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Gregory "Shane" Helms, aka The Hurricane (born July 12, 1974 in Smithfield, North Carolina), is a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. He is considered by many fans to be one of the most capable wrestlers on the show. Helms showcases himself by wrestling exceptionally and performing well on the mic (most notably in his segments with The Rock).
Career
WCW
After wrestling in many independent promotions, including the OMEGA promotion founded by Matt and Jeff Hardy, Helms and his friend Shannon Moore signed with WCW in 2000.
In World Championship Wrestling, Helms's first break came as a member of the heel team "3 Count" with Evan Karagias and Shannon Moore. The trio was a parody of the popular boy bands of the time and their gimmick involved making music videos and performing before their matches, during which their opponents tended to attack them before the match started. Helms later split from the group, started using the name "Suga" Shane Helms, and found success as WCW Cruiserweight Champion. He was the current Cruiserweight Champion immediately before WCW was bought out by the WWF.
Hurricane character
Helms' superhero character is loosely based on The Green Lantern; he sports a tattoo of the hero's logo on his right bicep. His real life fixation of the character was parlayed into The Hurricane gimmick - as Helms gradually evolved into a full superhero character, to the point of wearing a costume to the ring.
Originally a heel character in both the WCW Alliance and the breakup of the WCW/ECW Alliance had believed himself to have superhuman powers, he would wrestle heavyweight wrestlers and attempt to chokeslam them, but given his comparatively small size comically couldn't even pick the other wrestler up. Over time his character increasingly received positive fan reaction, Helms became a face and was able to chokeslam some of his opponents, after which acting surprised at his own strength.
Sidekicks
- During The Hurricane's stint as a heel he stole the girlfriend of then baby face, Spike Dudley, then babyface, Molly Holly, then turned face by befriending her. She later emerged as Mighty Molly - his first superhero sidekick. The duo went their separate ways at WrestleMania 18 when Molly turned on Hurricane and won the Hardcore Title from him.
- In 2003 Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a superhero, and christened him "Rosey, the Super Hero in Training" (or the S.H.I.T.). On the July 19, 2004 episode of RAW, Rosey appeared with a new costume, seemingly graduated to a full superhero and is tag-teaming with his mentor. In May of 2005, Stacy Keibler joined Rosey and The Hurricane as their sidekick.
Current
On May 1, 2005, at Backlash Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Resistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win the the World Tag Team Championship.
Profile
- Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
- Weight: 191 lb (87 kg)
- Trained by: Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy (Hardy Boyz)
- Professional Debut: 1991
- Previous Allies:Evan Karagias, Shannon Moore, Lance Storm, "Mighty" Molly, Rosey
- Previous Identities: The Suicide Bomb, The Serial Killer, Kid Vicious, Gauge, Shane Helms, Gregory "Hurricane" Helms, "Sugar" Shane Helms
- Previous Managers: Count Grog, Stacy Keibler
Finishing Moves
- '''Eye of the Hurricane''' (aka Nightmare on Helms Street)
- Vertebreaker
- The Shining Wizard Kick
- Chokeslam
Signature Moves
- Overcast
- Hurrikick (aka Sugarsmack)
- Flying Clothesline
- Flying Crossbody
- Inverted Unprettier
- X-Plex
Double team moves
- Spinning samoan Drop/Neckbreaker combination (Helms would perform the neckbreaker, with either Shannon Moore, Lance Storm, or Rosey as the other team mate)
- Sidewalk Slam/Eye of the Hurricane combination (With Rosey)
- Super Hero Splash/Falling Star Bomb (Elevated Splash) (Helms would leap from the shoulders of Mike Maverick, Big Show, or Rosey)
Quotes
- "Stand back, there's a hurricane coming through!"
- "Whazzup wit dat?" (What's up with that?)
- "I've got Hurri-powers, beeyatch!"
- "Quick, to the Hurri-cave"
- "You've got a cool costume, you've got a cool mask, you're 7 feet tall, and you don't fight crime? Whazzup wit dat?"
- "Whooooosh"
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