Thomas Sylvester La Ruffa (born May 4, 1984) is a French professional wrestler wrestling under the ring name Tom LaRuffa.

[5] On November 19, 2006, La Ruffa made his debut in the squared circle as he lost a match at Power Zone Wrestling in Canada.

As a singles competitor he participated in the ICWA 16 Carat Gold tournament, in the preliminary qualification match he would lose to Bulk.

he would also take part to the infamous San Francisco's Cow Palace Fan Festival on October 20, where he teamed with TNA's Lance Hoyt to face Shark Boy and Abyss.

He defeated Human Tornado and Ryan Taylor in a triple threat match and went on to challenge the EWF Heavyweight Champion Brandon Gatson in an unsuccessful effort.

[8] While in EWF, La Ruffa teamed with fellow Storm Wrestling Academy graduate and WWE developmental talent Mike Dalton.

La Ruffa enjoyed most of his recent success there and established himself as one of Europe's top talent while fighting against the continent's best competitors and making a name for himself through YouTube videos.

His greatest feuds in WS were against Sir Robin Lequimez, Murat Bosporus, Mikey Diamonds (Mikey Whiplash, to whom he lost All Star Wrestling's World Heavy Middleweight Championship in Croydon, UK, in March), Ghent Wakefiel and fellow French WS Star David Michel.

The featurette, aired nationally on prime-time French TV, ran for half an hour and showed how Tom and Lili (WS ring announcer at the time) were dealing with distances in their couple (he lived in Nice, and she was in Paris), how wrestling played in their life especially with Tom's upcoming opportunity at France's national Catch Championship, and whether their love could outlive all these issues.

La Ruffa portrayed the "French Stallion" character in what many consider a show stealing performance, as he appeared to be the most arrogant, obnoxious, and attention-seeking jerk ever.

On June 24, 2015, after an 8-month hiatus from NXT programming, Lefort returned to team with Jason Jordan in a losing effort to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady.

[21] On March 17, 2016, La Ruffa (sporting a new bald look) and Pierre Marceau made their TNA debuts during the Impact Wrestling tapings, losing to BroMans (Robbie E and Jessie Godderz).

[3] On the May 24 episode of Impact Wrestling, Baraka and Baron Dax made their televised debut, attacking Grado and Mahabali Shera, and aligned himself with Al Snow.

At Turning Point, Dax competed in a battle royal to become #1 contender for TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but failed to win the match.

On the October 20 episode of Impact Wrestling, The Tribunal got a shot at the TNA World Tag Team Championship but lost to The Hardys.

On the November 10 episode of Impact Wrestling, as The Tribunal brutally attacked Al Snow, ending their alliance, and Mahabali Shera made the save.