Gregory Helms

I have a real soft spot for Gregory Helms because he's that rare wrestler who reinvented himself convincingly more than once. Watching him morph from "Sugar" Shane Helms in WCW into the comic-book superhero gimmick The Hurricane is one of my favorite character pivots in the business. What impresses me is that he didn't just lean on the costume; he was a genuinely crisp, athletic worker whose cruiserweight matches still hold up. The fact that he stuck around long enough to land a WWE legends deal and shift into producing tells me he understood the craft from every angle. He's a quiet lifer, and I respect that kind of longevity.

Name (English)

Gregory Helms

Name (Japanese)

グレゴリー・ヘルムズ

Reading

ぐれごりー・へるむず

Born

July 12, 1974 (age 52)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Tiger

Origin

Smithfield, North Carolina, United States

Height

183 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler / blogger

High school

East Wake High School

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.shanehelms.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/ShaneHelmsCom
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA

Tags

• North Carolina
• professional wrestler
• blogger

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.