WRESTLER PROFILES

	Wrestler: Tom Howard Real Name: Birthday: May 15, 1970 Hometown: Huntington Beach, California Marital Status: Height & Weight: 6'4" - 250lbs Trained by: Bill Anderson Jesse Hernandez Debut: 1995 Previous Gimmicks: Zuma (NCW) KGB (AAA) Finishing Move: Favorite Moves: Notable Feuds:
Southern California Heavyweight defeating Tony Jones (June 26, 2001) -renamed UPW's Shoot Champion-; Ultimate Pro Wrestling Heavyweight title defeating Christopher Daniels (May 8, 2002); NWA Intercontinental Tag Team titles w/Matt Ghaffari defeating Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa (December 15, 2002); Ultimate Pro Wrestling Heavyweight title defeating Adam Pearce (October 22, 2003);
1993: Tom Howard enrolled at the School of Hard Knocks wrestling training school.. 1995: Tom Howard appeared on NCW Television in Las Vegas using the name "Zuma".. Tom Howard eventually ended up in Mexico City where he began competing for AAA as "KGB".. 1996: Tom Howard took a break from wrestling to train with Gokor Chivichyan & Gene Lebell for No Holds Barred competition.. Tom Howard became the head trainer for Rick Bassman's Ultimate Pro Wrestling school, and competed in the ring for UPW.. 1998: Tom Howard signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation.. ~~~Tom Howard's developmental contract was not renewed in 2000, and Tom Howard returned to UPW full time.. June 26, 2001: Tom Howard pinned Tony Jones to capture the Southern California Heavyweight title.. August 22, 2001: Tom Howard became UPW's Shoot Champion when the Southern California title is renamed.. Tom Howard competed for a Zero-One PPV in Japan and was signed to a contract with the company.. August 30, 2001 - Shingeki II: Tom Howard knocked out Lee Young Gun in Tokyo, Japan.. March 2, 2002 Zero-ONE: Tom Howard & Samoa Joe defeated Gary Steele & Steve Corino. May 8, 2002: Tom Howard defeated Christopher Daniels to unify the UPW and Shoot titles in Santa Ana, California.. July 7, 2002: Tom Howard & Nathan Jones defeated Steve Corino & Rapid Fire Maldon at Sumo Hall in Japan.. December 15, 2002: Tom Howard & Matt Ghaffari beat Shinya Hashimoto & Naoya Ogawa to win the NWA Intercontinental Tag title! March 2, 2003 - Zero-One True Century Creation II: Tom Howard & Samoa Joe defeated Gary Steele & Steve Corino.. October 22, 2003: Tom Howard defeated Adam Pearce to regain the UPW title in in Santa Ana, California.. January 4, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-1: Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras & Sicodelico Jr. defeated Tom Howard & Steve Corino & Dusty Rhodes.. February 20, 2004 - UPW 5th Anniversary Show: Tom Howard & Christopher Daniels defeated Scott Hall & Kevin Nash.. October 30, 2004--Ultimate Pro Wrestling: Tom Howard defeated Oliver John to retain UPW Heavyweight title.. February 23, 2005--Ultimate Pro Wresting: Tom Howard & Predator defeated Sean O'Haire & Chuck Palumbo.. July 20, 2005--Ultimate Pro Wresting: Tom Howard defeated Horshu.. 2005-06: Tom Howard began doing shoot matches with an MMA promotion called K-1 in Japan.. April 13, 2006: Tom Howard is scheduled to return to wrestling and challenge Shinjiro Ohtani for the AWA title..