Shane Helms (@shanehelmscom) is a professional wrestler known for his time in WWE as "Sugar" Shane Helms and in WWE as The Hurricane and Gregory Helms. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Detroit, MI to talk about how his career started in WCW as a Cruiserweight, being part of 3 Count with Shannon Moore and Evan Karagias, what happened when WWE bought WCW, his "stripped down" debut match in WWE, becoming The Hurricane, leaning into being a comedic wrestler, working with The Rock and getting a victory over him, Super Rosey and Mighty Molly, getting serious with Gregory Helms, his current job as a producer for WWE, producing Logan Paul's matches and much more!
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Being furloughed by WWE during the pandemic
01:38 What is his role with the company now?
02:27 What has he worked on recently?
03:23 Memories of Johnny Knoxville vs Sami Zayn
04:37 Working with Logan Paul
07:42 Returning at Royal Rumble 2021
09:35 Spot with Triple H and Stone Cold at the 2002 Rumble
11:58 Why did he turn heel as Gregory Helms?
16:15 Changing his style to work as The Hurricane
17:57 How hard did he work in WCW to make ‘3 Count’ work
20:01 Memories of the last WCW Nitro
22:21 Why his WWE debut was so difficult
28:14 Does The Hurricane get the credit that it deserves
29:29 Memories working with The Rock
31:06 Coming up with WHATSUPWITDAT
32:23 Adding Molly Holly, Stacy Keibler and Rosey
33:51 His connection to the Anoai’ family
35:31 Does anyone have a problem with him?
36:29 Why did WWE strip away the Vertebreaker
37:33 Seeing wrestlers in the airpot
39:09 Having an entrance move as his entrance music
41:50 Is The Hurricane a WWE Hall of Famer?
43:35 What’s it like coaching Logan Paul?
45:52 Why did he bring back ‘The Hurricane’?
51:39 Making an appearance in AEW
53:06 Which match as Hurricane is he most proud of?
56:24 Thoughts on Nikki Cross super hero gimmick
57:45 Is he completely retired?
58:34 3 Things Hurricane Helms is grateful for
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