Jonathan Whitcombe
(born 19 April 1977)
is an
English professional wrestler
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, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many
independent
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promotions across the
United Kingdom
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, including the
Frontier Wrestling Alliance, Real Quality Wrestling and
One Pro Wrestling
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. He has also worked in the
United States
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, for promotions such as
Ring of Honor
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,
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
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,
Combat Zone Wrestling
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, and
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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, as well as working in Japan.
Professional wrestling career
British and other European promotions
At the start of his career, Storm became a mainstay in the
Frontier Wrestling Alliance (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 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
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, where, with Fleisch, he was the one half of the first
1PW Tag Team Champions, after they defeated
A.J. Styles and
Christopher Daniels
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in a tournament final on 27 May 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 to Maxx in July of that year.
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.
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
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
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in the finals at a FWA show in England.
Storm made his first appearance for
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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(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
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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
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(CZW) show, ''Respect'', on 23 August 2003, Storm challenged
Sonjay Dutt
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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
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, and against Trik Davis for
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
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.
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
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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.
Trainer
Storm has also trained other wrestlers, most notably
Erin Marshall.
Championships and accomplishments
*
All Star Wrestling
**ASW People's Championship (1 time)
*Alternative Wrestling World
**AWW British Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
*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)
**ACW Tag Team Championship (4 time, current) - with
Jody Fleisch (2) and Jonas Weber (2, current)
*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)
*Championship Xtreme Wrestling
**CXW World Championship (1 time)
*
Combat Zone Wrestling
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**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, inaugural, final)
**2FC Title Tournament (2008)
*
Frontier Wrestling Alliance / XWA
**
British Heavyweight Championship (
1 time)
**
FWA All England Championship (
2 times)
**FWA Gold Rush Fifteen Man #1 Contender Battle Royal (2005, 2007)
**British Inter-Federation Cup (2006)
*Future Championship Wrestling
**FCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*Global Wrestling Force
**GWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time, inaugural)
**GWF Heavyweight Title Tournament (2002)
*International Catch Wrestling Alliance
**ICWA Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
**ICWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*
International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
**
IPW:UK World Championship (1 time)
**
IPW:UK Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Andreas Corr
**Extreme Measures Tournament (2004)
*International Wrestling Association: Switzerland
**IWA Switzerland Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**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
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**
1PW Tag Team Championship (1 time, inaugural) - with
Jody Fleisch
**1PW Tag Team Title Tournament (2006)– With Jody Fleisch
*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 (2011)
*The Wrestling Alliance
**TWA British Commonwealth Championship (2 times)
**
TWA British Welterweight Championship (2 times)
*United Kingdom Pro Wrestling
**UKPW Inter-Regional Championship (1 time)
*Vertigo Pro Wrestling
**VPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
*
Westside Xtreme Wrestling
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**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
**WSW Tag Team Championship (1 time)– with
Jody Fleisch
*
Xtreme Pro Wrestling
**
XPW European Championship (1 time)
*Real Deal Wrestling
**RDW Tag Team Championship (1 time)– with Reese Ryan
References
External links
Jonny Storm's Home Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Storm, Jonny
1977 births
English male professional wrestlers
Living people
People from Harlow