Lance Storm renaming the WCW titles was gold

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1) THE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

On July 18, 2000, in the finals of the one-night WCW United States championship tournament, Storm outlasted former WCW World Tag Team champions Buff Bagwell and Shane Douglas in the first two rounds, and then made Mike Awesome, the Career Killer, tap out to the Canadian Mapleleaf to win the tournament and the belt. The following Thunder, Lance Storm discussed his Canadian heritage and how much he was sickened by the American way of life. Storm proceeded to take a sticker, and in the biggest disgrace (to American fans) of the United States championship, placed it over the image of the United States. On it read "LANCE STORM - CANADIAN". That night, the Canadian championship was born.

The biggest moment in the history of the Canadian championship was at New Blood Rising in Vancouver, B.C. on August 13, 2000. In front of a packed Canadian house, Lance Storm, with help from Canadian referee Jacques Rougeau, and the handy-dandy Canadian rulebook, defeated Mike Awesome in a US Championship Tournament Final rematch. After hearing the Canadian fan base explode in happiness, the biggest Canadian hero of all came out. Bret Hart gave Lance his props and, at least in WCW, passed the torch to Lance Storm and the Canadian championship. An all time classic moment in the realm of WCW and a great moment in the Canadian championship.

2) THE SASKATCHEWAN HARDCORE INTERNATIONAL TITLE

July 25, 2000 was another exciting day for all Canadian athletes everywhere. In the midst of his "Perfect Storm", Lance Storm challenged any wrestler in the locker room for a fight on Monday Nitro. Out walked Big Vito, the WCW Hardcore champion. Vito, who was as tough as they come in WCW 2000, took Storm on his offer for a Canadian championship match. However, Storm made a counter-offer. If the Canadian championship was on the line, then so was the Hardcore championship. Title for title, as they say on the streets. Vito accepted, and the match was under way. After a hard fought battle, Storm caught Vito in the Canadian Mapleleaf and tapped him out. Storm officially had two championships in WCW.

Now, there is a bit of speculation regarding the rechristening of the Hardcore championship. Some say it was scheduled to be named the "Stu Hart Invitational Title", but WCW was not able to secure the rights to the Stu name. Instead, Lance took a different route and renamed it the "Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title". Named after a Province in Canada, Storm made the title under Canadian rules, which meant technical wrestling only. Even though the S.H.I.T. lasted a short time in WCW, it had a famed moment, when Storm actually defeated Vito under the Canadian rules in the return bout for the championship. Nonetheless, this belt totally was the S.H.I.T.! See what I did there?

3) THE 100 KILOS & UNDER CHAMPIONSHIP

July 31, 2000 was the date Lance Storm went into the record books. Already the holder of two championships, Storm went one on one with the Cruiserweight champion Lt. Loco of the Misfits in Action, who you might actually know as Chavo Guerrero. After taking advantage of the apparent knee injury Loco had suffered, Storm locked on the Mapleleaf and won himself his third singles championship. As Mark Madden stated, the "Perfect Storm" was complete.

The following Thunder, Storm, due to the pathetic nature of Americans disregarding the Metric System, renamed the Cruiserweight championship the 100 Kilos & Under championship. Utterly brilliant. Storm then went and defended the belt that night against Juventeud Guerrera and made him tap. Lance Storm truly personified the 100 Kilos and Under championship. Storm, by the way, was a shade over 100 kilos, at 106.594, but WCW management obviously never weighed Storm properly, thus our inept usage of the Metric System continued.

After New Blood Rising, Lance Storm realized that he could not be selfish with holding three belts, thus the next night on Nitro, he handed Elix Skipper, his friend who played in the Canadian Football League, the 100 Kilos and Under championship, and Carl Outlette, the former Pierre of the Quebecers, his S.H.I.T., and allowed them to defend the championships on behalf of Lance Storm. Outlette lost the belt THAT NIGHT to Screamin' Norman Smiley, while Skipper lost the 100 Kilos and Under championship to Mike Sanders two months later in a handicap 'You Must Hit the Powerbomb Before You Get the Pinfall' match, when Kevin Nash powerbombed Skipper and threw Sanders on top. A back and forth exchange with General Rection over the Canadian Championship ended poorly for Lance Storm at WCW Mayhem 2000, and OFFICIALLY, the "Perfect Storm" ended.

Although this whole thing lasted 3 months with all the Canadian branded championships in WCW, diehard wrestling fans will never forget this memorable angle with Lance Storm. It was the highlight of his career, in this writer's opinion. And even in the dying days in WCW, this idea was the truly the "Perfect Storm". And yes, I am deadly serious.
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Where does lance stand on a goat male canadian wrestler list?

Tier 1 bret piper jericho
Tier 2 benoit edge roode
Tier 3 owen rocky johnson abdullah
Tier 4 christian tenta martel
Tier 5 santino test val venis

Where will owens and breeze end up?
 
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mr x said:
Where does lance stand on a goat male canadian wrestler list?

Tier 1 bret piper jericho
Tier 2 benoit edge roode
Tier 3 owen rocky johnson abdullah
Tier 4 christian tenta martel
Tier 5 santino test val venis

Where will owens and breeze end up?
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Tier 4 he was never over enough to be on par with s owen hart who could have went anywhere and been top champ
 
TRIPLE M

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damn shame lance never got the wcw world title
his run was fire,and considering all the people that got hot potatoed the strap tje fact he never got it but russo did is just another reason why wcw died
 
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