10 WWE Wrestlers Who Won Championships With Multiple Gimmicks

5. Gregory Helms - The Hurricane

The purple title currently held by Neville may have a history that goes back only as far as September 2016 but WWE fans will know that the history of the Cruiserweight Championship goes back much further. The original Cruiserweight Championship was established in WCW in 1991 with Brian Pillman as the first champion but it wasn't until the belt was revamped in 1996 that it took off.

One man held the title longer than any other, and that man was Gregory Helms. Helms' 532 combined days over three reigns put him top of the list, but it was his final 385-day reign which guaranteed his position at the top of the pile. Helms defeated all comers between January 2006 and February 2007, eventually losing the belt in an 8-man Cruiserweight Open.

Helms' previous two Cruiserweight Championship reigns came under two different gimmicks. Helms was Sugar Shane Helms when he became the final Cruiserweight Champion under the WCW banner but it was his tenure as The Hurricane that lives longest in the collective memory of the WWE Universe.

As the WWE's resident superhero The Hurricane was extremely successful winning two tag team titles (with Kane and Rosey) along with one run as European Champion and a token Hardcore Championship reign that was ended by Mighty Molly moments after it began.