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80-655: As indicated by the name, the Anti-Americans differed from previous incarnations of Team Canada , a stable that Storm was part of, in that they were anti-American rather than pro-Canadian . As a result of this, the emblem of the stable was not the Canadian flag , but an American flag flown upside down . The Un-Americans were formed on SmackDown! in June 2002 by the Canadian Lance Storm , who had led

160-671: A Canadian) and Elix Skipper (who was billed as being a former Canadian Football League player). Following the match, Storm announced that the four were to be collectively known as Team Canada . At the time, Storm held three championships - the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the WCW Hardcore Championship . Storm had renamed the championships

240-465: A bar. A police report stated that Helms had punched Jericho and the other passengers in the cab they were sharing. Helms and Jericho were given tickets for public intoxication and released after each posted a $ 120 bail bond . On March 13, 2011, Helms was cited for affray following an altercation at a bar in Smithfield, North Carolina. On May 5, 2011, Helms and his girlfriend were involved in

320-787: A boy named Sebastian. Helms is a weekly guest on the podcast "Keepin it 100" on the Jericho network. In 2016 and 2017, he appeared on a weekly podcast for Fightful.com. On May 6, 2008, Helms was assaulted in a club in Johnston County, North Carolina , by an acquaintance, Dustin Narron. An argument between the two of them led to Narron hitting Helms in the face. Narron was later charged with assault and battery. On January 27, 2010, Helms and fellow WWE wrestler Chris Jericho were arrested in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky , after leaving

400-591: A broken nose. After complaining to Long about having to wrestle on the March 10 episode of SmackDown! , Long told Helms that he did not have to defend his title, but put Helms in a champion versus champion match against the United States Champion , Chris Benoit . During the match, Helms attempted to leave, but was blocked by other cruiserweights who threw Helms back into the ring, resulting in Helms losing

480-629: A contract with Lucha Libre USA . In the promotion, Helms allied himself with Marco Corleone , and in his debut for the promotion at the January 22 tapings, he defeated Corleone's rival and Lucha Libre USA Champion Lizmark Jr. via disqualification. On January 29, 2011, Helms made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), during the WrestleReunion 5 weekend, in a match, where he was defeated by Joey Ryan . He also took part in 20-Man Legends Battle Royale, making his second appearance of

560-483: A losing streak, mainly caused by The Hurricane's on-screen injuries. During the October 17 episode of Raw , The Hurricane was assaulted by Kurt Angle at the request of Vince McMahon . After the beating, footage was shown of The Hurricane ripping off his mask and striking Rosey because he did not help him fend off Angle. The next week, The Hurricane no-showed a World Tag Team Championship match, leaving Rosey to face

640-630: A match at New Year's Revolution . At the 2006 Royal Rumble , Helms participated in an Open Invitational match for the Cruiserweight Championship and won, even though he was a Raw superstar and the championship was defended solely on SmackDown! . As a result, he returned to the SmackDown! brand in February 2006 to start a feud with Nunzio , Kid Kash and the other cruiserweights. During this time, Helms defeated Nunzio in

720-462: A modified version of his old ring name "The Hurricane", and mocked heel superstars including Shelton Benjamin and Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder . In the following weeks, he mocked several other superstars in the "Hurrapops", ending each promo with the phrase, "I'm just sayin'!". On the November 28 episode of SmackDown , a "Hurrapop" appeared in which Helms announced that he would make his return to

800-480: A month before losing the titles to Chris Jericho and Christian on the October 14 episode of Raw . In early 2003, The Hurricane feuded with The Rock . In backstage segments, The Rock referred to The Hurricane as "The Hamburglar " (in part because his mask was similar to the Hamburglar's). The feud culminated in a match on the March 10 episode of Raw , in which The Rock dominated. The Hurricane, however,

880-474: A motorbike accident in North Carolina, for which Helms was charged with driving under the influence . Helms suffered a broken leg, ankle, jaw and nose during the accident, as well as sustaining other fractures and receiving over 200 stitches, while his girlfriend sustained a broken neck. As a result of the accident, Helms' foot had to be reconstructed with four plates and 22 screws. Helms

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960-407: A one-on-one match. The next week, he was supposed to defend against Kid Kash, but Kash was away on a family emergency, so Scotty 2 Hotty took his place. Helms defeated him and declared that he was better than all the other cruiserweights. As a result, all the cruiserweights at the show invaded the ring and attacked Helms. It was later announced by SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long that at

1040-543: A result, Cade and Murdoch earned a title match at the Unforgiven pay-per-view. During the title match, Murdoch delivered an elevated DDT on The Hurricane to the outside. The DDT caused The Hurricane to suffer a storyline " stinger " and allowed Cade and Murdoch to beat The Hurricane and Rosey later in the match to win the World Tag Team Championship. During the next few weeks, the pair began

1120-625: A similar stable known as Team Canada in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Storm claimed that World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had discriminated against Canadians for years, citing the Montreal Screwjob as an example. Christian (who had teamed with Storm regularly since the fall of the WCW/ECW Alliance ) and Test , also Canadian, joined the burgeoning stable later that month. The stable

1200-512: A six-man tag team match. Helms continued to defend his belt during pay-per-views, but he made more regular appearances on SmackDown!' s sister show, Velocity . Helms continued defending his title against other cruiserweights, while on occasion facing off against SmackDown!'s other title holders in champion versus champion matches. Helms faced World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio on June 16 and United States Champion Bobby Lashley on July 7 but lost both matches. Eventually, Helms became

1280-458: A tag team with Lance Storm who was now managed by Ivory and Hurricane later picked up a sidekick, in Molly Holly who began to call herself "Mighty Molly", and the two came to the arena in a custom "Hurri-Cycle" (with Molly in the sidecar). The team of The Hurricane and Storm began feuds with teams like The Hardy Boyz and Big Show and Spike Dudley . The Hurricane and Storm got a shot at

1360-426: A team with Karagias. The three teams met in a Triangle match at Mayhem , which 3 Count won. They also wrestled each other in a number one contendership ladder match at Starrcade , to earn a WCW Cruiserweight Championship match, in which both Moore and Helms grabbed the contract at the same time. As a result, they later wrestled for the opportunity to wrestle for the championship, which Helms won, although he lost

1440-492: A tournament for the OMEGA Championship. On November 16, 2013, Helms was defeated by Chris Hero at a Pro Wrestling Syndicate event. In March 2015, Helms received a tryout for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA, now Impact Wrestling ) as an agent and began working for the company within that capacity that same month. At Bound for Glory , Helms made his on-screen debut under his full birth name to congratulate

1520-634: A trainer for a wrestling school in Calgary. He returned to WWE for two appearances in May 2005 and fought against Chris Jericho at ECW One Night Stand . Storm once again retired in 2007 and returned to the sport in 2009 until his last match in 2016. In 2019 he returned to WWE as a producer and was released by WWE on April 15, 2020, due to budget cuts from the COVID-19 pandemic . Test would stay with WWE until November 2004. He went to wrestle for other promotions in

1600-540: A winning effort. It was commented by Michael Hayes during a segment of "The Legends of Wrestling" - Patriotism, that everyone in the Un-Americans were afraid of the " heat " brought on by the angle. Regal was remarked to be the only one who was not and due to that, the angle was short-lived. Storm later denied this claim. Storm worked for the company until retiring from professional wrestling in April 2004 and became

1680-671: 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 a backstage interviewer. In mid-2009, he brought back The Hurricane character, and appeared as both Gregory Helms and The Hurricane on

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1760-517: Is good friends with Jeff Hardy , Matt Hardy and Shannon Moore . He appears on The Hardy Show , The Hardys' internet show. He also performed as the stunt double of actor David Arquette in the movie Ready to Rumble . On March 19, 2007, Sports Illustrated posted on its website an article in its continuing series investigating a steroid and HGH ring used by a number of professional athletes in several sports. That article mentioned several current and former WWE wrestlers, including Helms who

1840-464: Is inspired by the Green Lantern. It was picked and inked the same days as his cousin, fellow pro wrestling trainee, and comic book fan Mike Helm had the symbol of his favorite character, Green Lantern, tattooed on his own bicep. In 2008, he got a tattoo of his last name on his upper back. Helms owns a motorcycle called "The Hurri-Cycle", which he got when he was using The Hurricane gimmick. Helms

1920-643: The American flag , but were thwarted on each occasion by Booker T, Goldust, Kane and Bradshaw . In mid-September, the English William Regal joined the stable. At Unforgiven on September 22, The Un-Americans lost to Booker T, Goldust, Kane and Bubba Ray Dudley in an eight-man tag team match. Storm and Christian lost the WWE Tag Team Championship on the September 23 episode of Raw to Kane and The Hurricane . Following

2000-524: The No Way Out pay-per-view event, Helms would face all the cruiserweights in a match for the title. Helms was able to retain the championship. Later, Long mandated that Helms had to defend his title against a cruiserweight each week on SmackDown! to prove that he truly was better than all the cruiserweights. Helms' first defense under this new rule was against Psicosis of The Mexicools ; Helms retained by cheating. In early March 2006, Helms suffered

2080-704: The Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), which was founded by The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ). The Serial Thrillaz won the OMEGA Tag Team Championship twice between 1997 and 1998, before they began competing for Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). They won the SCW Tag Team Championship , and Helms also won the SCW Heavyweight Championship . SCW would mark the end of

2160-571: The TNA X Division Champion Tigre Uno . On the February 2, 2016 episode of Impact Wrestling , Helms assisted Trevor Lee in defeating Tigre Uno for the X Division Championship, turning villainous in the process. Helms would then soon bring in Andrew Everett to officially form The Helms Dynasty . On the December 15 episode of Impact Wrestling dubbed " Total Nonstop Deletion ", Helms

2240-559: The WCW Tag Team Championship against The Hardy Boyz at No Mercy in a losing effort. During 2002, The Hurricane won the WWF Hardcore Championship at WrestleMania X8 , but Molly betrayed him, hitting him in the back of the head with a frying pan, and defeating him for the championship. The Hurricane was later drafted to the SmackDown! brand following the brand extension , and he won

2320-457: The WWE 24/7 Championship from R-Truth whilst he was being interviewed by IGN , though he was unable to do so. On July 22, 2019, The Hurricane made an appearance for the special Raw Reunion episode of Monday Night Raw . On April 15, 2020, Helms was furloughed by WWE, but returned to the promotion on November 22. The Hurricane once again appeared at the 2021 Royal Rumble event on January 31 in

2400-585: The WWE Tag Team Championship . They were assisted by Chris Jericho , another Canadian, who both proposed the match to Mr. McMahon , and helped them win it after striking Edge with one of the belts. However, Jericho did not formally join the stable and had only helped due to an ongoing feud with Edge. Original plans, according to Storm, were to have the four Canadians form a group called "C-4", but plans were scrapped before many details could be worked out. In fact, Jericho had jumped to Raw on

2480-539: The World Tag Team Championship . Not long after winning the championship, Stacy Keibler joined Rosey and The Hurricane as their sidekick, "Super Stacy". In August 2005, Rosey and The Hurricane lost Keibler as their sidekick when she and Christy Hemme were traded to the SmackDown! brand. On the September 5 episode of Raw , The Hurricane and Rosey were defeated by Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch during Cade and Murdoch's debut match on Raw . As

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2560-701: The "Canadian Heavyweight Championship", "100 Kilos and Under Championship", and "Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title", respectively, placing large stickers featuring the Canadian flag on each title belt. Storm then gave the 100 Kilos and Under Championship to Skipper and the Saskatchewan Hardcore International Title to Oulette to reward them for assisting him in his match with Mike Awesome earlier that evening. Oulette lost his title to Norman Smiley later that night, while Skipper retained his title until October 2, 2000, when he lost to Mike Sanders . Storm continued to defend

2640-487: The (renamed) World Tag Team Championship on two occasions. Both Regal and Storm split up in March 2003 after Regal got a heart parasite in India while WWE was on tour (thus permanently disbanding the team). They were still champions when Regal got sick and the titles were vacated. He was replaced by Chief Morley who declared himself and Storm the new World Tag Team Champions. They dropped the titles to Kane and Rob Van Dam on

2720-582: The 2000s and 2010s. As The Hurricane, Gregory Helms has been featured in several WWE video games , including WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It (2001), WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (2003), WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 (2005), and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (2007) for the PlayStation 2 , WWE WrestleMania X8 (2002) for the Nintendo GameCube , and WWF Raw (2002) and WWE Raw 2 (2003)

2800-692: The American Major Gunns defected from the Misfits and joined Team Canada by throwing a towel in on behalf of Rection, costing him a title defence against Storm. Team Canada feuded with The Filthy Animals throughout late 2000. On January 3, 2001, the American Mike Awesome joined Team Canada (Awesome was part of the original Team Canada stable in FMW ), in the process evicting Duggan from the stable. After Skipper and Gunns also left

2880-478: The August 11, 2009 episode of ECW , Helms was attacked by Paul Burchill after Helms denied being The Hurricane. The Hurricane later attacked Burchill in the ring dressed in his Hurricane attire, to save Yoshi Tatsu . The next week on ECW, he made his in-ring debut for the brand as The Hurricane, and defeated Burchill. He continued to feud with Burchill, who attempted to expose The Hurricane's true identity, until

2960-520: The Canadian Heavyweight Championship himself. Rougeau and Oulette left WCW soon thereafter, reducing the stable to Storm and Skipper. Team Canada quickly began a feud with the face Misfits In Action stable, with Storm and General Hugh G. Rection , the leader of the Misfits, trading the Canadian Heavyweight Championship (which Rection renamed the "WCW United States Heavyweight Championship" as soon as he won it). Storm

3040-529: 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 and 2021 Royal Rumble matches. Helms began wrestling at the age of 17 in 1991. He won his first championship shortly afterwards, by defeating "Playboy" T.C. Cruise to become the Southern Wrestling Alliance (SWA) Light Heavyweight Champion. Helms spent

3120-545: The Hardcore Championship. During a match, Helms suffered a broken nose, and was sidelined while he recovered. Upon his return, Tank Abbott had been added to the group, as a fan, and was utilized in an enforcer role. 3 Count had a long-running feud (scripted rivalry) with The Jung Dragons , with the Dragons attempting to steal 3 Count's fictional recording contract. This led to a ladder match between

3200-418: The March 31 episode of Raw . Morley was never a member of the Un-Americans, even though Morley is Canadian. Meanwhile, Test took on Stacy Keibler as a manager , and turned face . Christian went on to team with Jericho and serve as Jericho's side-kick and partner. On the June 23, 2003 episode of Raw The Un-Americans (Christian and Test) reunited for one night only to take on Booker T and Scott Steiner in

3280-590: The November 17 episode of ECW when The Hurricane defeated Burchill in a mask versus career match . He would then feud with Zack Ryder . On February 26, 2010, Helms was released from his WWE contract. Following his WWE release, Helms began wrestling on the independent circuit , including for the Canadian Wrestling's Elite as Hurricane Helms. On October 23, 2010, Helms made his debut for Jersey All Pro Wrestling , where he, under his Hurricane gimmick, defeated Azrieal. On January 10, 2011, Helms signed

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3360-503: The November 7 episode of Raw , Helms and Rosey faced off in a singles match, which Helms won. Subsequently, Helms wrestled mostly on Raw' s sister show, Heat . On the January 2, 2006 episode of Raw , Helms confronted Jerry Lawler over jokes that Lawler had been making at Helms' expense, and Lawler said that when Helms was The Hurricane, he was entertaining and called Helms a joke. Helms responded by slapping Lawler, who hit Helms back. This confrontation led to Lawler defeating Helms in

3440-542: The Serial Thrillaz, as Helms vacated both titles before moving on to NWA Worldwide. Once there, Helms joined the Bad Street Boys with Shannon Moore , Christian York , and Joey Matthews . Helms and his friend Shannon Moore signed with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in May 1999. In WCW, Helms, along with Moore and Evan Karagias , formed the heel (villainous) stable (faction) 3 Count , and

3520-616: The United States, Nu-Wrestling in Italy , and World Series Wrestling in Australia . He returned to WWE in March 2006 and was released less than a year later in February 2007. He would afterwards continue to wrestle for other wrestling promotions. He died on March 13, 2009, of a drug overdose. Christian became a four-time Intercontinental Champion winning his second (he won his first at Unforgiven in September 2001, nine months before

3600-603: The WWE Cruiserweight Championship from Tajiri and Billy Kidman in a triple threat match on the May 16 episode of SmackDown! . He lost it to Jamie Noble at King of the Ring . Later in 2002, The Hurricane was traded to the Raw brand, won the WWE Tag Team Championship with Kane as they defeated The Un-Americans ( Christian and Lance Storm) on the September 23 episode of Raw , and held them for around

3680-583: The WWF). 1 ^ For one night, on August 13, 2000, at New Blood Rising . Gregory Helms Gregory Shane Helms (born July 12, 1974) is an American professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE under a legends contract, as a wrestler and as a backstage producer. In WWE, Helms has wrestled as The Hurricane , Gregory Helms , and Hurricane Helms . He is also known for his time with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he wrestled as " Sugar " Shane Helms . Helms first began wrestling in 1991 at

3760-408: 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

3840-664: The attack, Helms would go on to defeat Guerrero for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship at Greed and was the reigning Cruiserweight Champion immediately before WCW was bought out by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Helms' contract with WCW was one of twenty-five that were included in WWF's purchase of WCW. Helms made his WWF debut on the July 5, 2001 episode of SmackDown! , using

3920-420: The champions Cade and Murdoch alone. During the match, The Hurricane (out of costume) appeared at the top of the entrance ramp, reverting to his real name, Gregory Helms, and watched as Rosey was double teamed and defeated. After the match, Helms announced that he was fed up with being funny for the crowd, and that he was sick of carrying Rosey as a tag team partner, turning heel for the first time since 2001. On

4000-445: The creation of a second tag team championship . This was when Jim Ross started referring to the group as "The Un-Americans". They went on to feud with Booker T and Goldust , who Storm and Christian defeated to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam on August 25. Later that night, The Undertaker defeated Test in a singles match. In late August and early September, The Un-Americans attempted on several occasions to burn

4080-470: The entire Cruiserweight division on SmackDown! . During this feud, Helms' reign as Cruiserweight Champion came to an end at No Way Out , when he was unable to win a Cruiserweight open invitational, which saw Chavo Guerrero win the championship. Shortly after losing the championship, Helms formed a tag team with Guerrero, but they did not win any matches as a team. On May 18, 2007, WWE reported that Helms had broken two vertebrae in his neck, one of which

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4160-460: The longest cruiserweight champion in WWE history, as well as the longest reigning champion of any kind in SmackDown! history. For much of late 2006, he feuded with Matt Hardy, with whom Helms exchanged several victories in matches on SmackDown! . In Helms' hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina , at No Mercy , Hardy beat Helms. The two rivals also joined opposing teams at Survivor Series , where Helms

4240-410: The majority of his early career in his home state of North Carolina , winning numerous light heavyweight championships. Helms began calling himself "The Show" Shane Helms, and teamed with "Big Daddy" Mike Maverick , initially using the team name Assault and Battery. They later dubbed themselves The Serial Thrillaz, and won several independent tag championships. The pair also began wrestling in

4320-503: The mat before Kidman did, but the referee did not see this, and awarded the victory to Kidman's team. In the following weeks, Christian and Test were pinned by their opponents in matches, and the referee failed to see that they were touching the ring-ropes (thus invalidating the pin attempt). In July, The Anti-Americans began feuding with wrestlers such as Rikishi , fellow Canadian Edge and Hollywood Hulk Hogan . At Vengeance on July 21, Storm and Christian defeated Edge and Hogan to win

4400-537: The match, both Storm and Christian blamed one another for the loss. One week later, Storm and Christian were both defeated in singles matches (by the same man, Randy Orton ), and Test and Regal lost a tag team match to Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer . The series of losses divided The Un-Americans, and the stable split in brawling fashion. The stable continued as a tag team featuring Regal and Storm, retaining their anti-American sentiments, although with an emphasis on their respective English and Canadian heritage, regaining

4480-409: The match. Helms underwent successful surgery on his nose and was expected to miss five to six weeks. During this time SmackDown! announcers stated that Helms had a no-compete clause in his contract allowing him to waive the thirty-day title defense rule due to any injury. Helms returned to the ring on the April 28 episode of SmackDown! , teaming with MNM to face Super Crazy , London and Kendrick in

4560-629: The name "Hollywood" Gregory Helms. He was part of the Invasion storyline as a member of The Alliance losing his Cruiserweight Championship in a one-on-one match to another Alliance member, Billy Kidman . Helms began wrestling as "The Hurricane" on August 27, and also began wearing a superhero costume. That night, he won the WWF European Championship from Matt Hardy with help from Ivory , but lost it to Bradshaw on October 22, 2001. In September 2001, The Hurricane formed

4640-648: The namesake match. He entered at number 23 and was quickly eliminated by Big E and Bobby Lashley . Helms announced on March 24, 2022, that he had signed a Legends deal with WWE. Helms made an appearance in All Elite Wrestling on November 7, 2020, during the Elite Deletion match under both The Hurricane and reporter Gregory Helms personas, in a supporting effort for Matt Hardy against Sammy Guevara . The Wrestling Figure Checklist records that Helms has had 20 different action figures released in

4720-433: The night. He eliminated Cruel Connection, but later was thrown out by Shane Douglas and Terry Funk . In April 2011, Helms wrestled at Carolina Wrestling Federation (Mid-Atlantic) where he defeated Ric Converse and won the vacant PWI International Heavyweight Championship. In 2013, Helms returned to the revived OMEGA, now called OMEGA Championship Wrestling, and on October 12, he defeated Shane Williams to advance in

4800-611: The ring on the next episode of SmackDown . On the December 5 episode of SmackDown , Helms defeated Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) in his ring return. Helms was quickly scripted into a feud with the United States Champion Shelton Benjamin , defeating him in two non-title matches on SmackDown , although he failed to win a championship match on December 26. In January 2009, Helms worked in house shows against Vladimir Kozlov and Umaga until February he became inactive. On April 15, 2009, Helms

4880-414: The same day as the stable, but still did not join them, though he was sometimes regarded as an associate (especially with Christian). The Anti-Americans then jumped from SmackDown! to Raw on July 29, and immediately began a feud with The Undertaker . Up until this night, the WWE Tag Team Championship was only active on the SmackDown! brand. But when the stable moved to Raw, the titles moved too, forcing

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4960-917: The stable's formation) at Judgment Day in May 2003. He stayed with the company until November 2005 when he went to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and became a main eventer winning the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions in 2006 and 2007. He left TNA in January 2009 after his contract expired and returned to WWE a month later. He won the ECW Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions each in 2009 and 2011 respectively. He retired from professional wrestling in 2014 after years of concussions. However, he signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2021. Regal returned to professional wrestling in April 2004 and

5040-595: The stable, Storm and Awesome began challenging for the WCW World Tag Team Championship . On the final episode of WCW Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001, Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire defeated Storm and Awesome to retain the WCW World Tag Team Championship. The stable disbanded immediately thereafter as WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (although Storm and Awesome continued to team upon joining

5120-604: The subsequent championship match to Chavo Guerrero Jr. at the Sin pay-per-view. Moore and Helms would leave WCW briefly in 2001 to wrestle in NWA Wildside, where they held the Wildside Tag Team Championship for one day. Helms became the number one contender for the Cruiserweight Championship after winning a match at SuperBrawl Revenge , but was attacked by Karagias and Moore afterwards. Despite

5200-548: The trio debuted on the December 23 episode of WCW Thunder . The trio was a parody of the boy bands 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys , and their gimmick involved making music videos and performing songs before their matches. 3 Count collectively won the WCW Hardcore Championship on WCW Monday Nitro in February 2000. This win made 3 Count the first trio to win the Hardcore Championship. At Uncensored , Brian Knobbs defeated all members of 3 Count to win

5280-415: The two teams at New Blood Rising , which 3 Count won due to Abbott's interference. As a result, Abbott claimed that he should be the lead singer of 3 Count, and was kicked out by the other three members, leading to a feud. 3 Count later disbanded as Moore and Helms kicked Karagias out of the group for attempting to steal the spotlight. At the same time, the Jung Dragons turned on Jamie Noble , who formed

5360-456: The video game for the Xbox . Additionally, he is featured in WWE 2K22 as a DLC character ( Stand Back Pack ) alongside A-Kid , Wes Lee , and Stacy Keibler . Helms was born in Smithfield, North Carolina , but he was raised in Wooster, Ohio . Helms is a comic book fan, and one of his favorite characters is the Green Lantern . He has a tattoo on his right shoulder which is the Lantern's logo and his original WWE character, The Hurricane,

5440-408: Was able to roll up The Rock from behind after The Rock was distracted by Stone Cold Steve Austin 's appearance on the ramp. In August 2003, The Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a superhero and christened him "Rosey, the Super Hero in Training" (the "S.H.I.T."). On May 1, at Backlash , The Hurricane and Rosey defeated La Résistance in the finals of a Tag Team Turmoil match to win

5520-531: Was alleged to have obtained HGH. WWE has since made a statement on this situation, mentioning that the allegations preceded the Talent Wellness program WWE launched in April 2006. On August 30, 2007, an article by Sports Illustrated named Helms and nine other wrestlers to be given growth hormone not in compliance with the WWE Talent Wellness program. He was said to have received testosterone , HGH and nandrolone between November 2003 and February 2007. In June 2012, Helms' girlfriend gave birth to his first child,

5600-470: Was announced that Helms signed with Ring of Honor . He worked as wrestler and producer, including a feud against Marty Scurll . On January 28, 2018, at the Royal Rumble , Helms, as The Hurricane, entered the titular match as a surprise entrant at number 21 but was quickly eliminated by John Cena . One year later on January 28, 2019, it was announced that he would return to WWE in a backstage producer role. On July 19, 2019, The Hurricane attempted to win

5680-435: Was assisted in a title defence on September 17, 2000 at Fall Brawl 2000 when the guest referee of a title match between Storm and Rection, the patriotic American Jim Duggan , turned heel by helping Storm defeat Rection, thus joining Team Canada. Rection eventually won the title on October 29, 2000 by defeating Storm and Duggan in a handicap match. Storm, however, would win the title for a third time on November 13, 2000 when

5760-532: 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

5840-571: Was composed of Canadian and American wrestlers who portrayed the character of people who believed that Canada was superior to the United States of America. Team Canada came into existence in Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada at New Blood Rising on August 13, 2000, where the Canadian Lance Storm was defending the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship in a match with Mike Awesome . The match

5920-420: Was drafted to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft . Helms made his ECW debut as a backstage interviewer on April 28, 2009, reverting to his Gregory Helms ring name, interviewing Evan Bourne . He started a storyline where, while he was interviewing someone, a scripted accident would occur, leading to Helms leaving the interview seconds before the person in distress was saved by The Hurricane. On

6000-498: Was in Team Rated-RKO , and Hardy was a member of Team DX ; Team Rated-RKO lost the match. Helms went on to feud with Jimmy Wang Yang over the Cruiserweight Championship, after a tag team match in which Matt Hardy and Yang defeated Helms and Sylvan on the November 10 episode of SmackDown! . The feud ended after Helms defeated him to retain the title at Armageddon in December 2006. In 2007, Helms once again feuded with

6080-449: Was named "The Anti-Americans" shortly thereafter. In the lead-up to the formation of the group, each member had suffered a televised loss, decided by the ineptitude of the referee calling the match. Storm lost a tag team match when he used a Bridging German Suplex to pin his opponent Billy Kidman . Storm inadvertently put his own shoulders on the mat, forcing the referee to count a pinfall on both men. Storm managed to raise his shoulder off

6160-433: Was pressing on his spinal cord. He underwent surgery with Dr. Lloyd Youngblood to repair them approximately a week later. Following the surgery, Helms was announced to be out for a year and a half due to the injury. Helms returned on the September 19, 2008, episode of SmackDown in a non-wrestling role. Throughout the show, he appeared in short video promos, called "Hurrapops", referring to himself as "Hurricane Helms",

6240-628: Was refereed by the Canadian Jacques Rougeau , who enabled Storm to defeat Awesome and retain his title by constantly changing the rules. Following the match, the semi-retired Canadian wrestler Bret Hart came to the ring and hugged Storm and Rougeau. On the August 14, 2000 episode of WCW Monday Nitro in Kelowna, British Columbia , Canada, Storm was forced to face Awesome in another title defense. He managed to defeat Awesome following interference from Rougeau, Carl Ouellet (also

6320-494: Was the general manager of Raw from August 2007 until May 2008. He retired from professional wrestling in December 2013 then he took up the role in NXT from July 2014 until his departure in January 2022. He would sign with AEW soon afterwards before returning to the WWE a year later. Team Canada (WCW) Team Canada was a professional wrestling stable , active in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2000 and 2001. The team

6400-489: Was thrown into the "Lake of Reincarnation", and emerged as his 3 Count alter ego "Sugar" Shane Helms, and after insulting Lee and Everett's dance moves, was once again knocked into the lake by his teammates, Helms would later emerge from the lake as the Hurricane, where he would go on to assist Matt Hardy in defeating Lee and Everett. On June 19, 2017 Helms announced his departure from Impact Wrestling. In June 2018, it

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