Steven Hall is a retired American

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who appeared primarily under the name Tom Stone. He wrestled with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Hall was one of the AWA's main trainers for

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s that performed on the company's weekly tv series ''

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''. One of his former students, Tough Tom of

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, claimed Hall was the best trainer in the

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during the

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Career

Stone's father, Red Hall, was a popular

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and was the ring announcer for wrestling shows at the

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. It was primarily through his father's connections that Stone was able to enter pro wrestling. Stone initially wrestled under his real name during his early career with stints in the

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and

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. Stone began wrestling full-time with the AWA in 1978 to 1987. Then, Stone made his WWF in 1987, appearing frequently as a

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. He would go on to be remembered primarily for this work, and later became a well-regarded trainer for other wrestlers. During the declining days of the AWA, he joined that promotion and received greater billing (including wrestling tag-team matches with

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), though he still routinely lost to the AWA's recognized stars. He was also one of the notable jobbers (along with

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) to take part in the AWA's

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. Leading up to the WWF's 1990

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, as part of a storyline involving

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being blinded by

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, Stone defeated Roberts via disqualification. Stone was also the promoter of the Wisconsin-based Independent Association of Wrestling during the 1990s, appearing as

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Doctor X. In 2021, Stone released an

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of his near-30 year wrestling career entitled "Professional Wrestling - The Theatre of the Absurd: I Never Wanted to be a Big Star".

Championships and accomplishments

*''

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'' **PWI ranked him # 456 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the

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in 1991 **PWI ranked him # 487 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the

in 1992

References

External links

Tom Stone at Cagematch.netTom Stone at Wrestlingdata.com
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Career

Championships and accomplishments

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