History Wrestling / LanceStorm

Lance Storm found success in ECW tagging with Chris Candido and later forming the Impact Players with Justin Credible, with the beautiful [[Characters/WWEDivas Dawn Marie]] by their side. Eventually he left for WCW, where he is best known for holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Championship]], and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-hc.html WCW Hardcore Championship]] all at once. He awarded his Team Canada ally "Primetime" Elix Skipper the Cruiserweight Title, and awarded the Hardcore Title to another Team Canada member, Pierre Carl Ouelette.

* FunWithAcronyms: '''S'''askatchewan '''H''''ardcore '''I'''nternational '''T'''itle, very much a literal case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* ShoutOut: The Impact Players name was a reference to Sudden Impact, the name for Jericho and Lance in Japan. Their victory pose was lifted directly from the Wrestling/ShawnMichaels[=/=][[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] and [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} DeGeneration X]] victory pose (Justin Credible was linked to Wrestling/TheKliq).

* [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag On Your Tights]]: Before switching to the aforementioned UnderwearOfPower, his tights were in red and white Canadian colors.

Lance later started working for Wrestling/{{WWE}} when they purchased WCW in 2001, being the second WCW wrestler to win a WWE Title[[note]]The first was Storm's former Team Canada ally Mike Awesome, who won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] on the July 12 (taped July 10) ''[=SmackDown!=][[/note]]. He was fairly successful in WWE, winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Title]] and forming a successful ForeignWrestlingHeel Tag Team with Wrestling/{{Christian}}, who won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Championship]] from Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/HulkHogan, of all people. He also had a similar run with Wrestling/WilliamRegal as his partner. Eventually he retired from full time in-ring action to become a trainer, first for the WWE's developmental program before creating his own school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also a regular guest on [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Figure Four Daily]] with Bryan Alvarez.

'''Lance Storm''' (real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler Wrestling/ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in Wrestling/JimCornette's [[Wrestling/{{SMW}} Smoky Mountain Wrestling]], they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2001).

Lance later started working for Wrestling/{{WWE}} when they purchased WCW in 2001, being the first WCW wrestler to win a WWE Title. He was fairly successful in WWE, winning several mid-card titles and forming a successful ForeignWrestlingHeel Tag Team with Wrestling/{{Christian}}, who won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Championship]] from Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/HulkHogan, of all people. He also had a similar run with Wrestling/WilliamRegal as his partner. Eventually he retired from full time in-ring action to become a trainer, first for the WWE's developmental program before creating his own school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also a regular guest on [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Figure Four Daily]] with Bryan Alvarez.

!!'''Tropes associated with Lance Storm include:'''

* BreakupBreakout: The Marty Janetty to Wrestling/ChrisJericho, arguably the Wrestling/ShawnMichaels to Justin Credible, whose main event ECW run is overshadowed by Lance's mid-card WCW run.

* CardCarryingVillain: Even at ''ECW One Night Stand 2005'', where ECW was supposedly all on the same side against the ''Raw'' and ''[=SmackDown!=]'' "invaders," he still relied on cheating (Justin Credible hitting Jericho in the head with a Singapore Cane while [[Characters/WWEDivas Dawn Marie]] distracted the referee) to win.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Wrestling/ChrisJericho. While he credits Jericho for keeping him in the business, he would also shoot down any of Chris's lame ideas for ring names, finishers, etc. with brutal honestly.

* TooManyBelts: Held three titles at once in WCW.

'''Lance Storm''' (real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler Wrestling/ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in Wrestling/JimCornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling, they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2001).

* CanadaEh

* FunWithAcronyms: Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title.

* PowerStable: (in Wrestling/{{WCW}}): Team Canada, with Elix Skipper, Jacques Rougeau, Carl Pierre Ouelette, Major Gunns, [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]][[note]]After a [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]][[/note]], Mike Awesome and Kid Romeo.

'''Lance Storm''' (real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in Wrestling/JimCornette's Smokey Mountain Wrestling, they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2001).

Lance Storm found success in ECW tagging with Chris Candido and later forming the Impact Players with Justin Credible, with the beautiful [[Characters/WWEDivas Dawn Marie]] by their side. Eventually he left for WCW, where he is best known for holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]], the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Championship]], and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-hc.html WCW Hardcore Championship]] all at once. He awarded his Team Canada ally "Primetime" Elix Skipper the Cruiserweight Title, and awarded to another Team Canada member, Pierre Carl Ouelette.

Lance later started working for the Wrestling/{{WWE}} when they purchased WCW in 2001, being the first WCW wrestler to win a WWE Title. He was fairly successful in the WWE, winning several mid-card titles and forming a successful ForeignWrestlingHeel Tag Team with Wrestling/{{Christian}}, who won the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Championship]] from Wrestling/{{Edge}} and Wrestling/HulkHogan, of all people. He also had a similar run with Wrestling/WilliamRegal as his partner. Eventually he retired from full time in-ring action to become a trainer, first for the WWE's developmental program before creating his own school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also a regular guest on [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Figure Four Daily]] with Bryan Alvarez.

* PowerStable: (in Wrestling/{{WCW}}): Team Canada, with Elix Skipper, Jacques Rougeau, Carl Pierre Ouelette, Major Gunns, [[Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan]][[note]]After a [[FaceHeelTurn heel turn]][[/note]] and Mike Awesome

* ShoutOut: The Impact Players name was a reference to Sudden Impact, the name for Jericho and Lance in Japan. Their victory pose was lifted directly from the Wrestling/ShawnMichaels[=/=][[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] and Wrestling/DGenerationX victory pose (Justin Credible was linked to Wrestling/TheKliq).

* StillGotIt: After retiring, when he came back to wrestle Wrestling/BryanDanielson (considered by many to be probably the best wrestler in the world) and showed he could keep up with him for 30 minutes straight and nearly beat him, he received a huge chant of this from the Wrestling/RingOfHonor fans (along with chants of [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "Thank You Lance!" and "Please Come Back!"]]).

Lance Storm found success in ECW tagging with Chris Candido and later forming the Impact Players with Justin Credible, with the beautiful [[Characters/WWEDivas Dawn Marie]] by their side. Eventually he left for WCW, where he is best known for holding the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]][[note]]which he renamed the Canadian Heavyweight Championship[[/note]], [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-c.html WCW World Cruiserweight Championship]], and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-hc.html WCW Hardcore Championship]] all at once. He awarded his Team Canada ally "Primetime" Elix Skipper the Cruiserweight Title, and awarded to another Team Canada member, Pierre Carl Ouelette.

'''Lance Storm''' (real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in {{ECW}}, {{WCW}}, and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in [[JimCornette Smokey Mountain Wrestling]] they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2002).

Lance Storm found success in ECW tagging with Chris Candido and later forming the Impact Players with Justin Credible, with the beautiful Dawn Marie by their side. Eventually he left for WCW, where he is best known for holding the United States, Cruiserweight, and Hardcore Championships at once (though only for a week before vacating the latter two).

Lance later started working for the Wrestling/{{WWE}} when they purchased WCW in 2001, being the first WCW wrestler to win a WWE Title. He was fairly successful in the WWE, winning several mid-card titles and forming a successful ForeignWrestlingHeel Tag Team with {{Christian}}, who won the Tag Team Championship from {{Edge}} and HulkHogan, of all people. He also had a similar run with WilliamRegal as his partner. Eventually he retired from full time in-ring action to become a trainer, first for the WWE's developmental program before creating his own school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also a regular guest on [[TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Figure Four Daily]] with Bryan Alvarez.

* BookEnds: His first and last match of his full-time career were both against ChrisJericho.
* BreakupBreakout: The Marty Janetty to ChrisJericho, arguably the ShawnMichaels to Justin Credible, whose main event ECW run is overshadowed by Lance's mid-card WCW run.

** "and that's from Calgary, Alberta, Canada!"

** In fact, when someone asked him if he would mind being referred to as "The [[{{Seinfeld}} Soup Nazi]], but for wrestling questions," he replied "Not in the least." If you send the man a question and he thinks it's stupid, he won't mince words.

* FunWithAcronyms: Saskatchewan Hardcore Invitational Title.

* GoneHorriblyRight: When StoneColdSteveAustin called Lance boring, it just killed Lance's heat.

* MeaningfulRename: In WCW, renamed the United States Heavyweight Title to Canadian Heavyweight Title, the Hardcore Title to Saskatchewan Hardcore Invitational Title, and the Cruiserweight Title to The 100kg and Under Title.
* OneOfUs: As seen on his blog after his retirement, LanceStorm is a smark of the highest order.
* ShoutOut: The Impact Players name was a reference to Sudden Impact, the name for Jericho and Lance in Japan. Their victory pose was lifted directly from the ShawnMichaels / [[KevinNash Diesel]] and DGenerationX victory pose (Justin Credible was linked to TheKliq).
* StillGotIt: After retiring, when he came back to wrestle BryanDanielson (considered by many to be probably the best wrestler in the world) and showed he could keep up with him for 30 minutes straight and nearly beat him, he received a huge chant of this from the RingOfHonor fans (along with chants of [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming "Thank You Lance!" and "Please Come Back!"]]).
** Six years later, he made another appearance in [[RingOfHonor ROH]] to face Mike Bennett, which was almost as well received. Lance might not wrestle very often anymore, but he make sure it's worth it when he does.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Originally intended to retire following a match against Jericho at ECW One Night Stand. He's since wrestled a few matches since his supposed retirement, but these matches almost always involve other close friends of his such as [[TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Bryan Alvarez]], {{Christian}}, and ECW alumni. One notable exception was a match against BryanDanielson at RingOfHonor.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With ChrisJericho. While he credits Jericho for keeping him in the business, he would also shoot down any of Chris's lame ideas for ring names, finishers, etc. with brutal honestly.

* XMeetsY: Style is a blend of BretHart-esque mat and submission wrestling and high flying similar to a young ShawnMichaels. He's even used both of their finishers (Sharpshooter and Superkick) at various points of his career.

'''Wrestling/LanceStorm''' (real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in {{ECW}}, {{WCW}}, and Wrestling/{{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in [[JimCornette Smokey Mountain Wrestling]] they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2002).

'''Wrestling/LanceStorm''' (real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in {{ECW}}, {{WCW}}, and {{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in [[JimCornette Smokey Mountain Wrestling]] they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2002).

Lance later started working for the {{WWE}} when they purchased WCW in 2001, being the first WCW wrestler to win a WWE Title. He was fairly successful in the WWE, winning several mid-card titles and forming a successful ForeignWrestlingHeel Tag Team with {{Christian}}, who won the Tag Team Championship from {{Edge}} and HulkHogan, of all people. He also had a similar run with WilliamRegal as his partner. Eventually he retired from full time in-ring action to become a trainer, first for the WWE's developmental program before creating his own school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also a regular guest on [[TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Figure Four Daily]] with Bryan Alvarez.

* FunWithAcronyms: Saskatchewan Hardcore Invitational Title.

* OneOfUs: As seen on his blog after his retirement, LanceStorm is a smark of the highest order.

Lance later started working for the {{WWE}} when they purchased WCW in 2001, being the first WCW wrestler to win a WWE Title. He was fairly successful in the WWE, winning several mid-card titles and forming a successful EvilForeigner Tag Team with {{Christian}}, who won the Tag Team Championship from {{Edge}} and HulkHogan, of all people. He also had a similar run with WilliamRegal as his partner. Eventually he retired from full time in-ring action to become a trainer, first for the WWE's developmental program before creating his own school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also a regular guest on [[TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Figure Four Daily]] with Bryan Alvarez.

* EvilForeigner: As part of the [=UnAmericans=]. "America Sucks," indeed.

'''Lance Storm''' (real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in {{ECW}}, {{WCW}}, and {{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in [[JimCornette Smokey Mountain Wrestling]] they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2002).

'''Lance Storm'''(real name Lance Evers) is a professional wrestler best known for his time in {{ECW}}, {{WCW}}, and {{WWE}}. He started training alongside fellow Canadian wrestler ChrisJericho, with whom he would team with and occasionally feud with off an on around the world. After a brief tenure in [[JimCornette Smokey Mountain Wrestling]] they went their separate ways (though both ended up in the same promotions, it was never at the same time till 2002).

Lance later started working for the {{WWE}} when they purchased WCW in 2001, being the first WCW wrestler to win a WWE Title. He was fairly successful in the WWE, winning several mid-card titles and forming a successful EvilForeigner Tag Team with {{Christian}}, who one the Tag Team Championship from {{Edge}} and HulkHogan, of all people. Eventually he retired from full time in-ring action to become a trainer, first for the WWE's developmental program before creating his own school, the Storm Wrestling Academy, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is also a regular guest on [[TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter Figure Four Daily]] with Bryan Alvarez.