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. 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

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 and found success as WCW Cruiserweight Champion. He was the current cruiserweight champion immediately before WCW was bought out by WWE and Vince McMahon.

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 who 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, as the 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 Spike Dudley (Molly Holly), then turned face. 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 now currently tag-teaming with his mentor.

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
• Finishing/Signature Move(s): Eye of the Hurricane (aka Nightmare on Helms Street), The Shining Wizard Kick, Vertebreaker, Hurrislam,

Titles/Accomplishments

• 1-Time WWE World Tag-Team Champion with Kane
• 2-Time WWE Cruiserweight Champion
• 1-Time WWE European Champion
• 1-Time WWE Hardcore Champion
• 1-Time WCW Hardcore Champion
• 1-Time NWA Wildside Tag-Team Champion (w/Shannon Moore)
• 1-Time SCW Champion
• 1-Time SCW Tag-Team Champion

Quotes

• "Stand back, there's a hurricane coming!"
• "Whazzup wid dat?" (What's up with that?)