Storm vs JBL and Holly?

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Lance Storm was the subject of a verbal thrashing WrestleMania weekend from JBL. Several weeks ago Storm, who is currently a trainer at WWE's Ohio Valley Wrestling training territory in Louisville, Ky., had told the wrestlers he was training what to expect when they are called up to the main roster. He made a comment about how the Smackdown locker room is more old-school and thus they are likely to experience more hazing there, something Storm openly frowns upon as being passe and unprofessional. He singled out JBL and Hardcore Holly as two perpetrators to be leery of. One of the OVW wrestlers passed along what Storm had told him to several Smackdown wrestlers, including Holly. Storm had also told advised OVW wrestler Derek Jeter not to abide by the ruling of "Wrestlers Court." Jeter got in trouble with the Smackdown locker room when he made a comment about not liking how he was being relegated to tag team wrestling. JBL and Holly, two longtime tag wrestlers, took exception to his apparent attitude that he was too good for tag wrestling and sentenced him to "Wrestlers Court," which is a tradition within WWE where issues are solved in a usually humorous manner in-house among wrestlers before involving management. Basically, if a wrestler offends members of the locker room, they can be called into court, where a judge (often JBL over the years) hears witness testimony and then issues a sentence. Jeter's punishment was fetching beers for JBL and watching tapes of tag team matches. Storm wasn't pleased and discouraged Jeter from "wasting his time" on the matter. WrestleMania weekend, when Storm and Holly crossed paths, Holly made a comment under his breath toward Storm to "f--- off." When JBL saw Storm, he cut a promo on him. JBL took issue with what he had heard about Storm calling the Smackdown brand second rate and its wrestlers bullies who were more concerned with locker room games than drawing money. It nearly led to a fight. JBL challenged Storm, but Storm managed to keep the situaton from escalating. Some saw that as Storm backing down from a challenge. Others saw JBL as overreacting and looking foolish.