15 Greatest Promos In Modern Wrestling History
11. Toni Storm Issues The Sentence
Timeless Toni Storm is over in large parts due to her use of innuendo and outright smut.
That's a reductive assessment of her talent, but not exactly untrue. The unhinged stuff she comes out with is invariably timed brilliantly, which is what separates her from any dumbass wrestler with a d*ck joke fixation Triple H. She's also magnificent at conjuring a mental image. But there's a weird but no less effective psychology to her promos that isn't mentioned enough: when she stops dealing in filth, you actually pay more attention. When the sex-obsessed vamp puts her mind on real emotion, it actually feels real.
Her sit-down promo opposite Mariah May, ahead of their seminal Hollywood Ending at Revolution 2025, was probably far too effective if you're Blake Monroe. This now-infamous promo haunts every single misstep she takes in WWE.
The psychosexual games Storm and May had played on and with one another were over. An uncontainable hatred had consumed their relationship, as May demonstrated by spitting at Storm before Renee Paquette could even finish her introduction.
"I sentence you to a lifetime of mediocrity," Storm said, which was infinitely more powerful than a cool-sounding but ultimately empty threat. Wrestlers fight more than any other combat athlete and compete more than any other athlete full-stop. For such a wacky character, it was Storm who was clever enough to grasp that - and issue a threat that was actually nightmarish to any pro.
"Your career will continue, and it will be good, but never great".
This was Storm asserting her place at the very top of women's wrestling, casting all around her as merely supporting players.