Lance Timothy Evers, as well referred to as Lance Storm (born April 3, 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario), is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He last wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW br&, but has wrestled tons all over the world, and for the nowadays-defunct Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling promotions. He nowadays trains would-manque grappler at his Storm Wrestling Academy in Calgary, Alberta.

Career
Lance Storm was trained for agent wrestling by Stu Hart in Calgary, Alberta and debuted in 1990. He principally wrestled around Calgary, however likewise spent instance within Japan for Genichiro Tenryu's Wrestling Association "R" (WAR) promotion. He too wrestled inside Smoky Mountain Wrestling in Tennessee, forming a tag team by having Chris Jericho called The Thrill Seekers.

Inside 1996, Storm joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He mass produced the title for himself by becoming the heel and first teaming by having Chris Candido, then existence set by having gentleman Dawn Marie (Dawn Marie Psaltis) and teaming using Justin Credible as the Impact Players.

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

Storm's stable, Team Canada, feuded with General Rection's stable, a Misfits within Action, for many months. Particularly, Storm & Rection feuded sustaining both more across Storm's "Canadian" Heavyweight Title, which Rection eventually won from either him & promptly renamed back to the U.S. Heavyweight Title.

After WCW was purchased by WWF (WWE) around 2001, Storm's contract was kept & he became the WWF employee. He was the heel in the WCW Alliance. Fallowing a Alliance broke higher he remained as a heel & created a wrestling stalls known as the UnAmericans.

Storm was arguably the super underrated performing artist & skilled grappler. Yet, due to unfortunate mike skills & limited personal magnetism, a WWF never booked him in any major storylines, to the disapproval of smark wrestling fans (dubbed "Storm Troopers" by Storm), with whom he experienced gained popularity thanks around a portion to his individual website, stormwrestling.com. inside point of fact, Storm was briefly included in an plot line where Steve Austin, an authority figure, encouraged a fans to chant "Boring" when you took Storm's matches, which led to concern all about X-Pac heat.

Semi-Retirement
Around April 2004, Storm chose to retire from within-ring action ascribable the chronically bad back. His survive match get on April 19, and he faced Steven Richards. He so accepted the position backstage by owning WWE, working as a wrestling trainer within Ohio Valley Wrestling, WWE's main developmental territory.

In March 23, 2005, Storm came away from retirement to participate inside the captain hicks human tag team match sustaining Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro against fellow ECW alumni Tommy Dreamer (also "retired") & The Dudley Boyz. In April 9, 2005 in Cloverport, Kentucky Storm teamed with Matt Cappotelli to face Matthews and Nitro once again.

Storm resigned from either WWE inside May 2005 and announced that he intended to open his have training school in his hometown, Calgary, the Storm Wrestling Academy, using a foremost semester beginning around September 2005. He returned to the WWE for 1 nighttime in May 30, and faced Maven on Sunday Night Heat. Storm wrestled 1 previous period in the WWE-promoted indicate at ECW One Night Stand on June 12, 2005, in which he defeated his close friend & previous tag team partner Chris Jericho sustaining a assist of Justin Credible. Late that evening, a Impact Players, along by having Francine, attacked Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman during their bout with The Dudley Boyz, but were chased away by Beulah McGillicutty.

Storm's final day under WWE contract was July 7, when he left OVW when an emotional farewell person thrown by his students.

In wrestling

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..."

Managers
Major Gunns Jason Knight Dawn Marie

Finishing and signature moves
Straight-Shooter / Calgary Crab / American Maple Leaf (Rolling single-leg Boston crab) Sharpshooter Leaping sidekick Star Kick'' (Dropsault) (early 1990s)

In ECW
Deep Impact (Jumping piledriver) Powerplex (Suplex powerslam) Springboard dropkick Top rope flying wheel kick

Championships and accomplishments

Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling
1-period CRMW International/North Western Champion 5-period CRMW Commonwealth Mid-Heavyweight Champion - number 1-ever 2-period CRMW N U.s. Tag Team Champion - 1st-ever (by having Chris Jericho)

Catch Wrestling Association
2-period CWA Catch Junior Champion

Extreme Championship Wrestling
3-instance ECW World Tag Team Champion (1-instance by having Chris Candido, 2-instance sustaining Justin Credible)

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 322 of a D right singles grappler in the period of the PWI Years (2003)

Smoky Mountain Wrestling
1-instance SMW "Beat the Champ" Television Champion

West Coast Wrestling Association
2-period WCWA Tag Team Champion

World Championship Wrestling
3-instance WCW United States Heavyweight Champion (all when you took a Team Canada era; known as a "WCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship") 1-period WCW Hardcore Champion (during a Team Canada era; known as a "WCW Saskatchewan Hardcore International Championship") 1-instance WCW Cruiserweight Champion (during a Team Canada era; known as a "WCW 100-Kilos-and-Under Championship")

World Wrestling Entertainment
1-period WWF Intercontinental Champion 4-instance WWE World Tag Team Champion (1-period using Christian, 2-period by having William Regal, 1-instance sustaining William Regal/Chief Morley)

Wrestle Association R
2-instance WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Champion (sustaining Yuji Yasuraoda) 1-instance WAR Sestet-Human Tag Team Champion (using Kitahara & Nobutaka Araya)

Title lineage