James Storm

James Storm
Storm during an Empire State Wrestling event in November 2015
Born	(1977-06-01) June 1, 1977 (age 47) Franklin, Tennessee
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	James Storm
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Billed weight	230 lb (100 kg)
Billed from	Leiper's Fork, Tennessee
Trained by	Kelly Wolfe Jerry Jarrett Shane Morton "The Rockstars" James Roberts
Debut	1997

James Allan Cox (born June 1, 1977) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name James Storm. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he was one half of the wrestling tag team Beer Money, Inc. with Robert Roode. He also wrestled for World Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, WWE NXT and on the Independent circuit.

Storm is a fourteen-time tag team champion in TNA. He won the NWA World Tag Team Championship six times with Chris Harris and one time with Christopher Daniels and the TNA World Tag Team Championship five times with Roode and one time each with Gunner and Abyss. Storm also won the World Heavyweight and King of the Mountain championships once each, the World Beer Drinking Championship twice, the Asylum Alliance Tag Team Tournament in 2003 with Harris, the Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament in 2009 with Roode and the TNA Tag Team Championship Series in 2010 with Roode.

Storm left TNA on June 27, 2015.^[1] He returned to TNA in January 2016 and continued to wrestle there until 2023.

Championships

Storm as one half of the TNA World Tag Team Champions

• 3XWrestling
  • 3XWrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[2]
• The Baltimore Sun
  • Tag Team of the Year (2009) – with Robert Roode^[3]
• Canadian Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • Class of 2023 – as member of Beer Money, Inc.^[4]
• Crash Test Wrestling
  • CTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[5]
• MWA Pro Wrestling
  • MWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[6]
• Masters of Ring Entertainment
  • Masters of Ring Championship (1 time)^[7][8]
• National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA National Championship (1 time)^[9]
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[10] – with Eli Drake^[11]
  • NWA North American Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shane Eden^[12]
• NWA Shockwave
  • NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Championship (1 time)^[13] – with Chris Harris
• Ohio Valley Wrestling
  • OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[14]
  • OVW National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[15]
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Tag Team of the Year (2004) with Chris Harris
  • Tag Team of the Year (2008, 2011)^[16][17] with Robert Roode
  • Ranked No. 12 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012^[18]
• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
  • TNA King of the Mountain Championship (1 time)^[19]
  • TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[20]
  • TNA World Tag Team Championship (7 times) – with Robert/Bobby Roode (5), Gunner (1) and Abyss (1)
  • TNA World Beer Drinking Championship (2 times)^1[12]
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (7 times)^[10] – with Chris Harris (6), Christopher Daniels (1)
  • Feast or Fired (2016 – World Tag Team Championship contract)
  • Gauntlet for the Gold (2002 – Tag Team) – with Chris Harris^[21]
  • Team 3D Invitational Tag Team Tournament (2009) – with Robert Roode^[22]
  • TNA Anarchy Alliance Tag Team Tournament (2003) – with Chris Harris
  • TNA Joker's Wild (2013)^[23]
  • TNA Tag Team Championship Series (2010) – with Robert Roode^[24]
  • TNA World Cup (2013) – with Christopher Daniels, Kazarian, Kenny King and Mickie James
  • TNA Year End Awards (3 times)
    • Match of the Year (2004) – with Chris Harris vs. Triple X (Christopher Daniels and Elix Skipper) at Turning Point^[25]
    • Tag Team of the Year (2003, 2004) – with Chris Harris^[25]
• USA Pro Wrestling
  • USA Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)^[26]
• World Wrestling Council
  • WWC World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Cassidy Riley^[27] and Chris Harris (1)^[28]
• Wrestle Birmingham
  • Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[29]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Tag Team of the Year (2005) with Chris Harris
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) TNA Reverse Battle Royal on TNA Impact!^[30]
  • Worst Worked Match of the Year (2007) vs. Chris Harris in a Six Sides of Steel Blindfold match at Lockdown

Footnotes

¹ Championship not officially recognized by TNA.

² Storm won the Championship with Riley, but defended it with Chris Harris.

References

1. "James Storm gone from TNA". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. June 27, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
2. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
3. Eck, Kevin (January 27, 2010). "2009 Awards". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
4. "2023 Class". Canadian Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
5. "CTW Heavyweight Championship History".
6. "MWA Pro Wrestling Event - Storm vs. Blade".
7. "MORE Wrestling Championship « Titles Database « Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
8. "PWInsiderXTRA.com". www.pwinsiderxtra.com.
9. "NWA National Championship History". CageMatch. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
10. Duncan, Royal. "NWA National Wrestling Alliance NWA World Tag Team Titles History". Solie. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
11. "James Storm & Eli Drake Win NWA Tag Team Titles At NWA Hard Times | Fightful Wrestling". www.fightful.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
12. "James Storm bio". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 10, 2008.
13. Westcott, Brian. "Cyberspace Wrestling Federation/NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Title History". Solie. Retrieved June 24, 2008.
14. "OVW Heavyweight Championship History". Cagematch. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
15. "OVW National Heavyweight Championship History". Cagematch. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
16. "Tag Team Of The Year". Cagematch. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
17. "The PWI Awards". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 33 (3): 82–83. 2012.
18. "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2012". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
19. Martin, Adam (August 4, 2016). "TNA Impact Wrestling Results – 8/4/16 (EC3 vs. Mike Bennett to determine Bound for Glory Playoffs)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
20. Meltzer, Dave (October 18, 2011). "TNA changes title today at TV". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
21. "Online World of Wrestling". www.onlineworldofwrestling.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
22. Caldwell, James (May 24, 2009). "Caldwell's TNA Sacrifice PPV Report 5/24: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Sting vs. Foley vs. Jarrett vs. Angle". PWTorch. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
23. "Joker's Wild 2013 « Tournaments Database « Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
24. Wilkenfeld, Daniel (June 24, 2010). "Wilkenfeld's TNA Impact report 6/24: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV broadcast". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
25. Martin, Adam (November 28, 2005). "TNA announces plans for 2005 Year-End Awards after Turning Point PPV". WrestleView. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
26. Lee, Joseph (March 21, 2022). "USA Pro 29th Anniversary Show Results: Scott Steiner Battles Jerry Lawler". 411 Mania. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
27. "WWC World Tag Team Championships". Wrestling-Titles.comt. Retrieved March 25, 2006.
28. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". www.wrestlingdata.com.
29. "Wrestle Birmingham Reloaded".
30. Meltzer, Dave (January 22, 2007), "2006 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards", Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Campbell, CA, pp. 1–12, ISSN 1083-9593

Other websites

• James Storm's Official website
• James Storm's TNA profile Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine