PAGE OF FAME: Paul Diamond

Paul Diamond

Paul Diamond
Real name: Tom Boric
Not the original Paul Diamond from the 60s, but his look-alike from the 80s and 90s who held the AWA world tag team title with Pat Tanaka. Diamond was born in Croatia and grew up in Winnipeg. Played pro soccer with the Tampa Bay Rowdies before going full-time into wrestling.
Wrestled in San Antonio in a tag team called the American Breed with Nick Kiniski. Kiniski was replaced by a young local kid named Shawn Michaels. First teamed up with Tanaka in Memphis in 1986. They defeated Michaels and Marty Jannetty for the AWA world tag title in 1988 and held the belts for just over a year. Diamond and Tanaka wrestled in the WWF as the Orient Express, with Diamond as the masked Kato. He later wrestled as Max Moon.

Prominent Titles:

Texas All-Star tag champion (San Antonio), with Nick Kiniski, 1985
2-time Texas All-Star tag champion (San Antonio), with Shawn Michaels, 1985-86
Memphis CWA International tag champion, with Jeff Jarrett, 1986
Memphis CWA tag champion, with Pat Tanaka, 1986-87
Memphis Southern tag champion, with Pat Tanaka, 1987
AWA World tag champion, with Pat Tanaka, 1988-89