5 superhero gimmicks that came before Nikki Cross in WWE

#4. Gregory 'Hurricane' Helms was WWE's most iconic superhero

Hurricane

When you think of a superhero gimmick in wrestling and WWE, you'd be hard-pressed to think of a more iconic name than Gregory 'Hurricane' Helms, with the Superstar likely topping the list of wrestling superheroes for just about everybody.

Helms was one of the wrestlers that WWE inherited when it bought WCW as WWF and he was the reigning WCW Cruiserweight Champion. However, he would lose the title to Billy Kidman very quickly. But this would be a blessing in disguise because soon a legend would be born.

Helms began wrestling as The Hurricane in August 27th, 2001 and he'd pick up a number of titles while wrestling as the caped hero, including the European Championship, the Hardcore Championship, the WWE Cruiserweight Champion, the WWE Tag Team Championship and the World Tag Team Championship.

Like every good superhero, Hurricane even had his own superhero side-kicks. The first was Mighty Molly (Molly Holly) who would eventually betray him. The second was a set of side-kicks made up of the late Matthew Anoa'i as Rosey and Stacy Keibler as Super Stacy.

Helms would eventually retire Hurricane, only to bring him back again and so-on. But it's definitely a given that he probably has had the most successful superhero gimmick in all of wrestling.