Tom Laughlin
Department: Acting
Biography
Thomas James Laughlin, best known by his ring name Tommy Dreamer, is an American professional wrestler, promoter, and actor. He is the founder, owner, and wrestler of the independent professional wrestling promotion House of Hardcore, which he runs with his wife Monique Dupree. Dreamer is best known for his appearances with Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), WWE, and Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling. Dubbed the "heart and soul" of ECW, Dreamer regularly featured in the company's major storylines as well as holding a number of back-office roles in TNA notably. Championships held by Dreamer over the course of his career include the ECW Championship (which he has held twice, becoming the only man to do so in the ECW organization and WWE's ECW brand), ECW World Tag Team Championship and WWF/E Hardcore Championship.
Known For
Know Nothins
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Hardcore Justice 2021
2021
IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2023
2023
Johnny & Clyde
2023
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2023
2023
Damon's Revenge
2022
ECW One Night Stand 2005
2005
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1997
1997
ECW One Night Stand 2006
2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
2003
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 1
2012
ECW: Extreme Rules (Volume 2)
2012
WrestleCade SuperShow 2017
2017
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
2015
WWE vs. ECW: Head to Head
2006
ECW Holiday Hell 2000
2000
IMPACT Wrestling: Code Red 2019
2019
IMPACT Wrestling: A Night You Can't Mist
2019
ECW vs IWA JAPAN 1996
1996
Saving Christmas
2017
Agent Toby Barks
2021
IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2023
2023
ECW December to Dismember
2006
WWE One Night Stand 2007
2007
WWE: Rob Van Dam - One of a Kind
2005
WWE Vengeance 2006
2006
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
2009
WWE The Bash 2009
2009
WWE Night of Champions 2009
2009
ECW Fan Cam: February 3, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: March 3, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: April 15, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: November 4, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: October 18, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: November 23, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: December 20, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: October 31, 1997
1997
ECW Fan Cam: September 17, 1998
1998
ECW Fan Cam: January 30, 1999
1999
ECW Fan Cam: February 6, 1999
1999
ECW Fan Cam: October 23, 1999
1999
ECW Fan Cam: December 17, 1999
1999
ECW Fan Cam: January 27, 2000
2000
ECW Fan Cam: April 13, 2000
2000
ECW Fan Cam: June 3, 2000
2000
ECW Fan Cam: August 25, 2000
2000
ECW Fan Cam: November 11, 2000
2000
ECW Fan Cam: December 15, 2000
2000
ECW Fan Cam: January 12, 2001
2001
ECW Fan Cam: January 13, 2001
2001
ECW Hardcore Heaven 2000
2000
ECW: January 27, 1996
1996
ECW Heat Wave 2000
2000
ECW House Party 1996
1996
A Man Possessed
2016
WWE Survivor Series 2001
2001
ECW Sunshine State Slaughter
1995
ECW Gangstas Paradise 1995
1995
ECW Wrestlepalooza 2000
2000
The Best of Shane Douglas
1998
WWE Insurrextion 2002
2002
The Best of The Eliminators
1998
The Best of Raven vol. 2: The Second Coming
1999
Witch Trials
2022
Slumber Party Slaughter Party 2
2023
IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 2023
2023
Alastor
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WWE Unforgiven 2002
2002
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
2014
TNA Hardcore Justice 2010
2010
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 2
2013
TNA Hard To Kill 2024
2024
I Am Santa Claus
2014
WrestleCon Supershow 2015
2015
WWE: Blood Sport ECW - The Most Violent Matches
2006
Almost Mercy
2015
IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown III
2022
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
2024
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2015
2015
ECW: The Best of Cactus Jack
2001
Straight Outta Dudleyville: The Legacy of the Dudley Boyz
2016
WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
2016
JCW Bloodymania 8
2014
WWE WrestleMania XXV
2009
IMPACT Wrestling: Homecoming 2021
2021
The History of The WWE Hardcore Championship
2016
ECW Fan Cam: March 7, 1998
1998
ECW Fan Cam: December 10, 1994
1994
ECW Fan Cam: May 19, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: May 20, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: June 9, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: September 23, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: October 6, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: October 27, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: December 28, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: December 30, 1995
1995
ECW Fan Cam: May 10, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: May 17, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: June 8, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: June 30, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: July 28, 1996
1996
CZW: High Stakes
2014
ECW Fan Cam: August 17, 1996
1996
ECW Fan Cam: December 21, 1996
1996
ECW: Bloodsport The Most Violent Matches
2006
ECW: Extreme Rules
2007
ECW Fan Cam: February 14, 1997
1997
NWA Bloodfest • Night Two
1993
The Bet
2016
WWE Unforgiven 2001
2001
Ladies and Gentlemen, My Name Is Paul Heyman
2014
The Abduction of Jennifer Grayson
2017
The Authentic Untold Story of ECW
2016
Dragon Gate USA: Mercury Rising
2010
Self Storage
2013
ROH Final Battle 2017
2017
Army of the Damned
2013
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
2018
DEFY Vibes 2018
2018
Bar Wrestling 3: Bar Of Hardcore
2017
Bar Wrestling 9: February Stars
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI
2018
HOUSE OF HARDCORE 28
2017
All In
2018
House of Hardcore 39
2018
MLW War Games 2018
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018
RFVideo Face Off Vol. 9: The Extreme Rivalry
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RFVideo Face Off Vol. 10: Dreamer Vs. Raven
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RFVideo Face Off Vol. 13: A Funkin' Dream
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Bar Wrestling
2017
Headstrong
2019
Bar Wrestling 27: In The Midnight Hour
2018
ECW Anarchy Rulz 1999
1999
ECW Guilty as Charged 1999
1999
AEW Double or Nothing 2019: The Buy In
2019
ECW Guilty as Charged 2001
2001
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2019
2019
ECW Heat Wave 1998
1998
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014
Dreamer vs Raven
2015
ECW 3 Way Dance
1995
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
2016
Raven vs Sandman Feud
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ECW: Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn
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Talk Steen Talk
2012
ECW - Unreleased Vol. 3
2015
WWE: Edge: A Decade of Decadence
2008
WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling
2004
It's Good To Be The King: The Jerry Lawler Story
2015
ECW Heat Wave 1994
1994
ECW Heat Wave 1995
1995
ECW November to Remember 1997
1997
TNA Sacrifice 2011
2011
ECW Guilty as Charged 2000
2000
ECW Born To Be Wired
1997
ECW The Doctor Is In 1996
1996
ECW Living Dangerously 1999
1999
ECW Extreme Warfare Vol. 2
1996
ECW Massacre on Queens BLVD
1996
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999
1999
ECW Living Dangerously 2000
2000
ECW A Matter of Respect 1996
1996
ECW November to Remember 1996
1996
ECW The Night The Line Was Crossed 1994
1994
ECW House Party 1999
1999
ECW CyberSlam 1997
1997
ECW Massacre on 34th Street
2000
ECW Fight the Power
1996
This Is Wrestling: The Joey Ryan Story
2019
ECW CyberSlam 1998
1998
All In: Zero Hour
2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2020
2020
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 2020
2020
ECW When Worlds Collide
1994
Talk N' Shop A Mania 2
2020
IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 2020
2020
TNA Victory Road 2011
2011
ECW Barbed Wire, Hoodies and Chokeslams
1995
ECW Ultimate Jeopardy 1996
1996
House of Hardcore 40
2018
TNA One Night Only: #OldSchool 2014
2014
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3
2014
TNA Turning Point 2010
2010
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1995
1995
ECW November to Remember 1995
1995
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998
1998
ECW Holiday Hell 1995
1995
ECW It Ain't Seinfeld
1998
ECW A Matter of Respect 1998
1998
ECW Big Apple Blizzard Blast
1996
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 4
2015
ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash 1996
1996
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1996
1996
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 3
2015
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1996
1996
ECW Heat Wave 1996
1996
ECW Natural Born Killaz
1996
ECW When Worlds Collide 1996
1996
ECW High Incident
1996
ECW November to Remember 1993
1993
ECW Holiday Hell 1996
1996
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1994
1994
ECW Crossing the Line Again 1997
1997
ECW Barely Legal 1997
1997
ECW The Buffalo Invasion
1997
ECW November To Remember 1998
1998
House of Hardcore IX
2015
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1994
1994
ECW Wrestlepalooza 1997
1997
TNA No Surrender 2010
2010
ECW November to Remember 1994
1994
ECW Double Tables 1995
1995
ECW Return of the Funker 1995
1995
ECW WrestleFest: 50 Years of Funk
1997
ECW As Good As It Gets
1997
ECW House Party 1998
1998
ECW Hostile City Showdown 1995
1995
ECW Enter the Sandman 1995
1995
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
2010
ECW Mountain Top Madness
1995
ECW Hardcore Heaven 1995
1995
ECW Living Dangerously 1998
1998
ECW Crossing The Line 1999
1999
ECW CyberSlam 1999
1999
ECW Heat Wave 1999
1999
ECW November to Remember 1999
1999
IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2021
2021
IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2021
2021
Bar Wrestling 41: And Out Come the Wolves
2019
Blood Circus
2017
IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 2021
2021
Credible
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The Opposite Sex
2015
TNA Bound for Glory 2024
2024
Mancation
2012
ECW Heat Wave 1997
1997
Countdown to TNA Genesis 2025
2025
ECW Fan Cam: April 4, 1997
1997
ECW Fan Cam: May 2, 1997 (Barely Legal II)
1997
ECW Fan Cam: May 16, 1997
1997
ECW: Extreme Evolution
2000
ECW Hardcore History
2001
Cool As Hell
2013
TNA The Border Brawl
2025
TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan
2025
TNA Emergence 2025
2025
The Ref Didn’t See It!
2025
Nevermore: The Raven Effect
2025
TNA Bound for Glory 2025
2025
TNA Hall of Fame 2025
2025
FMW: International Slaughterhouse
2001
ECW Heatwave 1994 - The Battle for The Future
1994
TNA Genesis 2026
2026
Battleground Championship Wrestling Presents ECW Reunion Show: A Tribute To The Extreme 2
2024
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
ECW Extreme Fancam
1995
Raw
1993
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness
2016
WWE ECW
2006
TNA iMPACT!
2004
WWE Rivalries
2014
WWE Tough Enough
2001
SMASH on Samurai! TV
2010
MLW Fusion
2018
WWE: Story Time
2016
Impractical Jokers
2011
Lucha Underground
2014
Early Edition
1996
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
TNA iMPACT!
2004