Last Updated on April 10, 2024 by Avik Das
Toni Storm is presently one of the most recognized female wrestlers in the world, having wrestled in two biggest promotions, AEW and WWE. While she battled hard to make a mark in WWE, after she signed for AEW, she ascended to the top of the ladder right away, entering the title picture and showing fabulous character work. Toni Storm is already a three-time AEW Women’s Champion as well as the reigning champion. The 28-year-old might be a young woman, but she has been a professional wrestler for fifteen years, debuting as a professional wrestler at the age of 13. After learning the craft of wrestling and getting better at it, she moved from Australia to England for further opportunities in this field. Hence, she is a well-traveled professional wrestler following stints in different wrestling companies all over the world apart from WWE and AEW.
We have seen different versions of Toni Storm in the wrestling ring, with the recent ‘Timeless’ gimmick catching eyes. Through this article, we take a look at some amazing Toni Storm Photos taken over the years, showcasing her career achievements in different phases of her life.
#10 Young Toni Storm In Her Early Career
As written before, Toni Storm embarked on her wrestling journey as a teenager and started getting serious about it after moving to England at eighteen. Around this time, she wrestled in some European countries, and at the age of 20, she signed for British promotion, Progress Wrestling. It’s one of her early 20s images, presumably from her time in the British promotion, Progress Wrestling. Holding a trophy, she is looking exhilarated.
#9 At Stardom
Japanese company Stardom, which is an all-women promotion, produced some noteworthy female talents of modern-day wrestling, and Toni Storm was one of them, where she garnered attention with her skills. In her two-year run there, Toni Storm became the World of Stardom Champion. The title win made her the first non-Japanese wrestler to win the belt. Additionally, Toni Storm had an epoch-making reign as the SWA World Champion in Stardom, where she remained a champion for 612 days. Here the blonde wrestler is holding a Stardom belt.
#8 Wrestling Colleagues
Whether working for WWE or any other wrestling company, the schedule is usually restless. From training, and practicing promos to doing live shows and televised shows, wrestlers stay on the road for the majority of the year, traveling from one place to another to wrestle. In this process, wrestlers make friends with each other, making bonds of a lifetime. Trish Stratus and Lita, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, John Cena and Randy Orton, etc. are some examples of colleagues turning into lifelong friends. Toni Storm is seen with her peers, Tegan Nox and Zelina Vega, both of whom currently work for WWE. It’s an old photo where all three wrestlers from years ago.
#7 Mae Young Classic 2018 Winner
The first major accomplishment of Toni Storm’s wrestling career was the Mae Young Classic victory in 2018. While she competed in the previous edition, she failed to get the winner’s prize. By defeating Io Sky in the final, Toni was victorious in the second edition of the tournament, making a statement to the rest of the female talents in WWE. An elated Toni is celebrating her triumph while holding the winner’s trophy.
#6 NXT UK Women’s Champion
Having wrestled in the United Kingdom for years, Toni Storm was put in the NXT UK brand, which is defunct now. Her maiden and only title win in WWE was capturing the NXT UK Women’s Championship once, and the title reign lasted 230 days. We see Toni Storm as the NXT UK Women’s Champion here. During that time, she wore a cap and a leather jacket as part of her gimmick.
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#5 NXT War Games Match
War Games matches were originally introduced in WCW, but in the past few years, NXT adopted it as their gimmick matches, pitting two teams against each other in two big cages. The main roster also saw War Games matches at Survivor Series 2023. Toni Storm once competed in a War Games match in 2020 when she represented Team Candice against Team Shotzi, and she was on the winning side. Here is an image of her after Team Candice’s victory.
#4 Facing Charlotte Flair
The once-promising NXT talent, Toni Storm, debuted on the SmackDown brand in 2021. Unfortunately, her main roster run ended in less than six months after she abruptly asked for her release. But before her departure, Toni Storm was in the SmackDown Women’s Championship picture with an elite star like Charlotte Flair. Storm lost her final WWE match, which was against Charlotte Flair. It’s a snippet of the last televised bout of her against The Queen.
#3 AEW Debut
Following her exit from WWE, Toni Storm was one of the sought-after stars in wrestling who was anticipated to sign for AEW. It took four months, but we finally saw Toni Storm in Tony Khan’s company for the first time on 30 March 2022. On her debut bout, she beat The Bunny at the Owen Hart Foundation Women’s tournament. This is a snap from her AEW debut. Along with the black paint on cheeks, she looked gorgeous in a black jacket.
#2 AEW Women’s Champion
While Toni Storm didn’t succeed in winning either the NXT Women’s Championship or the Women’s Championship on the main roster of WWE, it took her less than six months to win the coveted AEW Women’s Championship. The big day came at All Out 2022, where she won a four-way battle against Jamie Hayrer, Britt Baker, and Hikaru Shida to become the interim AEW Women’s Champion. Here we can see Toni as the AEW Women’s Champion, and she looks emotional holding the gold for the first time.
#1 Timeless Toni Storm
The most creative gimmick of Toni Storm’s wrestling career has been the ‘Timeless Toni Storm’. She plays a character of Hollywood’s old-school starlet, sporting the hairstyle curly old-fashioned hairstyle. The character is said to be inspired by Gloria Swanson’s character from the Hollywood classic, Sunset Boulevard. Toni Storm has rejuvenated herself with the ‘Timeless’ persona, making her captivating in terms of character development. Whether her talking style or her carefree attitude, everything about the character has clicked so far. It is a reason she has also won the AEW Women’s Championship under the current gimmick.
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Avik Das is the founder of Sportsheed. He is a sports lover with broad knowledge of Professional Wrestling, MMA, Football, and Cricket. He has an English major and has previously written articles for various sports and entertainment websites
