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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cory R. Carey (1979-08-21)August 21, 1979 (age 46) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Tommy Blaze Tommy Drake |
| Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Billed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) |
| Billed from | Des Moines, Iowa Phoenix, Arizona |
| Trained by | Michael Modest[1] Donovan Morgan[1] Rick Thompson |
| Debut | December 12, 2000 |
Cory R. Carey (born August 21, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name,Tommy Drake. He is best known for his appearances withPro Wrestling Noah[1] in Japan and variousindependentpromotions in the United States. Drake wrestled dark matches forWorld Wrestling Entertainment, and made regular appearances onMonday Night Raw andSmackDown.
Carey grew up in rural Iowa, and began wrestling at age 5. Carey attended Canby High School in Oregon, graduating in 1997 at age seventeen. Working odd jobs after high school, Carey moved toHayward, California,[2] at the request ofEd "Moondog" Moretti, and attended theAll Pro Wrestling (APW) Boot Camp. There he was trained byMichael Modest,Donovan Morgan, and Ric Thompson. He debuted in APW on December 12, 2000 inVallejo, California asTommy Blaze, scoring a victory over Kid Chrome.
Soon after his debut Drake began feuding with various APW wrestlers. In 2000, Drake andDonovan Morgan began the training ofThe Great Khali. Khali lived with Drake in a small apartment in Hayward, until Khali left for Japan and eventually theWorld Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
After a falling out with APW, Drake jumped ship to Pro Wrestling Iron, started by Morgan andMike Modest. Drake became an assistant trainer, and would train PWI's students when not in Japan. In 2001 he helped further the training ofTough Enough winnerJohn Morrison, who went on to become theECW Champion.
Drake's first tour of Japan came in 2001. Drake tag teamed withScorpio andBison Smith, and faced such opponents asJun Akiyama,Mitsuharu Misawa,Kenta Kobashi, andYoshihiro Takayama.
Drake wrestled his last match for WWE on March 27, 2003 in San Jose. He facedSean O'Haire onSmackDown. Drake was upset with O'Haire after dropping him on his head twice during the match. Drake felt that the companies in theUnited States were about hiring wrestlers with great looks but lacking talent. Drake did not work for WWE any further.
Pro Wrestling Iron, held its first show on May 31, 2002 inUkiah, California.[1] PWI negotiated a talent swap agreement with Noah that saw Japanese wrestlers such as Mitsuharu Misawa,Naoya Ogawa, andTakao Omori appear on PWI shows. Drake teamed up withBison Smith to face Danny Dominion andAce Steel. Drake and Bison scored a victory, with the match lasting for 50 minutes.
In 2003 Drake moved toPhoenix, Arizona, and began wrestling for Impact Zone Wrestling.[1] Drake wrestles for IZW and AZWO in Arizona from time to time, but has yet to make a full comeback. Drake was the main event in 2006 when he facedTNA Impact starRelic at Wild West Championship Wrestling's inaugural show. The show was held at a boxing sport arena in Phoenix, Arizona. In October 2007 Drake starred in the reality showCasting Call, filming forBig Sky Motion Pictures[1] inNew Orleans. The show was set to air in conjunction with writer/directorMars Callahan's movie, Spring Break '83. Drake joined the CWFA in 2010 and is the current World Champion. Drake won the championship in September 2013, beating The Hawaiian Lion, Graves, and Alexander Hammerstone in a fatal 4 way match.
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