| The Hurricane and Rosey | |
|---|---|
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| Tag team | |
| Members | The Hurricane Rosey Super Stacy (valet) |
| Name(s) | The Hurricane and Rosey The Superheroes |
| Billed heights | The Hurricane: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Rosey: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
| Combined billed weight | 580 lb (260 kg) |
| Debut | August 15, 2003 |
| Disbanded | October 24, 2005 |
| Years active | 2003–2005 |
The Hurricane andRosey (also known unofficially asThe Super Heroes) were aprofessional wrestlingtag team in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) based on theRawbrand. While in the WWE, theirring personas were those of a duo ofsuperheroes.
In mid-2003, The Hurricane "discovered" Rosey and from there on they wrestled together as a tag team.[1] Two years later, they won theWorld Tag Team Championship. During that time, The Hurricane and Rosey joined forces withStacy Keibler, who adopted a superhero ring persona and the name Super Stacy. After losing the World Tag Team title, the team disbanded.
Shortly afterRosey's tag team partnerJamal was released fromWWE in June 2003,[2]The Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a superhero, and christened him Rosey, the Super Hero in Training (or the S.H.I.T.).[1] Throughout this time, Rosey came to the ring clad in makeshift superhero costumes, with each clearly depicting the S.H.I.T. reference on the front, andskits aired weekly showing Rosey training to be a superhero.[3]
The Hurricane and Rosey made their debut as atag team on August 15, 2003, and competed sporadically onRaw, making more regular appearances onHeat.[4] They faced the teams ofChristian andChris Jericho, andEvolution, before beginning a long-runningfeud withLa Résistance.[5][6] The feud continued for most of 2004, and The Hurricane and Rosey faced La Résistance several times onRaw and pay-per-view, including atBacklash.[7][8][9] On the July 19, 2004 episode ofRaw, Rosey appeared with a new costume, showing that he seemingly graduated to a full superhero.[10] The Hurricane and Rosey finished out the year competing against teams includingRhyno andTajiri, andVal Venis andSteven Richards.[4][11]
In early 2005 at May'spay-per-view eventBacklash, The Hurricane and Rosey won theWorld Tag Team Championship in aTag Team Turmoil match after defeating then-championsTajiri andWilliam Regal,The Heart Throbs (Romeo andAntonio),Simon Dean andMaven and La Résistance (Robért Conway andSylvain Grenier) by last eliminating La Résistance.[12] During this time, the team successfully retained the championship against various teams, including La Résistance, Simon Dean and Maven, and The Heart Throbs.[13][14][15]
While onRaw,Stacy Keibler joined forces with The Hurricane and Rosey, acting as theirvalet.[16] She accompanied them to the ring wearing a mask and superhero costume of her own, calling herself "Super Stacy"[17] until she was traded to theSmackDown! brand on August 22.[18]
On the September 5, 2005 episode ofRaw, The Hurricane and Rosey were defeated by the team ofLance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in Cade and Murdoch's debut match for the brand. Although this was a non-title match, the pair earned themselves a title match at the September pay-per-view,Unforgiven.[19] During the title match at the event, Murdoch delivered anelevated DDT on The Hurricane outside the ring.[20] The DDT caused The Hurricane to suffer astoryline "stinger" and allowed Cade and Murdoch to beat the injured Hurricane later in the match to win the World Tag Team Championship.[21][22]
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The loss of the World Tag Team Championship signalled the end of the team; in the following weeks, the pair began a losing streak, mainly caused by The Hurricane's injuries.[23][24] During the October 17 episode ofRaw, The Hurricane was assaulted byKurt Angle at the request ofVince McMahon. After the beating, footage was shown of The Hurricane ripping off his mask and striking Rosey (who had come to the ring to his aid).[25]
The following week onRaw, The Hurricanedid not show up in a World Tag Team Championship match leaving Rosey to face Cade and Murdoch alone. During the match, The Hurricane (out of costume) appeared at the top of the entrance ramp, now going by his real name, Gregory Helms, and watched as Rosey was double teamed and defeated. After the match, Helms announced that he was fed up with being funny for the crowd and that he had been carrying Rosey as a tag team partner.[26] Helms requested a match with Rosey, and defeated him with ashining wizard to end their partnership permanently.[27] This was one of Rosey's last matches with WWE, as he was released in March 2006 while Helms went on to win his thirdCruiserweight Championship at the2006 Royal Rumble in January, resulting in Helms returning to the SmackDown roster and subsequently establishing himself outside The Hurricane identity, while Stacy Keibler left WWE in July 2006.[28][29] The Hurricane was released from his WWE contract in February 2010.[30]
On July 9, 2016, The Hurricane and Rosey reunited at the Ultimate Survival event held by Warriors Of Wrestling, teaming with Vinny Pacifico to defeat Chris Benne, JGeorge and Steve Scott in asix-man tag team match.[31] Rosey died of a heart failure in April 2017.[32] Stacy Keibler was inducted into theWWE Hall of Fame in 2023,[33] while The Hurricane remains with the company as a backstageproducer.[34]
Hurricane got a stinger in the match last night.
