Gregory Helms

Gregory Shane Helms, born July 12, 1974, is an American professional wrestler from North Carolina who began wrestling in 1991 at the age of seventeen. After winning light heavyweight and tag team titles on the independent circuit, including in the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts, he signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1999 and became known as Sugar Shane Helms, a member of 3 Count, winning the WCW Hardcore and Cruiserweight Championships. When the World Wrestling Federation bought WCW he kept his contract and in 2001 debuted the superhero gimmick The Hurricane, under which he won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and, with Rosey, the World Tag Team Championship. He dropped the character in 2005 and wrestled under his real name, held the Cruiserweight Championship for more than a year from 2006, the longest reign of any champion in SmackDown history, and after his release in 2010 returned to WWE as a producer and occasional wrestler.