Thomas Boric (born May 11, 1961)[1] is a Croatian-Canadian retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Paul Diamond.
[3] After only three semesters at college, Boric was selected as the 6th overall pick of the 1981 NASL draft to play goalkeeper for the recently formed Calgary Boomers[4] of the North American Soccer League.
The first reign was short lived as The Sheepherders (Luke Williams and Butch Miller) defeated the young duo on January 10, 1987.
[7] During their year long title reign, Badd Company would feud heavily with Chavo and Mando Guerrero and the team known as the Top Guns (Ricky Rice and Derrick Dukes).
Diamond signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 1990, working mainly on the lower card against Dustin Rhodes,[12] Hillbilly Jim,[13] and Al Perez,[14] usually in a losing role.
The WWF decided to reunite the team known as Badd Company, only this time with Paul Diamond wearing a mask to hide the fact that he was not Asian and using the name of Kato.
Kato spent a great deal of the 1992 campaign flying solo, posting a notable victory over The Brooklyn Brawler at Maple Leaf Gardens on February 9, 1992, in addition to collecting wins against the likes of grinders such as Jim Powers, Phil Apollo, JW Storm, Kid Collins, and Dale Wolfe.
[19] The suit was a very elaborate powder blue bodysuit with markings that were supposed to look like a circuit board and white protruding rings around his arms making him look rather "outlandish".
[20] The elaborate outfit also came with two wrist devices that shot out fireworks and a jet pack that was supposed to make Max Moon look like a man of the future.
He would wrestle and defeat Terry Taylor in a series of house show matches during the rest of 1992, but otherwise, his biggest victories came against Rick Martel[21] and Repo Man,[22] both by disqualification.
On January 11, 1993, Max Moon wrestled and lost an Intercontinental Championship match to former tag team partner/longtime rival Shawn Michaels on the very first Monday Night Raw.
[24] The Max Moon gimmick only appeared at one PPV, participating in the 30 Man Elimination match at the 1993 Royal Rumble, where he was in the ring less than 2 minutes.
[26] Tanaka and Diamond got a shot at the ECW Tag Team Champions Tony Stetson and Johnny Hotbody later in the night, which Badd Company lost.
[26] The next night at NWA Bloodfest: Part 2, Badd Company fought against Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge) in one of their very early matches.
[27] Later in the show, Badd Company and the Public Enemy would clash again, this time in a Three way, steel cage match that also included Bad Breed.
[28] Public Enemy quickly got very brutal revenge on Badd Company as they defeated the duo in a "South Philly hood" match the very next day at November to Remember.
[30] As 1993 turned to 1994, Badd Company set their sights on ECW Tag Team Champions Kevin Sullivan and The Tasmaniac; they defeated them twice in non-title matches.
[33] On March 27, 1994, Badd Company wrestled its last match for ECW, a house show victory over Rockin' Rebel and Pitbull #1.
[34] Paul Diamond showed up with the Kato mask on using the name "Haito" (sometimes spelled "Hyeeto") only days after their last ECW match.
Diamond worked for Jerry Lawler's promotions in Memphis for the United States Wrestling Association in 1997 where he held the USWA World Tag Team Championship alongside Steven Dunn.
[7] After USWA folded in September 1997, Diamond worked for IWA Mid-South for a couple of months in late 1997 where he feuded with Bull Pain.
After the IWA Mid-South, he worked for "Music City Wrestling" until a torn triceps muscle put him out of action for six months in 1998.
His role was more of a jobber losing to Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, Spike Dudley and Justin Credible.
He reunited with Tanaka for the first time in 12 years on March 25, 2006, for Blue Water Championship Wrestling in Port Huron, Michigan as they lost to Kevin Baker and Michael Barnes.