them 3 weeks earlier
– On August 28, Prichard & Sawyer defeated Doug Somers & Jerry Grey to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On September 1, Prichard & Sawyer fought Buddy Rose & Jerry Grey to a time-limit draw to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– Following an injury to Sawyer, Jerry Grey replaced him as Prichard’s tag team title co-holder on September 22
– On September 29, Prichard & Grey defeated Mike Miller & Mr Ebony to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles. They would repeat their victory five times in the next two weeks
– On October 20, Prichard & Grey defeated Mike Miller & Kendo Nagasaki to retain the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Titles
– On March 3, 1986, Prichard defeated Tim Horner to win the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
– On March 10, Prichard defeated Norvell Austin to retain the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
– On March 17, Prichard defeated Bill Mulkey to retain the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
– Between March 21 and April 26, Prichard & Tim Horner would repeatedly trade the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
– On October 6, Prichard defeated Roy Lee Welch to win the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title. The pair would trade the title back and forth through to December 25, when Prichard defeated Welch in a Loser Leaves Town Match
– On February 27, 1987, Prichard defeated Larry Hamilton to regain the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
– On March 22, Prichard defeated Larry Hamilton to retain the NWA United States Junior Heavyweight Title
– Prichard made an appearance for the WWF on August 28, 1987, defeating Mark Lewin at Paul Boesch’s retirement show
– On February 15, 1988, Prichard defeated Jonathan Boyd to win the NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
– On October 3, Prichard defeated The Dirty White Boy in the final of a tournament to win the vacant CWF Heavyweight Title
– On June 23, Prichard defeated Wendell Cooley to regain the CWF Heavyweight Title
– On March 15, 1991, Prichard defeated Jeff Jarrett to win the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
– In August 1991, Prichard would trade the USWA Texas Heavyweight Title back and forth with Lord Humongous
– On November 4, Prichard defeated Eric Embry to win the USWA Heavyweight Title
– On December 2, Prichard defeated Eric Embry to retain the USWA Heavyweight Title, but would lose it to Embry a week later
– Prichard joined Stan Lane as ‘The Heavenly Bodies’ upon the formation of Smoky Mountain Wrestling
– On April 23, 1992, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Fantastics (Bobby & Jackie Fulton) in the final of a tournament to become the first SMW Tag Team Champions
– On May 22, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Party Patrol (Davey & Johnny Rich) to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On June 7, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Batten Twins (Bart & Brad) to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On June 15, The Heavenly Bodies defeated Rick Cannon & Gary Scott to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On June 29, Prichard defeated Brian Christopher to win the vacant USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
– On July 6, The Heavenly Bodies (Prichard & Stan Lane) defeated Ben Jordan & Hector Guerrero to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On July 11, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Fantastics (Bobby & Jackie Fulton) in a No-DQ Match to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On July 13, Prichard defeated Brian Christopher to retain the USWA Southern Heavyweight Title
– On July 17, The Heavenly Bodies (Prichard & Stan Lane) defeated The Fantastics (Bobby & Jackie Fulton) in a Street Fight to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On August 10, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Fantastics (Bobby & Jackie Fulton) in a No-DQ Match to regain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On August 31, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On September 21, The Heavenly Bodies defeated Robbie Eagle & Ben Jordan and Danny Davis & Dixie Dynamite to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On October 12, The Heavenly Bodies defeated Robbie Eagle & Paul Lee to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On November 2, The Heavenly Bodies defeated Robbie Eagle & Reno Riggins to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– In November 1992, The Heavenly Bodies traded the SMW Tag Team Titles back and forward several times with The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson)
– On January 18, 1993, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Rock n Roll Express to regain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– The Heavenly Bodies competed at WCW SuperBrawl 1993, losing to The Rock N Roll Express by DQ
– Lane retired from the ring in May 1993. Prichard would recruit Jimmy Del Ray to continue The Heavenly Bodies team
– In the second half of 1993, The Heavenly Bodies wrestled several matches with the WWF
– At Survivor Series 1993, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Rock N Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) to win the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On February 12, 1994, The Heavenly Bodies fought The Rock N Roll Express to a draw in a 60-minute Iron Man Match to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On February 19, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Rock N Roll Express to regain the SMW Tag Team Titles, having lost them a day before
– On February 25, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The Rock N Roll Express in a No-DQ Match to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– In April 1994, The Heavenly Bodies signed with WWF
– At Survivor Series 1994, The Heavenly Bodies, King Kong Bundy, Bam Bam Bigelow & Tatanka defeated Billy Gunn, Bart Gunn, Lex Luger, Adam Bomb & Mabel
– In June 1995, The Heavenly Bodies were released from their WWF deals
– On July 21, The Heavenly Bodies defeated Assault And Battery (Maxx Crimson & Jimmy Deo) to win the PCW Tag Team Titles, but would lose them back the next day
– On August 4, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The THUGs (Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy) to win the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On August 7, The Heavenly Bodies defeated PG-13 (JC Ice & Wolfie D) to win the USWA Tag Team Titles
– On August 10, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The THUGs (Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy) to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On September 4, The Heavenly Bodies defeated Ron Davis & Chris Michaels to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On October 5, The Heavenly Bodies defeated Robert Gibson & The Dirty White Boy to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– On October 27, The Heavenly Bodies defeated The THUGs (Tracy Smothers & The Dirty White Boy) in a Street Fight to retain the SMW Tag Team Titles
– Prichard returned to the WWF at Survivor Series 1995, joining The Body Donnas (The 123 Kid, Rad Radford & Skip) to defeat The Underdogs (Marty Jannetty, Bob Holly, Barry Horowitz & Hakushi)
– In December 1995, Prichard re-debuted in the WWF as Zip, the tag team partner of Skip in the Body Donnas
– On the WrestleMania XII Free For All, The Body Donnas (Skip & Zip) defeated The Godwinns (Henry & Phineas) to win the vacant WWF Tag Team Titles
– On the following episode of Raw, The Body Donnas defeated Barry Horowitz & Aldo Montoya to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– On the April 20, 1996 episode of Superstars, The Body Donnas defeated Steve Bradley & Joe DeLeon to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– At In Your House 7, The Body Donnas defeated The Godwinns (Henry & Phineas) to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– On the May 18, 1996 episode of Superstars defeated The New Rockers (Marty Jannetty & Leif Cassidy) to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– On the King Of The Ring 1996 Free For All show, The Body Donnas defeated The New Rockers (Marty Jannetty & Leif Cassidy)
– At In Your House 9, The Body Donnas defeated The Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart Gunn)
– Skip left the WWF in the fall of 1996, leaving Prichard to go solo under a mask as ‘Dr X’, but the character wouldn’t take off and he would largely disappear from TV to become the WWF’s head trainer. Prichard would remain active for several independent promotions
– Prichard was released from his WWF contract in 2004
– On April 23, 2005, Prichard defeated Alyx Winters to win the CWA National Heavyweight Title
– On May 13, Prichard defeated Rick Steiner to win the vacant NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
– On June 10, Prichard & The Assassin defeated Road Warrior Animal & Mike Jackson by DQ to retain Prichard’s NWA Alabama Heavyweight Title
– In January 2007, Prichard was rehired by WWE to replace Bill DeMott as head trainer of Deep South Wrestling and later, Florida Championship Wrestling
– On May 30, 2012, Prichard was released from his WWE deal once again
– In August 2019, Prichard signed with MLW as a coach and agent