BIOGRAPHY
Lance
Storm
PROFILE
- REAL NAME: Lance Timothy Evers
- WRESTLING ALIAS: Lance Storm
- HEIGHT: 5'1"
- WEIGHT: 231 lb.
- BIRTH: April 3, 1969 in Sarnia,
Ontario, Canada
- MARITAL STATUS: Married (to Tina;
the couple has two daughters)
- TRAINED BY: The Hart Family
- DEBUT: October 2, 1990 (went to a
15-minute time limit draw w/ Chris Jericho at a CWA show)
- PROMOTIONS: Catch Wrestling
Association (CWA), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW),
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), Smoky Mountain
Wrestling (SMW), Wrestle Association R (WAR), World
Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling
Federation/Entertainment (WWF/WWE)
- TITLES HELD: WAR I.G. Tag Team
Title (w/ Yuji Yasuraoka), WCW
Cruiserweight Title (1), WCW Hardcore Title (1), WCW
United States Heavyweight Title (1), WWF Intercontinental
Title (1)
- P.W.I. Rankings: 2000 (#40)
- PAY-PER-VIEW DEBUT: ECW Barely
Legal (4/13/97): Lost to Rob Van Dam via pinfall
- MANAGER(s): Dawn Marie (ECW), Ivory
(WWF), Major Gunns (WCW)
- STABLES: ECW: The Impact Players
(w/ Justin Credible); WCW: Team Canada (w/ Carl Oulette,
Elix Skipper, Major Gunns, & Mike Awesome); WWF: w/
Chris Jericho, Christian, & Test
- GREATEST RIVALS: Chris Candido,
Chris Jericho, Jerry Lynn, Justin Credible, Rob Van Dam
- PAST ALLIES/TAG TEAM PARTNERS:
Chris Candido, Chris Jericho (as "Sudden
Impact" and "The Thrillseekers"),
Christian, The Hurricane (a.k.a. Shane Helms), Justin
Credible (as "The Impact Players"), Mike
Awesome (as "Team Canada")
- HOLDS NOTABLE VICTORIES OVER: The
Rock (via countout), Raven/Tommy Dreamer (in tag team
competition w/ Credible)
- SIGNATURE QUOTE: "If I could
be serious for a moment..."
- FAVORITE AUTHORS: David Morrell
& Douglas Adams
- FAVORITE MOVIES: "Die
Hard," "Pulp Fiction," "The Shawshank
Redemption," "Phenomenon," "Get
Shorty," "Matrix," "Lethal
Weapon," "Tombstone," "Sixth
Sense," "The Rock," "Face Off,"
& any movie w/ Sandra Bullock (except for "Speed
2")
- FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Barenaked Ladies, Destiny's Child,
Paul Simon, Shania Twain
- FAVORITE TV SHOW: "NYPD
Blue"
- MOST EMPARASSING MOMENT: "There
was a small show in Winnipeg that I was on. Rick Martel
had been working there against Don Callis. One show he
couldn't make it and they booked me instead. The promoter
didn't change the advertising so everyone was expecting
Martel. When I came through the curtain everyone turned
and a couple guys yelled out 'Who the fu*k are
you?'"
| FINISHING MOVE(s) |
OTHER TRADEMARK MOVE(s) |
ECW: Top-Rope Spinning Heel Kick
WCW / WWF/WWE: *Canadian Maple Leaf (Single - Leg Crab)
(sometimes w/ roll); Leaping Superkick |
Cradle Piledriver, Deep Impact (Jumping Piledriver),
Dropkick, Flying Back Elbow Smash, German Suplex
(sometimes w/ bridge), Handspring Clothesline,
Jawbreaker, Leaping Leg Lariat, Northern Lights Suplex,
Sitdown Shoulder Jawbreaker, Springboard Flying
Clothesline, Springboard Missle Dropkick, Springboard
Plancha Suicida, Superplex, Spinkick, Stomp |
*" " = Submission hold
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS/HISTORY
CHILDHOOD / SCHOOLING:
Born on 4/3/69 in Sarnia, Otario, Canada and grew up in
Sarnia, Ontario...Good student and talented athlete...As a child,
was a big Road Warriors (Animal & Hawk) fan...Attended
Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, enrolling in
honors business program and playing volleyball for one and a
half-years there as a member of the Golden Hawks...
TRAINING / EARLY CAREER:
Traveled to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 7/90 and enrolled in
the Hart Brothers Pro Wrestling Camp, where he met lifelong
friend Chris Jericho...Debuted on 10/2/90 in the CWA, going to a
15-minute time limit draw w/ Jericho; Later that same night,
Storm won an elimination battle royal...Wrestled in several
promotions throughout the world, including in Austria, Germany,
Lebanon (in May '93), and in Japan, where he wrestled in FMW as a
tag team with Jericho (as "Sudden Impact")...Joined
Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) in '94, where he teamed w/ Jericho
as "The Thrillseekers" throughout most of '94. The
team's highlight came on 8/5/94 when they beat The Heavenly
Bodies (Jericho wrestled w/ a broken arm, which he had suffered
earlier that same day)...Jericho and Storm both left
SMW...Wrestled in Canada, Germany [in the CWA (in 9/95)], and
then WAR (in Japan)...Worked w/ WAR for 2 1/2 years, twice
winning the WAR I.G. Tag Team Titles w/ Yuji Yasuraoka...Soon
received a phone call from ECW Owner Paul E. Heyman and quickly
debuted in ECW in 1997, surprising the crowd by defeating Balls
Mahoney...Made his pay-per-view debut at ECW's own premiere PPV,
"Barely Legal," on 4/13/97, losing to Rob Van Dam in a
great match...Became engaged in a feud w/ Chris Candido, w/ the
two facing off at HeatWave '98 (Candido won)