He did have a brief run in NXT in late 2015 but opted to return to Impact instead of taking his chances with WWE's developmental brand. Speaking about the encounter, Storm said: "It's one of those things we tried to build it up and make it as personal as we can for the fans to have some kind of storyline behind it. While that run in NXT hasn't materialised as yet, WWE's loss has been independent wrestling's gain, in particular Glasgow's Insane Championship Wrestling. In an exclusive interview with Ryan Gallacher of podcast Eat Sleep Suplex Retweet, Storm explained the decision was based on personal rather than professional motives. Discover daily channel statistics, earnings, subscriber attribute, relevant YouTubers and videos. Since then, he has become a semi-regular fixture with the company, appearing at each of ICW’s major events - Barramania and Shug’s Hoose Party - teaming with Ravie Davie against Bram and Iestyn Rees at the former, before turning on Davie, then facing and defeating him in a Texas Death Match at the latter show. It's going to be one of those things you know, Grado is kind of like me. While Storm has enjoyed his time working across the independents over the last 12 years, he's looking to find one place to make his name on a regular basis. Here's everything you need to know and the full list of exemptions, Lauren Goodger baffles Loose Women fans by looking 'totally different from Instagram pics', Viewers of Loose Women today took to Twitter to express their amazement seeing Lauren Goodger - declaring she looks 'nothing like' the pictures she posts on Instagram, Mum who started firm with just £1.50 now makes £40k a month and Amanda Holden is a client, Single mum Datsa Gaile started her business with just a piece of ribbon and two batteries and now she counts Marvin and Rochelle Humes, Dawn Ward and Gemma Collins among her clients, Sir Trevor McDonald 'splits from wife of 34 years and moves into bachelor pad', ITN news star Sir Trevor McDonald and his wife Jo have been married for 34 years, EJ Osborne dead: Money for Nothing star dies in hospice aged 45, EJ Osborne has died at the age of 45, his friends have confirmed in their tributes to him on social media, Study reveals top 20 ways Brits damaged phones as we spend £24,000 fixing things, A study of 2,000 adults commissioned by Virgin Media found the top 13 things Brits spend hundreds on fixing over five years and top 20 ways we damaged our mobile phones, Amazon unveils all-new Echo speaker with a stunning spherical design, The new Echo features a spherical design, and was unveiled during Amazon's Devices event this evening, Simon Cowell has 'reassured himself he's not paralysed' after breaking back, Simon Cowell was rushed to hospital after suffering severe injuries after was thrown from his electric bike while taking it out for its first spin in Malibu, Brits find exercise and healthy diets top ways to improve lockdown gloom, One in four Brits have also tried out a new diet or exercise regime in the last three months as more stay home due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, Five big problems with UK's job support scheme that show it's nowhere near as generous as the furlough system, More of a rubber ring than a dinghy, Chancellor Rishi Sunak's lifeline will help many workers stay in their jobs - but others will be sacked as the support is much less generous than furlough. "And its just one of those things where it comes down to basically kinda want to prove it to myself as well.". Storm hasn't tweeted since. With a career lasting more than 20 years, which has seen him win the TNA World Championship and become an 11-time tag team champion in the promotion now named IMPACT Wrestling - it would be easy for Storm to take his picks of companies to wrestle for, especially with the rebirth of the independent wrestling scene across the world.

I had some family problems that came up. It's clear that Storm is determined to show the ICW fateful that's he's not just here for a quick payday.

One of those wrestlers is former TNA World Champion, ‘The Cowboy’ James Storm, who today heads to Scotland for ICW: Fear and Loathing 11. They didn't even know these guys and they were hanging out with them in the bar before the show started. "They boo the bad guys and cheer for the good guys. It's the fans and how passionate they are for the ICW product. "They pay their hard earned money and they come and raise hell. "It's the fans," he said.

It appeared at one point though, that the wait to see Storm perform in WWE would be over, as he made a one-off appearance in NXT in 2015.