James Storm

Sep 28, 2009 - by Jamie Cruickshank

James Storm

Real name: James Cox
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 229 lbs.
Date of birth: June 1, 1975
From: Franklin, TN
Pro debut: 1997
Trained by: Slash
Finishing move: Last Call

Biography

– In his early career, Storm was under a WCW developmental contract and made several jobber appearances for them in 2000
– On February 10, 2001, Storm & Shane Eden won a tournament to win the NWA North American Tag Team Titles. The titles were deactivated just 5 days later
– In June 2002, Storm was hired by the upstart NWA:TNA promotion and formed the America’s Most Wanted tag team with Chris Harris
– On June 19, 2002, Storm appeared on the first NWA:TNA event, teaming with Psicosis in a loss to The Johnsons (Richard & Rod)
– On September 18, 2002, AMW won a Gauntlet For The Gold Match to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– One week later, AMW defeated Brian Lee & Ron Harris in a Tables Match to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On October 26, 2002, AMW defeated AJ Styles & Rocky Reynolds to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On January 8, 2003, AMW defeated The Disciples of the New Church (Slash & Brian Lee) to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– One week later, AMW defeated Divine Storm (Chris Divine & Quiet Storm)
– On June 11, 2003, AMW defeated David Young & Traci to win the Anarchy Alliance Tournament
– On June 25, 2003, AMW defeated Triple X (Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper) in a Cage Match to win the NWA Tag Team Titles for a third time
– On July 9, 2003, AMW defeated Johnny Swinger & Simon Diamond to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On August 20, 2003, Jeff Jarrett, Raven, D-Lo Brown, Chris Harris & James Storm defeated AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Shane Douglas, Johnny Swinger & Simon Diamond in a Cage Match with Erik Watts as special guest referee
– On December 17, 2003, AMW defeated Glen Gilberti & David Young in a Street Fight
– On January 14, 2004, AMW defeated The Red Shirt Security (Kevin Northcutt & Legend) in a Rawhide Strap Match
– At the first ever TNA Impact, AMW defeated Kid Kash & Dallas to win the NWA Tag Team Titles for a fourth time
– On June 23, 2004, AMW defeated Miyamoto & NOSAWA to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On June 26, 2004, AMW won a Tag Team Turmoil Tournament to win the CSWF Tag Team Titles. During their reign, CSWF joined the NWA, so the titles became the NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Titles
– On September 21, 2004, Storm & Christopher Daniels defeated Chris Harris & Elix Skipper to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On October 30, 2004, AMW defeated Mana & The Hungarian to retain the CSWF Tag Team Titles
– At Victory Road 2004, AMW defeated Triple X (Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper) in a Last Man Standing Match
– At Turning Point 2004, AMW defeated Triple X in a Cage Match, forcing Triple X to disband
– At Final Resolution 2005, AMW defeated Team Canada (Bobby Roode & Eric Young) to win the NWA Tag Team Titles for a 5th time (sixth as individuals)
– On January 29, 2005, AMW defeated Dory & Terry Funk to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Against All Odds 2005, AMW defeated Kid Kash & Lance Hoyt to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Destination X 2005, AMW & The 3 Live Kru (BG James & Konnan) defeated Team Canada (Bobby Roode, Eric Young, Petey Williams & Alex Jerrell)
– At Lockdown 2005. AMW defeated Team Canada (Eric Young & Petey Williams) in a Steel Cage Strap Match
– At Slammiversary 2005, AMW defeated 3 Live Kru
– At No Surrender 2005, AMW defeated Alex Shelley & Matt Bentley
– On October 11, 2005, AMW defeated The Naturals (Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas) to win the NWA Tag Team Titles for the final time
– On October 25, 2005, AMW defeated 3 Live Kru (BG James & Ron Killings) to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On December 13, 2005, AMW defeated AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Final Resolution 2006, AMW defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Against All Odds 2006, AMW defeated Chris Sabin & Sonjay Dutt to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– At Destination X 2006, AMW, Abyss & Jeff Jarrett defeated Rhino, Ron Killings & Team 3D
– On March 25, 2006, Storm & Cassidy Riley defeated Los Nenes de las Nenas (Chris Joel & Alex Montalvo) to win the WWC World Tag Team Titles
– At Sacrifice 2006, AMW defeated AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On December 14, 2006, America’s Most Wanted finally split up after Storm turned on Harris
– At Final Resolution 2007, Storm defeated Petey Williams
– At Against All Odds 2007, Storm & Jackie Moore defeated Petey Williams & Gail Kim
– At Destination X 2007, Storm & Jackie Moore defeated Petey Williams & Gail Kim in a Double Bullrope Match
– At Lockdown 2007, Storm defeated Chris Harris in a Blindfold Cage Match
– At Victory Road 2007, Storm defeated Rhino
– On July 30, 2007, Storm, Robert Roode & Raven defeated Chris Harris, Kaz & Rhino in a Clockwork Orange House of Fun Match
– At Hard Justice 2007, Storm defeated Rhino in a Bar Room Brawl
– At Genesis 2007, Storm introduced the TNA Beer Drinking Title, but immediately lost it to Eric Young
– On February 25, 2008, Storm defeated Eric Young in a Ladder Match to regain the TNA Beer Drinking Title, but the belt was destroyed by Rhino the next day and was later deactivated
– On June 12, 2008, Storm teamed with Robert Roode for the first time. The team would later be named ‘Beer Money Inc.’
– At Hard Justice 2008, Beer Money Inc defeated The LAX (Homicide & Hernandez) to win the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At No Surrender 2008, Beer Money Inc defeated The LAX to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Bound For Glory 2008, Beer Money Inc defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan, The LAX & Team 3D in a Monster’s Ball Match with Steve McMichael as special guest referee to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Turning Point 2008, Beer Money Inc defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– On November 10, 2008, Beer Money Inc defeated AJ Styles & Samoa Joe by DQ to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Final Resolution 2008, Beer Money Inc defeated Abyss & Matt Morgan to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– On December 8, 2008, Storm defeated Abyss in a Beer Bottle On A Pole Match
– At Genesis 2009, Beer Money Inc defeated Lethal Consequences (Consequences Creed & Jay Lethal) to win the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Against All Odds 2009, Beer Money Inc defeated Lethal Consequences to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– On February 23, 2009, Beer Money Inc defeated The Rock n Rave Infection (Jimmy Rave & Lance Rock) in an Off The Wagon Challenge to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Sacrifice 2009, Beer Money Inc defeated The British Invasion (Doug Williams & Brutus Magnus) to win the Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament
– At Slammiversary 2009, Beer Money Inc defeated Team 3D (Brother Ray & Brother Devon) to win the TNA Tag Team Titles for a third time
– At No Surrender 2009, Beer Money Inc & Team 3D defeated The British Invasion & The Main Event Mafia (Booker T & Scott Steiner) in a Lethal Lockdown Match
– On October 20, 2009, Beer Money Inc defeated TNA Tag Team Champions The British Invasion by DQ
– At Genesis 2010, Beer Money Inc defeated Kevin Nash & Syxx-Pac
– On May 29, 2010, Beer Money Inc defeated 1PW Tag Team Champions Fight Club (Kid Fite & Liam Thompson) by DQ
– On August 24, 2010, Fourtune (AJ Styles, James Storm, Robert Roode & Kazarian) defeated EV2.0 (Brian Kendrick, Rhino, Sabu & Tommy Dreamer) in an Elimination Match
– At Turning Point 2010, Fourtune (AJ Styles, James Storm, Robert Roode, Kazarian & Douglas Williams) defeated EV2.0 (Brian Kendrick, Raven, Rhino, Sabu & Stevie Richards)
– At Final Resolution 2010, Beer Money Inc defeated Ink Inc (Jesse Neal & Shannon Moore)
– At Genesis 2011, Beer Money Inc defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) to win the TNA Tag Team Titles for a record fourth time
– At Against All Odds 2011, Beer Money Inc & Scott Steiner defeated Immortal (Gunner, Murphy & Rob Terry)
– At Victory Road 2011, Beer Money Inc defeated Ink Inc to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Lockdown 2011, Fortune (James Storm, Robert Roode, Kazarian & Daniels) defeated Immortal (Ric Flair, Abyss, Matt Hardy & Bully Ray) in a Lethal Lockdown Match
– At Sacrifice 2011, Beer Money Inc defeated Matt Hardy & Chris Harris to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Slammiversary 2011, Gun Money (Storm & Alex Shelley) defeated The British Invasion to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Hardcore Justice 2011, Beer Money Inc defeated Mexican America (Hernandez & Anarquia) to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– On October 18, 2011, Storm defeated Kurt Angle to win the TNA World Title, but would only hold it for a week before losing it to Bobby Roode
– At Final Resolution 2011, Storm defeated Kurt Angle
– On January 26, 2012, Storm defeated TNA World Champion Bobby Roode by DQ
– On February 14, 2012, Storm & Jeff Hardy defeated Bully Ray & Kurt Angle in a No-DQ Match
– At Victory Road 2012, Storm defeated Bully Ray
– At Slammiversary 2012, Storm returned from a two-month absence to hand Crimson his first televised loss in TNA
– On September 6, 2012, Storm was confirmed as the winner of the league portion of the TNA Bound For Glory Series. He lost in the first knockout match later that week
– At Bound For Glory ’12, Storm defeated Bobby Roode with King Mo as special guest enforcer
– At Turning Point ’12, Storm defeated AJ Styles & Bobby Roode in a Triple Threat Match
– At Final Resolution ’12, Storm defeated Kazarian
– At One Night Only: Joker’s Wild, Storm & Christian York defeated Crimson & Gunner before Storm went on to win the Gauntlet Match
– At One Night Only: World X-Cup, Storm was part of the victorious Team USA
– At Lockdown ’13, Team TNA (Storm, Samoa Joe, Sting, Magnus & Eric Young) defeated Aces & Eights (Devon, Mr Anderson, DOC, Knux & Garett Bischoff)
– At One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 2, Storm, Magnus & Bob Holly defeated Aces & Eights (DOC, Knux & Wes Brisco) in an Elimination Match
– At Slammiversary XI, Storm & Gunner defeated Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez, Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian) and Austin Aries & Bobby Roode to win the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Hardcore Justice ’13, Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Abyss & James Storm) defeated Team Roode (Bobby Roode, Magnus, Robbie E & Jessie Godderz) in a Lethal Lockdown Match
– On January 31, 2014, Gunner & James Storm defeated Ethan Carter III & Magnus in a Ladder Match to defend Gunner’s World Title shot and earn Storm a Tag Team Title shot
– At Victory Road ’14, Storm & Kazarian defeated Knux & The Freak
– In late 2014, Storm began recruiting members to a new faction which would go on to be known as ‘The Revolution’
– At One Night Only: Rivals, Storm defeated Mr Anderson
– On September 19, 2014, The Revolution (Storm & Abyss) defeated The Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to win the TNA Tag Team Titles
– On December 13, 2014, The Revolution (Storm & Abyss) fought WWL Tag Team Champions La Artilleria Pesada (Thunder & Lightning) to a double DQ
– On January 9, 2015, The Revolution defeated The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff) in a Cage Match to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– Storm defeated Magnus at Slammiversary XIII in a non-sanctioned match, which was his final match in TNA Wrestling for the foreseeable future
– In October 2015, Storm made his NXT debut. He would wrestle two matches for the promotion before re-signing with TNA in January
– At One Night Only: Live!, Storm & Bobby Roode reformed Beer Money Inc and defeated Eric Young & Bram
– On the January 26, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Storm won a Tag Team Title opportunity in the Feast or Fired Match
– On the February 16, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Storm fought TNA King of the Mountain Champion Eric Young to a double-countout draw
– On January 31, 2016, Beer Money defeated The Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards) to win the TNA Tag Team Titles
– On the March 22, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Beer Money defeated The BroMans (Robbie E & Jessie Godderz) to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– On the April 12, 2016 edition of Impact Wrestling, Beer Money defeated The Decay (Crazzy Steve & Abyss), The BroMans and Eric Young & Bram in a 4-Way Match to retain the TNA Tag Team Titles
– At Slammiversary ’16, Storm defeated Braxton Sutter
– At One Night Only: World Cup ’16, Storm defeated Eli Drake
– On July 14, Storm defeated Eli Drake to win the TNA King of the Mountain Title
– On July 23, Storm defeated Ethan Carter III & Jeff Jarrett to win the vacant Masters of the Ring Title
– At One Night Only: November ’16, Storm defeated Bram. He would take a leave of absence from TNA following this event
– On October 8, Storm returned to action as part of the Death Crew Council, teaming with Bram & Kingston to defeat Brother Nero & Eddie Edwards
– At One Night Only: Live ’17, Storm defeated Jessie Godderz
– At One Night Only: Rivals ’17, Storm defeated Mahabali Shera
– At Bound For Glory ’17, Team Impact (Storm, Eddie Edwards & Ethan Carter III) defeated Team AAA (Pagano, Texano Jr & El Hijo del Fantasma)
– In November 2017, Storm lost a Loser Leaves Town Match, apparently signalling the end of his run in Impact Wrestling
– On March 10, 2018, Storm defeated Chase Stevens to win the Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Title
– At ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds ’19, Storm fought NWA National Champion Colt Cabana to a no-contest
– On June 29, Storm defeated Cabana to win the NWA National Title
– On August 10, Storm defeated Anthony Henry to retain the NWA National Title
– On August 12, Storm defeated Pirancanrana to retain the NWA National Title
– At Hard Times I, Storm & Eli Drake defeated The Rock n Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson) and The Wild Cards (Thom Latimer & Royce Isaacs) to win the NWA Tag Team Titles
– On January 26, 2020, Storm & Drake defeated The Bouncers (Brian Milonas & The Beer City Bruiser) to retain the NWA Tag Team Titles
– Storm returned to Impact at Bound For Glory 2020, competing in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet Match
– At Turning Point 2020, Storm & Chris Sabin defeated XXXL (Acey Romero & Larry D)
– On July 30, 2021, Storm defeated Brian Blade to win the MWA Heavyweight Title, but would lose it back the next day
– On March 19, 2022, Storm defeated Vordell Walker to win the USA Pro Heavyweight Title
– On June 26, Storm defeated Thom Latimer to retain the USA Pro Heavyweight Title
– At Against All Odds 2022, Storm, Chris Harris, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Heath defeated Honor No More (Mike Bennett, Matt Taven, Eddie Edwards, Kenny King & PCO)
– On July 7, Storm defeated Mahabali Shera to win the OVW National Heavyweight Title
– On August 27, Storm defeated Omar Amir to win the OVW Heavyweight Title

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