For the American former professional basketball player, see Tommy Rich (basketball).
Tommy Rich
Tommy Rich in August 2013
Birth name
Thomas Richardson
Born
(1956-07-26) July 26, 1956 (age 67) Hendersonville, Tennessee, U.S.[1][2]
Spouse(s)
Terri Richardson
Children
3
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Mr. R Thomas Rich Tommy Rich Tommy Richardson
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[3]
Billed weight
235 lb (107 kg)[3]
Billed from
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Trained by
Jerry Jarrett[1] Jerry Lawler Dick Steinborn Tojo Yamamoto
Debut
1974[2]
Thomas Richardson (born July 26, 1956) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tommy “Wildfire” Rich. He is a one time former National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight Champion and Smoky Mountain Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. He primarily appeared in Georgia Championship Wrestling and Memphis throughout the 1980s, as well as World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling throughout the 1990s.[1][2][4][5][6] He is a 1974 graduate of Hendersonville High School.[7]
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American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Tommy “Wildfire” Rich. He is a one time former National Wrestling Alliance World Heavyweight...
The Last Battle of Atlanta was a professional wrestling match between TommyRich and Buzz Sawyer, of Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). The un-televised...
defeating TommyRich and Wahoo McDaniel; this reign ended in July 1979 when they lost to Rich and Hansen. Anderson and Koloff defeated Rich and Hansen...
begin a new reign as the AWA International Champion. Lawler feuded with TommyRich, Austin Idol, and Paul E. Dangerously throughout early 1987. The animosity...
expanded to include multiple other wrestlers, including Tracy Smothers and TommyRich. Guido has been involved in every ECW and/or WWE incarnation of the F...
the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Among his regular partners were TommyRich (as "TNT"), Dick Murdoch, and Rocky Johnson. He was also the first man...
Trent Reznor. The two were replaced by Scott Alan Williamson on bass and TommyRich on drums. That same year, keyboardist Mark Avsec released a solo project...
Bam Bigelow was disqualified when he refused to break his chokehold on TommyRich by the 5-count. The Midnight Express were disqualified after Stan Lane...
first wrestler to pin Sawyer on live television. He also had a feud with TommyRich that led to many bloody matches, the most notable of which was billed...
February 17, 1991, he won his first WCW title, teaming with Ricky Morton and TommyRich to defeat Dr. X, Dutch Mantell, and Buddy Landel and gain the WCW Six-Man...
holding it for almost five years (excluding extremely short reigns by TommyRich, Dusty Rhodes, and Giant Baba). Race feuded with many of the legends of...
Sullivan to win the title for a third time in February 1980, but lost it to TommyRich two days later. In February 1980, Idol lost to Sullivan in a "Boston street...
Wayne, Phil "Nitro" Monahan, Greg Anthony, Lou Marconi, Paul Orndorff, TommyRich, Larry Zbyszko, and Masked Superstar have the most reigns with 3 apiece...
The Fabulous Freebirds had feuds while there, including those against TommyRich, Junkyard Dog, Kevin Sullivan, Austin Idol, and Ted DiBiase, and became...
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Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Harry James. From 1942 to 1944, Rich served in the U.S. Marines. From 1945 to 1948, he led the Buddy Rich Orchestra...
the titles again with his real-life cousin TommyRich as the Riches twice. In 1988, he teamed with Davey Rich (David Haskins) billed as his cousin as the...
This led to a feud with TommyRich, who answered one of his challenges on an edition of AWA Championship Wrestling on ESPN. Rich appeared to have the contest...
Wrestling (GCW) and feuded with the likes of Bob Armstrong, Dick Slater, and TommyRich. During the summer of 1982, Piper became a fan favorite after knocking...
Moondogs (Spike and Spot), Jackie Fargo, Bobby Eaton, and "Wildfire" TommyRich. Yamamoto would manage some of the wrestlers he trained, but more incredibly...
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born March 24, 1951) is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of...
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