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'''Lance Timothy Evers''' (born [[April 3]], [[1969]]), known professionally by his [[ring name]] '''Lance Storm''', is a semi-retired [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is best known in the western world for his work in [[World Wrestling Entertainment]], [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]], and [[World Championship Wrestling]]. He runs a pro wrestling school '''Storm Wrestling Academy''' in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], and occasionally works in the [[independent circuit]].
'''Lance Timothy Evers''' (born [[April 3]], [[1969]]), known professionally by his [[ring name]] '''Lance Storm''', is a semi-retired [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is best wrestler


==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 21:31, 21 June 2007

Lance Evers
Born (1969-04-03) April 3, 1969 (age 55)
Sarnia, Ontario
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Lance Storm
The Black Mamba
Billed height183 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Billed weight103.63 kg (228 lb)
Billed fromCalgary, Alberta, Canada
Trained byStu Hart
Keith Hart
DebutOctober 2, 1990

Lance Timothy Evers (born April 3, 1969), known professionally by his ring name Lance Storm, is a semi-retired Canadian professional wrestler. He is best wrestler

Career

Early career

Lance Storm was trained for professional wrestling by Stu Hart in Calgary, Alberta and debuted in 1990 against Chris Jericho. He mainly wrestled in Calgary, but also spent time in Japan for Genichiro Tenryu's Wrestling Association "R" (WAR) promotion. He also wrestled in Smoky Mountain Wrestling in Tennessee then moving on to a Winnipeg-based WFWA, forming a tag team with Chris Jericho called The Thrill Seekers.

Extreme Championship Wrestling

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 and teaming with Justin Credible as the Impact Players, racking up two tag team title reigns along the way. Early in his ECW career, he took part in a memorable match vs Rob Van Dam in ECW's 1st PPV Barely Legal 1997, though at the end of the match he was booed by the crowd for two visibly "weak" chairshots to Van Dam. During this time Storm also gained a position as a booker in ECW and had a hand in much of the product content on TV and Pay-Per-View. After a dispute about his pay, Storm left ECW after losing a match with his former tag team partner, Justin Credible.

World Championship Wrestling

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, winning the United States Heavyweight Title, World Cruiserweight Title, and Hardcore Championship in rapid succession. He renamed the titles to the Canadian Heavyweight Championship, 100 kg 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 eventually gave up the Cruiserweight/100 kg title, presented it to Elix Skipper, as well as the Hardcore/S.H.I title, passing it on to Carl Ouellet (who lost in his first defense of said title).

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.

Storm's three-belt championship reign is more incredible considering that WCW apparently had a rule in place that a wrestler could not hold more than one singles belt at the same time (even though Storm eventually did give up two of the belts after winning them).

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

When WCW was purchased by WWF in 2001, Storm's contract was kept and he became a WWF employee. Lance Storm, portrayed as a serious, humorless heel was in the WCW Alliance and was their first WCW superstar ever to invade a WWF program, which was the May 28, 2001 episode of Raw. Lance Storm got a decent push during the Invasion angle as he won the WWF Intercontinental Championship from Albert on the July 23, 2001 edition of Raw, but lost the title a month later to Edge at Summerslam on August 18, 2001. Storm formed a tag team with The Hurricane and feuded with the Hardy Boyz over the WWF and WCW Tag Team Titles for the next few months including a match at No Mercy 2001, with Storm losing the outcome. Eventually, Team Alliance lost at Survivor Series 2001 and Storm was fired along with the rest of the alliance roster (in kayfabe) by Vince McMahon. Storm eventually got his job back officially on the December 17, 2001 edition of Raw when Storm defeated The Rock with help from Test in a match that earned him a WWF contract. Storm remained a heel and in 2002, Lance Storm formed "The Un-Americans" along with Christian, Test, and later William Regal. Leading angry tirades against the United States and waving an inverted American flag in the ring, they drew loud boos from the crowds. During this angle Storm and Christian won the World Tag Team Championship on July 21, 2002, at Vengeance, defeating Hulk Hogan and Edge. They dropped the title to Kane and The Hurricane on the September 23, 2002 edition of Raw. Eventually, the stable broke apart on September 30, 2002 when they brawled with each other, frustrated that all had lost on the same night.

Lance Storm continued teaming with William Regal as a regular tag team with the same Anti-American gimmick, where Storm waved the Canadian flag and Regal waved the British flag. This team won the World Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions: first was defeating Booker T and Goldust on January 6, 2003 edition of Raw with help from Chief Morley until they lost the title at the Royal Rumble on January 19, 2003 to The Dudley Boyz. Storm and Regal won their second reign as World Tag Team Champions the very next night on Raw defeating The Dudley Boyz with help from Chief Morley again. It was announced by Chief Morley on the March 24, 2003 edition of RAW that because of William Regal's health problems the belts had not been defended in 30 days so Lance Storm and William Regal were stripped of the title. He immediately awarded himself and Lance Storm the new World Tag Team Champions starting Lance Storm's 4th tag team title reign. Storm and Morley successfully defended the World Tag Team Title on an edition of WWE Heat prior to WrestleMania XIX against Rob Van Dam and Kane with help from The Dudley Boyz. The following night on the March 31, 2003 edition of Raw, Storm and Morley faced Kane and Rob Van Dam and The Dudley Boyz in a 3-Way Elimination match, dropping the title to Kane and Rob Van Dam.

From here, the WWE never booked Storm in any major storylines, to the disapproval of smark wrestling fans (dubbed "Storm Troopers" by Storm), with whom he had gained popularity thanks in part to his personal website, stormwrestling.com. Storm was briefly involved in a storyline in which Stone Cold Steve Austin, an authority figure, encouraged the fans to chant "boring" during Storm's matches (this includes the one with Storm facing against newcomer Garrison Cade on June 16th, 2003.), which led to concern about "X-Pac heat". Storm eventually found help from Goldust to help his charisma and turned baby face, started dancing, and once again started hanging out with Val Venis. This new reformed team of babyfaces began entering the ring with very attractive women but this time their tag team never got a push.

Storm eventually turned heel once more on an episode of Raw following the 2004 Draft Lottery, only to be squashed by Rhyno immediately thereafter. This was his last appearance on Raw to date.

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 at the Calgary Saddledome. He then accepted a position backstage with WWE, working as a wrestling trainer in Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's main developmental territory.

This was not his first experience as a trainer. He had also trained Justin Credible, and had helped Fit Finlay to work on the skills of female wrestlers including Trish Stratus in an unofficial capacity. Storm has often mentioned on his website how proud he is of the achievements of the WWE women's division during the period of his involvement.

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 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, with the first semester beginning in September 2005. He returned to 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 2005 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.

Since leaving WWE, Storm has made several appearances on the independent circuit. At Hardcore Homecoming on November 4, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Storm interfered in a steel cage match between Justin Credible and Jerry Lynn, helping Credible defeat Lynn. At the December 3 Ring of Honor show Steel Cage Warfare in New York, New York, Storm congratulated ROH World Champion Bryan Danielson following a successful title defense against Rocky Romero. Storm has also stated that he would be receptive to working with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling if he was presented with an angle that piqued his interest, such as one involving his friends Christian and Chris Jericho.

On April 1, 2006, Storm returned to Ring of Honor to face Bryan Danielson for the ROH World Championship in Chicago, Illinois. Danielson defeated Storm by submission to retain the title. ROH fans were appreciative of Storm's efforts, and chanted "You've still got it" as a tribute.

Storm currently writes a monthly column for British wrestling and MMA magazine FIGHTING SPIRIT.

Lance Storm made a rare indy appearance December 3 2006 in Mississauga, Ontario, for Blood Sweat and Ears. His opponent for the night was Christian Cage.

Personal Life

Evers is married and has two daughters.

In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Managers
  • Quotes
  • "...because I'm from Calgary,... (dramatic pause)...Alberta, Canada."
  • "If I can be a serious for a minute..."
  • "Don't blame Canada - blame yourself!"
  • "It is not my fault that..."
  • "If I can be a serious for a minute...without being interrupted!"

Championships and accomplishments

  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling
  • CRMW International/North American Championship (1 time)
  • CRMW Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Championship (5 times) (first)
  • CRMW North American Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Chris Jericho (first)
  • Catch Wrestling Association
  • CWA Catch Junior Championship (2 times) [1]
  • PWI ranked him # 322 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the PWI Years (2003)
  • WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship (2 times) - with Yuji Yasuraoka
  • WAR 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya
  • West Coast Wrestling Association
  • WCWA Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Chris Jericho [4]
  • 2001 Most Underrated Wrestler

References

  1. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/jhtcwa.html
  2. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttecw.html
  3. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/tvsmw.html
  4. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ttawl.html
  5. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/wcwcw.html
  6. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/hrdcrwcw.html
  7. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/uswcw.html
  8. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/ichtwwf.html
  9. ^ http://www.solie.org/titlehistories/tthwwf.html
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