Toni Rossall (born 19 October 1995), better known by her ring name Toni Storm, is an Australian-New Zealand professional wrestler. She is currently signed to Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the reigning World of Stardom and SWA World Champion. She is also the current Progress Wrestling Women's Champion and wXw Women's Champion.
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Personal life
Rossall was born in Auckland, New Zealand, but lived most of her childhood in Australia, where she moved after her parents got divorced.
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Professional wrestling career
Early career
After making her professional wrestling debut at the age of 13, Storm decided she wanted to become a better wrestler and convinced her mother to let her move to Liverpool, England to live with her grandmother. While living in England, Rossall trained under Dean Allmark. She started working internationally in countries such as Finland, France, Germany, Japan and Spain.
World Wonder Ring Stardom (2016-present)
In 2016, she began working for the Japanese World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion, where she won the SWA World Championship on 24 July. On 2 October 2016, Stardom officially announced that Storm had signed with the promotion. After winning the 2017 Cinderella Tournament on 30 April, Storm also won the 2017 5?Star GP on 18 September, becoming the first wrestler to win the two tournaments in the same year. On 24 September, Storm became the new World of Stardom Champion in an unplanned finish, when Mayu Iwatani was legitimately injured during a title defense against her, prompting the referee to stop the match and award Storm the title.
Progress Wrestling
In May 2017, Storm became the first ever Progress Women's Champion after defeating Jinny and Laura Di Matteo in a three-way match. This match being also the first ever time with female athletes performing in the main event. Storm then went on to defeat numerous challengers like Kay Lee Ray, Laura Di Matteo and Candice LeRae. At chapter 55 at Alexandra Pallace, Storm defeated Dahlia Black.
After Chapter 55 it was announced an 8 women tournament named "revelations of divine love" would take place to determine Storms next challenger and was won by Charli Evans who Storm went onto beat at Chapter 56. At Chapter 58, Storm defeated Alex Windsor, who was originally meant to compete in the 8 women "Revelations Of Divine Love" tournament to determine Storms next contender but got injured.
Also at Chapter 68, Jinny beat her longtime rival Dahlia Black for the opportunity to face Storm at a later date. She was originally meant to face her at Chapter 62 but Jinny was injured at another show. Jinnys replacement to challenge Storm was named as Millie McKenzie who had picked up several victories in recent months. However, McKenzie also got injured. Finally, Jinny revealed that she would decide who Storm would defend against. Her opponent was revealed to be Chakara who was along with Nina Samuels part of Jinnys new stable "House Of Couture" who vow to end Storms reign of dominance in progress.
WWE (2014, 2015, 2017)
Storm took part in a WWE tryout camp in Melbourne on the 2014 WWE Australian tour and the 2015 WWE UK tour.
On 16 June 2017, WWE announced Storm as one of the first four participants of the Mae Young Classic. Storm entered the tournament on July 13, defeating Ayesha Raymond in the first round. The following day, Storm defeated Lacey Evans in the second round and Piper Niven in the quarterfinals, before being eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Kairi Sane.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Strong Zero (Piledriver - independent circuit or an over-the-shoulder back-to-belly piledriver onto the knee - WWE)
Championships and accomplishments
- All Action Wrestling
- AAW Women's Championship (1 time)
- British Empire Wrestling
- British Empire Woman's Championship (1 time)
- Impact Pro Wrestling Australia
- IPW Australian Women's Championship
- IPW Australian Cruiserweight Championship
- IPW Australian Hardcore Championship
- Pro Wrestling Alliance Queensland
- PWAQ Women's Championship
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ranked No. 24 of the top 50 female singles wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2017
- Progress Wrestling
- Progress Women's Championship (1 time, current)
- Natural Progression Series IV
- Westside Xtreme Wrestling
- Femmes Fatales (2017)
- wXw Women's Championship (1 time, current)
- World Wonder Ring Stardom
- SWA World Championship (1 time, current)
- World of Stardom Championship (1 time, current)
- 5?Star GP (2017)
- Cinderella Tournament (2017)
- MVP Award (2017)
References
External links
- Toni Storm on WWE.com
- Toni Storm on Twitter
- Toni Storm on Facebook
- Toni Storm on Instagram
- Toni Storm's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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