Thomas "Tom" Boric (born May 11, 1961) is a retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Paul Diamond. He is best known for being one half of the tag team Badd Company with Pat Tanaka and for his time in the World Wrestling Federation as Kato, one half of The Orient Express also with Pat Tanaka. Before he was a professional wrestler, Boric was a professional soccer player.
Tom "Paul Diamond" Boric has moved to Huntsville, Alabama and has opened up a group called Rocket City Wrestling [October 2005]
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Diamond has wrestled in the small promotions throughout the U.S., including Music City Wrestling in Tennessee and ECW. [2001]
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To summarize his in-ring days, one would say that Diamond was there for the beginning of a few great careers, but was never a huge star himself.
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In 1991, Paul Diamond landed in the WWF and teamed with Pat Tanaka to form The Orient Express. Diamond stuck around the WWF for years, usually under a mask as either Kato or Max Moon, but he was never close to being in a main event.
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He was a regular with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the old North American Soccer League from 1982 to 1984. His first big success came teaming with a young kid in Texas whose real name was Michael Hickenbottom, Who is now known as Sean Michaels. The team was known as American Force, and won the Texas All-Star Tag Team belts in 1985.
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Ran the Paul Diamond Hard Knocks Pro Wrestling Academy.
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Played pro soccer with the Tampa Bay Rowdies before going full-time into wrestling.
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Boric has moved to Huntsville, AL and has opened up a group called Rocket City Wrestling.
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In the early to mid-80s, teamed up with Shawn Michaels on the independent wrestling circut in Kansas.
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Teamed with Pat Tanaka in the AWA. The duo was managed by Diamond Dallas Page and was known as Bad Company. They held the AWA Tag Team Championship.
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Teamed again with Pat Tanaka in the WWF (WWE) after Tanaka's partner Akio Sato retired. Diamond dawned a mask and was known as Kato. The duo was known as the Orient Express.
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