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Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Shane Helms on Becoming The Hurricane, Beating The Rock, Producing Logan Paul's Matches

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Business, Sports, Mental Health, Wrestling, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship

4.93.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

DESCRIPTION: 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! Sponsors: MANSCAPED - Get 20% off and free worldwide shipping with the code CVV at manscaped.com To get 15% off go to http://mudwtr.com/cvv to support the show and use the code CVV Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to http://TryMiracle.com/CVV and use the code CVV to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF Use the code CVV to get your first month of BlueChew for FREE at http://bluechew.com Get $150 off your Plunge with the coupon code CVV150 at http://plunge.com Quote I'm thinking about: “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

All systems are gone. Ladies and gentlemen, Chris VanVee!

0:09.2

It is awfully good to see you here, my friends, and welcome back to another one on insight.

0:14.3

I'm CBV Chris VanVee, thanks for being with us, and thank you for making insight

0:18.9

one of the top wrestling podcasts in the world by tuning in each and every episode.

0:25.7

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0:29.3

take a second right now to click follow or just take a second right now to see if you're

0:33.9

following the show. Like, oh, I feel like I followed it a few months ago.

0:38.2

Just take a second right now to see. Does it say following or does it say follow? Because we've

0:44.7

got three huge dare I say legendary interviews that we're working on. We're just figuring out

0:52.1

like what are the dates for these? What are the recording dates going to be? Oh, it's true.

0:58.2

It's damn true. So eat your vitamins, say your prayers, and follow the show so you don't miss out on

1:04.0

these legendary secret interviews that we have coming up. Speaking of legends, man, how can

1:10.9

you not love Shane Helms? Whether he's sugar Shane, he's Gregory Helms, or he's the hurricane.

1:17.7

Here's a guy who gives 110% to everything that he does. He was so great to be able to sit down

1:25.2

with in person. We recorded this during summer slam weekend in Detroit. He was also on the show

1:30.4

back in May of 2020. So if you want to go back, man, back to when the show was not even a year old,

1:37.7

you can go check that one out. But we talk about it here. I think that you put the hurricane up

1:43.7

there with our truth and St. Tina Morella as some of the best comedy characters in the history of

1:51.0

the business. I mean, the way that he committed to this character that he wasn't even really sure

1:56.4

about. So good. Stay in back. There's a hurricane coming through. And now he's taking all that

2:02.8

knowledge that he got as an in-ring performer. And he's putting it to work as a backstage producer

2:08.0

in WWE. And actually, he's the guy who has produced all of Logan Paul's matches since he's been in

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