Gary Tooms

"Straight Edge" Gary Tooms
Gary Tooms spent most of his career as a masked midcarder, who would work generic tag matches. In his late thirties, he finally developed a gimmick, "Straight Edge." The older man would wander the crowds, telling the kids about the horrors of drug abuse. Whether it was his obvious drinking problem, or the fact that he was accusing the kids of abusing drugs, it clicked, with Tooms scoring massive heel heat. When the XWA was merged into the BIG CLASH, Tooms was brought along for the ride, teaming with partner "Razor" Rex Porter to form the Kings Among Men. The team was quite hated, and a corner stone of the promotion, in its first year. Sadly, a DUI arrest caused Tooms to miss an important television taping, and put his career on hold.

MetalLucifer
When Tooms returned to BIG CLASH, his team was broken up, and he was forced to wrestle in a mask. With the gimmick of demonically possessed robot, Tooms found himself as a fledgling member of the MetalDemon stable. He continued to get good heat, but found the gimmick embarassing, and despite a quasi-push that came with it, resented the younger stars who had taken his place. At a house show in Chicago, MetalLucifer lost a mask versus mask match to ORPHAN, bringing Tooms back to the real world. Unfortunately, he still wasn't out of the dog house, and even with his "Straight Edge" Gimmick returning, he rarely worked television tapings or above the opener on house shows.

Crying Man
Breaking back onto BIG CLASH television, Tooms brutally assaulted TV champion, ORPHAN, stealing the mask. ORPHAN had gotten his contract with the company, for working the match Tooms missed for his DUI. Tooms felt ORPHAN had stolen his "push," and everything that had gone well for Orphan should have gone well for Tooms. Dressing like ORPHAN, Tooms became the CRYING MAN, using many similar moves, spots, catch phrases, in a grotesque parody. The feud was paid off in a mask versus mask match, in which ORPHAN once again won, but the program was so successful, that Tooms was allowed to return to his Kings Among Men tag team.

Titles & Accolades
2 x BIG CLASH TV champion (longest reign)

3 x BIG CLASH Tag team champion (as Kings Among Men w/"Razor" Rex Porter)

2002 TRIPLE THREAT trios champions w/Three Bad Men

2003 TRIPLE THREAT trios champions (as MetalLucifer) w/Mecha Demon Wave

2003 All Men Are Brothers winner (as MetalLucifer) w/Mecha Demon Army

2005 All Men Are Brothers finalist w/EMPEROR

1999 Wild Bucks Tournament semi-finalist