10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2006 Facts

10. Gregory Helms' Cruiserweight Title Reign Would Last More Than One Year

Helms had abandoned the Hurricane gimmick in the fall of 2005, turning to the trope of "angry young man" while competing under his real name. Helms made the sudden shift from Raw to SmackDown the night of the 2006 Rumble, winning the brand's Cruiserweight title in a six-way skirmish.

The SmackDown Cruiserweight division was quite fertile at the time, as Helms joined Kid Kash, Paul London, Brian Kendrick, The Mexicools, Jamie Noble, and others. However, Helms would actually hold the belt for more than one year, albeit without much recognition or ceremony. Along the way, Helms won pay-per-view matches over Super Crazy and Jimmy Wang Yang.

Helms' reign lasted 385 days, not ceasing until No Way Out the following year, when Chavo Guerrero took the belt in one of those "just throw 'em all out there" eight-man scrambles. The New Day's dragged-out, oft-hyped Tag Team title reign this wasn't.