Lance Evers

Lance Timothy Evers, also known as Lance Storm (born April 3, 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario), is a Canadian professional wrestler, now semi-retired as an in-ring performer. He most recently wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand, but has wrestled all over the world and wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling.

Contents

1 Career 1.1 Semi-Retirement 2 Profile 2.1 Previous Identities 2.2 Quotes 2.3 Finishing/Signature Moves 2.3.1 In ECW 3 Titles/Accomplishments 4 Job Titles 5 External links

Career

Lance Storm was trained for professional wrestling by Stu Hart in Calgary, Alberta and debuted in 1990. He mainly wrestled in Calgary, but also spent time in Japan for the Wrestling and Romance (WAR) promotion. He also wrestled in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in Tennessee, forming a tag team with Chris Jericho called The Thrill Seekers.

In 1996, Storm joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He made a name for himself by becoming a heel and first teaming with Chris Candido, then being placed with valet Dawn Marie (Dawn Marie Psaltis) and teaming with Justin Credible as the Impact Players.

Storm left ECW in 2000 to join WCW, where he became a singles wrestler. He quickly became one of WCW's most important on-screen characters, as he won the United States Heavyweight Title, World Cruiserweight Title and Hardcore Championship in rapid succession. He renamed the titles to the Canadian Heavyweight Championship, 100 Kilos and Under Championship, and Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title, respectively-- complete with large stickers that covered the belts' faceplates. Storm was the first triple-champion in WCW history, and tried to win the WCW Championship as well, but his efforts were defeated by champion Booker T.

Storm's stable, Team Canada, feuded with General Rection's stable, the Misfits in Action, for several months. In particular, Storm and Rection feuded with each other over Storm's "Canadian" Heavyweight Title, which Rection finally won from him and promptly renamed back to the U.S. Heavyweight Title.

When WCW was purchased by WWF (WWE) in 2001, Storm's contract was kept and he became a WWF employee.

Storm was arguably a very underrated performer and skilled wrestler. However, due to poor microphone skills and limited charisma, the WWF never booked him in any major storylines, to the disapproval of smark wrestling fans, with whom he had gained popularity thanks in part to his personal website, stormwrestling.com. In fact, Storm was briefly involved in an storyline in which Steve Austin, an authority figure, encouraged the fans to chant "Boring" during Storm's matches, which led to concern about X-Pac heat.

Semi-Retirement

In April 2004, Storm chose to retire from in-ring action due to a chronically bad back. His last match was on April 19, and he faced Steven Richards. He then accepted a position backstage with WWE, working as a wrestling trainer in Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's main developmental territory.

On March 23, 2005, Storm came out of retirement to participate in a six man tag team match with Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro against fellow ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer (also "retired") and The Dudley Boyz. On April 9, 2005 in Cloverport, Kentucky Storm teamed with Matt Cappotelli to face Matthews and Nitro once more.

Storm resigned from WWE in May 2005 and announced that he intended to open his own training school in his hometown, Calgary, the Storm Wrestling Academy. He returned to the WWE for one night on May 30, and faced Maven on Sunday Night Heat. Storm wrestled one last time on a WWE-promoted show at ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005, in which he defeated his close friend and former tag team partner Chris Jericho with the help of Justin Credible. Later that evening, the Impact Players, along with Francine, attacked Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman during their bout with The Dudley Boyz, but were chased away by Beulah McGillicutty.

Profile

• Height: 6'0" (182.9 cm)
• Weight: 228 lbs (103.4 kg)
• Birthday: April 3, 1969
• Birthplace: Sarnia, Ontario
• Hometown: Calgary, Alberta
• Trained By: Stu Hart and Keith Hart (The Hart Dungeon)
• Professional Debut: October 2, 1990
• Collective noun describing fanbase: "Storm Troopers"
• Managers: Dawn Marie, Jason Knight, Major Gunns

Previous Identities

• Lance Storm
• Lance T. Storm
• "Tiger" Lance Storm
• "Perfect Storm"

Quotes

• "...because I'm from Calgary, Alberta, Canada."
• "If I can be a serious for a minute..."
• "Do not blame Canada, blame yourselves!"
• "It is not my fault that..."

Finishing/Signature Moves

• The Sharpshooter
• Straight-Shooter / Canadian Maple Leaf (rolling single-leg Boston crab)
• Leaping Sidekick

In ECW

• Deep Impact (Jumping Piledriver)
• Powerplex (Suplex Powerslam)
• Springboard Dropkick

Titles/Accomplishments

World Wrestling Entertainment

• 1-time WWF Intercontinental Champion
• 4-time WWE World Tag Team Champion (1-time with Christian, 2-time with William Regal, 1-time with William Regal/Chief Morley

World Championship Wrestling

• 3-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion
• 1-time WCW Hardcore Champion
• 1-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion

Extreme Championship Wrestling

• 3-time ECW World Tag Team Champion (1-time with Chris Candido, 1-time with Justin Credible)

Smoky Mountain Wrestling

• 1-time SMW "Beat the Champ" Television Champion

Wrestling Association "R"

• 2-time WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Champion (with Yuji Yasuraoda)
• 1-time WAR 6-Man Tag Team Champion (with Kitahara and Nobutaka Araya)

Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling

• 1-time CRMW International/North American Champion
• 5-time CRMW Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Champion - first-ever
• 2-time CRMW North American Tag Team Champion - first-ever (with Chris Jericho)

West Coast Wrestling Association

• 2-time WCWA Tag Team Champion

Catch Wrestling Association

• 2-time CWA Catch Junior Champion

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him # 322 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003

Job Titles

• WCW Commissioner
• OVW Trainer
• Janitor at WWF New York

External links

• Official site (http://www.stormwrestling.com)
• The Storm Wrestling Academy (http://academy.stormwrestling.com/)

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