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Joe Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish
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and
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. He is signed to
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(TNA), while also making appearances for partner promotion
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on its NXT
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. In TNA, he is a former one-time
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as well as a former one-time and longest-reigning
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. Prior to his professional wrestling career, he worked as a musician and uses his past experience in his professional wrestling work. In addition to various other
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s, Hendry is known for his appearances in his native Scotland with
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(ICW) from 2013 to 2019. He also performed in
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. 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. In 2025, Hendry became the first TNA World Champion to enter the
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and have a match at WrestleMania. A decorated
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, Hendry has earned British Senior National Championships in
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and
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wrestling. Hendry represented
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internationally in freestyle wrestling at the
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in 2017, and subsequently earned a position on the freestyle wrestling team for Scotland at the
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.


Professional wrestling career


Training and early career

Hendry initially trained to become a professional wrestler with
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,
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,
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, and
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at the Source Wrestling School. His first Canadian tour was with SMASH Wrestling. He has also worked for Pro Wrestling Ulster.


Insane Championship Wrestling (2013–2019)

In 2013, Hendry began regularly appearing for
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(ICW), and was first introduced as a member of James R. Kennedy's stable, the Kennedy Administration. He entered into a rivalry with
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, before feuding with fellow Kennedy Administration member Kenny Williams. Williams won the ICW Zero-G Championship during this time, and Hendry faced him several times for the title but was unable to win it. On 6 April 2015, Hendry unsuccessfully challenged
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for the
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at Pro Wrestling Ulster event in which the EVOLVE and DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate titles were also on the line. Hendry later formed tag team the Local Fire with Davey Boy. Together, they entered the ICW Tag Team Title Tournament (held to crown new champions once Polo Promotions left the company after winning the belts) and beat Mike Bird and
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in the finals at Shug's Hoose Party 3 on 31 July 2016 to win the vacant ICW Tag Team Championships. They lost the titles on 11 September 2016 to Polo Promotions in a ladder match. On 16 June 2019, Hendry defeated Andy Wild at ICW I Ain't Yer Pal, Dickface!. On 27 July 2019, Hendry was forced to leave ICW after losing to Leyton Buzzard in a singles match at Night 1 of Shug's Hoose Party 6. This led to him signing with
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just days later.


Romanian Wrestling Alliance (2014)

On 24 May 2014, Romanian Wrestling Alliance (RWA) held its inaugural "The Revolution" PLE. "Local Hero" Joe Hendry reached the final four of the "Revolution Rumble" main event, before being eliminated by "Beast of Belfast" Damian O'Connor, better known by the ring name Killian Dain or Damo.


Discovery Wrestling (2014–present)

Hendry debuted for Discovery Wrestling in 2014, teaming with
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to defeat
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(
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&
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) Appearing sporadically he would face the likes of
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,
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,
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,
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before earning a shot at Lewis Girvan's Y Division Championship, where he was unsuccessful. Hendry earned his way back into title contention with victories over Dalton Castle, Kenny Williams, Timothy Thatcher and former champion Girvan. On 6 October 2019, Hendry defeated Joe Coffey for the Y Division Championship. Holding the title for a record-setting 1,280 days, Hendry retained against Coffey, Theo Doros, Andy Wild, BT Gunn and Gene Munny before Munny defeated him in a rematch on 8 April 2023. On 3 June 2023, Hendry returned to Discovery Wrestling to successfully defend his Impact Digital Media Championship against
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.


New Generation Wrestling (2015–2018)

Hendry made his debut for
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(NGW) in 2015, losing a match to Nathan Cruz before forming Team Scotland with fellow ICW wrestlers Davey Blaze, Lionheart and Kid Fite. Team Scotland often antagonised NGW Champion Nathan Cruz and eventually challenged Cruz to face them in an eight-man tag team match with Cruz's title on the line with the stipulation that if Cruz or any of his teammates were pinned, he would lose the title. Cruz retained his title in the eight-man tag team match in November 2015. Hendry, Lionheart and Kid Fite next appeared for NGW in May 2016, all three answering the NGW Tag Team Championship Open Challenge set by The UK's Biggest Tag Team (Stixx and Colossus Kennedy). After Hendry used the belt as a weapon, the trio became the new tag team champions. The official name for the team was later confirmed to be Insane Fight Club.


WhatCulture Pro Wrestling / Defiant Wrestling (20162018)

Hendry then began working for
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(WCPW). The first few weeks Hendry started a feud with
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when, on 3 September, at WCPW Stacked Hendry was involved in a fatal four way for the WCPW Championship, in which, he was betrayed by Conners, who won the title. He faced Conners two times for the WCPW Title, but was defeated twice. After two defeats by the then WCPW Champion Drew Galloway, Hendry turned
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. On 6 March, at Exit Wounds, Hendry, Joe Coffey,
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, and B. T. Gunn formed The Prestige, a stable claiming something was wrong with professional wrestling and they were going to fix it. At the Mexican qualifier for the WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup, Hendry defeated Martin Kirby by referee stoppage, becoming the WCPW Champion. On 2 October 2017, at WCPW Refuse to Lose '17, Hendry defended his championship against
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. During the match,
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cashed in his 'Magnificent Seven' briefcase (which he won earlier in the night from Hendry's stablemate El Ligero) to make the match a triple threat. Scurll then won the championship by submitting Hendry with the crossface chickenwing. Hendry then started a feud with fellow stablemate Travis Banks, causing the exodus of Joe Coffey and BT Gunn from The Prestige.


Ring of Honor (2016)

In 2016, Hendry made a few appearances for the American promotion
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during the promotion's tour of the United Kingdom titled ''Reach for the Sky''. He competed on both nights of the tour, losing both of his matches against
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and
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on November 18 and November 19 respectively.


World of Sport Wrestling (2018–2019)

Between 10 and 12 May 2018, Hendry was part of the television tapings for the reboot of
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. On the 28 July episode of ''WOS Wrestling'' (taped 10 May), Hendry partnered Martin Kirby in the WOS Tag Team Championship first match against Iestyn Rees and
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. However, Kirby walked away from Hendry during the match, allowing him to be beaten down by Rees and Sabian. The two men traded wins over each other; Kirby on the 11 August episode (taped 10 May) in a singles match, and Hendry on the 1 September episode (taped 11 May) in a submission match. Hendry was also involved in title challenges for the WOS Championship. On the 4 August episode (taped 10 May), he interrupted a segment with the then-current champion,
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. Executive
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gave him a title shot soon afterwards, but Hendry was defeated by Rampage. On the 18 August episode (taped 11 May), he wrestled in a number one contender three-way match, alongside Justin Sysum and Nathan Cruz, which Sysum won. From January to February 2019, Hendry was part of the World of Sport Wrestling UK tour, where he was largely used in tag matches. He was successful in all of them, teaming with BT Gunn four times and
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once.


Impact Wrestling (2018–2019)

On 25 May 2018,
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announced through Twitter that Hendry would be part of the 1 and 2 June television tapings for the promotion from
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,
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. Hendry made his debut for the company on the 5 July episode of '' Impact!'', as a surprise to
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by his girlfriend Katarina. On the 12 July episode, the trio got involved in a feud with
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, who insinuated to Grado that Hendry was trying to make Katarina his girlfriend. On the 17 July episode, Hendry defeated Drake in his first match for the company. On the 26 July episode, in a backstage segment, Drake gave the trio a gift which Grado unwrapped; it was a framed photograph of Hendry and Katarina together. Insulted by this action, Hendry and Katarina took the photograph away to dipose of it. On the 2 August episode, Hendry teamed with Grado in a tag team match with Drake,
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and
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. Lee and Konley took Hendry out of the match before the bell rung, which led to Grado being outnumbered and losing the match, and Hendry being tended to by Katarina on the outside, furthering the love triangle storyline. On the 9 August episode, in a backstage segment, the trio were arguing over the events of the previous week. Katarina questioned Grado over why he could not beat Drake on his own, because Hendry did, and Hendry told Grado that he would beat Drake again to end the feud. However, on the 16 August episode, Grado attempted to help Hendry as the referee was being distracted by Lee. Drake took control and pushed Hendry into Grado, knocking him off the apron and then winning the match with a roll up. On the 6 September episode, Hendry teamed with Grado in a tag team match against the
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(Gursinder Singh and
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), in a losing effort. Following the match, Katarina turned heel, berating Grado and splitting up with him, before proclaiming her love for Hendry. Katarina made out with Hendry, but Hendry rebuffed her, instead siding with Grado. Hendry then called her the embarrassment in the situation, not Grado, so Katarina slapped him and walked away. On the 27 September episode held in
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,
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, Katarina approached Hendry and Grado in a backstage segment, and introduced
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to them, who would wrestle Hendry the following week. On the 4 October episode, Hendry was defeated by Murder Clown, which ended up being his final televised match for Impact Wrestling. On 15 February 2019, Hendry thanked Impact Wrestling for giving him a platform to appear on their program, but announced that he was no longer signed to appear for the company.


Return to ROH (2018–2022)

In 2018, Hendry's return to ROH was announced as
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's challenger for the
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at the Honor United event on 24 May, which took place in
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. Hendry failed to win the title. Hendry would then compete for ROH during the Honor Re-United event, where he competed in a few matches, most notably participating in the International Cup on 16 August, where he lost to
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in the opening round. He competed in a four-way match on 18 August, that was won by
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, and then lost to
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in singles competition on 19 August. On 8 August 2019, it was announced that Hendry was a
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no longer, and had now signed a contract with ROH. Hendry made his first appearance as a full-time member of the ROH roster by interrupting
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during a promo at Saturday Night at Center Stage on 24 August. Hendry would then show up as Castle's partner, the following night at Honor For All, where the two defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (
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and Eli Isom). Hendry subsequently formed a tag team with Castle while also competing in singles matches at the same time. At Glory By Honor XVII, Hendry participated in a battle royal to determine the #1 contender for the
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, but was eliminated by the eventual winner
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. Hendry unsuccessfully challenged Shane Taylor for the World Television Championship on the first night of Honor United on 25 October. The following night, on 26 October, Hendry rebounded from his loss by defeating former World Champion
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after Castle's entrance theme distracted Taven. Hendry continued to team with Castle throughout the fall of 2019 and early 2020, competing in various matches, before ROH went on hiatus due to the outbreak of the
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. Hendry returned to ROH on 12 January 2021 by participating in an eight-man tag team match, which his team won. Hendry would then challenge his former tag team partner Dalton Castle for the World Television Championship in a four corners survival match at
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, also involving
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and Silas Young. Titus won the title. Following
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's purchase of ROH, Hendry wrestled at
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, losing to Castle.


Return to Impact/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2022–present)


Longest-reigning Digital Media Champion (2022–2023)

On 15 September 2022 episode of ''Impact!'', a vignette aired that Hendry was coming to Impact Wrestling, with the company announcing on Twitter that he had signed with the promotion. On 7 October, at Bound for Glory, he made his in-ring return by participating in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet, being eliminated by
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. On 22 October 2022, Hendry won his first title in Impact Wrestling by defeating
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for the
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, which aired on the November 10 episode of ''Impact!''. He would soon begin feuding with Moose over the title after Moose mentioned Hendry's name on ''Impact!'', leading to a match between the two for Digital Media Championship at
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on 13 January 2023, which Hendry won to retain the title. After retaining the title against
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on the 9 February episode of ''Impact!'', Hendry continued his rivalry with Moose, leading to a Dot Combat match between the two for the Digital Media Championship at No Surrender, where Hendry retained again to end the feud. Hendry would then surpass Cardona to become the longest reigning Digital Media Champion and began feuding with former champion Brian Myers, defeating him to retain the title at
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. At
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, Hendry teamed with Dirty Dango and
Santino Marella Anthony Carelli (born March 14, 1974), better known by the ring name Santino Marella, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he works as the on-screen director of authority. He is best kn ...
to defeat The Design ( Deaner,
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, Callihan, and Kon) in a
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, after Callihan turned on Design by attacking Deaner. Following the event, Marella was attacked, and Hendry and Dango decided to investigate who attacked Marella. On the May 18 episode of ''Impact!'', Hendry revealed that Dango was Marella's assailant and Dango would soon lay out Hendry while proclaiming "case closed." This led to Hendry defending the Digital Media Championship against Dango at
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. Hendry won by disqualification after Dango hit a low blow right in front of the referee. On 9 June at Against All Odds, Hendry successfully defended the title against Dango in a rematch to end the rivalry. On 15 July at
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, Hendry lost the title to Kenny King, ending his reign at 266 days. On 9 September at ''Impact! 1000'', Hendry and his tag team partner
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participated in the 20-man Feast or Fired match. Hendry told Uemura to grab briefcase number 4, which contained the pink slip, and Uemura was fired from Impact Wrestling. YouTuber Simon Miller reviewed ''Impact! 1000'' on WhatCulture Wrestling's YouTube channel where he blamed Hendry for Uemura's firing. This led to Hendry and Miller attacking each other during the recording of ''Joe Hendry's Food Fight'' for Impact Wrestling's YouTube channel. On 20 October, Impact Wrestling confirmed that Hendry would face Miller at
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, which Hendry won. On October 26, during the UK Invasion Tour, Hendry participated in the Glasgow Cup, defeating
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in the semifinal and
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in the final to win the tournament.


Rise in popularity and TNA World Champion (2024–present)

At
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on 13 January 2024, Hendry interrupted the debut of
A. J. Francis Anthony Joseph Francis (born May 7, 1990) is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former one-time TNA Digital Media Champion and Canadian Internation ...
by playing a music video that mocked Francis and it culminated in Francis attacking Hendry with the assistance of
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. As a result, Hendry began feuding with Francis, who cost him a Digital Media Championship match against
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at
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. Hendry eventually faced Francis in a match on the 14 March episode of ''Impact!'', which Hendry lost after
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betrayed him by hitting him with a steel chair and joined forces with Francis. It led to a match between Hendry and Swann at
Rebellion Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...
, which Hendry lost due to interference by Francis and
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. Hendry went viral on social media with his theme tune, "I Believe In Joe Hendry", being released as a single. It peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and number 6 on the UK Singles Sales Charts on 3 May 2024. The song peaked at number 4 on the Official Big Top 40 Charts. On July 5 episode of ''iMPACT!'', Hendry defeated
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to earn the final spot in the six-way elimination match for the
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at
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, which Hendry failed to win after
Josh Alexander Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes a ...
turned on him by hitting him with a low blow and eliminated Hendry.
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went on to win the match. As a result, Hendry began feuding with Alexander, defeating him via submission at Victory Road. On the 26 September episode of ''Impact!'', Hendry defeated Frankie Kazarian to become the #1 contender for the TNA World Championship at Bound for Glory. At the event on 26 October, Hendry failed to beat Nic Nemeth for the title after interference by
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. Hendry protested over the loss and demanded a rematch but Director of Authority Santino Marella told him that he had to work his way up the card to earn another title shot. Hendry began his title pursuit by beating Nemeth's brother
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on the November 14 episode of ''Impact!''. At
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, Hendry won a six-way Turkey Bowl match by pinning Brian Myers, forcing him to wear the turkey suit. At
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, Hendry defeated Josh Alexander,
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and
Steve Maclin Stephen Kupryk (born May 26, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name Steve Maclin, and is a former TNA World Champion and the inaugural TNA Internat ...
in a four-way match to become the #1 contender for the TNA World Championship, earning a title rematch against Nic Nemeth at
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. At Genesis, Hendry defeated Nemeth to become the new TNA World Champion. On May 25 at NXT Battleground, Hendry lost the title to
Trick Williams Matrick Mondre Belton (born May 26, 1994) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on its NXT brand, under the ring name Trick Williams. He also makes appearances in WWE's partner promotion Total Nonstop Acti ...
after the two began a feud in NXT, ending his reign at 126 days.


WWE (2014, 2024–present)

In 2014, Hendry appeared as a Russian diplomat on the 10 November episode of '' Raw'' alongside
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and
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. He also appeared multiple times as one of Adam Rose's Rosebuds. On 18 June 2024, Hendry made his WWE in-ring debut on ''NXT'' as one of TNA's representatives in a 25-man
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to determine the number one contender for the
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, where he was immediately eliminated by Frankie Kazarian. On the 9 July episode of ''NXT'', Hendry appeared as
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' tag team partner after Williams' original tag team partner
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was taken out earlier that night to defeat NXT Champion
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and
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. At Week 1 of
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on 30 July, Hendry held his first live concert in WWE. Gallus ( Joe Coffey,
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and Wolfgang), who had taken issue with Hendry's NXT appearances, attacked Hendry halfway through his concert and a match between Hendry and Joe Coffey was made official for the following week where Hendry emerged victorious. On the 20 August episode of ''NXT'', Hendry defeated
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and
Wes Lee Deveon Everhart Aikens (born November 2, 1988) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT and Evolve brands under the ring name Wes Lee and is the leader of The High Ryze stable. He is a former one-t ...
in a
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for an NXT Championship match against Page at NXT No Mercy. At the event on 1 September, Hendry failed to win the title from Page. On 1 February 2025, Hendry made his
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debut, entering as the 15th entrant where he was eliminated by
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. Hendry made his surprise WrestleMania debut, answering
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's open challenge at Night 2 of
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after his original opponent
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was unable to compete due to a legitimate neck injury. He would ultimately go on to lose at the event. On 22 April 2025, Hendry returned to NXT calling out
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before throwing him out the ring with the help of NXT Champion
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. On May 6, Hendry matched up with
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and Hank Walker in a 6 man tag match against the Darkstate (
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, Cutler James and Osiris Griffin along with
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). Due to Trick Williams running interference to attack Hendry, Dark State won by pinfall. Later that night, Hendry interfered in the battle royal, allowing Elijah to eliminate Williams. NXT General Manager Ava subsequently announced that after speaking with TNA Director of Authority
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, Hendry would defend his title against Williams at
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. At the event on May 25, Hendry lost the title to Williams.


Professional wrestling style and persona

Hendry has been a musician for 10 years, and was the lead singer for a band named Lost in Audio (they were close to signing a deal with
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), and has incorporated his prior career into his professional wrestling work. Hendry writes and performs his own entrance music and videos. As a face, Hendry was known for flamboyant ring entrances, usually parodying a famous song to mock his opponent. Examples of this include:
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' "
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" used during his feud with former manager James R. Kennedy, the ''EastEnders'' theme tune to mock
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, and
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's " Rollin'" to mock Wolfgang. In
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, he was known as the "Local Hero", referring to a section of ''
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'' named "Local Heroes" that Hendry had appeared in, as to make fun of his "lack of musical success". Following a heel turn in March 2017, where Hendry was the leader of WCPW stable The Prestige, he became known as "The Prestigious One". Although the stable disbanded in early 2018, Hendry has continued to refer to himself by the moniker, stating that "it's me with the volume turned up", and also in a BBC interview when training for the
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.


Amateur wrestling career

A black belt in Judo, Hendry transitioned to amateur freestyle wrestling in 2014 at the relatively late age of 26. Hendry would capture the British Senior National Championship in freestyle wrestling in 2017, and was subsequently selected for membership on Team Scotland at the
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. Hendry went out of competition in the Round of 16, losing to
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's Nicolaas Verreynne. Following the Commonwealth Games, Hendry would go on to win the British Senior National Championship in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2018.


Personal life

Hendry has a Master's degree in business and marketing from
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. He is the nephew of politician
Drew Hendry Andrew Egan Henderson Hendry (born 31 May 1964), known as Drew Hendry, is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey from 2015 until 2024, when the seat was ...
, the former SNP MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, and a former Highland Council leader.


Championships and accomplishments


Amateur wrestling

* British Wrestling ** 2018 British Senior Championship Freestyle Bronze Medal ** 2018 British Senior Championship Greco-Roman Gold Medal ** 2018 English Senior Championship Freestyle Gold Medal ** 2017 British Senior Championship Freestyle Gold Medal ** 2017 British Closed Senior Championship Freestyle Silver Medal ** 2017 Tryst Open Senior Freestyle Gold Medal ** 2015 Scottish Open Senior Freestyle Silver Medal ** 2015 Tryst Open Senior Freestyle Bronze Medal


Professional wrestling

*Community Pro Wrestling ** CPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * British Wrestling Revolution ** BWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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**
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship The is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion CyberFight in its DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) brand. Open to anyone, regardless of gender or DDT employment status, the championship is defended "24/7", as in ...
( 1 time) * Discovery Wrestling ** Y Division Championship (1 time) * Fight Forever Wrestling ** Fight Forever Men's World Championship (1 time) * Impact Wrestling/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling **
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( 1 time) **
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( 1 time) ** TNA Turkey Bowl (
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) ** Glasgow Cup (2023) ** TNA Year End Awards (2 times) *** Moment of the Year (2024 - for going viral with his parody songs about
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) *** Male Wrestler of the Year (2024) *
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**
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(1 time) – with Davey Boy ** ICW Tag Team Title Tournament (2016) – with Davey Boy *
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** NGW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Kid Fite and Lionheart * Midwest All-Star Wrestling ** MAW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) - with Joey Avalon * Pride Wrestling ** N7 Championship (1 time) *
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** PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * ''
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'' **Ranked No. 51 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2024 * Pro Wrestling Ulster ** PWU All-Ulster Championship (2 times) * Reckless Intent Wrestling ** Reckless Intent World Championship (1 time) ** Reckless Intent UK Championship (1 time) * Respect Pro Wrestling ** Respect Pro Wrestling Championship (1 time) *
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** ROH Year-End Award (1 time) *** Best Entrance (2020) * Scottish Wrestling Alliance ** SWA Laird of the Ring Championship (1 time) * Scottish Wrestling Entertainment ** SWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * Scottish Wrestling Network ** SWN Award (2 times) *** Outstanding Recognition Award for Versatility in Sport (2018) *** Adam's Wrestler of the Year (2018) * What Culture Pro Wrestling / Defiant Wrestling ** WCPW Championship (1 time) ** Defiant Internet Championship (1 time) **
Kurt Angle Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler and amateur wrestling, amateur wrestler. He first earned recognition for winning a Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg, gold me ...
Invitational Rumble (2016) *
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**
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(1 time) *** Moment of the Year (
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) –


References


External links

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