Editing Gregory Helms (section)

==== Early appearances (2001–2002) ====
Helms made his WWF debut on the July 5, 2001 episode of ''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown!]]'', using the name "Hollywood" Gregory Helms.<ref name=slam /> He was part of the [[The Invasion (professional wrestling)|Invasion]] storyline as a member of [[The Alliance (professional wrestling)|The Alliance]] losing his Cruiserweight Championship in a one-on-one match to another Alliance member, [[Billy Kidman]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/350674 |title=History of the Cruiserweight Championship – Billy Kidman |date=July 5, 2001 |access-date=September 27, 2009 |publisher=[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601235942/http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/350674 |archive-date=June 1, 2009 }}</ref>

[[File:Helms.jpg|thumb|left|Helms at an autograph signing in June 2002]]
Helms began wrestling as "The Hurricane" on the August 27 episode of ''[[WWE Raw|Raw is War]]'', and also began wearing a [[superhero]] costume. That night, he won the [[WWE European Championship|WWF European Championship]] from [[Matt Hardy]] with help from [[Ivory (wrestler)|Ivory]], but lost it to [[John Layfield|Bradshaw]] on the October 22 episode of ''Raw''.<ref name="euro" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/010827.html|title=Raw – 27 August 2001 Results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=May 10, 2007|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019235113/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/010827.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In September, The Hurricane formed a tag team with [[Lance Storm]] who was now managed by Ivory and Hurricane later picked up a sidekick, in [[Nora Greenwald|Molly Holly]] who began to call herself "Mighty Molly", and the two came to the arena in a custom "Hurri-Cycle" (with Molly in the sidecar).<ref name="hurricane" /> The team of The Hurricane and Storm began feuds with teams like The [[Hardy Boyz]] and [[Paul Wight|Big Show]] and [[Matt Hyson|Spike Dudley]]. The Hurricane and Storm got a shot at the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship|WCW Tag Team Championship]] against The Hardy Boyz at [[No Mercy (2001)|No Mercy]] on October 21 in a losing effort.<ref>{{cite news|author=PWI Staff|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts|work="Wrestling's historical cards"|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|page=109}}</ref>

The Hurricane won the [[WWE Hardcore Championship|WWF Hardcore Championship]] at [[WrestleMania X8]] on March 17, 2002, but Molly [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Turn|betrayed]] him, hitting him in the back of the head with a frying pan, and defeating him for the championship.<ref name=pwi110>{{cite news|author=PWI Staff|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated presents: 2007 Wrestling almanac & book of facts|work=Wrestling’s historical cards|publisher=Kappa Publishing|year=2007|page=110}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingWM18/mar18_wrestlemania-can.html|title=Old vs. new at WrestleMania|date=March 18, 2002|last1=Powell|first1=John|last2=Molinaro|first2=John F.|access-date=September 27, 2009|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|archive-date=June 30, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630174936/http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingWM18/mar18_wrestlemania-can.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The Hurricane was later [[2002 WWF draft lottery|drafted]] to the [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown!]] brand following the [[WWE Brand Extension|brand extension]], and he won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]] and Billy Kidman in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat match]] on the May 16 episode of ''SmackDown!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020325.html|title=Raw – 25 March 2002 Results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=May 10, 2007|archive-date=April 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413104844/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/020325.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cruiser1" /> He lost it to Jamie Noble at [[King of the Ring (2002)|King of the Ring]] on June 23. The Hurricane was traded to the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] brand, won the [[World Tag Team Championship (WWE, 1971–2010)|WWE Tag Team Championship]] with [[Kane (wrestler)|Kane]] as they defeated [[The Un-Americans]] ([[Christian Cage|Christian]] and Lance Storm) on the September 23 episode of ''Raw'', and held them for around a month before losing the titles to [[Chris Jericho]] and Christian on the October 14 episode of ''Raw''.<ref name="worldtag-kane" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/021014.html|title=Raw – October 14, 2002 results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=August 26, 2024}}</ref>