10 Weirdest Wrestling Characters (That Actually Worked)
10. The Hurricane
Sugar Shane Helms (real name: Gregory Shane Helms) came to the attention of most fans as a talented cruiserweight at the tail end of WCWs run. When WCW was purchased by WWE, the company re-branded Helms, calling him The Hurricane and presenting him as a mentally unbalanced man who believed he was a superhero. I have issues, his merchandise read, although frankly, that was a bit of an understatement. The Hurricane was actually accepted by the WWE faithful and, unlike many other members of the Alliance (the name given to ECW/WCW talent that had Invaded the company), Shane actually had quite a good run with the WWE. When you consider how stupid the gimmick actually was, its safe to say that the story of The Hurricane is one of the unlikeliest in WWE history.
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