John Toland

John Michael Toland (born August 31, 1980) is an American professional wrestler best known for his work in independent promotion Ring of Honor, under the name Tank Toland. Toland is also notably known for wrestling as James Dick for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand.

World Wrestling Entertainment
Toland wrestled in World Wrestling Entertainment's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, teaming with Chris Cage. The duo won the Tag title three times. During 2005 Toland began to team with his cousin, Chad Toland as the Blond Bombers and on April 12, 2005 the team won the OVW Tag Team Title from the Thrillseekers (Matt Cappotelli and Johnny Jeter).

Toland made his debut as a heel on WWE Friday Night SmackDown as James Dick along with his partner, Chad Toland who was now using the name Chad Dick on October 14, 2005 as The Dicks. Their gimmick was dressing up like chippendales and using body oil (which was really water) to spray in their baby-face opponents eyes. After The Mexicools won their 8-man tag match with their partners Road Warrior Animal and Heidenreich by defeating Paul Burchill and William Regal and MNM, The Mexicools were ambushed by the Dicks, and in the process they threw the then current WWE Cruiserweight Champion, Juventud out of the ring and laid out Super Crazy and Psicosis using two of their signature tag team finishers.

On the October 28 episode of SmackDown, The Dicks appeared once again, helping MNM capture the WWE Tag Title when they attacked Heidenreich before Paul Burchill was about to receive the Doomsday Device finisher. This began a brawl with all the teams as the Dicks began attacking Road Warrior Animal. This allowed MNM to hit the Snapshot on Heidenreich and win the WWE Tag Title.

On the November 5 episode of Velocity, The Dicks made their in ring debut in WWE defeating jobbers James Prentice and Kevin Antonio. On the November 25 episode of SmackDown, The Dicks made their official SmackDown! debuts, defeating Heidenreich and Road Warrior Animal after blinding Road Warrior Animal with body oil.

On February 22, 2006, however, The Dicks were released from their WWE contracts. Their last match in WWE was on SmackDown which was broadcast on February 24, 2006, where The Dicks were defeated by The Boogeyman. Both men returned to Ohio Valley Wrestling under the Dicks name, where Toland and Wicks began an angle together.

Ring of Honor
In late 2006, Toland began wrestling for the Philadelphia based promotion Ring of Honor. He made his debut at Suffocation on October 17, competing in a Four Corners Survival match against Roderick Strong, Chris Hero and Mark Briscoe. Toland wrestled several shows for ROH in 2006, his final being at The Chicago Spectacular: Night Two, before taking time off from the company.

At the Fifth Year Festival: Dayton on February 23, Toland returned to ROH after being hired by Larry Sweeney as the new personal trainer to his client, Chris Hero. In his return match, he defeated Mitch Franklin, a student from the ROH Wrestling School. He was a member of Sweeney's Sweet 'n' Sour Inc. faction. On June 27, 2008, he made his return to the faction, teaming with Shane Hagadorn.

Sometime in 2009 Tank Toland was released from Ring of Honor and is no longer with the company

Personal life
In 2009, Toland got engaged to professional wrestler Jillian Fletcher, better known by her ring name Jillian Hall, who he met when they were both training at Ohio Valley Wrestling.

In wrestling

 * Finishing moves
 * Power Trip (One-handed spinebuster)
 * Spear
 * Tank Turret (Discus double axe handle)


 * Signature moves
 * Schoolboy
 * Scoop slam
 * Shoulder block


 * With Chad Dick
 * Finishing moves
 * Bearhug (John) / Diving leg drop (Chad) combination
 * Signature moves
 * Double fireman's carry flapjack


 * Nicknames
 * "The Tank"

Championships and accomplishments

 * Ohio Valley Wrestling
 * OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Chris Cage (3) and Chad Toland (1)