Was Gregory Helms Better As The Hurricane?

[ratetankmark]

I know they're the same person and the same moves just with different names, like the Nightmare On Helms Street instead of Eye Of The Hurricane, but I think Helms pulled off the smug, arrogant no more Mr. Nice guy heel gimmick quite well, don't forget his awesome titantron.


-Tilts Head-

[Instant Classic]

More Memorable: Hurricane
Better: Helms

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Dec 13, 2013 16:13:34 GMT -5 ratetankmark said:

I know they're the same person and the same moves just with different names, like the Nightmare On Helms Street instead of Eye Of The Hurricane, but I think Helms pulled off the smug, arrogant no more Mr. Nice guy heel gimmick quite well, don't forget his awesome titantron.


-Tilts Head-

Wait, what?

[Deleted]

He had a WWE run other than as The Hurricane??



When was that?

[Kayfabe FAN don't want none]

I can't rememeber a single second of him as Helms. So Hurricane.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Easily. Gregory Helms was generic as f***.

[Kevin Hamilton]

He sucked as Gregory, less so as Hurricane.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Also, "Nightmare on Helms Street"? That was the name of the move? Ugh, that's just bad.

[Banecat]

Dec 13, 2013 16:40:40 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Easily. Gregory Helms was generic as f***.

Wasn't he supposed to be a journalist? That's actually fairly unique in pro wrestling.

[Phosphor Glow]

The Hurricane was amazing. One of my favorite lighthearted gimmicks ever. But even without that gimmick, Helms is just awesome.

[TGM]

Helms told me to "go eat a dick" over Twitter once.

But I do like him as The Hurricane. Could be a nice nostalgia pop at the Rumble.

[buttersock]

Which Gregory helms. SRS 2006 Helms or 2008 POP-UP Helms?

[Some Guy]

Dec 13, 2013 16:23:40 GMT -5 @dax said:

Dec 13, 2013 16:13:34 GMT -5 ratetankmark said:

I know they're the same person and the same moves just with different names, like the Nightmare On Helms Street instead of Eye Of The Hurricane, but I think Helms pulled off the smug, arrogant no more Mr. Nice guy heel gimmick quite well, don't forget his awesome titantron.


-Tilts Head-

Wait, what?

Yeah, not sure what they're talking about here

[sunnytaker]

he had a brief heel turn and feuded with lawler i think it was. his titantron was epic however. it was a video his name then of him standing on stage, then he titled his head slightly to the right i think it was and loop back to his name again.

anyway Hurricane was best, intrepid mild mannered reporter Gregory helms second then way down the list was heel gregory helms.

just once i'd have liked to have seen him actually hit the hurri-chokeslam.

[Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks]

Gregory Helms would have been a far better gimmick if he'd tilted his head slightly to the left. Tilting it to the right just ruined everything, IMHO.

[Chip]

3-Count Helms is best Helms.

[A Platypus Rave]

The Hurricane was definitely better.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

Hurricane is one of my favorite gimmicks of all time. Plain old Gregory Helms was bland and boring as Hell.

[Capt Lunatic]

Gregory Helms was one of the first "Take away what got him over and make him a SRS Heel" guys I can remember.

So Hurricane.

[bootytea]

They did nothing with Gregory Helms though, so it was not neccesarily his fault.

WWE thought that stripping away any sense of credibility and having the guy defend the title in matches that had no build was enough.

I remember reading about a writer who wanted to make the division better since Gregory had the title for so long, but apparently Vince told him it was a waste of time.

After seeing shoot interviews that Gregory Helms did, the guy could easily have showcased some shred of personality.