Tough Tom
Tom Beninghaus is a retired American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under the ring name Tough Tom teaming with "Mean" Mike to form a tag team known as "Disorderly Conduct" as well as replacing Frank Vizi who had portrayed Psycho in the team known as The Texas Hangmen, to be known as Strangler whilst "Mean" Mike continued on as Killer.
| Tough Tom | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tom Beninghaus |
| Born | Waco, Texas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Killer Texas Hangman #2 Texas Hangman Killer Tough Tom Tornado Juicy |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
| Debut | 1986 |
| Retired | 2003 |
Professional wrestling career
In 1997 Beninghaus took on Mike Moran as his partner and began working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), in WCW he was renamed "Tough Tom" while his partner became "Mean Mike", collectively known as "Disorderly Conduct". On occasion, Beninghaus and Moran would take on the guises of The Texas Hangmen, with Beninghaus playing Strangler while Moran continued on with the role of Psycho. The duo mainly worked to help other teams look good, especially younger talent, with the highlight of their time in WCW being an unsuccessful challenge for the WCW World Tag Team Championship, losing to champions The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner) on an episode of Monday Nitro.