Lance Storm

He was one of the best in the world in 2000, and he was a damn sight better than David Flair and Big T and Vampiro in that form and loads, loads, loads more others.

Interestingly, in researching that list, I came upon a Lance Storm article from his own website, because you know he liked to do that kind of stuff, and he did it for years and years and years.

And he said, like, don't be offended, I would have been, if I was an ACW, which I was, obviously... and was offered a tryout, but think about it, there's going to be so few places to work.

He saw the beginning of the end of wrestling as you knew it on the horizon.

I'm on Tajiri.

Because...

I would say the competition for Tajiri, and I like the way that Lance Storm's framing that, would have been your natural-born thrillers, adjacent guys, in that they were young and in WCW's mind, untested, even though we knew that Tajiri had gotten over in such a meaningful way in North America, even via ECW.

But Lance Storm would have looked at...

It actually took me 10 years for it to really click for me was the art in terms of slowing down.

Every time I thought I was going slow, my coach, whether it was Al Snow, whether it was Lance Storm, whether it was Cornette, it was like, Mike, you got to slow down.

You got to slow down.

Because when you keep doing stuff, the people can't react in terms of what you're doing because you're off to the next thing.

It is the tag team title match of Team Canada versus Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Hare of the Natural Born Thrillers.

Lance Storm comes out, has a mic.

If I can be serious for a minute, the road to the title started last week and is going to end tonight.

It's a short road, man.

show goes on.

Back to the match actually starting.

O'Hare and Storm start.

They chain wrestle.

My guess is he'd probably have...

He would have probably had the role of a Lance Storm, but maybe more, right? Because he was a better worker.

And I think he would have been a bigger deal I think he probably would have had a U.S. title push, something like that.

Perhaps a main event one.

I was going to say, he definitely would have been one of the Terry Hardcore opponents.

Yeah.

Man, how great was that Lance Storm stride just thrown in there, just on the fly? that was beautiful just takes you off the dribble when you least expect it beautiful work Oracle honestly putting aside any debates about who was a better worker because you know we don't need to be a dead horse but was definitely would have been an easier fit to get over on national television because he was over on national television already like he had a bigger personality too so lance winning eight belts to your point does suggest they probably have big plans for d-low um

i just realized this sorry joe what's

People are like, yo, this is my style.

It's a mix of Lance Storm and this person.

But they turn it into their own style.

if you're like remember back in the day where you had somebody that could do flips and then everybody started doing flips and what we need you for if everybody can do it

He came back and wrestled.

Lance Storm may be brought in and get a considerable push.

He teamed with Chris Jericho and SNW as the thrill-seekers and has been working primarily in Japan lately.

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um it was oh no i have it okay During the next match, Lance Storm defends the United States Heavyweight Championship in a handicap match, which saw him team with Jim Duggan to take on General Rection.

Yeah, I

remember.