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@firstinstinct420

9 ай бұрын

You should interview icp just where apart of nwa 75

@firstinstinct420

9 ай бұрын

Good interview Chris.

@garyhen2028

9 ай бұрын

Chris I can tell you something that will for sure bring back giant ratings

@DOefelein

8 ай бұрын

I really feel the last point made about being proud. I'm the same way as it pertains to the word hate. I just don't use it and let me be serious for a minute, take it very seriously.

@dreddscott3873

8 ай бұрын

Could you lick your lips less? So annoying.

If I could be serious for a minute.....Lance is criminally underrated. Thank you for this interview, CVV!

@ChrisVanVliet

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! 🇨🇦

@perceivedvelocity9914

9 ай бұрын

I really like Lance Storm but I think that he's perfectly rated. Wrestling is a TV show. It's all about personality. Lance was great in the ring but struggled at times to show personality.

@vincentkennedymcmahon50

9 ай бұрын

Who's better Lance Storm or Omos

@theHalken

9 ай бұрын

​@@perceivedvelocity9914 it's such a paradox, because he's such a good interview. I think today he would have gotten much bigger, because being genuine works in a social media, post kayfabe, blurr the lines world.

@coates27

9 ай бұрын

He truly never cared though because the respect of his peers is what mattered to him the most.

This was genuinely a fascinating interview CVV doesn’t miss

@ChrisVanVliet

9 ай бұрын

🙏🙏

The one guy you never wanted to hear on the mic back in the day is now the guy I can’t listen to enough. Lance is terrific

@essgee4225

4 ай бұрын

The boring guys always turn out to be the most interesting, eg Lance Storm, Maven and so on

Lance said something right before the 55 minute mark that he's 100% spot on with. Get the most out of the crowd by doing the very least. In other words, limit the amount of bumps you take and extend your career longer.

this might be my favourite CVV interview, Lance is such a great wrestling mind.

@ChrisVanVliet

9 ай бұрын

Lance is the man!

As an American, Lance Storm is one of the best pure wrestlers in the WCW era I have ever seen. Probably one of the greatest Canadian wrestlers of all-time. Congrats on the interview CVV!

@jarlwhiterun7478

8 ай бұрын

The first 3 words of your comment are totally pointless

@JobsJ87

8 ай бұрын

​@@jarlwhiterun7478Your entire comment is totally pointless PAL

Lance is definitely top 5 technical wrestler in history. Great interview!

Just because someone is a little dry doesn’t mean they aren’t funny or entertaining. I like Those kinds of performers in and out of wrestling and that’s probably why I’ve always liked lance. Him and Justin are def in my top 5 tag teams

I remember reading Lance Storm’s blog religiously as a kid. Was my first real peak behind the curtain. Always loved him in the ring too.

If I could be serious for a minute, I just want to say both Lance Storm and CVV are great.

@Sharkbite650

9 ай бұрын

Nice reference 😂

2001 WWF was awesome. Being 11 years old and staying up late to watch Raw is War. Wrestling will never be as good as it was back then

One of the best super kick and drop kick in the business

@Nicolewhite743

9 ай бұрын

who has a better super kick?

@stormshadow101

8 ай бұрын

@@Nicolewhite743 lance storm what about u let me guess hbk lol

@Nicolewhite743

8 ай бұрын

Sky Blue does@@stormshadow101

Training at Lance's school in the winter of 2015 was one of the most challenging experiences of my life, despite how nice, generous and caring (and fun/funny!) Lance was. I distinctly remember, one day in the middle of training, looking up at the clock to see how much time we had left in practice. And that's when I realized something "terrible". I realized that I never do that when I rehearse in theatre, or rehearse when working on a stand-up comedy set (at the time, my main interests had been acting, stand-up comedy, and I had been convinced that pro wrestling was the thing for me). It was a terrible realization because it meant that I didn't really love pro wrestling like I thought I did. It meant I had more of a vague interest in it rather than an all-out passion. Because, as long as I'm fed and hydrated, I could rehearse a play or a monologue almost all day, since I truly love those passions. And as I also looked around at my fellow students, I saw that some of them lived and breathed this thing we were doing (shout-out to Gisele Shaw!). I wasn't. So not only was I not a natural athlete, but I didn't even have an obsession with the sport/art form to compensate. My heart sank as I realized that I could either quit in the middle of training (which I didn't want to do) or that I could do the best I could for the remaining weeks, but ultimately I now knew that I'd made a mistake coming here. 8 years later and I can now say that, while I still sometimes struggle to pay the bills and I work day gigs to pay them, my main focus now is on something that I truly love, that I'm truly passionate about. Training at Storm Wrestling Academy taught me several things, and one of them is that: in my opinion, if you don't "feel it", if you're not willing to go the extra mile, give it your all, then something like pro wrestling is probably not for you. And I learned it the hard way, but I'm so very thankful that I had the humility to cut my losses and follow a path that was truly right for me. Thanks CVV for this interview, so nice to see/hear Lance again! He was truly an excellent teacher 🙏

"the champion is getting serious for a minute." - Nigel McGuiness (on Lance Storm), for an AEW Colission episode Kids putting a 1/2 Boston Crab on each other. "Please don't try this at home." - an old WWF/WWE PSA He helped out train Taya Valkyrie (Frankie Monet) at Storm Wrestling Academy.

I can’t believe you did this Chris. Thanks a million! - a dude from the 90’s

If I could be serious for a minute... Lance is one of the best wrestlers AND trainers of all time.

In regards to the foreign heel: My favorite gag from Southpaw Regional Wrestling was the Frenchman who actually complimented and loved America but was treated like a heel by the announce team.

Lance storm is maybe my favorite person to follow on Twitter and hear his thoughts on pro wrestling. A gifted mind who trained one of the best female wrestlers in Giselle Shaw

I'm a proud Canadian fr NEWFOUNDLAND Canada!! Love this, Love Chris, Love Lance, Love wrestling, Love Canada 🇨🇦❤

@ChrisVanVliet

9 ай бұрын

🇨🇦!

One of the best experiences of my life was getting to train at SWA in 2017 before it closed down. Lance was an awesome coach! Great interview!

In person* compared the gimmick, total contrast. Always liked Lance storm. What a legend

Huge pop for “The Icky Shuffle” reference! 😂 To any youngsters, trust me. That was super over back in the day as the Bengals made the Super Bowl Vs the Niners.

Lance Storm was one of my top 5 favorite wrestlers growing up I enjoyed his WCW run towards the end of WCW.

This is one of my favourites so far, Chris! Youre in top form and so is Lance. I enjoy the parts about wrestling training because I also made the some of the same decisions and sacrifices when it came to wrestling training, I always dreamed of continuing my training in Calgary at Lances School - but before that, I went to Squared Circle in Toronto in ...2002 and Ron Hutchinson & Fuego were running the classes...but I first trained at HBKS's Academy in San Antonio in 2000 after choosing HBK over The Hart Brothers camp in Canada... but after Texas and graduating Shawns Academy I decided to come back to Canada...Lance seemed like the next logical best step to top my training off - but I never made it out to Calgary...in time! I was however also fortunate enough to get in the ring with Shane Douglas one afternoon too, another solid as f person as well as a great Pro Wrestling mind & performer, in my books. Great Interview, Lance Storm is a true pro! I didnt want this to be over, I hope there is more soon!

45:41 Lance really did have so much movement in his execution of the superkick. No one does it like him.

Such a fascinating way to see how he approaches the psychology of the business and his roles in it.

@ChrisVanVliet

9 ай бұрын

Right??

Thanks for this interview. Lance is a great talent and seems like a cool dude. Always find his interviews insightful.

He is very articulate and well spoken

Maaaaan I’ve always loved lance, Chris coming in clutch with this one

One of the Finest examples of how to have a career in Pro Wrestling and be respected by just about EVERYONE! I've always enjoyed Lance from the very first time I saw him. He truly was underrated during his Ring Years. As a Teacher I'm betting he has been a huge influence on his Wrestling Students in how to prepare not just for Ring Battle, but also how to not get swallowed up in the business as well! I have been hoping and waiting for an interview with this Canadian Legend! Thank You as always Chris for Delivering The Goods! Cheers From Ohio To the CVV Community!

Regarding Cornette, I think the Becky thing was tongue-in-cheek. His criticisms of modern pro wrestling are not without basis.

@henrygvidonas9573

8 ай бұрын

What Lance fails to mention, as does nearly every other person who talks about that segment on Jim's podcast, is that Jim specifically prefaced it by saying that he was talking about the subject from the perspective of a (former) promoter. That was the entire point of that segment: A star who is still fairly "hot" with the audience, leaving for private reasons before their run is over or the wave of buzz and popularity has broken or flattened out - and what that means to the business of a promoter who built that star up. From an old-school promoter's perspective, he had a point. He was not talking about the situation in general, because CLEARLY it had a lot more aspects to consider to it from other perspectives. But that was not what he was talking about. Context is important. Well, not on Twitter or in the IWC where nobody understands contexts or timelinesand everything is just about quote-mining for tribalist verbal warfare - but in real life it is!

Sweet ive wanted this interview for the longest time you just being out a different level of conversation from people ive rooted for Lance since the ECW days so good to see him happy & healthy.

Had a awesome superkick up there with Steven Richard's

I stood fascinated for the almost entierity of this interview. Lance Storm is amazing ! He's so interesting, so smart in what he says, i loved it !

if i can be serious for a moment, the alliance angle, the un-americans stable, and everything else he's done i think he should have a hof spot

@schizzo8959

7 ай бұрын

He should have one for his WcW work alone.

A while back Lance had a fairly short-lived podcast with Don Callis that I really enjoyed. They both seemed to be very similar to the characters they were on TV from a personality perspective and I definitely developed an appreciation for Lance. He seems to be a really smart, introspective guy.

@kshinokevin

9 ай бұрын

"Killing The Town" (with Storm and Cyrus (the Virus, aka Don Callis)

I really wish The Impact Players got a Tag title run in WWE

I always appreciated Lance's work in ECW and beyond. When he was in WWE and working with the top stars he always looked impeccable. His superkick always looked so crisp too, he's the only guy I've seen leap back and then forward like a spring to fire it off

Congratulations Chris on another phenomenal interview. Just like you I also have been looking forward to hearing from Lance Storm. I've been a fan of both you and Lance for a little while now and I'm happy that both of you are doing well. Congrats man.

This is probably my favorite interview you have done. And I have really enjoyed a metric tonne of them.

I’ve learned so much about the business during this interview. Man, lance is the man.

How bloody awesome is he? I've seen bit and bobs of interviews with him, but Lance is just so lovely, cool, calm and smart. Love love love this.

Wow I didn't know you both went to Laurier I grew up a 45 minute drive from there and almost went there myself at one point

I like hearing about the Funk match in Texas because Lance always seems to reveal something new every time he talks about it.

Phenomenal Interview chris! Lance has been said to be someone who can't talk very well and that maybe true in promo's. However, in interviews he is one of the most interesting and truly fascinating guy to just sit back and listen too. You should 100% get Jim Cornette on here now that you've had Russo and Storm, that would be a super interesting locker room.

This is an epic meeting between two esteemed / respectable Canadians. Jack Tunney: I didn't knew that the WWF president was actually from Canada. WCW/NWA (nWo: Ted Turner; Eric Bischoff) vs. WWF/WWE (Vince McMahon Sr./Jr.) vs. ECW (Eastern Championship Wrestling: Paul Heyman, Tod Gordon; Tri State Alliance: Joel Goodhart) = ahhhh... the good ol' Monday Night WARS, back in the 1990's, man. Stampede Wrestling (the famous Hart Family camp; the (Stu) Hart dungeon), RIP. ROH too (Gabe Sapolsky; Cary Silkin; Rob Feinstein (RF Video), not Rob Black (XPW) ) Chris Jericho is a legend: he is just like the Energizer Bunny = Jericho still keeps on going and going. Don Callis (the Jackyl in the WWE; Cyrus the Virus, in ECW) as the Invisible Hand, is such a fun character: a shady, slimy, carny POS, Don King-like snake oil salesman. TNN: Spike TV (ECW "Hardcore TV", TNA Impact Wrestling & the WWE); now, the Paramount TV. he was put in a stable, in the WWF, as the Un-Americans (Lance Storm and Christian (Cage). it reminds me of a classic Andy Kaufman promo vs. Memphis, TN people & his opponent, Jerry "The King" Lawler ("I'm from Hollywood." "Lawler, you are from Memphis, TN. Have you people, heard of a thing called Soap ?!?")

Man this is my favorite interview. Lance is a super wealth of knowledge and is always happy to give it, such a cool guy.

Always loved Lance Storm. Seemed like he would have a great mind for the business. Glad I was right. Funny to hear him talk about the “my city is the best” for his gimmick. Because my current favorite(current wrestler) is my local wrestler Samoa Joe.

Lance explaining why he doesn’t use the word proud for over 5 minutes is peak lance storm.

22:50 - He's absolutely right about this. Jinder even got the same treatment with the "Don't hinder Jinder" meme.

I definitely agree with lance storm about the five star rating

Lance referring to Canada as "the world's biggest small town" is actually so true! OMG!!🤣

Very cool interview I love Lance Storm

I forget the ppv but Lance vs Chris Candido had an amazing match that I used to watch in complete awe. The guy is a psychology master, so damn smart.

Nicely done! Very enjoyable, informative and entertaining interview. Seriously.

Golden Hawks! Great to see fellow WLU alum chatting it up. Also, 10 bonus points for Willison.

One of my favorite wrestlers from the Attitude era… bookMARKS represent

what a great interview again ! lance storm was one of my favorite wrestler in WWE Day of reckoning on GameCube HAHAHA The SuperKick like you talk about was a better animation than the one Shawn have

Superb interview. Lance Storm is a great raconteur. Very down to earth and informative, with a lovely wry sense of humour. Fantastic wrestler too, of course!

Another great interview. Lance had the character you disliked but his skills were amazing. Impact Wrestling has money with him backstage.

I love me some lance storm, ever since I was watching early 2000s he was always a favorite. I would disagree with what has caused the recent explosion in wrestling interest. While aew is def a part of it, something has happened the past 2 years that has REALLY put wrestling on a much higher arc.i think it's a combination of aew, the bloodline, Cody and even Vince "stepping down" and wwe has been a such more improved company since that happened. A combination of all of those has caused interest to really increase recently.

"Wrestling's about The Moment." - Lance Storm like Lance doing the Icky Shuffle. Crowd Work: feeling the room and match the live (rabid) crowd's energy levels. "What the heck are these kids doing ?" - Lance Storm vs. Chris Jericho (in Smoky Mountain Wrestling (Hazard, Kentucky), trying to do a high energy NJPW type of match); by slowing down the pace, of a match. I am thinking of the Dukes of Hazard. (the fictional "Hazard county.")

Chris your my fav interviewer I love you may god bless you and your family and your such a kind special person who deserves what you want

"Is there anything missing from this era?" Lance gave the greatest answer I've ever heard to this question. Brilliantly put. He's so right. What a great mind for the business and it's truly fascinating to hear him speak on psychology.

Lane Storm very rarely does interviews. Have been waiting for this one Thank you CVV!... 💯👌🏼

Chris I love your interviews man I really hope we get to see you on the other side and get that interview by Steve Austin!

Lance Storm vs y2j in aew would be cool.

@kshinokevin

9 ай бұрын

a main event for a PPV = a rubberband (Ironman) match: 30 minutes or 1 hour + 15 minutes, sudden death overtime...

Another amazing interview. That thing where he said JR told him to stop so JR can put him over is so rich, I hope wrestlers in today's era pick that up. That's really what all oldschool guys are saying with this new generation, the care more about their big spots rather than wrestling psychology and telling a story. They have been saying it for a long time but young guys still don't get it.

Love the way CVV interviews people like Storm and Aldis and actually lets them talk. Fascinating people with interesting stuff to say being allowed to give answers without interruption. Interviewers should be there to put sensible questions then let the guest run with it and thats what we get with CVV. Also gotta say I totally agree with Storm on star ratings. Had their place in tape trading days but now they're just counterproductive.

Dude I loved his podcast killing the town, plus a great career in wrestling

Again, another phenomenal interview, with a criminally underrated wrestler. Cheers for this!

My favorite wrestler other than bray and Steven Regal. Love this man. Also. As someone who cannot stand Cornette, lance's stance on him makes a lot of sense and its a way of viewing him i havent considered. Still cant stand him, but it opened my mind a bit

Amazing! Lance is a great guy. Great wrestling mind.

Been a fan of his for a long time, thanks for doing this

Lance is fucken awesome. His take on "star ratings" is probably the best, most rational I've heard in ages.

Great interview man

Fantastic interview! Van Vliet is a pro. Great job.

You have to respect the wrestlers that have matches with Yoshihiko, the blow up doll, the athleticism you need to have is outstanding, Yoshihiko rules btw! 😀

There's a possible typo in the video description, Chris. I believe it should read "He joins Chris Van Vliet from his home in Calgary... Alberta, Canada", because the pause is absolutely essential when saying where Lance is from.

What a great interview

Storm is still young by today's wrestling standards but it always makes me feel good when seeing a retired wrestler who still has it together physically and mentally sharp A great example of living one's best life after wrestling

Cvv is by far and away the best interview in the business

From The Hurricane to Lance Storm. What other weather related rassler is Mr. CVV going to interview?

I filmed a few wrestling shows where I am and worked with a guy who went to the Storm Wrestling Academy in 2016. He is a cool guy and was nice to chat with about Lance sometimes.

Lance Storm is easily the most underrated technical wrestler of all time

Woah just now learning Lance is actually from Sarnia. I live in Michigan an hour from Port Huron and you can throw a rock from there and hit Sarnia. Lots of chemical plants I don’t think I’d wanna swim in the water

Lance is always a fun interview

This was great! I love this stretch of thoughtful, selfless wrestlers.

I didn't realize this was over an hour long while watching, just completely engrossed in wisdom of one of the greatest workers in the industry and was just blown away

I was fortunate enough to watch his run as a Impact Player and then go and dominate WCW. WWE definitely dropped the ball with him, really one of the best that has ever done it.

Good Interview.

Loved this one. I’d really like to see a Dean Malenko one too.

The last ten minutes of this was my favorite part. About why he doesn't say Congrats or I'm proud of you to talent. It was a great perspective.

The first invader from WCW got a crazy pop

I would love to see Lance and Al Snow talking about the wrestling business. They seem to have similar views about the "who did he beat?" Kind of attitude.

Lance rocks ! And so do you ! Love this interview

That rolling crab is so awesome

Lance Storm is in the top 15 best of all time for the in ring talent... maybe even top 10. ty

The world needs more Lance Storm content. I still miss Killing the Town.