Tommy Jammer

Infobox Wrestler
name=Tommy Jammer

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names="California Kid" Tommy Jammer
"Jammin" Tommy Jammer
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birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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trainer=Eddie Sharkey
debut=1989
retired=1994|

Tommy Jammer is a retired American professional wrestler who competed in Midwest regional promotions including Pro Wrestling America and the American Wrestling Association in the late 1980s.

Career

Trained by Eddie Sharkey during the mid-1980s, he was one of several wrestlers as part of a talent exchange agreement between Sharkey and AWA promoter Greg Gagne to make his debut in the last years of the AWA. Participating in a 17-man Battle Royal to crown a new AWA World Heavyweight Champion in St. Paul, Minnesota on February 7, 1989 [ cite web |url=http://www.kayfabememories.com/Regions/awa/awa7.htm |title=Regional Territories: American Wrestling Association, Page #7 |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author=Zordani, Jim |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-05-25 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=KayfabeMemories.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] , Jammer was the first man to be eliminated. [ cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/9893/gzwjwz5.htm |title=Tom Zenk battles Larry Zbyszko in AWA battle royal |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=1999 |month=January |format= |work= |publisher=TomZenk.net |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

He did, however, score one of his first victories in the promotion defeating Mike Enos almost two weeks later in Marshfield, Wisconsin on February 18 and, in a tag team match with Derrick Dukes, defeated Badd Company resulting in Pat Tanaka and Paul Diamond splitting up in Rochester, Minnesota on May 6, 1989. [ cite web |url=http://www.tomzenk.net/match_results_awa2.html |title=Tom Zenk in the American Wrestling Association |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2007 |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TomZenk.net |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

Feuding with Jonnie Stewart during his early months in the promotion, he defeated Stewart at AWA War in the Windy City on June 23 [ cite web |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/awa/miscawa.html#windy |title=War in the Windy City |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2003 |month=January |format= |work= |publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] and was later scheduled to face him at the CNE Coliseum in Toronto, Canada on December 6 although Paul Diamond substituted him when he was unable to make the event. [ cite web |url=http://www.garywill.com/toronto/1989.htm |title=1989 Results |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author=Will, Gary |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2004 |month=February |format= |work= |publisher=Gary Will's Toronto Wrestling History |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

During the next year, Jammer appeared on several AWA supercards losing to Tully Blanchard at SuperClash 4 on April 8 [ cite web |url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/misc/awa/superclash.html#sc4 |title=SuperClash IV |accessdate=2007-09-18 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year=2002 |month=June |format= |work= |publisher=ProWrestlingHistory.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] and wrestled in numerous matches as part of Baron von Raschke's Baron's Blitzers during the Team Challenge Series, eventually facing Larry's Legends (Destruction Crew and The Texas Hangmen) in an 8-man "Behind the 8-Ball" tag team elimination match on September 10, 1990. He would also feud with AWA World Heavyweight Champion Larry Zbyszko before he left the promotion in December 1990. Jammer would wrestle his last match with the AWA in Bloomington, Minnesota losing to Larry Cameron on May 3, 1991.

Like many other AWA wrestlers, Jammer began to wrestle with the Minneapolis-based Pro Wrestling America after the AWA folded in 1990. He continued to wrestle in the Minnesota area during the early 1990s, winning the NSW Tag team titles with Baron von Raschke, although he would eventually retire by the end of 1994.

Championships and accomplishments

*Other titles:*NCWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) :*NSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Baron von Raschke

*Pro Wrestling Illustrated:*PWI ranked him # 477 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1994:*PWI ranked him # 378 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1993:*PWI ranked him # 286 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1992:*PWI ranked him # 196 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1991Finishing Move: The Jammer Slam

References

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/t/tommy-jammer.html Profile at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://wrestling.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/TommyJammer Tommy Jammer] at the [http://wrestling.xwiki.com WrestleWiki]
* [http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=00004222 Cagematch.de - Tommy Jammer] ger