Tyler Storm
Nov 22, 2018 10:17:49 GMT -5
Post by FGA Office on Nov 22, 2018 10:17:49 GMT -5
STATS
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Tyler Adrian Storm
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
Tyler Storm
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
The Swiss Army Knife
D.O.B.:
April 8th, 1992
HEIGHT:
6'4"
WEIGHT:
215 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
Heavy Babyface (9)
BILLED FROM:
Tuscaloosa, AL
PRO DEBUT:
September 15th, 2010
PICBASE:
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
1. A Southern US-inspired strong style, tad more focus on striking abilities with knees and fists.
2. Technical amateur style with focuses around submissions and timed out attacks.
FINISHING MOVES:
1. Eye of the Storm - Electric Chair Driver
2. Tiger's Cage - Double Underhook Crossface
3. Paranoia Plummet - Diving Corkscrew Moonsault (Rare-use high risk move)
TRADEMARK MOVES:
1. Hybrid Crackdown - Inverted Headlock into Rolling Elbow
2. Bite Wound - Crucifix Cutter
3. Hardcastle Treatment - Springboard Roundhouse Kick (Comeback move)
4. Rolling Tide - Air Raid Crash Neckbreaker
5. Alabama Slam
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Jumping Knee Strike
- Knife Edge Chop
- Spinning Heel Kick
- Hesitation Dropkick
- Spinning Forearm
GRAPPLING
- Spinebuster
- Backdrop Driver
- Blue Thunder Bomb
- Abdominal Stretch
- Sleeperhold
RUNNING
- European Uppercut
- Bicycle Kick
- Scissor Kick
- Swinging Neckbreaker
- Buckle Bomb
- Spear
- Slingblade
- Yakuza Kick
GROUND
- Limb Stomp
- Surfboard Stretch
- Texas Cloverleaf
- Ankle Lock
- Camel Clutch
- Standing Elbow Drop
AERIAL
- Tornado DDT
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
"Eye of the Tiger (Metal Cover)" by Leo Moracchioli feat Rob Lundgren
RING ATTIRE:
Consists typically of wrestling tights with a long claw mark that goes from just below the waistband all the way down to the knee on the sides, the word "STORM" on the back, and "TYLER" on the front with both in Slant font. The tights will always include a white waistband and range in color for the rest of it from blue with black designs in white outlines (most common), red with white designs in black outlines, black with blue designs in white outlines, or white with silver designs in blue outlines. Tyler also has a gold outline and waistband variant to these along with a gold design variant to his white tights design for when he is a champion. Along with this, coming to the ring Tyler will typically wear a shirt/jersey/shirsey related to the area they are wrestling in or will wear some of his merchandise.
RING ENTRANCE:
The lights begin to slow fade out to the opening tunes of "Eye of the Tiger" before flashing quickly back on once the rifts of the guitar begin playing, along with being met with flashes of blue and gold light on the stage. Once the song picks up into it's normal tune about 25 seconds in, Tyler Storm rushes out from behind the curtain to a positive pop, bobbing his head to the beat of the song and mouthing out to the fans.
Once the lyrics start, Tyler begins making his way down the ramp, walking along the left for the first half of his trek to the ring and high-fiving fans or talking with them, and doing the same in the second half of his walk on the right side. Before long he reaches ringside and after interacting with a few more people at ringside, he works his way up the stairs onto the ring apron. He rubs his feet off for a few moments, then gripping onto the top rope he jumps up and slides his legs in between the top and middle ropes and into the ring.
The song goes on for a few more moments with Storm motioning out to the crowd for a reaction before rushing to one side of the ring just as the drawn out "Eye of the Tiger" lyric hits, landing his right foot on the bottom rope and his left on the middle rope with his arms spread out open with the audience cheering. He then hops back off the ropes and walks over to his corner as the music fades.
CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
The lights begin to slow fade out to the opening tunes of "Eye of the Tiger" before flashing quickly back on once the rifts of the guitar begin playing, along with being met with flashes of blue and red light on the stage. Once the song picks up into it's normal tune about 25 seconds in, Tyler Storm rushes out from behind the curtain with his championship around his waist to a positive pop, bobbing his head to the beat of the song before standing right at the middle of the stage and removing his title from his waist and holding it up in the air while mouthing out to the audience.
Once the lyrics start, Tyler throws the title over his shoulder and begins making his way down the ramp, walking along the left for the first half of his trek to the ring and high-fiving fans or talking with them, and doing the same in the second half of his walk on the right side. Before long he reaches ringside and after interacting with a few more people at ringside, he slides his championship into the ring then works his way up the stairs onto the ring apron. He rubs his feet off for a few moments, then gripping onto the top rope he jumps up and slides his legs in between the top and middle ropes and enters the ring, also retreiving his title.
The song goes on for a few more moments with Storm motioning out to the crowd for a reaction before rushing to one side of the ring just as the drawn out "Eye of the Tiger" lyric hits, landing his right foot on the bottom rope and his left on the middle rope with his left arm held out with his right raising his title up high with the audience cheering. He then hops back off the ropes, handing the championship over to a ringside personnel and then walks over to his corner as the music fades.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
Tyler Storm takes to wrestling in a much more light-hearted approach than most in the business today. Tyler will typically take the high road in a lot of issues, choosing kindness and respect over spite and revenge-ridden thoughts. He always fights for the fans and with honor, and while at times he may need to be rougher with some competitors dependent on the ways they go at him physically or mentally, his appreciation for the sport prevails no matter the circumstance. To put it lightly, he's the picture of a fan favorite with a large fighting spirit.
STRENGTHS:
1. Calculation - Tyler's biggest strength comes from his 8 years of experience learning ways to scout his opponents and to learn from not only their mistakes but also work off his weaknesses to an opponent's style. This allows him a wide knowledge of not only match planning, but adaptability in knowing what part of his arsenal to use to gain control in a match.
2. Physicality - Embracing a more strong-style approach to wrestling over the last few years, along with his focus on improving his body after injury issues, has allowed Tyler to be able to pack a punch much harder in the strikes he dishes out now days. The elbows and kicks Tyler can deliver are brutal in their effectiveness, and his 6'4" frame compared to most in wrestling now has allowed him much more ease of overpowering an opponent.
3. Patience - One thing Tyler has kept throughout his years has been his ability to relax when inside the ring and be very patient with allowing his opponent to come to him and open the doors to his various moves he can pull off. It's rare Tyler lets his head get the best of him against an opposing foe, and the great demeanor in the ring has offered a lot of success in getting his opponents to frustrate themselves out of a match against him. Whether it be frustration from Tyler's kind and calm nature in the ring, or frustration from his skillset, it plays to Tyler's advantage every time.
WEAKNESSES:
1. Injury History - If anything plays against Tyler greatly, it's going to be his list of injuries he has had to deal with over the years. Although he has been safer when it comes to concussions and what not, the biggest spot that always seems to haunt Tyler is his lower back. Especially following a recent back surgery that kept Tyler from the ring for around a year, it's obvious from here on Tyler will have a big target on his back whenever facing more methodical opponents in the ring.
2. Protector - Although Tyler is very good with keeping his cool, the big thing that can get Tyler out of his loop revolves around protecting his friends and family. Because he focuses so much constantly on being there for the people he cares for, sometimes this can throw his focus out of whack and cause him to be a bit too reckless in the ring in protecting their honor. If an opponent can manage to get Tyler into this sort of mode and push through the added physicality that can come with it, he leaves plenty of open doors for someone to seize opportunity and outsmart him.
3. Trust - As the saying somewhat goes, nice guys can finish last a lot of the time. For Tyler, while he doesn't feel this is the case most of the time, the biggest way his kindness can hurt him revolves around those who he is faithful with. To put it best, as long as you aren't putting him into positions where it's obvious you are trying to make him do wrong or do wrong by him, Tyler will trust someone in the ring he is with whether that is a partner or an opponent. This means, from time to time, that someone breaking his trust and catching him offguard in a moments notice could result in him not having enough time to process things before losing. Of course, this is a rare sort of weakness, but for the right opponents it could be a killing blow.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Tyler will generally do his best to get the crowd into a match, one big way being if he is doing exceptionally well he will slide out of the ring and do laps around the ring high fiving fans at ringside while yelling out.
2. Tyler's only known taunt involves yelling out the words "Time To" before the audience responds with "Be Witness," a catchphrase Tyler adopted early in his wrestling career that has stuck with him to this day.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. TBD
2. TBD
3. TBD
4. TBD
5. TBD
FOES
1. TBD
2. TBD
3. TBD
4. TBD
5. TBD
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
TBD
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
- 2x Visionaries of Wrestling (VoW) Eye for an Eye Champion
- 2015 VoW Quest for the Case Winner
- 1x STRIKE! Wrestling Alliance (STRIKE!) World Champion
- 1x International Championship Wrestling (ICW) World Champion
- 1x ICW Transcontinental Champion
- 1x KABLAM (KAPOW) Champion
- 1x Shootcamp Championship Wrestling (SCW) Television Champion
BACKGROUND:
Tyler Adrian Storm was born on April 8, 1992 in Tuscaloosa to Phyllis Storm and indy wrestler Tracy Storm.
Tyler knew from his early days that he would be stepping into the squared stage. His father, a wrestler himself, began training Tyler as soon as he could. Some of his dad's old promoters say Tyler was doing dives off the top rope before he was even 5-years-old. Tyler not only got to learn hands-on, but he got to watch all of his father's matches from ringside.
However, what really opened the young Storm's eyes to the wrestling world was his father's last match. Tyler was 15, and his father was competing in a Texas Death Match for the company's coveted World Title. The two were of equal strength throughout the brutal match, but tragedy struck following the conclusion of the match when Tyler's father collapsed from an epileptic seizure just seconds after being declared winner and new world champion. Although Tyler's father did manage to make a pretty speedy recovery, the event scarred him not only physically but mentally as well. Because of this the elder Storm announced his unwanted retirement, surrendering the one title he sought after for so long after holding it for just 1 week. After watching his dad give his emotional retirement speech in front of the many people who supported him through the years, Tyler got the spark he needed to begin the journey to becoming the man he is today.
Tyler trained vigorously under his own supervision until he turned 18, when he tried out and earned a spot on the roster of his local wrestling organization. Although Tyler never captured the gold, he did impress some scouts enough that he earned a contract under the Shootclub Wrestling Alliance. After training for a few months at Shootcamp, the developmental territory for SWA located in Atlanta, Georgia, Tyler earned his stripes (enough that this is where he earned the nickname "The Tiger") and was upgraded to the Shootcamp Championship Wrestling roster in Arizona.
During his SCW stint in which he was a one time Television Champion, Tyler's main objective was his rivalry with the notorious group Monolith led by the mastermind of evil at the time, Tony Hardcastle. Hardcastle and Storm battled for months, both having moments where one got the upper hand on the other. Sadly, the rivalry and Tyler's SCW stint was short lived as the SWA shut its doors due to massive breakdown in the upper management of the organization. Tyler feared he would have to start back from the bottom, but he learned from several of his friends of a new home...the NEXT EVOLUTION WRESTLING ALLIANCE.
Tyler and several other SWA stars signed on to the NEWA, and after going through a screening process in The Training Facility the stars were distributed among the leagues set up at the time. Tyler was signed on to 3CW, where he accomplished a good bit of success in defeating stars such as Dennis Anderson, Ace "ARW" Watson, and David Dreadful. Tyler also really put together some friendships while in 3CW, mainly with Owen Gonsalves whom he had met in Arizona and the two are now on/off tag partners in the team known formerly as All Sold Out (now as Young Scratch Reborn in honor of Old Scratch, a trainer for Tyler and Owen). Sadly, Tyler's stint in 3CW was cut short because of a leg injury, some serious family issues, and the closing of the league itself due to budget reasons.
Tyler was reassigned to Florida State Wrestling following the closing of 3CW. Sadly Tyler's journey in Florida took a massive halt due to emotional stress from a separation with his then wife Lacey Adams and her death via impact with a drunk driver along with his then newborn son Cooper, and this experience changed Tyler. He became more vicious in how he handled situations, and slowly the kind, loving, forgiving lifestyle was infused with new emotions. Mean. Hating. Unforgiving. Some called it a new personality...but to Tyler he considered it a new way he was. He was, in his own words, a hybrid of his old self and this new personality.
Tyler's journey to finding who he truly was led him to a short leave from the NEWA and him joining the FedWars Wrestling Alliance. While under the FWA and it's many brands, Tyler managed to accomplish several things that helped reform not only his career, but also his mentality. As a member of KAPOW he became the KABLAM (the second brand of the company) Champion, and also met the lovely Jennifer "Zelda" Lawson, whom he eventually married later on and is still with to this day. From there he moved on to International Championship Wrestling where he won his first ever World Championship as well as the Transcontinental Championship in the short time of 3 months, feats that are still 2 of Tyler's highest to this day. Along with success in these 2 companies he also had short stints with next Generation wrestling and New Edge Wrestling during their affiliation with the FWA, which due to some small problems didn't last and Tyler never had tastes of glory.
During all of this Tyler also managed to start up his own brand in the FWA as he, along with his brother Scott Storm and wife Zelda Lawson, founded STRIKE! Enterprises and created the STRIKE! Wrestling Alliance, which enjoyed moderate success during it's lifespan, and Tyler renovated a run down arena in Birmingham, Alabama to become the STRIKE! Centre which is still open today and hosts regular events for local and traveling wrestling promotions as well as other entertainment events. Tyler took time off to focus on the feat of running his own wrestling brand but this did not last long as Tyler sought a return to the ring, even going as far as placing himself into the STRIKE! roster and winning his own company's World Championship, which he vacated very quickly as he found it unfair for a company owner to hold their own title, and Tyler also eventually closed his Wrestling Alliance as he found the time to commit to it something he wasn't capable of in that point in his life. Tyler, with the help of his brother, span the wrestlig company off into a new brand, STRIKE! Enterprises, which recently has taken a focus on opening fitness centers around North America. Scott currently handles the bulk of operations of the business, with Tyler taking a more behind the scenes role.
With Tyler's life getting better, he managed to end his affiliation with FWA and return the NEWA and FSW for a short time with a new attitude about the aggressiveness of wrestling. However, as soon as Tyler returned he was faced with something unexpected...the NEWA was closing. So, again Tyler was out of a job and he had to go out and establish a new path for himself, which for the time being he did. Tyler continued to wrestle around in several other promotions throughout the world, including a re-established NEW and NFW which was ran by a former friend of the NEWA owner, but eventually Tyler decided to call it quits for a while and took a full on break from competition to focus on building up STRIKE! Enterprises and fully healing the injuries that have bugged him since the beginning of his career. Of course, as time went on he missed the action, the thrill of being in the ring hearing the fans cheer. This led him to Visionaries of Wrestling off the advice of his friend Owen Gonsalves, and VoW brought many things to Storm's plate.
Upon entering VoW, a big tragedy struck Tyler and he lost his father to an overdose following a years long battle with pain killer addiction. This broke Tyler for an extensive period of time, resulting in him losing his debut in VoW and forcing him to take an immediate leave to mourn. He did eventually return though, making an impact in a big way by qualifying and eventually winning the Quest for the Case match over many worthy competitors including long-time rival Ace Watson. Tyler's case awarded him the newly created Eye For An Eye Championship, or I4NI for short, and Tyler held this title on two separate occasions which included stints during a long and brutal feud with Scarlet Flint. While in VoW, Tyler's wife Zelda gave birth to his first child since the tragic loss to his son years ago, Elena Marie Storm. However despite the new addition to the family, Tyler and Zelda went through a lot of stress with one another over Zelda's lifestyle and past catching up to her, and this resulted in the two divorcing one another peacefully where they both care for Elena to this day. Around this time is also when Tyler got his with what would be the worst moment of his career in a match against Elskerinne at one of VoW's PPV events when he collapsed in the ring very scarily during a post-match nod to the fans. It was learned afterwards Tyler had ruptured a disk in his back and would require surgery, putting him out of action long enough to miss VoW being forced to close it's doors and putting Tyler out of a company to work for.
Tyler had been out of the ring for over a year and a half. Now wanting to focus on rebuilding his growing family which added on a pair of twins via adoption and the two kids he gained from his current relationship, and another on the way, his wrestling career becomes the biggest help support them. He turned back to his lifelong passion that is professional wrestling, with FGA giving him the opportunity to write a new chapter in his legacy. It will only be time now that tells us what Tyler Storm writes into the history books.
WRESTLER'S FULL NAME:
Tyler Adrian Storm
WRESTLER'S RING NAME:
Tyler Storm
WRESTLER'S NICKNAME:
The Swiss Army Knife
D.O.B.:
April 8th, 1992
HEIGHT:
6'4"
WEIGHT:
215 lbs
ALIGNMENT:
Heavy Babyface (9)
BILLED FROM:
Tuscaloosa, AL
PRO DEBUT:
September 15th, 2010
PICBASE:
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
MOVESET
WRESTLING STYLE:
1. A Southern US-inspired strong style, tad more focus on striking abilities with knees and fists.
2. Technical amateur style with focuses around submissions and timed out attacks.
FINISHING MOVES:
1. Eye of the Storm - Electric Chair Driver
2. Tiger's Cage - Double Underhook Crossface
3. Paranoia Plummet - Diving Corkscrew Moonsault (Rare-use high risk move)
TRADEMARK MOVES:
1. Hybrid Crackdown - Inverted Headlock into Rolling Elbow
2. Bite Wound - Crucifix Cutter
3. Hardcastle Treatment - Springboard Roundhouse Kick (Comeback move)
4. Rolling Tide - Air Raid Crash Neckbreaker
5. Alabama Slam
COMMON MOVES:
STRIKING
- Jumping Knee Strike
- Knife Edge Chop
- Spinning Heel Kick
- Hesitation Dropkick
- Spinning Forearm
GRAPPLING
- Spinebuster
- Backdrop Driver
- Blue Thunder Bomb
- Abdominal Stretch
- Sleeperhold
RUNNING
- European Uppercut
- Bicycle Kick
- Scissor Kick
- Swinging Neckbreaker
- Buckle Bomb
- Spear
- Slingblade
- Yakuza Kick
GROUND
- Limb Stomp
- Surfboard Stretch
- Texas Cloverleaf
- Ankle Lock
- Camel Clutch
- Standing Elbow Drop
AERIAL
- Tornado DDT
ENTRANCE & ATTIRE
ENTRANCE MUSIC:
"Eye of the Tiger (Metal Cover)" by Leo Moracchioli feat Rob Lundgren
RING ATTIRE:
Consists typically of wrestling tights with a long claw mark that goes from just below the waistband all the way down to the knee on the sides, the word "STORM" on the back, and "TYLER" on the front with both in Slant font. The tights will always include a white waistband and range in color for the rest of it from blue with black designs in white outlines (most common), red with white designs in black outlines, black with blue designs in white outlines, or white with silver designs in blue outlines. Tyler also has a gold outline and waistband variant to these along with a gold design variant to his white tights design for when he is a champion. Along with this, coming to the ring Tyler will typically wear a shirt/jersey/shirsey related to the area they are wrestling in or will wear some of his merchandise.
RING ENTRANCE:
The lights begin to slow fade out to the opening tunes of "Eye of the Tiger" before flashing quickly back on once the rifts of the guitar begin playing, along with being met with flashes of blue and gold light on the stage. Once the song picks up into it's normal tune about 25 seconds in, Tyler Storm rushes out from behind the curtain to a positive pop, bobbing his head to the beat of the song and mouthing out to the fans.
Once the lyrics start, Tyler begins making his way down the ramp, walking along the left for the first half of his trek to the ring and high-fiving fans or talking with them, and doing the same in the second half of his walk on the right side. Before long he reaches ringside and after interacting with a few more people at ringside, he works his way up the stairs onto the ring apron. He rubs his feet off for a few moments, then gripping onto the top rope he jumps up and slides his legs in between the top and middle ropes and into the ring.
The song goes on for a few more moments with Storm motioning out to the crowd for a reaction before rushing to one side of the ring just as the drawn out "Eye of the Tiger" lyric hits, landing his right foot on the bottom rope and his left on the middle rope with his arms spread out open with the audience cheering. He then hops back off the ropes and walks over to his corner as the music fades.
CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANCE:
The lights begin to slow fade out to the opening tunes of "Eye of the Tiger" before flashing quickly back on once the rifts of the guitar begin playing, along with being met with flashes of blue and red light on the stage. Once the song picks up into it's normal tune about 25 seconds in, Tyler Storm rushes out from behind the curtain with his championship around his waist to a positive pop, bobbing his head to the beat of the song before standing right at the middle of the stage and removing his title from his waist and holding it up in the air while mouthing out to the audience.
Once the lyrics start, Tyler throws the title over his shoulder and begins making his way down the ramp, walking along the left for the first half of his trek to the ring and high-fiving fans or talking with them, and doing the same in the second half of his walk on the right side. Before long he reaches ringside and after interacting with a few more people at ringside, he slides his championship into the ring then works his way up the stairs onto the ring apron. He rubs his feet off for a few moments, then gripping onto the top rope he jumps up and slides his legs in between the top and middle ropes and enters the ring, also retreiving his title.
The song goes on for a few more moments with Storm motioning out to the crowd for a reaction before rushing to one side of the ring just as the drawn out "Eye of the Tiger" lyric hits, landing his right foot on the bottom rope and his left on the middle rope with his left arm held out with his right raising his title up high with the audience cheering. He then hops back off the ropes, handing the championship over to a ringside personnel and then walks over to his corner as the music fades.
CHARACTER BACKGROUND
PERSONALITY:
Tyler Storm takes to wrestling in a much more light-hearted approach than most in the business today. Tyler will typically take the high road in a lot of issues, choosing kindness and respect over spite and revenge-ridden thoughts. He always fights for the fans and with honor, and while at times he may need to be rougher with some competitors dependent on the ways they go at him physically or mentally, his appreciation for the sport prevails no matter the circumstance. To put it lightly, he's the picture of a fan favorite with a large fighting spirit.
STRENGTHS:
1. Calculation - Tyler's biggest strength comes from his 8 years of experience learning ways to scout his opponents and to learn from not only their mistakes but also work off his weaknesses to an opponent's style. This allows him a wide knowledge of not only match planning, but adaptability in knowing what part of his arsenal to use to gain control in a match.
2. Physicality - Embracing a more strong-style approach to wrestling over the last few years, along with his focus on improving his body after injury issues, has allowed Tyler to be able to pack a punch much harder in the strikes he dishes out now days. The elbows and kicks Tyler can deliver are brutal in their effectiveness, and his 6'4" frame compared to most in wrestling now has allowed him much more ease of overpowering an opponent.
3. Patience - One thing Tyler has kept throughout his years has been his ability to relax when inside the ring and be very patient with allowing his opponent to come to him and open the doors to his various moves he can pull off. It's rare Tyler lets his head get the best of him against an opposing foe, and the great demeanor in the ring has offered a lot of success in getting his opponents to frustrate themselves out of a match against him. Whether it be frustration from Tyler's kind and calm nature in the ring, or frustration from his skillset, it plays to Tyler's advantage every time.
WEAKNESSES:
1. Injury History - If anything plays against Tyler greatly, it's going to be his list of injuries he has had to deal with over the years. Although he has been safer when it comes to concussions and what not, the biggest spot that always seems to haunt Tyler is his lower back. Especially following a recent back surgery that kept Tyler from the ring for around a year, it's obvious from here on Tyler will have a big target on his back whenever facing more methodical opponents in the ring.
2. Protector - Although Tyler is very good with keeping his cool, the big thing that can get Tyler out of his loop revolves around protecting his friends and family. Because he focuses so much constantly on being there for the people he cares for, sometimes this can throw his focus out of whack and cause him to be a bit too reckless in the ring in protecting their honor. If an opponent can manage to get Tyler into this sort of mode and push through the added physicality that can come with it, he leaves plenty of open doors for someone to seize opportunity and outsmart him.
3. Trust - As the saying somewhat goes, nice guys can finish last a lot of the time. For Tyler, while he doesn't feel this is the case most of the time, the biggest way his kindness can hurt him revolves around those who he is faithful with. To put it best, as long as you aren't putting him into positions where it's obvious you are trying to make him do wrong or do wrong by him, Tyler will trust someone in the ring he is with whether that is a partner or an opponent. This means, from time to time, that someone breaking his trust and catching him offguard in a moments notice could result in him not having enough time to process things before losing. Of course, this is a rare sort of weakness, but for the right opponents it could be a killing blow.
TAUNTS/MANNERISMS:
1. Tyler will generally do his best to get the crowd into a match, one big way being if he is doing exceptionally well he will slide out of the ring and do laps around the ring high fiving fans at ringside while yelling out.
2. Tyler's only known taunt involves yelling out the words "Time To" before the audience responds with "Be Witness," a catchphrase Tyler adopted early in his wrestling career that has stuck with him to this day.
Allies & Foes:
ALLIES
1. TBD
2. TBD
3. TBD
4. TBD
5. TBD
FOES
1. TBD
2. TBD
3. TBD
4. TBD
5. TBD
FGA CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
TBD
ADDITIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD:
- 2x Visionaries of Wrestling (VoW) Eye for an Eye Champion
- 2015 VoW Quest for the Case Winner
- 1x STRIKE! Wrestling Alliance (STRIKE!) World Champion
- 1x International Championship Wrestling (ICW) World Champion
- 1x ICW Transcontinental Champion
- 1x KABLAM (KAPOW) Champion
- 1x Shootcamp Championship Wrestling (SCW) Television Champion
BACKGROUND:
Tyler Adrian Storm was born on April 8, 1992 in Tuscaloosa to Phyllis Storm and indy wrestler Tracy Storm.
Tyler knew from his early days that he would be stepping into the squared stage. His father, a wrestler himself, began training Tyler as soon as he could. Some of his dad's old promoters say Tyler was doing dives off the top rope before he was even 5-years-old. Tyler not only got to learn hands-on, but he got to watch all of his father's matches from ringside.
However, what really opened the young Storm's eyes to the wrestling world was his father's last match. Tyler was 15, and his father was competing in a Texas Death Match for the company's coveted World Title. The two were of equal strength throughout the brutal match, but tragedy struck following the conclusion of the match when Tyler's father collapsed from an epileptic seizure just seconds after being declared winner and new world champion. Although Tyler's father did manage to make a pretty speedy recovery, the event scarred him not only physically but mentally as well. Because of this the elder Storm announced his unwanted retirement, surrendering the one title he sought after for so long after holding it for just 1 week. After watching his dad give his emotional retirement speech in front of the many people who supported him through the years, Tyler got the spark he needed to begin the journey to becoming the man he is today.
Tyler trained vigorously under his own supervision until he turned 18, when he tried out and earned a spot on the roster of his local wrestling organization. Although Tyler never captured the gold, he did impress some scouts enough that he earned a contract under the Shootclub Wrestling Alliance. After training for a few months at Shootcamp, the developmental territory for SWA located in Atlanta, Georgia, Tyler earned his stripes (enough that this is where he earned the nickname "The Tiger") and was upgraded to the Shootcamp Championship Wrestling roster in Arizona.
During his SCW stint in which he was a one time Television Champion, Tyler's main objective was his rivalry with the notorious group Monolith led by the mastermind of evil at the time, Tony Hardcastle. Hardcastle and Storm battled for months, both having moments where one got the upper hand on the other. Sadly, the rivalry and Tyler's SCW stint was short lived as the SWA shut its doors due to massive breakdown in the upper management of the organization. Tyler feared he would have to start back from the bottom, but he learned from several of his friends of a new home...the NEXT EVOLUTION WRESTLING ALLIANCE.
Tyler and several other SWA stars signed on to the NEWA, and after going through a screening process in The Training Facility the stars were distributed among the leagues set up at the time. Tyler was signed on to 3CW, where he accomplished a good bit of success in defeating stars such as Dennis Anderson, Ace "ARW" Watson, and David Dreadful. Tyler also really put together some friendships while in 3CW, mainly with Owen Gonsalves whom he had met in Arizona and the two are now on/off tag partners in the team known formerly as All Sold Out (now as Young Scratch Reborn in honor of Old Scratch, a trainer for Tyler and Owen). Sadly, Tyler's stint in 3CW was cut short because of a leg injury, some serious family issues, and the closing of the league itself due to budget reasons.
Tyler was reassigned to Florida State Wrestling following the closing of 3CW. Sadly Tyler's journey in Florida took a massive halt due to emotional stress from a separation with his then wife Lacey Adams and her death via impact with a drunk driver along with his then newborn son Cooper, and this experience changed Tyler. He became more vicious in how he handled situations, and slowly the kind, loving, forgiving lifestyle was infused with new emotions. Mean. Hating. Unforgiving. Some called it a new personality...but to Tyler he considered it a new way he was. He was, in his own words, a hybrid of his old self and this new personality.
Tyler's journey to finding who he truly was led him to a short leave from the NEWA and him joining the FedWars Wrestling Alliance. While under the FWA and it's many brands, Tyler managed to accomplish several things that helped reform not only his career, but also his mentality. As a member of KAPOW he became the KABLAM (the second brand of the company) Champion, and also met the lovely Jennifer "Zelda" Lawson, whom he eventually married later on and is still with to this day. From there he moved on to International Championship Wrestling where he won his first ever World Championship as well as the Transcontinental Championship in the short time of 3 months, feats that are still 2 of Tyler's highest to this day. Along with success in these 2 companies he also had short stints with next Generation wrestling and New Edge Wrestling during their affiliation with the FWA, which due to some small problems didn't last and Tyler never had tastes of glory.
During all of this Tyler also managed to start up his own brand in the FWA as he, along with his brother Scott Storm and wife Zelda Lawson, founded STRIKE! Enterprises and created the STRIKE! Wrestling Alliance, which enjoyed moderate success during it's lifespan, and Tyler renovated a run down arena in Birmingham, Alabama to become the STRIKE! Centre which is still open today and hosts regular events for local and traveling wrestling promotions as well as other entertainment events. Tyler took time off to focus on the feat of running his own wrestling brand but this did not last long as Tyler sought a return to the ring, even going as far as placing himself into the STRIKE! roster and winning his own company's World Championship, which he vacated very quickly as he found it unfair for a company owner to hold their own title, and Tyler also eventually closed his Wrestling Alliance as he found the time to commit to it something he wasn't capable of in that point in his life. Tyler, with the help of his brother, span the wrestlig company off into a new brand, STRIKE! Enterprises, which recently has taken a focus on opening fitness centers around North America. Scott currently handles the bulk of operations of the business, with Tyler taking a more behind the scenes role.
With Tyler's life getting better, he managed to end his affiliation with FWA and return the NEWA and FSW for a short time with a new attitude about the aggressiveness of wrestling. However, as soon as Tyler returned he was faced with something unexpected...the NEWA was closing. So, again Tyler was out of a job and he had to go out and establish a new path for himself, which for the time being he did. Tyler continued to wrestle around in several other promotions throughout the world, including a re-established NEW and NFW which was ran by a former friend of the NEWA owner, but eventually Tyler decided to call it quits for a while and took a full on break from competition to focus on building up STRIKE! Enterprises and fully healing the injuries that have bugged him since the beginning of his career. Of course, as time went on he missed the action, the thrill of being in the ring hearing the fans cheer. This led him to Visionaries of Wrestling off the advice of his friend Owen Gonsalves, and VoW brought many things to Storm's plate.
Upon entering VoW, a big tragedy struck Tyler and he lost his father to an overdose following a years long battle with pain killer addiction. This broke Tyler for an extensive period of time, resulting in him losing his debut in VoW and forcing him to take an immediate leave to mourn. He did eventually return though, making an impact in a big way by qualifying and eventually winning the Quest for the Case match over many worthy competitors including long-time rival Ace Watson. Tyler's case awarded him the newly created Eye For An Eye Championship, or I4NI for short, and Tyler held this title on two separate occasions which included stints during a long and brutal feud with Scarlet Flint. While in VoW, Tyler's wife Zelda gave birth to his first child since the tragic loss to his son years ago, Elena Marie Storm. However despite the new addition to the family, Tyler and Zelda went through a lot of stress with one another over Zelda's lifestyle and past catching up to her, and this resulted in the two divorcing one another peacefully where they both care for Elena to this day. Around this time is also when Tyler got his with what would be the worst moment of his career in a match against Elskerinne at one of VoW's PPV events when he collapsed in the ring very scarily during a post-match nod to the fans. It was learned afterwards Tyler had ruptured a disk in his back and would require surgery, putting him out of action long enough to miss VoW being forced to close it's doors and putting Tyler out of a company to work for.
Tyler had been out of the ring for over a year and a half. Now wanting to focus on rebuilding his growing family which added on a pair of twins via adoption and the two kids he gained from his current relationship, and another on the way, his wrestling career becomes the biggest help support them. He turned back to his lifelong passion that is professional wrestling, with FGA giving him the opportunity to write a new chapter in his legacy. It will only be time now that tells us what Tyler Storm writes into the history books.