Gregory Shane Helms

**Gregory Shane Helms** (born July 12, 1974) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he wrestled as **The Hurricane**, **Gregory Helms**, and **Hurricane Helms** and also for his time with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled as "**Sugar**" **Shane Helms**.

Helms first began wrestling in 1991 at the age of 17, and wrestled in numerous independent promotions, including the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, winning numerous light heavyweight and tag team championships. In 1999, he signed with WCW, and gained fame as "Sugar" Shane Helms, a member of **3 Count**. During his time there he won both the WCW Hardcore Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight Championship. When WCW was bought by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), Helms' contract was kept by WWF. Helms renamed himself "The Hurricane" and won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. He later picked up a sidekick, Rosey, and they won the World Tag Team Championship together.

He dropped the superhero gimmick in 2005, and began wrestling under his real name. He once again won the Cruiserweight Championship in early 2006, and held it for over a year, becoming the longest reigning Cruiserweight Champion and the longest reigning champion of any kind in SmackDown history. After being out of action for over a year after neck fusion surgery Helms returned to SmackDown in September 2008, referring to himself as Hurricane Helms, before moving to the ECW brand where he reverted to his Gregory Helms name, and became the backstage interviewer. In mid-2009, he brought back The Hurricane character, and appeared as both Gregory Helms and The Hurricane on the ECW brand. After the ECW brand ended, Helms was released by WWE in February 2010, however he returned as a surprise entrant in the 2018 Royal Rumble match.

Helms joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2015, where he became the manager of Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett as the stable **The Helms Dynasty**.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Avalanche swinging neckbreaker
	+ Double knee facebreaker
	+ *Eye of the Hurricane* / *Nightmare on Helms Street* (Spinning headlock elbow drop)
	+ *Hurrichokeslam* (Chokeslam)
	+ Running shining wizard
	+ *Vertebreaker* (Back-to-back double underhook piledriver)

* **Signature moves**
	+ Diving splash
	+ Elbow smash
	+ European uppercut
	+ Frog splash into a diving crossbody
	+ Headscissors takedown
	+ Hurricanrana
	+ *Hurri-clothesline* (Leaping clothesline)
	+ Jumping neckbreaker
	+ Jumping tornado DDT
	+ *Overcast* (Diving somersault neckbreaker)
	+ Somersault plancha
	+ Straight jacket sitout rear mat slam
	+ *Sugarsmack* / *Hurri-Kick* (Superkick)
	+ Snap suplex
	+ *Topé con hilo*
	+ *TopSpin Facebuster* (Fireman's carry spun out into a facebreaker knee smash)
	+ *Underdog* (Double underhook mat slam)
	+ *X-Plex* (Straight jacket suplex)

* **Managers**
	+ Ivory
	+ Mighty Molly
	+ Mike Maverick
	+ Super Stacy
	+ Tank Abbott

* **Wrestlers managed**
	+ Trevor Lee
	+ Andrew Everett

* **Nicknames**
	+ "Hollywood"
	+ "The Show"
	+ "Sugar"
	+ "Supernatural"

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **World Championship Wrestling**
		- "Can't Get You Out of My Heart" by 3 Count
		- "Do the Three Count" by 3 Count
		- "Vertebreaker" by Jimmy Hart & Howard Helm
	+ **World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment**
		- "Fire Storm A" by Wolfgang Killian & Hermann Langschwert
		- "Eye of the Hurricane" by Jim Johnston
		- "It's Time" by Jim Johnston
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
		- "Dynasty" by Dale Oliver

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Carolina Championship Wrestling Alliance**
	+ CCWA Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
* **Carolina Wrestling Federation Mid-Atlantic**
	+ CWF Mid-Atlantic Television Championship (1 time)
* **Coastal Championship Wrestling**
	+ CCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with The Super Hero in Training
* **Empire State Wrestling**
	+ ESW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny Adams
* **New Dimension Wrestling**
	+ NDW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mike Maverick
* **North American Pro Wrestling**
	+ NAPW Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **NWA Wildside**
	+ NWA Wildside Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Shannon Moore
* **Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts**
	+ OMEGA Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mike Maverick
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ PWI ranked him #**21** of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2003
* **Pro Wrestling International**
	+ PWI International Heavyweight Championship (2 time)
* **Southern Championship Wrestling**
	+ SCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ SCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mike Maverick
* **Southern Wrestling Alliance**
	+ SWA Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Texas Championship Wrestling**
	+ TCW Texas Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lenny Lane
* **World Championship Wrestling**
	+ WCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
	+ WCW Hardcore Championship (1 time)
* **Wrestling For A Cause**
	+ WFC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kryptonite
* **World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment**
	+ WWF European Championship (1 time)
	+ WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
	+ WWE Cruiserweight Championship (2 times)[
	+ World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kane (1) and Rosey (1)
* **World Wrestling Organization**
	+ WWO Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
	+ Best Gimmick (2001)

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