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www.wrestlingnewsdesk.com reporter Anna Elizabeth Anderson wrote a story for THE NATIONAL LEDGER about Lance Storm's commentary on the Original ECW and his experiences with creative guru Paul Heyman,  which you can read in its entirety here: http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272617538.shtml .
 
The story states the following:
 
In the world of professional wrestling, it's rare to find someone who never caused controversy. Calgary, Alberta Canada's Lance Evers is one of those rare people.  Better known by his ring name of "Lance Storm," the clean living, soft spoken Evers was known to be reliable, on time, professional, and never one to cause embarrassment to the company he was working for.
"He was a businessman who exploited his athletic ability to make a nice living for his family," statedWrestling News Desk.com editor Matthew Cooper, "there was never anything fancy about him. He was a dependable wrestler who worked hard and could be counted on to give the crowd a good show."

Since retiring from the ring, Evers has opened up THE LANCE STORM WRESTLING ACADEMY in his hometown of Calgary, and has taken to the internet to express himself. "He's written some biting criticism of TNA's booking," stated Wrestling News Desk 's Cooper, "and he hasn't been shy about pointing out what's wrong with WWE's product, either."
 
This week, Evers finally decided to write about his experiences with the Original ECW, the product he's still to this most associated with. "I would expect ever since I starting doing my “Promoters” commentaries everyone has been waiting to hear what I have to say about Paul Heyman and my time in ECW," Evers commented,  "ECW was the company I felt most at home in my whole career. When I worked for ECW (WAR too, but being in a foreign Country less so than ECW) I felt like I was part of something and that it was “my company”. Everywhere else, I’d say I more felt like I worked for the company rather than actually being apart of it. I felt at home in ECW from the moment I finished my first match."

Evers' run in ECW, which lasted a little over three years from 1997 through 2000, was dominated by his on-screen work with valet Dawn Marie, and his pairings with  Chris Candido and later with Justin Credible, with whom he formed the tag team The Impact Players. Many may be surprised, however, at what Evers remembers most fondly about the Original ECW.  He writes, "As much as I enjoyed all the great matches I had with guys like Jerry Lynn, and Tommy Dreamer, and there were a ton of them, it was the creative end of things and my time booking with Paul that made ECW the most enjoyable part of my career.

As a promoter and boss he certainly had his flaws. He was incredibly disorganized, things were often done VERY last minute likely to the detriment of business, and that doesn’t even cover his amazing ability string along the most creative lines of bullshit, obfuscation, and out right lies this business has ever seen. But at the end of the da y that never really mattered, Paul just made wrestling a lot more fun. I’ve always loved this job and enjoyed doing it wherever I went, but when Paul was around I just loved it a little bit more, and for that I will always be grateful."

Evers left ECW for the higher-paying World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May, 2000, and ended up working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) after Vince McMahon was the last man standing in the great wrestling war. Evers finished out his career as a trainer in Louisville, Kentucky for the WWE developmental system Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). But his time in the groundbreaking Extreme Championship Wrestling seems to be where he has the most fun reminiscing.
 
"I can honestly say there is no one single person in this industry I enjoy working with more than Paul Heyman," Evers wroteStorm Wrestling.com,  "I can sit and talk wrestling, or the booking of wrestling with Paul 24/7. We have a very similar view of the wrestling business and share an identical passion for it. Booking with Paul in ECW was without a doubt the single most enjoyable part of my career. The joy I experienced working my best matches or wrestling in front of the largest and hottest crowds paled in comparison to the joy I felt booking angles with Paul and then sitting back and watching those angles transpire. He and I would get goose bumps creating the ideas then again watching them unfold."
 
 
RELATED STORIES:
 
To read about WWE's mishandling of the ECW brand, click here: http://www.wrestlingnewsdesk.com/WND/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=262&Itemid=33
 
 
To see pictures of Dawn Marie during her days in the Original ECW, click here: http://www.wrestlingnewsdesk.com/WND/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=1
 
 
To see pictures of Dawn Marie showing off her body in a ridiculously revealing bikini during her time on Smackdown, click here (not for the weak of heart): http://www.wrestlingnewsdesk.com/WND/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=33 or just click on the photo below.