Jonny Storm
Encyclopedia
Jonathan Whitcombe is an English
professional wrestler
, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many independent
promotions
across the United Kingdom
, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance
, Real Quality Wrestling
and One Pro Wrestling
. He has also worked in the United States
, for promotions such as Ring of Honor
, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
, Combat Zone Wrestling
, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
, as well as working in Japan.
(FWA). He also competed for All-Star Wrestling. Storm began wrestling for Irish Whip Wrestling
in March 2005, where he had a series of matches against M-Dogg 20. Storm was one of the trainers for ITV
's Celebrity Wrestling
in 2005. Although the show was considered a failure, Storm enjoyed it and said it was a "a really good experience". Storm has wrestled for numerous other European promotions, including German Stampede Wrestling, Real Quality Wrestling
, Rings of Europe and Dutch Championship Wrestling. Also in 2005, he won the Féderation Francophone de Catch promotion's top championship, which he has held since.
One of Storm's most enduring feuds has been with his real-life best friend Jody Fleisch
, with whom he has wrestled against in American and British promotions. He has also wrestled regularly for One Pro Wrestling
, where, with Fleisch, he was the one half of the first 1PW Tag Team Champions
, after they defeated A.J. Styles
and Christopher Daniels
in a tournament final on May 27, 2006. On 1 January 2007, he won the Athletik Club Wrestling Wrestling Challenge Championship from Toby Nathland, but Nathland defeated him to win it back on 15 December 2007. On 23 March 2007, Storm defeated Maddog Maxx to win the Celtic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship, but he lost it back to Maxx in July of that year.
Storm runs his own wrestling holiday camp events between 6 and 12 times a week during summer, Easter and Christmas Holidays. Meanwhile in the FWA he is currently part of the Flyweight Title Round Robin Tournament, having gained entry into the tournament thanks to another wrestler suffering an injury. He is involved in a bitter feud with Rockstar Spud, an obnoxious flyweight who believes he is the new "Wonderkid" of British wrestling.
(XPW), and was in the tournament to decide the first XPW European Champion
, which was created in 2003 through a working relationship between XPW and the FWA. He won the tournament and the championship by defeating Jerry Lynn
in the finals at a FWA show in England. Storm made his first appearance for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA) on 12 March 2003, by competing in a triple threat match for TNA X Division Championship
match, against the champion Kid Kash and Amazing Red
, in which Kash retained. In May 2003, Storm competed in a cross-promotional show between Ring of Honor
and FWA, entitled ROH/FWA Frontiers of Honor, where he lost to A.J. Styles
. In September 2003, Storm competed as a member of Team UK
during the TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament
, losing to Teddy Hart
in the first round. At the Combat Zone Wrestling
(CZW) show, Respect, on 23 August 2003, Storm challenged Sonjay Dutt
for the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship
, but was unsuccessful. He made further appearance for CZW in January 2004. He returned to the States in 2005, wrestling against Petey Williams
and Kevin Steen
for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
, and against Trik Davis for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
. He was supposed to be a member of Team UK in the TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament
, however, two of the other members of the team, Nigel McGuinness
and Doug Williams
were already booked in Japan, and so they were replaced by Team Canada
.
Overall Storm worked for more than 80 promotions across the world, working in 16 different countries.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional wrestler
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many independent
Independent circuit
In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indy circuit refers to the many independent promotions which are much smaller than major televised promotions. They are roughly analagous to a minor league for pro wrestling, or community or regional theatre.Specific promotions on the...
promotions
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
across the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, including the Frontier Wrestling Alliance
Frontier Wrestling Alliance
Frontier Wrestling Alliance is a British professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1993 as the Fratton Wrestling Association it soon became the Frontier Wrestling Alliance six years later and until 2007 when it lost a scripted inter-promotional feud with International Pro Wrestling: United...
, Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
and One Pro Wrestling
One Pro Wrestling
One Pro Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion. 1PW was founded in 2005 by Steven Gauntley until the promotion went into liquidation in 2007; it was restarted within the same year..It ended in August 2011....
. He has also worked in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, for promotions such as Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar...
, Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
, as well as working in Japan.
British and other European promotions
At the start of his career, Storm became a mainstay in the Frontier Wrestling AllianceFrontier Wrestling Alliance
Frontier Wrestling Alliance is a British professional wrestling promotion. Established in 1993 as the Fratton Wrestling Association it soon became the Frontier Wrestling Alliance six years later and until 2007 when it lost a scripted inter-promotional feud with International Pro Wrestling: United...
(FWA). He also competed for All-Star Wrestling. Storm began wrestling for Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling
Irish Whip Wrestling is an Irish owned independent professional wrestling promotion established in 2002. The company was named in tribute to Irish professional wrestler Danno O'Mahony, who is credited as the inventor of the "Irish Whip" wrestling maneuver. IWW runs shows throughout the whole of...
in March 2005, where he had a series of matches against M-Dogg 20. Storm was one of the trainers for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
's Celebrity Wrestling
Celebrity Wrestling
Celebrity Wrestling is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in 2005. It involved two teams of celebrities, competing against each other in wrestling style events. The series was presented by Kate Thornton and Rowdy Roddy Piper...
in 2005. Although the show was considered a failure, Storm enjoyed it and said it was a "a really good experience". Storm has wrestled for numerous other European promotions, including German Stampede Wrestling, Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling
Real Quality Wrestling is a British professional wrestling organisation. Len Davies is the Owner and chairman of the company and their sister company, Spectrum Multimedia. The company began as an independent promotion, but soon became an umbrella promotion in 2007 with the self-stated aim to...
, Rings of Europe and Dutch Championship Wrestling. Also in 2005, he won the Féderation Francophone de Catch promotion's top championship, which he has held since.
One of Storm's most enduring feuds has been with his real-life best friend Jody Fleisch
Jody Fleisch
Jerome Fleisch is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jody Fleisch. He is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, One Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling...
, with whom he has wrestled against in American and British promotions. He has also wrestled regularly for One Pro Wrestling
One Pro Wrestling
One Pro Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion. 1PW was founded in 2005 by Steven Gauntley until the promotion went into liquidation in 2007; it was restarted within the same year..It ended in August 2011....
, where, with Fleisch, he was the one half of the first 1PW Tag Team Champions
1PW Tag Team Championship
The One Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in One Pro Wrestling. The title was established in 2006. Title reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches with different wrestlers, involved in pre-existing scripted feuds, plots and...
, after they defeated A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
and Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...
in a tournament final on May 27, 2006. On 1 January 2007, he won the Athletik Club Wrestling Wrestling Challenge Championship from Toby Nathland, but Nathland defeated him to win it back on 15 December 2007. On 23 March 2007, Storm defeated Maddog Maxx to win the Celtic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship, but he lost it back to Maxx in July of that year.
Storm runs his own wrestling holiday camp events between 6 and 12 times a week during summer, Easter and Christmas Holidays. Meanwhile in the FWA he is currently part of the Flyweight Title Round Robin Tournament, having gained entry into the tournament thanks to another wrestler suffering an injury. He is involved in a bitter feud with Rockstar Spud, an obnoxious flyweight who believes he is the new "Wonderkid" of British wrestling.
American promotions
Storm competed in Xtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme Pro Wrestling
Xtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...
(XPW), and was in the tournament to decide the first XPW European Champion
XPW European Championship
The Xtreme Pro Wrestling European Heavyweight Championship is a former professional wrestling title defended in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance.The championship was created in 2003 through a working relationship between XPW and the FWA...
, which was created in 2003 through a working relationship between XPW and the FWA. He won the tournament and the championship by defeating Jerry Lynn
Jerry Lynn
Jeremy "Jerry" Lynn is an American professional wrestler who is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
in the finals at a FWA show in England. Storm made his first appearance for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
(TNA) on 12 March 2003, by competing in a triple threat match for TNA X Division Championship
TNA X Division Championship
The TNA X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship owned by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. It is primarily defended in TNA's X Division—a style based on a fast-paced, daredevil type of wrestling...
match, against the champion Kid Kash and Amazing Red
Amazing Red
Jonathan Figueroa is a professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Amazing Red, or simply Red for short. He is best known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former three-time X Division Champion, while also working on the American independent circuit...
, in which Kash retained. In May 2003, Storm competed in a cross-promotional show between Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
and FWA, entitled ROH/FWA Frontiers of Honor, where he lost to A.J. Styles
A.J. Styles
Allen Neal Jones , better known by his ring name A.J. Styles is an American professional wrestler currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling...
. In September 2003, Storm competed as a member of Team UK
Team Britain
Team Britain, or Team UK, was a professional wrestling stable brought together to compete in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's 2004 America's X-Cup Tournament.-2004:...
during the TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament
TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament
The NWA TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament was an X Division tournament that was contested in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.-History:The Super X Cup Tournament was an international tournament that featured X Division wrestlers from all over the world to compete in one-on-one matches, with the winner...
, losing to Teddy Hart
Teddy Hart
Teddy Annis , is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He is currently working on the American independent circuit for promotions such as Jersey All Pro Wrestling and Dragon Gate USA...
in the first round. At the Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
(CZW) show, Respect, on 23 August 2003, Storm challenged Sonjay Dutt
Sonjay Dutt
Retesh Bhalla is an American professional wrestler of Indian Punjabi descent, better known by his ring name, Sonjay Dutt. He is best known working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is also known for his stints with Combat Zone Wrestling, Major League Wrestling, and other various independent...
for the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship
IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship
The IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship was one of the major titles in the Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South. The title debuted as the Lightweight Title in 1996, evolving to the current weight class in 1998....
, but was unsuccessful. He made further appearance for CZW in January 2004. He returned to the States in 2005, wrestling against Petey Williams
Petey Williams
Peter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA...
and Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen
Kevin Steen is a Canadian professional wrestler, currently performing for various promotions on the independent circuit, most notably California-based Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Ring of Honor.-Professional wrestling career:...
for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar...
, and against Trik Davis for Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Louisville, Kentucky.- History :...
. He was supposed to be a member of Team UK in the TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament
TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament
The TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament was a professional wrestling X Cup Tournament staged by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in April and May 2006...
, however, two of the other members of the team, Nigel McGuinness
Nigel McGuinness
Steven Haworth is an English professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Desmond Wolfe and Nigel McGuinness. As McGuinness he first gained notoriety working for Ring of Honor in the United States and Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
and Doug Williams
Doug Williams (wrestler)
Douglas Clayton Durdle is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Doug Williams. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Douglas Williams...
were already booked in Japan, and so they were replaced by Team Canada
Team Canada (TNA)
Team Canada was a heel professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, which was active from 2004 to 2006.-2004 X-Cups:In 2004, wrestling promoter and personality "Coach" Scott D'Amore brought together fellow Canadians to form his own incarnation of Team Canada in Total Nonstop...
.
Overall Storm worked for more than 80 promotions across the world, working in 16 different countries.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- The Rewind Huracanrana (Springboard hurricanrana)
- The Wonderwhirl (Half nelson driver)
- Signature moves
- Iconoclasm
- Oklahoma roll
- Slingshot sitout powerbomb
- Slingshot somersault senton
- Thunderstorm (Double springboard somersault senton, sometimes to the outside)
- The Wonder Kick (Superkick)
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "The Wonderkid"
Championships and accomplishments
- All Star WrestlingAll Star WrestlingAll Star Wrestling is a British Professional wrestling promotion also known as All Star Promotions, Superslam Wrestling and Big Time Wrestling and originally known as Wrestling Enterprises , run by Brian Dixon and based in Liverpool, England...
- ASW People's Championship (1 time)
- Association Biterroise de Catch
- ABC Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Ronin Rider
- Athletik Club Wrestling
- ACW German Championship (1 time)
- ACW Wrestling Challenge Championship (1 time)
- British Titles
- British Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- Celtic Wrestling
- C/W Heavyweight Champion (1 time)
- Combat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
- CZW Match of the Year (2002) - vs. Jody Fleisch
- Féderation Francophone de Catch
- 2FC Championship (1 time, current)
- Frontier Wrestling Alliance / XWAXWA (professional wrestling)XWA is a British professional wrestling promotion, based in the English north west seaside town of Morecambe, Lancashire, dealing primarily in the professional wrestling industry...
- British Heavyweight ChampionshipFWA British Heavyweight ChampionshipThe British Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the XWA. The championship was originally created and contested for in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance but moved to XWA when the former company became defunct...
(1 time, current) - FWA All England ChampionshipFWA All England ChampionshipThe All-England Championship was a professional wrestling championship which was originally contested for in Frontier Wrestling Alliance and subsequently in International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom after FWA's closure...
(2 times) - FWA Gold Rush Fifteen Man #1 Contender Battle Royal (2005)
- British Heavyweight Championship
- Future Championship Wrestling
- FCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- Global Wrestling Force
- GWF Championship (1 time)
- International Catch Wrestling Alliance
- ICWA Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, current)
- International Wrestling Association: Switzerland
- IWA Switzerland Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
- Nitro Pro Wrestling Alliance
- NPWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gary Wild
- One Pro WrestlingOne Pro WrestlingOne Pro Wrestling was a British professional wrestling promotion. 1PW was founded in 2005 by Steven Gauntley until the promotion went into liquidation in 2007; it was restarted within the same year..It ended in August 2011....
- 1PW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jody FleischJody FleischJerome Fleisch is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jody Fleisch. He is best known for his work with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, One Pro Wrestling and Real Quality Wrestling...
- 1PW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jody Fleisch
- Rings Of Europe
- RoE King Of Europe Championship (1 time, current)
- Sliced Bread Wrestling
- SBW The Golden Toaster
- The Wrestling Alliance
- TWA British Commonwealth Championship (2 times)
- TWA British Welterweight Championship (2 times)
- westside Xtreme wrestling
- wXw World Lightweight Championship (1 time)
- World Association of Wrestling
- WAW British Lightweight Championship (1 time)
- Xtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme Pro WrestlingXtreme Pro Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion formerly owned by Extreme Associates CEO and director Rob Zicari, who appeared on shows under the name Rob Black. Zicari appeared on-camera as owner alongside his wife Lizzy Borden. The promotion focuses on hardcore wrestling,...
- XPW European ChampionshipXPW European ChampionshipThe Xtreme Pro Wrestling European Heavyweight Championship is a former professional wrestling title defended in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance.The championship was created in 2003 through a working relationship between XPW and the FWA...
(1 time)
- XPW European Championship