Lance Storm

In 1997, Storm joined Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), making his debut at *Crossing the Line Again* against Balls Mahoney. Early in his ECW career, he took part in a match against Rob Van Dam at Barely Legal. At Heat Wave, Storm faced Taz for the ECW World Television Championship, but failed to win the title. He made a name for himself by becoming a villain and teaming with Chris Candido, and at November to Remember 1997, Storm and Candido defeated Tommy Rogers and Jerry Lynn. After losing the titles to Sabu and Rob Van Dam, the team broke up and a feud between the two ensued. At CyberSlam 1998, Storm defeated Chris Candido. At Living Dangerously 1998, Storm and Al Snow defeated Shane Douglas and Chris Candido. At Wrestlepalooza, Storm and Candido defeated The Hardcore Chair Swingin' Freaks (Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten) to retain the ECW World Tag Team Championship. After losing the titles to Sabu and Rob Van Dam, Storm introduced his valet Tammy Lynn Bytch, a parody of Candido's girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch, who appeared in ECW to side with Candido and feuded with Bytch. At November to Remember 1998, Storm defeated Jerry Lynn with Mikey Whipwreck as the special guest referee.

Following his feud with Candido, Storm formed a tag team with Justin Credible, named The Impact Players. At Living Dangerously 1999, The Impact Players faced Tommy Dreamer and Shane Douglas in a losing effort. The stable soon consisted of Storm and his valet (now renamed Dawn Marie) with Credible and his manager Jason. They first feuded with Jerry Lynn and Sabu in singles matches and by late 1999, they had begun a violent feud with Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman. The team brutalized many singles stars during this period as well. At Hardcore Heaven 1999, Storm defeated Tommy Dreamer. At Heat Wave 1999, The Impact Players faced Rob Van Dam and Jerry Lynn in a losing effort. At Anarchy Rulz 1999, Storm defeated Jerry Lynn. At November to Remember 1999, The Impact Players and Rhino defeated Raven, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman in the night's main event. At Guilty as Charged 2000, The Impact Players defeated Tommy Dreamer and Raven for their first of two World Tag Team Championship reigns. After losing the titles to Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka, they won them back at Living Dangerously 2000, where The Impact Players defeated Raven and Mike Awesome and Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka in a Three-Way Dance; however they lost the titles to Tommy Dreamer and Masato Tanaka on February 26, 2000. At Hardcore Heaven 2000, Storm challenged his former tag team partner Justin Credible for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, but failed to win the title. Soon after, Storm left ECW.

Storm left ECW in 2000 to join WCW, where he became a singles wrestler. He made his first appearance on the June 19, 2000 episode of *Nitro* and quickly became one of WCW's most prominent stars, winning the United States Heavyweight Championship, the Cruiserweight Championship, and the Hardcore Championship in rapid succession, resulting in Storm becoming the first and only wrestler in WCW history to hold three titles simultaneously. As an affront to the fans, he renamed the titles to the Canadian Heavyweight Championship, 100 Kilogram and Under Championship, and the Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title, respectively, complete with large Canadian flag stickers that covered the belts' faceplates. Storm then formed the group called Team Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during New Blood Rising on August 13, 2000, where he defended the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in a match with Mike Awesome. The match was refereed by the Canadian Jacques Rougeau, who enabled Storm to defeat Awesome and retain his title by constantly changing the rules. Following the match, the semi-retired Canadian Bret Hart came to the ring and hugged Storm and Rougeau. At Fall Brawl 2000, Storm defeated General Rection with Jim Duggan as the referee, with Duggan turning on Misfits in Action and joining Team Canada. He also attempted to win the World Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by champion Booker T on each occasion. Storm eventually awarded the Cruiserweight and Hardcore Titles by presenting them to his Team Canada stablemates Elix Skipper and Carl Ouellet, respectively. At Halloween Havoc 2000, Storm and Jim Duggan lost to General Rection in a handicap match, losing the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship and freeing Major Gunns from Team Canada. On the November 13, 2000 edition of *Nitro*, Storm defeated General Rection to win the United States Title back. At Mayhem 2000, General Rection defeated Storm, losing the title once again. At Starrcade 2000, Storm defeated Ernest Miller.

Storm's stable Team Canada feuded with General Rection's stable, the Misfits In Action, for several months. At Sin, Team Canada (Lance Storm, Mike Awesome and Elix Skipper) (with Major Gunns) defeated The Filthy Animals (Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Billy Kidman) (with Tygress) in a Penalty Box match with Jim Duggan as special guest referee. In particular, Storm and Rection feuded with each other over Storm's "Canadian" Heavyweight Title, which Rection finally won and promptly returned to the United States Heavyweight Title name. At SuperBrawl Revenge, Storm faced The Cat, where he lost and The Cat became the new Commissioner of WCW. At WCW's final pay-per-view, Greed, Team Canada (Lance Storm and Mike Awesome) defeated Konnan and Hugh Morrus. The pay-per-view event took place eight days before the final episode of *Monday Nitro* and three days before the final episode of *Thunder*. On the final *WCW Nitro*, Team Canada (Lance Storm and Mike Awesome) challenged for the WCW World Tag Team Championship against Sean O'Haire and Chuck Palumbo, but failed to win the titles.

When WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 2001, Storm's contract was kept and he became a WWF employee. Storm, portrayed as a serious, humorless heel, was in The Alliance and was the first WCW superstar to ever invade a WWF program, where he debuted on the May 28, 2001 episode of *Raw*. At WWF Invasion, Storm and Mike Awesome faced Edge and Christian in a losing effort. Storm received a modest push during the Invasion angle, as he would go on to win the Intercontinental Championship from Albert on the July 23 episode of *Raw*. He lost the title a month later to Edge at SummerSlam. 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. At Unforgiven, Storm and The Hurricane competed in a fatal four-way elimination match for the WWF Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the tag tiles. This included a match at No Mercy, in which Storm's team lost. Eventually, at Rebellion, Storm and Justin Credible faced Billy and Chuck in a losing effort. At Survivor Series, Storm, Justin Credible, and Raven defeated Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty, and Spike Dudley in a six-man tag team match. Then, later that night, Storm competed in an Immunity Battle Royal that was won by Test, where the winner could not be fired for a year. However, Team Alliance lost and Storm was fired (in storyline) along with the rest of the Alliance roster by Vince McMahon. Storm eventually got his job back officially on the December 17, 2001 edition of *Raw* when he defeated The Rock with help from Test in a match that earned him a WWF contract. On the December 27 episode of *SmackDown!*, Storm and Kurt Angle lost to The Rock and Rob Van Dam.

Storm remained a heel and on the January 17, 2002 edition of *SmackDown!*, Storm and Christian faced Rikishi in a 2-on-1 over-the-top-rope challenge, which Rikishi won. At the Royal Rumble, Storm competed in the Royal Rumble match, where he was eliminated by Al Snow. At No Way Out, Storm and Christian competed in a tag team turmoil match which was won by The APA. At WrestleMania X8, Storm, Mr. Perfect and Test lost to Rikishi, Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert in six-man tag team match on *Sunday Night Heat*.

In June 2002, he formed The Un-Americans along with Christian, Test, and later William Regal. During this angle, Storm and Christian won the WWE World Tag Team Championship on July 21 at Vengeance by defeating Hulk Hogan and Edge. On the August 5 edition of *Raw*, Storm and Christian retained the World Tag Team Titles against The Hardy Boyz by disqualification. On the August 12 edition of *Raw*, The Un-Americans and Triple H defeated Booker T, The Undertaker, Goldust and The Rock in an 8-man tag team match. At SummerSlam, Storm and Christian defeated Booker T and Goldust to retain the titles. On the September 9 edition of *Raw*, Storm and Christian defeated Kane and Bradshaw when William Regal hit Bradshaw with a pair of brass knuckles and joined the group. At Unforgiven, The Un-Americans (Lance Storm, Christian, William Regal and Test) faced Kane, Goldust, Booker T and Bubba Ray Dudley in a losing effort. They dropped the titles to Kane and The Hurricane on the September 23, 2002 episode of *Raw*. Eventually, the stable broke apart on the September 30 episode of *Raw* after they each lost their respective matches, leading to a brawl involving all the members of the group.

Storm continued teaming with Regal as a regular tag team with the same anti-American gimmick; Storm would represent Canada and Regal represented England. During the *Sunday Night Heat* before Survivor Series, Storm and William Regal defeated Goldust and The Hurricane. At Armageddon, Storm and Regal competed in a fatal-four way tag team elimination match for the World Tag Team Championship, but failed to win the titles. The next month, the duo won the World Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions. The first was by defeating Booker T and Goldust on the January 6, 2003 episode of *Raw* with help from Chief Morley, who was appointed "*Raw* Chief of Staff", but they lost the titles at the Royal Rumble to the Dudley Boyz. Storm and Regal began their second reign as World Tag Team Champions the next night on *Raw* by defeating the Dudley Boyz with help from Chief Morley again. At No Way Out, Storm and Regal defeated Kane and Rob Van Dam to retain the titles. On the March 24, 2003 episode of *Raw*, Chief Morley announced that since the belts had not been defended in thirty days due to William Regal's health problems, the duo would be stripped of the title. He immediately named himself and Lance Storm the new World Tag Team Champions, starting Lance Storm's fourth tag team title reign. Storm and Morley successfully defended the World Tag Team Championship on an episode 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 episode of *Raw*, Storm and Morley faced Kane and Rob Van Dam and the Dudley Boyz in a three-way elimination match, dropping the titles to Kane and Rob Van Dam. At Judgment Day, Storm competed in a battle royal for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship, which was won by Christian.

From then on, 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, including one with Storm losing to newcomer Garrison Cade on June 16, 2003, thanks to Austin bringing out a pillow and blanket and snoring loudly into the microphone, and other distracting antics. Storm eventually found help from Goldust, who helped improve Storm's charisma, which eventually turned Storm into a face and Storm started dancing. He soon rejoined Morley, who had also become a face and reverted to his Val Venis character. Their reformed team began entering the ring with very attractive women, but this time their tag team never got a push. Storm and Goldust then began teaming together for a short period of time. At Armageddon, Storm and Val Venis competed in a tag team turmoil match for the World Tag Team Championship, which was won by Ric Flair and Batista. From December 2003 to March 2004, Storm mainly competed on *Sunday Night Heat*.

Storm eventually turned into a villain once more by betraying the fans. This happened when he told them of how he was sick and tired of pleasing them with his dancing and how it was just a waste of his time on an episode of *Raw* following the 2004 WWE draft lottery, only to be squashed by Rhyno immediately thereafter, thus turning Rhyno into a face once again. This would turn out to be Storm's last appearance on *Raw*.

In April 2004, Storm chose to retire from in-ring action. His last match was on April 19, 2004 when he faced Steven Richards. He then accepted a position backstage with WWE. Storm resigned from WWE in May 2005. He returned to WWE for one night on May 30, 2005 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, where he defeated Chris Jericho with the help of Justin Credible.

On November 2, 2019, Storm announced that he was returning to WWE to work as a producer. On the February 7, 2020 episode of *Friday Night SmackDown*, he appeared in a pre-recorded video shown during *The Dirt Sheet* segment. Storm was released from the company on April 15, 2020.