Jonathan Whitcombe (born 19 April 1977) is an

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, better known by his ring name Jonny Storm. He has worked for many

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promotions across the

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, including the

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, Real Quality Wrestling and

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. He has also worked in the

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, for promotions such as

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, and

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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

(FWA). He also competed for

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. Storm began wrestling for

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in March 2005, where he had a series of matches against

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. Storm was one of the trainers for

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's ''

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'' 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

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, with whom he has wrestled against in American and British promotions. He has also wrestled regularly for

, where, with Fleisch, he was the one half of the first 1PW Tag Team Champions, after they defeated

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and Christopher Daniels 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. 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 is involved in a bitter feud with Rockstar Spud, an obnoxious flyweight who believes he is the new "Wonderkid" of British wrestling.

American promotions

Storm competed in

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(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

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in the finals at a FWA show in England. Storm made his first appearance for

(TNA) on 12 March 2003, by competing in a

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for

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match, against the champion

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and

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, in which Kash retained. In May 2003, Storm competed in a cross-promotional show between

and FWA, entitled ''ROH/FWA Frontiers of Honor'', where he lost to

. In September 2003, Storm competed as a member of Team UK during the

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, losing to

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in the first round. At the

(CZW) show, ''Respect'', on 23 August 2003, Storm challenged

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for the

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, but was unsuccessful. He made further appearance for CZW in January 2004. He returned to the States in 2005, wrestling against

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and

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for

, and against Trik Davis for

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. He was supposed to be a member of Team UK in the

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, however, two of the other members of the team,

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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

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**ASW People's Championship (1 time) *Alternative Wrestling World **AWW British Heavyweight Championship (2 times) *Association Biterroise de Catch **ABC Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ronin Rider *Athletik Club Wrestling **ACW Cruiserweight Championship (4 times) **ACW German Championship (1 time) **ACW Wrestling Challenge Championship (1 time) **ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

*Best Of British Wrestling **BOBW Championship (1 time) *British Titles **British Middleweight Championship (1 time) *Celtic Wrestling **CW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

**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) * Frontier Wrestling Alliance / XWA ** British Heavyweight Championship ( 1 time) **

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(

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) **FWA Gold Rush Fifteen Man #1 Contender Battle Royal (2005) **British Inter-Federation Cup (2006) *Future Championship Wrestling **FCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Global Wrestling Force **GWF Championship (1 time) *International Catch Wrestling Alliance **ICWA Cruiserweight Championship (1 time, current) **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, current) *Ligaunabhängig **Dragonhearts Championship (1 time) *Nitro Pro Wrestling Alliance **NPWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Gary Wild *

** 1PW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

*Playhouse Wrestlefest **Wrestlefest Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with

*Plex Wrestling **Plex-ceed Championship (1 time) **Plex Wrestling British Championship (1 time) *Premier Promotions **PWF Lightweight Championship (3 times, current) **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) *Sliced Bread Wrestling **SBW The Golden Toaster *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) *

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**wXw World Lightweight Championship (1 time) *

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**WAW British Lightweight Championship (2 times) *World Stars Of Wrestling **WSW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with

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(1 time)

References

External links

Jonny Storm's Home Page
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