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Often referred to as the ‘heart and soul’ of renegade ‘blood n guts’ promotion Ecw, Tommy Dreamer is the sort of wrestler who ultimately becomes more than the sum of his parts.
Neither a technical whiz, nor a charismatic, catch phrase spewing movie-star-in-the-making, Tommy’s reputation was founded on his willingness to make seemingly any sacrifice for the business he loves – as well as his fanatical determination to ‘make it’ in that business by any means necessary…
Just as punk rock bands act as a great leveller (or should, in any instance), eroding the division between the performer and the fan, Tommy Dreamer perfectly epitomises the kind of ‘everyman hero’ that wrestling fans love to empathize with and live vicariously through.
However, even that is something of an illusion. Tommy Laughlin decided he wanted to be a wrestler at the tender age of 9 years old and pursued that...
Often referred to as the ‘heart and soul’ of renegade ‘blood n guts’ promotion Ecw, Tommy Dreamer is the sort of wrestler who ultimately becomes more than the sum of his parts.
Neither a technical whiz, nor a charismatic, catch phrase spewing movie-star-in-the-making, Tommy’s reputation was founded on his willingness to make seemingly any sacrifice for the business he loves – as well as his fanatical determination to ‘make it’ in that business by any means necessary…
Just as punk rock bands act as a great leveller (or should, in any instance), eroding the division between the performer and the fan, Tommy Dreamer perfectly epitomises the kind of ‘everyman hero’ that wrestling fans love to empathize with and live vicariously through.
However, even that is something of an illusion. Tommy Laughlin decided he wanted to be a wrestler at the tender age of 9 years old and pursued that...
- 12/5/2014
- by Chris Quicksilver
- Obsessed with Film
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