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Jonny Storm

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Jonny Storm
Storm in 2023
Birth nameJonathan Whitcombe
Born (1977-04-19) 19 April 1977 (age 47)[1]
Harlow, Essex, England
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)"Wonderkid" Jonny Storm[2]
Billed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1]
Billed weight176 lb (80 kg; 12.6 st)[1]
Billed fromHarlow, Essex
Trained byDino Scarlo[2]
Debut1997[2]

Jonathan Whitcombe[3] (born 19 April 1977)[1] 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.[2][1]

Professional wrestling career

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British and other European promotions

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At the start of his career, Storm became a mainstay in the Frontier Wrestling Alliance (FWA). He also competed for All-Star Wrestling.[1] Storm began wrestling for Irish Whip Wrestling in March 2005, where he had a series of matches against M-Dogg 20.[1][4] Storm was one of the trainers for ITV's Celebrity Wrestling in 2005.[2] Although the show was considered a failure, Storm enjoyed it and said it was "a really good experience".[2] Storm has wrestled for numerous other European promotions, including German Stampede Wrestling, Real Quality Wrestling, Rings of Europe and Dutch Championship Wrestling.[1] Also in 2005, he won the Féderation Francophone de Catch promotion's top championship, which he has held since.[5]

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.[2][6] 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 27 May 2006.[1][3] 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.[7] On 23 March 2007, Storm defeated Maddog Maxx to win the Celtic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship, but he lost it to Maxx in July of that year.[8]

In 2015, Storm began appearing for Insane Championship Wrestling. In 2019, he lost to Kieran Kelly at ICW I Ain't Yer Pal, Dickface! and challenged for the ICW Tag Team Championships.[9] 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 was involved in a bitter feud with Rockstar Spud, an obnoxious flyweight who believed he is the new "Wonderkid" of British wrestling.

American promotions

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Storm making his ring entrance

Storm competed in Xtreme Pro 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.[1][10] 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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[2][13] 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.[14] He made further appearance for CZW in January 2004.[15][16] 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.[2][1] 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.[3]

Overall Storm worked for more than 80 promotions across the world, working in 16 different countries.[17]

Trainer

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Storm has also trained other wrestlers, most notably Erin Marshall.[18]

Championships and accomplishments

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  • All Star Wrestling
    • ASW People's Championship (1 time)[19]
  • Alternative Wrestling World
    • AWW British Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[20]
  • ABC Pro Wrestling : Thailand
    • ABC Tag Team Championship (2 time, current, inaugural) - with Ronin Rider (1), Matthew Ford (1, current)
  • Athletik Club Wrestling
    • ACW Cruiserweight Championship (5 times)
    • ACW German Championship (1 time)
    • ACW Wrestling Challenge Championship (1 time)[7]
    • ACW Tag Team Championship (3 time) - with Jody Fleisch (2) and Jonas Weber
  • Best Of British Wrestling
    • BOBW Championship (1 time)
  • House Of Pain Wrestling
    • HOP Heavyweight Championship (1 time, inaugural)
    • HOP Heavyweight Title Tournament (2009)
  • British Titles
    • British Middleweight Championship (1 time)
  • Celtic Wrestling
    • CW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[8]
  • Championship Xtreme Wrestling
    • CXW World Championship (1 time, current)
  • Combat Zone Wrestling
    • CZW Match of the Year (2002) - vs. Jody Fleisch
  • Falling Starr Wrestling
    • FSW Limitless Championship (1 time)
  • Féderation Francophone de Catch
    • 2FC Championship (1 time)[5]
  • Frontier Wrestling Alliance / XWA
  • Future Championship Wrestling
    • FCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Global Wrestling Force
    • GWF Championship (1 time)[23]
  • International Catch Wrestling Alliance
    • ICWA Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)[24]
    • ICWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
  • International Wrestling Association: Switzerland
    • IWA Switzerland Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[26]
    • IWA Switzerland Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, inaugural, final)
    • IWA Switzerland Cruiserweight Title Tournament (2005)
  • Ligaunabhängig
    • Dragonhearts Championship (1 time)
  • Nitro Pro Wrestling Alliance
    • NPWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gary Wild
  • One Pro Wrestling
  • Playhouse Wrestlefest
    • Wrestlefest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Jody Fleisch
  • Plex Wrestling
    • Plex-ceed Championship (1 time)
    • Plex Wrestling British Championship (1 time)
  • Premier Promotions
    • PWF Lightweight Championship (3 times, inaugural)
    • One Night Tournament (2009)
    • Rumblemania Trophy (2008)
  • Rings Of Europe
    • RoE King Of Europe Championship (1 time)
  • Scottish School Of Wrestling
    • SSW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
  • SLAM Wrestling
    • SLAM Championship (1 time, inaugural)
    • SLAM Title Tournament (2008)
  • Sliced Bread Wrestling
    • SBW The Golden Toaster
  • The Wrestling Alliance
  • United Kingdom Pro Wrestling
    • UKPW Inter-Regional Championship (1 time)
  • Vertigo Pro Wrestling
    • VPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[28]
  • Westside Xtreme Wrestling
    • wXw World Lightweight Championship (1 time)
  • World Association of Wrestling
    • WAW British Lightweight Championship (2 times)
    • WAW Open Light Heavyweight Championship (2 time)
  • World Stars Of Wrestling
  • Xtreme Pro Wrestling
  • Real Deal Wrestling
    • RDW Tag Team Championship (1 time)– with Reese Ryan

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Jonny Storm profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Clevett, Jason (25 May 2005). "Jonny Storm: British Invader". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Elliott, Brian (26 June 2006). "Busy summer ahead for Storm". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Irish Whip Wrestling". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Force Francophone de Catch Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  6. ^ "Anarchy In The UK- Broxburne, United Kingdom 8/13/06". Ring of Honor. 13 August 2006. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Athletik Club Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Celtic Wrestling Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  9. ^ "ICW Shug's Hoose Party 6 - Tag 2 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.
  10. ^ Westcott, Brian; Falcitelli, Sam. "XPW - European Heavyweight Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  11. ^ "NWA: Total Nonstop Action PPV - March 12, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee - Aired Live". Online World of Wrestling. 12 March 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  12. ^ "ROH/FWA Frontiers of Honor- London, England 5/17/03". Ring of Honor. 17 May 2003. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  13. ^ Abreu, Donnie (4 September 2003). "TNA: Super X makes for super show". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  14. ^ "Combat Zone Wrestling - Respect". Online World of Wrestling. 23 August 2003. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  15. ^ "Combat Zone Wrestling - The Allentown Project". Online World of Wrestling. 16 January 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  16. ^ "Combat Zone Wrestling - Street Fight 2K4". Online World of Wrestling. 17 January 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
  17. ^ "Reference at cagematch.de".
  18. ^ "Erin Angel". Glory Wrestling. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
  19. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - December 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  20. ^ "AWW British Championship Title History".
  21. ^ a b "X Wrestling Alliance Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  22. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - April 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
  23. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - July 2002". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  24. ^ "International Catch Wrestling Association Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  25. ^ "IPW:UK Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  26. ^ "IWA Switzerland Title Histories". titlehistories.com. Retrieved 11 July 2008.
  27. ^ "1-Pro Wrestling 2006 Results". 1 Pro Wrestling Online. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
  28. ^ "Reference at www.cagematch.net".
  29. ^ "Independent Wrestling Results - March 2003". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 5 July 2008.
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