James Storm
James Storm Storm during an Empire State Wrestling event in November 2015
Born (1977-06-01 ) June 1, 1977 (age 49) Franklin , Tennessee 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. 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)
The Baltimore Sun
Canadian Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame
Crash Test Wrestling
CTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
MWA Pro Wrestling
MWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Masters of Ring Entertainment
Masters of Ring Championship (1 time)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Shockwave
NWA Cyberspace Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chris Harris
Ohio Valley Wrestling
OVW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
OVW National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Tag Team of the Year (2004) with Chris Harris
Tag Team of the Year (2008, 2011) with Robert Roode
Ranked No. 12 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
USA Pro Wrestling
USA Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
World Wrestling Council
WWC World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Cassidy Riley and Chris Harris (1)
Wrestle Birmingham
Wrestle Birmingham Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
1 Championship not officially recognized by TNA.
2 Storm won the Championship with Riley, but defended it with Chris Harris.
References
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