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Tom Couch
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Thomas R. Couch is a professional wrestler better known as Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics. Couch started wrestling in 1980 as "Tommy Rogers" in North Carolina. He made his debut…
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Thomas R. Couch is a professional wrestler better known as Tommy Rogers of The Fantastics. Couch started wrestling in 1980 as "Tommy Rogers" in North Carolina. He made his debut (as a replacement for Charlie Cook) in a match with Eddy Mansfield with no formal training. Tommy then headed to Florida for a brief stay before heading to Portland, then Memphis where he met his future tag team partner Bobby Fulton. In a talent trade agreement between Memphis (Jarrett) and Mid-South (Watts) the newly formed Fantastics (Rogers & Fulton) headed to Mid South. There they had their first major program with The Midnight Express (Condrey & Eaton). In late 1984, Rogers went to World Class Championship Wrestling where he and Bobby Fulton continued their legendary feud with the Midnight Express. In 1986, Rogers and Fulton went to the Universal Wrestling Federation where they had a long series of violent matches against The Sheepherders (Butch Miller & Luke Williams). They went back to WCCW in 1987 and feuded with The Rock 'N Roll RPMs. The feud ended after The Fantastics won a scaffold match at "The Parade of Champions". In 1988, they went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions to renew their feud with the Midnight Express. They left in 1989 and had been wrestling in the independents ever since. The Fantastics spent several tours in Japan during the 1990s working with such names as Dean and Joe Malenko. In 1997, Rogers and Fulton both wrestled in the WWF's Light Heavyweight Division. They were pitted against each other once on an episode of Raw. Rogers defeated Fulton with the Tomakaze, a finishing maneuver of Tommy's invention later adopted by Christian Cage. In 1987 The Fantastics made an appearance at the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. Rogers wrestled in ECW from 1997 to 1998, where he briefly teamed with Jerry Lynn. Rogers also worked behind the scenes helping the ECW product as an agent. In 2005, the Fantastics reformed on the indie circuit. They won the SCW Tag Team Championship by defeating the Midnight Express in a steel cage match.[1] In 2006, Tommy moved to Honolulu, Hawaii. After undergoing hip replacement surgery in January 2007, he retired from the ring. On June 1, 2015, Couch was found dead in his Honolulu home by his roommate. The cause of death was not released.
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2013
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Movie Tommy Rogers
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2009
WWE: Allied Powers - The World's Greatest Tag Teams
Movie Tommy Rogers
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2008
Giants, Midgets, Heroes and Villains II
Movie Tommy Rogers
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2007
The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Championship Wrestling
Movie Tommy Rogers
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2006
Heroes of World Class
Movie Tommy Rogers
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2000
WXO Wrestling
TV show Tommy Rogers
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1999
Heroes of Wrestling
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1999
ECW on TNN
TV show Tommy Rogers
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1999
ECW Fan Cam: February 6, 1999
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1999
ECW Fan Cam: January 30, 1999
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1998
ECW November To Remember 1998
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1997
ECW November to Remember 1997
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1997
ECW Fan Cam: October 31, 1997
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1993
ECW Hardcore TV
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1993
Raw
TV show Tommy Rogers
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1992
SMW Fire on The Mountain 1992
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1991
TWA Summer Sizzler II
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1989
NWA Clash of The Champions V: St. Valentine's Massacre
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1988
NWA Starrcade 1988
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1988
NWA Clash of The Champions IV: Season's Beatings
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1988
NWA The Great American Bash 1988
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1988
NWA Clash of the Champions II: Miami Mayhem
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1988
The Third Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1988
Clash of the Champions
TV show Tommy Rogers
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1988
NWA Clash of the Champions
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1987
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '87
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1987
WCCW Parade of Champions '87
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1986
AWA Monsters of the Mat: volume 1
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1986
The First Annual NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1985
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '85
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1985
Mid-South WrestleFest '85
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1985
WCCW Parade of Champions '85
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1984
WCCW Christmas Star Wars '84
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1984
WCCW Thanksgiving Star Wars '84
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1984
WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza '84
Movie Tommy Rogers
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1981
Mid-South Wrestling
TV show Tommy Rogers
