| Wrestler: | Lance Storm |
|---|---|
| Real Name: | Lance Evers |
| Birthday: | April 3, 1969 |
| Hometown: | Born in Sarnia, Ontario Moved to Calgary, Alberta |
| Marital Status: | Married with Kids. |
| Height & Weight: | 6′ – 228 lbs |
| Trained by: | Hart Brothers Wrestling Camp |
| Debut: | October 2, 1990 |
| Previous Names: | Perfect Storm (nickname) |
| Finishing Move: | The Maple Leaf/Straight Shooter Hart Attack (with Val Venis) |
| Favorite Moves: | Springboard Clothesline Springboard Missle Dropkick Side Kick Top Rope Spinning Leg Lariat Sharpshooter Deep Impact Super Kick Leg Lariat |
| Notable Feuds: | Heavenly Bodies (SMW) Chris Candido (ECW) Raven (ECW) Mike Awesome (ECW) Hugh Morrus (WCW) Edge (WWF) Christian (WWF) Godfather (WWF) Rikishi Hulk Hogan Kane Booker T Goldust Bradshaw Bubba Dudley Spike Dudley Kane & Rob Van Dam The Dudley Boyz |
Lance Storm Title History
Every so often a man comes along with the talent and ability to be the best, but for some unknown reason something happens and he is overlooked and underused. That is done a lot in pro wrestling. One person comes to mind, who I think should have been a multi time world champ before he retired. That man is Lance Storm.
He was born Lance Timothy Evers on April 3, 1969 and trained to be a wrestler at the Hart Brothers Wrestling Camp along with Chris Jericho. He made his wrestling debut on October 2, 1990.
He went to Smocky Mountain Wrestling along with fellow Hart Brothers Camp survivor Chris Jericho and formed the team called the Thrillseekers. In SMW he became the Beat The Champ Television champion on August 8, 1994 when he defeated Tracy Smothers. He held the belt for about a month before dropping it to Boo Bradley. He also worked in Japan for the Wrestle Association R promotion where he had two tag title reins and a six man tag title reign.
Lance came to Extreme Championship Wrestling in 1996. He wrestled Rob Van Dam at Barely Legal on April 13, 1997, the first ECW Pay Per View, in an awesome match. Storm began teaming with the late Chris Candido and together they captured the ECW Tag Team Championships on December 6, 1997 in a three way dance by defeating the reigning champs, Doug Furnas and Phil LaFone, and the team of Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten. They lost the belts in June of the following year to RVD and the suicidal Sabu.
Before leaving ECW, Lance Storm, held the tag belts on two more occasions. This time teaming with Justin Credible, as The Impact Players. They were one of the most dominant and successful teams in the company’s history. They beat the unlikely pairing of Tommy Dreamer and Raven for the straps at Guilty As Charged 2000 and lost them to Dreamer and Masato Tanaka a month later. At Living Dangerously the following month, they made another impact by winning the belts in a three way dance. They unceremoniously vacated the titles when Justin Credible in a heinous show of disrespect threw down his tag belt when he won the ECW World title.
Lance then searched for greener pastures, where the big boys played, in World Championship Wrestling. He made his WCW debut on June 19, 2000 on an episode of Nitro. Within in one month of being with the company he became the United States champion. The following two weeks he won the Hardcore title and the cruiserweight championship respectively. He is the only person to hold three championships simultaneously. On August 14 he gave Elix Skipper the cruiserweight title and Carl Ouellet the hardcore title. Along with his group of Canadians, he formed the stable, Team Canada, and went on to feud with General Rection and the Misfits In Action.
In March of 2001, the WWE bought WCW and Lance Storm’s contract. On May 28th he was the first superstar to invade the WWE, under the command of the new owner of WCW, Shane McMahon. That year, Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him the 13th best singles wrestler in the world. Even then he was denied winning the big one, the World Championship. In the WWE, Lance did hold some gold. He held the Intercontinental title once and the world tag team title fives times.
So how is such a gifted athlete overlooked for the World title, one might ask? There is a lot of reasons, but mostly it is just business. I personally think that it is a travesty and a waste of great skill that Lance Storm has never won the big one.
written by Dusty Davis
