Devon Storm

Infobox Wrestler
name=Chris Ford
names=Chris Ford
Crowbar
Salem
Tempest
Devon Storm
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height=6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
weight=230 lb (104 kg)
birth_date=Birth date and age|1974|3|4|mf=y
death_date=
birth_place=Rutherford, New Jersey
resides=
billed=
trainer=Mike Sharpe
debut=1992
retired=|

Chris Ford is an American professional wrestler best known for the ring names Crowbar in World Championship Wrestling and Devon Storm in Extreme Championship Wrestling. He wrestled in a brief stint in World Wrestling Entertainment and also Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

Career

Chris Ford was trained by Mike Sharpe. He wrestled for many years on the independent scene under the ring name Devon Storm, a name which Ford came up with many years earlier while dreaming to be a pro wrestler. He had many notable feuds on the indys, including having several matches with Sabu. After years working on the indys and a short stint with ECW, Storm signed a developmental deal with WCW.

In WWF he was a first round opponent of TAKA Michinoku for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship tournament held in 1997.

Storm went to World Championship Wrestling where they sent him to the Power Plant, WCW's main training facility. After being trained as "Dangerous" Devon Storm, he was placed in a stable with David Flair and Daffney Unger, where was given the name Crowbar. In WCW, he held the WCW Cruiserweight Championship, WCW World Tag Team Championship and the WCW Hardcore Championship. He also had a memorable feud with Terry Funk that culminated at the last WCW Starrcade pay-per-view.

After WCW, he spent some time in the now defunct World Wrestling All-Stars where he and Sabu resumed their feud.

He has wrestled some dark matches for WWE on both WWE Velocity and WWE Sunday Night HEAT.

In 2003, he joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and was part of Father James Mitchell's stable, The New Church.

He has been a mainstay in such indy promotions as Jersey All Pro Wrestling [http://www.japw.net/new/lockerroom/index.html] and Pro Wrestling Syndicate since his departure with TNA.

Wrestling facts

*Finishing and signature moves
**Spike brainbuster
**Sitout inverted suplex slam
**Reverse DDT
**Dragon sleeper
**Northern lights suplex
**Springboard leg drop
**Springboard splash

*Managers
**Daffney
**Dawn Marie
**James Mitchell
**Lady Alexandra
**Jim Cornette
**Damien Kane

Championships and accomplishments

*Century Wrestling Alliance
**CWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ace Darling

*East Coast Pro Wrestling
**ECPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**ECPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kodiak Bear

*East Coast Wrestling Association
**ECWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ace Darling

*Eternity Wrestling Association
**EWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ace Darling

*International Fighting Network
**IFN Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation
**MEWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
**MEWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mark Schrader

*National Wrestling Alliance
**NWA United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ace Darling

*NWA New Jersey
**NWA Jersey Hardcore Championship (1 time)
**NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship "(New Jersey version)" (1 time)

*NWA New York
**NWA New York Television Championship (1 time)

*NWA 2000
**NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (1 time)

*New Jack City Wrestling
**NJCW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

*Richmond Championship Wrestling
**RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ace Darling

*World Championship Wrestling
**WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
**WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
**WCW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with David Flair

*World Wrestling All-Stars
**WWA Hardcore Championship (1 time)

External links

* [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/devon-storm.html Profile at Online World of Wrestling]
* [http://bodyslamming.com/other/crowbar.html Other Superstars - Devon Storm]
* [http://www.cagematch.de/?id=2&nr=555 CageMatch.de - Devon Storm] ger
* [http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/crowbar.html Accelerator's Wrestling Rollercoaster: Crowbar]
* [http://wrestling.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Crowbar Crowbar] at the [http://wrestling.xwiki.com/ WrestleWiki]
*imdb name|id=0285556 |name=Chris Ford