Rosey and The Hurricane

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Tag Team
Hurricane and Rosey
Members	The Hurricane Rosey Super Stacy (valet)
Name(s)	The Super Heroes The Hurricane and Rosey / Rosey and The Hurricane
Heights	6 ft 5 in (196 cm) - Rosey 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) - Hurricane
Combined weight	580 lb (271 kg)
Debut	2003
Disbanded	2005
Promotions	WWE

Rosey and The Hurricane (a.k.a. The Super Heroes) were a babyface tag team with the gimmick of superheroes that were based on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand.

[edit] History

Shortly after Rosey's old tag team partner Jamal was released from WWE in 2003, Hurricane "discovered" Rosey's potential as a superhero, and christened him Rosey, the Super Hero in Training (or the S.H.I.T.). 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. On the July 19, 2004 episode of RAW, Rosey appeared with a new costume, seemingly graduated to a full superhero and began tag teaming with his mentor.

At 2005's Backlash, Hurricane and Rosey finally won the Tag Titles in a Tag Team Turmoil Match by defeating La Resistance with the Superhero Splash.

While on RAW, Stacy Keibler joined forces with Hurricane and Rosey, acting as their valet. She accompanied them to the ring wearing a mask and superhero costume of her own, calling herself Super Stacy until she was traded to SmackDown! on August 22, 2005.

From this point things only went from bad to worse for the team. On September 5, 2005, Hurricane and Rosey were defeated by Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, during their debut match on Monday Night RAW. Though this was a non-title match, the pair earned themselves a title match at Unforgiven 2005. During the title match, Murdoch delivered an elevated DDT on The Hurricane to the outside. The DDT caused Hurricane to suffer a "stinger" (in kayfabe) and allowed Cade & Murdoch to beat the injured Hurricane later in the match to win the World Tag Team Titles from the pair.

The loss of the titles began a sliding path that brought the team to an end, for weeks after the pair would begin a losing streak, mainly caused by Hurricane's injuries. During the October 17, 2005 episode of RAW, The Hurricane was assaulted by Kurt Angle at the request of Vince McMahon, after the beating footage was shown of Hurricane ripping off his mask and striking Rosey (who had come to the ring to his aid). The next week, The Hurricane no showed a World Tag Team Title match leaving Rosey to face the champions alone. During the match, The Hurricane (out of costume) appeared at the top of the entrance ramp, going now by his real name, Gregory Helms watched as Rosey was double teamed and defeated. After the match, Helms announced that he was fed up of being funny for the crowd and that he had been carrying Rosey as a tag team partner.

Helms requested a match with Rosey, and defeated him with a Shining Wizard to end their partnership permanently. This was one of Matt Anoai's last matches with WWE, as he was released shortly thereafter, while Helms went on to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship and go to SmackDown!, quickly establishing himself outside of The Hurricane identity.