Lance Storm Is Happy For Chelsea Green & Dominik Mysterio’s Success, Doesn’t Want To Take Credit For Them

Lance Storm has trained many stars in pro wrestling including Chelsea Green & Dominik Mysterio, and he says he’s very happy for their success. The Storm Wrestling Academy has been responsible for a number of stars who made it to WWE, TNA and elsewhere including current WWE Women’s Champion Green, Mysterio, Tyler Breeze, Tenille Dashwood and more.

Storm was asked about what it’s like to see his students find success during his appearance on Love Wrestling. He said that he’s very happy for them and that they should be proud of themselves, though he doesn’t want to say he takes pride in them because to him that sounds like he’s taking credit for their success. He also spoke about the moments where he feels proud as a producer in TNA. You can see the highlights below:

On the Success Of His SWA Students:

“It’s very satisfying, and I’m very happy for them. I — if you haven’t listened to the Chris Van Vliet [interviews], I have issues using ‘pride,’ because I’m someone who believes you take pride in your own work. And if I’m proud of Chelsea’s success, it feels like I’m taking credit for it, and I know how hard she worked.

“She should be very proud of herself. Dominik Mysterio should be very proud of themselves. You mentioned Zoe Sager… so yeah, it’s very rewarding, and I’m so happy for them. And pride is the right word, it’s just — I have an issue with it, but it’s great to see their success. And there’s countless of them all over the place, and you run into them like, ‘Oh yeah, I almost forgot they were one of my students.’ You mentioned Chelsea; I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, right.’ [laughs]”

On Matches As a Producer He’s Proud Of:

“Well, I — it’s a weird one. But to me, I’ve got a friend who reviews the TNA Impact show every week for the Observer site, uh, uh, Big Vinny V. And I always listen to his reviews, because I like to hear what fans think of our shows. I think you can’t ignore the fans. There’s the old, ‘Oh, they never took any bumps.’ It’s like, ‘No, but they bought a lot of tickets.’ And when I listen to him review and if there’s like, ‘Oh, they kind of missed a shot there.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, that wasn’t mine.’ Or it’s like, I know I produced this match and I’m listening to him, and it’s like there isn’t any of those, ‘Oh, they didn’t get a shot of this. There was a production missed here,’ I’m like — almost never. And that’s one thing; I don’t want to miss a shot.

“Because these guys work so hard, you know what I mean? These guys are risking injury, risking serious injury at times, pulling off some amazing stuff. You know, we got two Ultimate X matches that are so dangerous. You don’t want these guys going out here risking their health, and you miss it because you were asleep on headset. And so when I know that we got everything, and everything that they work so hard to have was seen by everyone — not just the people in the building — that’s where I’m most proud of. Because then I’m taking pride in my work, not in theirs.”

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