Tom Howard

Title History

• 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);

Career Highlights

• 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..
• June 1, 1996 – World Wrestling Peace Festival: Sgt. Craig Pittman defeated KGB.
• October 20, 1996 – AAA: Mil Masacaras defeated Zuma.
• Tom Howard became the head trainer for Rick Bassman’s Ultimate Pro Wrestling school, and competed in the ring for UPW..
• April 4, 1998 – NFC: Zuma defeated Mustafa Saed.
• July 17, 1998 – WCW Thunder: Villano IV defeated Zuma in a dark match.
• 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..
• August 8, 1998 – Shotgun Saturday Night: Tom Howard defeated The Suicide Kid in a dark match.
• September 24, 1998 – WWA: The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) defeated Glen Kulka & Tom Howard.
• September 25, 1998 – WWA: Giant Silva defeated Tom Howard.
• February 6, 1999 – ECWA: Tom Howard defeated Paul O.
• November 13, 1999 – Jakked: Kurt Angle defeated Tom Howard in a dark match.
• November 20, 1999 – Jakked: Steve Bradley defeated Tom Howard in a dark match.
• November 27, 1999 – Jakked: Tom Howard defeated Papi Chulo in a dark match.
• December 9, 1999 – SmackDown: The Godfather defeated Tom Howard in a dark match.
• December 18, 1999 – Jakked: Papi Chulo defeated Tom Howard in a dark match.
• December 26, 1999 – Sunday Night Heat: Mideon defeated Tom Howard in a dark match.
• January 1, 2000 – Jakked: Tom Howard defeated Tracy Smothers in a dark match.
• January 23, 2000 – Sunday Night Heat: Tom Howard defeated Tim Lowery in a dark match.
• September 13, 2000 – UPW: The Ballard Brothers (Shane Ballard & Shannon Ballard) defeated Chris Bell & Smelly and Hank Hill & Tom Howard in a 3-way tag team match to retain the tag team titles.
• October 10, 2000 – UPW: The Big Time (Hank Hill & Tom Howard) vs. The Definition Of Pain (Al Katrazz & Under Pressure) ended in a double disqualification.
• December 20, 2000 – UPW: Christopher Daniels defeated Tom Howard.
• February 12, 2001 – UPW: Team UPW (Christopher Daniels, Mikey Henderson & Tom Howard) defeated Team APW (Donovan Morgan, Mike Modest & Tony Jones).
• April 25, 2001 – UPW: Donovan Morgan & Super Destroyer 2000 defeated The Big Time (Horshu & Tom Howard).
• May 30, 2001 – UPW: The Big Time (Horshu & Tom Howard) defeated Hell’s Bells (Mike Bell & Smelly).
• 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..
• August 15, 2002 – UPW: Tom Howard defeated Keiji Sakoda to retain the heavyweight title.
• 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 to retain the heavyweight title..
• 2005-06: Tom Howard began doing shoot matches with an MMA promotion called K-1 in Japan..
• April 9, 2006 – ZERO1: Tom Howard defeated Kamikaze.
• April 11, 2006 – ZERO1: Tadao Yasuda, Tatsutoshi Goto & Tom Howard defeated Kamikaze, Shinjiro Otani & Takao Omori.
• April 13, 2006 – ZERO1: Takao Omori defeated Tom Howard to retain the World heavyweight title.
• April 15, 2006 – ZERO1: Tadao Yasuda & Tom Howard defeated Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa.
• September 8, 2007 – IGF: Alexander Otsuka defeated Tom Howard.
• April 12, 2008 – IGF: Hitokui Yoshiki defeated Tom Howard.
• March 31, 2012 – WrestleRama: Raven & Tom Howard defeated Paul Lee & Sylvester Terkay.
• March 23, 2014 – UCW-Zero: Deuce Snuka, Jimmy Snuka & Tom Howard defeated The Foundation (Derrick Jannetty, Martin Casaus & Stevie Slick).