Quiet Storm (wrestler) explained

Quiet Storm
Birth Date:November 20, 1983[1]
Birth Place:New York City, New York, USA
Names:Boso Boy Left
Summer Santa
Quiet Storm
Height:1.70 m[2]
Weight:110 kg
Trainer:Mikey Whipwreck
Taka Michinoku
Debut:1998[3]

Quiet Storm (born November 20, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time with the Japanese professional wrestling promotions Kaientai Dojo and Pro Wrestling Noah.[4]

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2000–present)

After competing as an amateur beginning with 1998, Storm made his professional wrestling debut in the year of 2000, and began working for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where at CZW Take One, show from June 8, 2001, he teamed up with Chris Divine as Divine Storm and Brian XL, falling short to The Spanish Announce Team (Joel Maximo, Jose Maximo and Amazing Red) in a six-man tag team match.[5] Storm also worked for Ring Of Honor (ROH), taking part in the ROH Night Of Appreciation on April 27, 2002, where he teamed up with Chris Divine to defeat Christian York and Joey Matthews.[6] While in MCW Pro Wrestling, Storm participated in a 20-man stampede battle royal at MCW Tribute To The Legends from May 22, 2002, competing against other popular superstars such as Adam Flash, Julio Dinero, Gillberg and Danny Doring.[7] On January 21, 2006, Storm participated at an event promoted by National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)'s satellite promotion NWA Cyberspace where he won a battle royal.[8] The most notable activity of his in Jersey All Pro Wrestling (JAPW) was a 7-man gauntlet match for the JAPW Light Heavyweight Championship which took place at JAPW Wild Card II on January 7, 2006, also involving the winner Teddy Hart, Azrieal, Archadia, Grim Reefer, Javi-Air and Matt Cross.[9] He once activated in the Lucha libre scene, competing at Lucha Libre World Cup 2017, an event promoted by Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Lucha Underground on the second night from October 10, where he teamed up with Cody Hall representing Noah, falling short to Team Mexico AAA (Pagano and Psycho Clown).[10] He made an appearance for Wrestle-1 (W-1) at W-1 WRESTLE-1 Tour 2017 Flashing Summer from August 28, where he teamed up with Yuji Hino and fought Daisuke Sekimoto and Manabu Soya in a time-limit draw.[11]

Japan

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2016)

Storm participated in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW)'s Lion's Gate Project, making his first appearance on the first edition of the event from February 25, 2016, where he fell short to Manabu Nakanishi.[12] He also competed in the second project from May 19, where he teamed up with fellow Noah wrestlers Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya and Maybach Taniguchi in a losing effort to NJPW's Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata.[13] He marked his last appearance at Lion's Gate Project 3, where he picked up a win against Henare.[14]

Pro Wrestling Noah (2014–2020)

Storm made his first appearance in Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) on the second night if NOAH One Day Cruise from May 4, 2014, where he participated in a 10-man battle royale competing against Super Crazy, Takeshi Morishima, Zack Sabre Jr. and others.[15] He continued to make sporadic appearances for the promotion such as at NOAH Navigation With Breeze 2014 on May 31, where he unsuccessfully challenged Daisuke Harada for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.[16] Storm marked notable work in the Global Junior Heavyweight Tag League, making his first appearance on the 2014 edition of the event, where he teamed up with Daisuke Harada, placing themselves in the Block B accumulating a total of six points leading the block, but fell short to Cho Kibou-Gun (Hajime Ohara and Kenoh) in the finals.[17] Another notable tournament of the promotion in which Storm took place was the Noah Global League, making his first appearance on the 2014 edition, placing himself in the Block B, scoring a total of two points after going against Takashi Sugiura, Chris Hero, Yuji Nagata, Masato Tanaka, Maybach Taniguchi, Muhammad Yone and Mikey Nicholls.[18] He scored his best performance at the 2016 edition, where he obtained eight points after competing against Minoru Suzuki, Toru Yano, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Lance Archer, Maybach Taniguchi, Akitoshi Saito and Takashi Iizuka.[19] He also activated in the 2017 edition where he faced other new foes such as Kazma Sakamoto finishing with six points,[20] and in 2018 edition, where he scored another six points and newly faced Masa Kitamiya and Mitsuya Nagai.[21]

Championships and accomplishments

Luchas de Apuestas record

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Tutankhamen VIII (mask) Summer Santa (mask) Michinoku Pro 3rd Fukumen World League
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quiet Storm/General Information. wrestlingdata.com. Axel. Saalbach. May 7, 2021.
  2. Web site: Quiet Storm-Personal Data. cagematch.de. German. Philip. Kreikenbohm. May 6, 2021.
  3. Web site: Profiles/Quiet Storm. puroresucentral.com. Puroresu Central. May 7, 2021.
  4. Web site: Quiet Storm • Profile & Match Listing. profightdb.com. Internet Wrestling Database (IWD). May 7, 2021.
  5. Web site: CZW "Take 1" 6/8/2001 Sewell, NJ. czwstudios.com. CZW Studios. June 8, 2001. May 7, 2021.
  6. Web site: ROH Throwback: Night of Appreciation (27/4/02) Review. ramblingsaboutwrestling.com. Stuart. Iversen. February 20, 2020. May 9, 2021.
  7. Web site: 5/22/02 M.C.W. Tribute To Legends. wrestlingclassics.com. Hussein. Fatal. May 19, 2002. May 9, 2021.
  8. Web site: Home / Results / NWA Cyberspace (Defunct). onlineworldofwrestling.com. Online World Of Wrestling. May 9, 2021.
  9. Web site: JAPW Wild Card II 1/7/2006. wrestlingrecaps.com. Bob. Colling. February 28, 2019. May 9, 2021.
  10. Web site: Cubs Fan. Pagano & Psycho win the 2017 LWC, Dragon Lee & Titan to NJPW, Dalys still champ. Lucha Blog. 10 October 2017 . October 10, 2017.
  11. Web site: http://www.w-1.co.jp/Result/detail?id=1689. ja:~火野ヒロシのBEER GARDEN~「WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2017 FLASHING SUMMER」8.27千葉・Blue Field. w-1.co.jp. Wrestle-1. August 28, 2017. May 7, 2021.
  12. Web site: https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/511040/ . ja:新日・岡倫之&北村克哉がエキシビションマッチで対戦 . February 26, 2016 . September 27, 2017 . . ja.
  13. Web site: 5/19 New Japan vs. Noah "Lion's Gate Project 2" Results – Team Nagata vs. Team Noah main event, Marufuji makes big endorsement, BOSJ pinch-hitter loses . May 19, 2016 . September 27, 2017 . Pro Wrestling Torch.
  14. Web site: Lion's Gate Project3 . September 1, 2016. September 27, 2017 . . njpw.co.jp . ja.
  15. Web site: NOAH Pro Wrestling: Results NOAH «One Day Cruise 2014» - 04/05/2014. superluchas.com. Dark angel. May 4, 2014. May 7, 2021.
  16. Web site: Pro Wrestling NOAH: Complete Poster for NOAH «Navigation with Breeze 2014» - 31/05/2014. superluchas.com. Dark angel. May 21, 2014. May 7, 2021.
  17. Web site: Pro Wrestling NOAH: NTV Cup Jr. Heavyweight Tag League Results -25 / 07 / 2014- Day 6. superluchas.com. Dark angel. July 26, 2014. May 7, 2021.
  18. Web site: Pro Wrestling NOAH: Results «Global League 2014» - 27/07/2014 - Day 6. superluchas.com. Dark angel. October 28, 2014. May 7, 2021.
  19. Web site: 「グローバル・リーグ戦2016」公式戦日程決定&注目カード紹介! . . October 25, 2015 . Japanese.
  20. Web site: 【ブロック分け、公式戦日程決定!】『グローバル・リーグ戦2017』ブロック分け、公式戦日程のお知らせ . . October 5, 2017 . Japanese.
  21. Web site: 【『GLOBAL LEAGUE 2018』他団体、フリー選手参戦情報 . . October 22, 2018 . Japanese.
  22. Web site: World Entertainment Wrestling Hardcore Tag Team Title. wrestling-titles.com. Wrestling Titles. April 17, 2016. May 7, 2021.
  23. Web site: Universal Wrestling Association World Middleweight Title. wrestling-titles.com. Wrestling Titles. June 20, 2019. May 7, 2021.
  24. Web site: Ōsaka Open-weight Title. wrestling-titles.com. Wrestling Titles. February 16, 2019. May 7, 2021.
  25. Web site: Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2003. profightdb.com. February 27, 2021.
  26. Web site: Global Honored Crown Tag Team Title. wrestling-titles.com. Wrestling Titles. March 7, 2021. May 7, 2021.
  27. Web site: Pro Wrestling ZERO1 official results archives. 2007-07-10. ZERO-ONE-MAX.com. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070726155754/http://www.zero-one-max.com/results_archives.html. 2007-07-26.
  28. Web site: Michinoku Pro, 24.08.2003 (GAORA TV) Sendai Trade Center Industrial Hall Sun Festa. purolove.com. Purolove. August 24, 2003. May 9, 2021.