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👉 EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! 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 Subscribe to Subscribe to my podcast: Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: Email me: cvv@ Follow me on Instagram: Like me on Facebook: Follow me on Twitter: #wwe #wrestling #lancestorm #impactwrestling #ecw
