Prichard joined the Continental Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s, and on October 3, 1988 in Birmingham, Alabama, he defeated Tony Anthony in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant CWF Heavyweight Championship. Prichard lost the title to Wendell Cooley on April 7, 1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee, but regained the belt on June 23, 1989. He was defeated by Dennis Condrey on July 22, 1989 in Dothan, Alabama, and defeated Condrey to win the title for a third time on December 6, 1989. Prichard held the title until the CWF closed later that month.

Stan Lane and Prichard formed a new team as "The Heavenly Bodies" joined Smoky Mountain Wrestling upon its formation in 1992, and on April 23, 1992 in Harrogate, Tennessee they defeated The Fantastics to become the first ever SMW Tag Team Champions. They continued to feud with The Fantastics throughout mid-1992, and were finally defeated for the titles on August 8, 1992 in a barbed wire cage match in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Heavenly Bodies regained the titles two days later, holding them for three months before losing to the Rock 'N Roll Express on November 13, 1992 in a hospital elimination match in Harlan, Kentucky. They traded the titles with the Rock 'N Roll Express three times in a variety of hardcore matches over the following year before Lane left the promotion.

Prichard reformed the Heavenly Bodies with Jimmy Del Ray, and on November 24, 1993 in Boston on the World Wrestling Federation pay-per-view Survivor Series 1993, Prichard and Del Ray defeated the Rock 'N Roll Express. The Rock 'N Roll Express regained the titles on February 18, 1994 in Port Huron, Michigan, but lost the titles to the Heavenly Bodies on the following day in Taylor, Michigan. The Rock 'N Roll Express defeated the Heavenly Bodies on April 1, 1994 in Pikeville, Kentucky; this preceded a period in which the Heavenly Bodies were unable to win the titles. They finally regained the SMW Tag Team Championship, marking Prichard's eighth title reign, on August 4, 1995 in Knoxville, Tennessee, defeating Tracy Smothers and Dirty White Boy at the Super Bowl of Wrestling. They held the titles until the promotion folded on November 26, 1995.

On March 31, 1996 in Anaheim, California at WrestleMania XII, with Chris Candido as Skip the Bodydonnas defeated the Godwinns in the finals of an eight team tournament to win the vacant WWF World Tag Team Championship. They held the titles until May 19, 1996, when they were defeated by the Godwinns in Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

Prichard was released from WWE in 2004. He went on to wrestle in the United Wrestling Association and in various other independent promotions in the Southeastern United States.

In wrestling

Finishing and signature moves

*Piledriver
*Superkick

Managers

*Jim Cornette
*Tojo Yamamoto
*Judd the Studd
*Dirty White Girl
*Jonathan Boyd

*Eddie Gilbert
*Paul Heyman
*Bambi
*Jimmy Shoulders / Cloudy

*Downtown Bruno
*Sunny
*Missy Hyatt
* Marcus Woodrow III

Championships and accomplishments

*Continental Wrestling Federation:*3-time CWF Heavyweight Champion
*National Wrestling Alliance:*2-time NWA Alabama Heavyweight Champion:*4-time NWA Americas Tag Team Champion (1-time with Apollo Jalisco, 2-time with Alberto Madril, 1-time with Chris Adams once):*3-time NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Champion (with Brett Sawyer):*1-time NWA Rocky Top East Tennessee Heavyweight Champion:*5-time NWA Southeast United States Junior Heavyweight Champion
*Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling:*1-time PCW Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Del Ray)
*Pro Wrestling IllustratedPWI ranked him # 318 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003PWI ranked him # 73 of the best tag teams of the PWI Years, with Jimmy Del Ray and Stan Lane, in 2003
*Smoky Mountain Wrestling:*8-time SMW Tag Team Champion (5-time with Stan Lane, 3-time with Jimmy Del Ray)
*United States Wrestling Association:*6-time USWA Southern Heavyweight Champion:*2-time USWA Texas Heavyweight Champion:*1-time USWA Tag Team Champion (with Jimmy Del Ray)
*United Wrestling Association:*1-time UWA Heavyweight Champion:*1-time UWA Texas Heavyweight Champion (a title belt which he 'tours' several promotions with)
*World Wrestling Federation:*1-time WWF World Tag Team Champion (with Body Donna Skip)

References

* Tom Prichard at Bodyslamming.com
* Tom Prichard at Cagematch.de
* Tom Prichard at Gerweck.net
* Tom Prichard at ObsessedWithWrestling.com
* Wrestling-Titles.com

External links

* Prichard's opinion column at WorldWrestlingInsanity.com

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