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Joe Hendry
Scottish professional wrestler (born 1988) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joseph Samuel Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish professional wrestler and musician. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) since September 2022[update], and has also made appearances for NXT since June 2024[update] via a working partnership between TNA and WWE. In TNA, Hendry is the longest-reigning TNA Digital Media Champion.
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Full name | Joseph Samuel Hendry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 36) Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ring name(s) | Joe Hendry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Billed from | Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trained by | Killian Dain[1] Mikey Whiplash[1] Robbie Brookside[1] Marty Jones[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Debut | 12 October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Scotland[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Edinburgh Wrestling Club Tryst Wrestling Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In addition to various other independent promotions, Hendry is known for his appearances in his native Scotland with Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) from 2013 to 2019, where he was a one-time ICW Tag Team Champion, and in England with New Generation Wrestling from 2015 to 2018 and Defiant Wrestling (formerly What Culture Pro Wrestling) from 2016 to 2018. He also performed in Ring of Honor, first in 2016 and then from 2018 to 2022, and also appeared in World of Sport Wrestling from 2018 to 2019. He first appeared in Impact Wrestling (renamed TNA in 2024) in 2018 before returning to the company in September 2022. Hendry first made some brief non-wrestling appearances for WWE in 2014 before returning in 2024 on NXT through a working partnership between TNA and WWE.
A decorated amateur wrestler, Hendry has earned British Senior National Championships in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. Hendry represented Great Britain internationally in freestyle wrestling at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 2017, and subsequently earned a position on the freestyle wrestling team for Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]