#7 – Lance Storm
He is from Calgary…………………Alberta, Canada! And the former SMW tag team partner to Chris Jericho eventually took his place as one of WCW top non-nWo heels by forming Team Canada. During is many feuds with the humorous yet popular “Misfits in Action,” Storm captured the United States Title and renamed it “The Canadian Heavyweight Championship. It should come as no shock that WCW dropped the ball with Storm, because at a Pay-Per-View event in Canada where Storm and his Canadian mates were cheered like crazy, Storm still cheated on three separate occassions to retain his belt. You could hear the fans feeling insulted along the way.
#6 – Ludvig Borga
Mind you, America has NEVER gone to war with Finland. But Tony Halme’s arrival in the WWF in 1993 created an instant impact. Long running vignettes of Borga insulting America for pollution and crime drew the ire of fans, and Borga’s reputation as a championship power lifter simply fueled the fire. Borga squashed numerous wrestlers, and at his first pay per view, destroyed recent Intercontinental Champion Marty Jannetty. Borga ended the 2+ year undefeated streak of Tatanka with a single finger (yes, there was cheating involved) and helped Yokozuna break the ribs of Jim Duggan. Borga was expected to be a major main eventer for many years until he broke his ankle in a match with Rick Steiner. It’s possible that no other foreign heel has made as much of an impact in such a short time as Borga did…
