During an interview with WrestlingInc James Storm addressed rumors that he didn't sign WWE because the company issued him low-ball offer. Storm refuted the rumor and said it was due to family reasons:

"A lot of people say it was money, but it wasn’t. It was a family thing,” Storm said. “Hunter told me they’d run 100-125 shows over the next two years. My wife wanted to have another kid, but she had to do shots, and I had to be at home a lot more. It was a decision: do I go and live this crazy of wrestling in the WWE or do I stay home and help my wife have another child that she wants? I decided that my family was what is really important to me."

Ring veteran James Storm makes his shocking NXT debut, taking on British brawler Danny Burch.