Tank Toland John Michael Toland ( August 31 , 1980 ) is an American professional wrestler currently working for the independent promotion Ring of Honor , under the name Tank Toland . Toland is most notably known for wrestling as James Dick for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand . Professional Wrestling Career . Toland was trained at The Monster Factory and made his debut in 2000 . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2003 - 2006 ) . Toland wrestled in World Wrestling Entertainment ' s developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling starting in May 2003 , teaming with Chris Cage . The babyface duo won the Tag title three times . During 2005 Toland turned heel and began to team with Chad Wicks , who posed as his cousin , Chad Toland they wrestled 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 also went on to hold the OVW Heavy Weight Title from which he took from his former partner Chris Cage . He held it until he had to surrender it due to his first torn biceps that required surgery . While in OVW Toland was voted by the fans to be both the most popular babyface as well as most popular heel , which made him one of the major draws for the company . 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 Team Championship 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 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 , where Toland and Wicks began an angle together . In May 2006 , while still wrestling for OVW , ROH and other promotions , Toland became the head instructor for OVW / WWE ' s developmental amateur class . He was responsible for training new students as well as WWE contracted wrestlers that were new to the wrestling business . Ring of Honor ( 2006 , 2007 , 2008 ) . In late 2006 , Toland began wrestling for the Philadelphia - based promotion Ring of Honor , being called " The All Natural Superior Athlete " Tank Toland . 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 due to a torn biceps that required surgery . At the Fifth Year Festival : Dayton on February 23 , 2007 , 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 . Personal life . Toland grew up on the beaches of Margate City , New Jersey where he was a Lieutenant lifeguard on the Beach Patrol . He attended Atlantic City High School where he was a captain of both his football and baseball teams . He was also active in both school programs and community charity work . Toland continues to stay active within the community and the support of various charities . Along with being a professional wrestler , Toland holds multiple degrees in Exercise Physiology , Kinesiology , Teaching Health and Physical Education and has a minor in Psychology . Toland was a successful teacher of health and physical education before making the transition to professional wrestling . He is now back to pursuing his teaching career , working full - time as a substitute teacher at Atlantic City High School while still wrestling part - time . In 2009 , Toland got engaged to professional wrestler Jillian Fletcher , better known by her ring name Jillian Hall , whom he met when they were both training at Ohio Valley Wrestling . They have since separated .