| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher Ford (1974-03-04)March 4, 1974 (age 51)[1][2] |
| Alma mater | Kean University |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Crowbar[1][2] Devon Storm[1][2] Judas[1][2] Salem[1][2] Storm[1] Tempest[1][2] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1][2] |
| Billed weight | 230 lb (104 kg)[1][3] |
| Billed from | Rutherford, New Jersey "The other side of sanity" |
| Trained by | Mike Sharpe[1][2] |
| Debut | 1992[1][2] |
Christopher Ford (born March 4, 1974) is an Americanprofessional wrestler,[1] best known for his tenure inWorld Championship Wrestling under thering nameCrowbar, where he was aone timeHardcore Champion, aone timeWorld Tag Team Champion withDavid Flair and aone timeCruiserweight Champion, which he held jointly withDaffney. He,Jerry Lynn andChristopher Daniels are the only wrestlers in history to have wrestled forWorld Wrestling Federation,World Championship Wrestling,Extreme Championship Wrestling,Total Nonstop Action Wrestling,Ring Of Honor andAll Elite Wrestling. He currently performs on theindependent circuit either as The Timeless One, Crowbar orDevon Storm.
While attending college, Ford began training under"Iron" Mike Sharpe. After completing his training, he began wrestling on theindependent circuit under the ring name Devon Storm and formed a successfultag team known as The Extreme withAce Darling. In November 1994, Storm took part in a tournament for theNWA World Heavyweight Championship, vacated byShane Douglas; he lost toTracy Smothers in the first round. After a few years on the indies, Storm wrestled in about 30 matches inExtreme Championship Wrestling in 1996, including losing toTaz via countout atHostile City Showdown,2 Cold Scorpio atNovember to Remember in aloser leaves town match, andBalls Mahoney atHoliday Hell. In 1996, he had four matches in WCW as Dangerous Devon Storm, including a match againstKonnan for the United States Championship.
In 1997, Ford, while using his Devon Storm name, took part in a tournament in theWorld Wrestling Federation to determine the first-everLight Heavyweight Champion. He wrestled against and lost toTaka Michinoku, who later went on to win the tournament and the title. From 1998 to 1999, he would later appear on editions ofShotgun Saturday Night, losing to the likes ofDroz andD'Lo Brown. He and Ace Darling briefly reunited as a tag team (but not using the name The Extreme) in a losing effort against the then newly formed team ofBrian Christopher andScott Taylor.
After leaving the WWF, Storm signed a developmental deal withWorld Championship Wrestling. After signing with WCW he reformed The Extreme with Darling, but the team saw little success. Following the disbanding of The Extreme, he was placed in afaction withDavid Flair andDaffney, where he debuted under the name Crowbar. Thegimmick of the faction saw all three members act mentally insane, with Daffney becoming known for screaming in her matches and Crowbar being prone to using high risk moves. On the January 3, 2000 edition ofMonday Nitro, Crowbar won theWorld Tag Team Championship alongside Flair after winning a tournament against the teams ofLash LeRoux andMidnight,Buff Bagwell andVampiro, and finallyKevin Nash andScott Steiner. They later dropped the title toThe Mamalukes (Big Vito andJohnny the Bull) on the January 19 edition ofThunder. After losing a rematch atSuperBrawl 2000, Crowbar teamed up with Daffney to defeat thenCruiserweight ChampionChris Candido andTammy Lynn Sytch after Daffney pinned Sytch on the May 15 edition ofNitro, thus making them co-champions. Crowbar soon faced Daffney to determine the undisputed Cruiserweight Champion. Crowbar held back during the match, but still dominated the smaller Daffney. However, Candido entered the ring and hit Crowbar with areverse piledriver and Daffney inadvertently pinned him while trying to revive him and thus became the second woman to hold the Cruiserweight Championship. Crowbar soon began feuding with former tag partner David Flair as well, in which both men traded wins onThunder. Crowbar soon began chasing after theHardcore Championship, which he won fromReno on the November 6 edition ofThunder. He later retained the title atMayhem after defeating Reno and former rival Big Vito. During his reign as Hardcore Champion, he began a feud withTerry Funk that culminated at the finalStarrcade pay-per-view, which saw Funk defeat Crowbar to claim his third and final Hardcore Championship.
Ford was later released from WCW in March 2001, right before the company was bought out by the World Wrestling Federation. During his time in WCW, Ford continued to work in the physical therapy field when he was not on the road and returned full-time to physical therapy after his release from WCW.
After the closure of WCW, Ford, returning to his Devon Storm ring name, defeated fellow WCW alumnusRick Fuller in adark match on the April 10, 2001 edition ofSmackDown!. He then spent some time in the now defunctWorld Wrestling All-Stars promotion, where he feuded withSabu. During his tenure with the company, Storm became the WWA's first and only Hardcore Champion on October 24 when he defeated Danny Dominion in atables match.
In early 2003, Ford wrestled briefly forXtreme Pro Wrestling under the names Judas and Salem, losing his first match to former New Church allyMalice and winning the second againstVic Grimes. Ford later wrestled in several dark matches forWorld Wrestling Entertainment from mid to late 2003 Ford, alternating between his Devon Storm and Crowbar ring names, wrestled against the likes ofJoey Matthews and former WCW alumniScott Steiner andSean O'Haire in dark matches beforeSmackDown! as well as onSunday Night Heat andVelocity.
On June 4, 2004, Ford began working forHealthSouth as a site coordinator and as an outpatientphysical therapist. In addition to working in physical therapy, he returned to wrestling on the independent circuit under his Devon Storm and Crowbar ring names and began competing for variousNational Wrestling Alliance territories as well as other northeast independent promotions, such as theEast Coast Wrestling Association,Jersey All Pro Wrestling,[4] Bodyslam Wrestling Organization, and the Pro Wrestling Syndicate.
On October 6, 2012, Storm was defeated byShawn Daivari in theHouse of Hardcore's first show.[5]
Storm entered theExtreme Rising World Championship tournament which was eventually won byStevie Richards. He defeatedSabu in the opening round but was defeated byRhino in the semi-finals.[6]
Crowbar returning as the Timeless one made his debut for Wrestling Open in Late 2022, Wrestling matches against the likes of Jhonny Santos, Alec Price and Ryan Clancy.[7]
In 2002, Ford, under the new name Tempest, joinedNWA Total Nonstop Action and became a part ofFather James Mitchell's stable,The New Church. During his stint in TNA, Tempest took part in TNA's first and onlyHard 10 Tournament, losing in the first round toThe Sandman, who later went on to win the tournament. He returned in 2013 at theOne Night Only show, Hardcore Justice 2 in a Hardcore Battle Royale that was won byShark Boy.
Crowbar appeared withAll Elite Wrestling on October 11, 2021, on an episode ofAEW Dark: Elevation in Philadelphia, losing toJoey Janela. The match featured a cameo appearance byThe Blue Meanie, with the two ECW alumni giving a "shoot" promo afterwards.
Ford's style of wrestling is hardcore, that of his idolTerry Funk. He will occasionally jump from elevated locations and use weapons, most notably the crowbar. His finishing moves are theSitout Front Suplex, which he calls the "Mindbender", and theinverted DDT, which he calls "The Eye of the Storm". Other moves he uses frequently are theNorthern Lights Suplex,CatapultSplash,Catapult Leg Drop,La Quebrada, thePescado, and the use of acrowbar as a signature weapon.[1]
On August 7, 2004, Ford married ECW ring announcer Dina Caravella.[1] They have two children who were born in 2007 and 2009.[8]
Ford studied atKean University for six years and graduated with adegree in physical therapy.[9] Chris and Dina currently work at their own health care facility in northern New Jersey where Chris is a physical therapist and Dina is a registered dietitian.[10]
1Crowbar held the title jointly withDaffney during his reign.
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