Lance Storm On Jim Cornette, First Match Ever vs. Chris Jericho, Team Canada, ECW
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Lance Storm (@lancestorm) is a professional wrestler known for his time in ECW, WCW and WWE. He joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to talk about his current job as a producer for Impact Wrestling, the fact that he and CVV went to the same college Wilfrid Laurier University, moving to Calgary for pro wrestling training, having his first match against Chris Jericho, being tag team partners with Justin Credible in ECW, signing with WCW, forming Team Canada, meeting Bret Hart for the first time, joining WWE, The Alliance angle, how he came up with his catchphrase “If I can be serious for a minute“, The Un-Americans, his thoughts on 5-star match ratings and much more!
00:00 Intro
00:26 Going to the same college as CVV
02:49 Why he left college for pro wrestling school
04:04 Story about his stepdad calling Jack Tunney
06:38 Giving himself a time limit for his career
09:30 Breaking into wrestling in 1990
10:36 First time meeting Chris Jericho
13:31 Wanting to do their last match against each other
17:06 How did he and Justin Credible form a tag team?
19:29 Plugging Calgary, Alberta, Canada in promos
21:29 Why are Canadians constantly heels?
24:05 WWE Babyfaces not being from Canada
25:25 Was he ever almost ECW champion?
27:49 WCW ruining Mike Awesome
30:55 Meeting Bret Hart for the first time
33:16 Being synonymous with Calgary in wrestling
34:49 Coming up with “if I can be serious for a minute”
37:10 Was he ever asked to have less of a Canadian accent?
39:16 Biggest difference between WWE, WCW & ECW
41:28 WCW guys not getting respected in WWE?
44:15 Having a textbook Superkick
47:10 AEW causing a wrestling resurgence
49:16 Is there anything missing from this era?
51:40 What’s his take on match ratings?
1:00:18 Teaching new wrestlers to create moments
1:03:36 What did he learn from Jim Cornette?
1:05:06 Why is Jim Cornette controversial?
1:08:44 Will the Storm Wrestling Academy ever reopen?
1:10:35 Which of his students is he most proud of?
1:16:29 3 Things Lance Storm is grateful for
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