Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987) is a Canadian

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currently signed to

Impact Wrestling Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment. Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...

, where he performs under the

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Josh Alexander. He is a two-time

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, with his second reign being the longest reign in the company's history at 335 days. He is also a former

Impact X Division Champion The Impact X Division Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by Impact Wrestling. It debuted on June 19, 2002, at the taping of then-TNA's second weekly pay-per-view (PPV) event. The current champion is Trey M ...

. He is a two-time Impact World Tag Team Champion with

Ethan Page Julian Micevski (born September 20, 1989), better known by his ring name Ethan Page, is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Firm. Page is best known for his work in Impact ...

as The North, with their first reign being the longest reign in the company's history at 380 days, as well as a one-time

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with Page as Monster Mafia, and a one-time AAW Heavyweight Champion.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2005–present)

Josh Alexander was trained to wrestle by

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. He debuted in 2005. He then started his career on the regional Canadian independent circuit. He met fellow wrestler

in the Alpha-1 promotion in

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in 2010, where the two became close friends. A year later, they formed the tag team Monster Mafia where they wrestled for various promotions including

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(ROH) and AAW Wrestling. In 2013 he suffered a neck injury during an AAW match. After taking time off to heal, he returned to action. A few months after, he reinjured his neck during a ROH tryout match with ReDRagon. He had herniated a disk so he would have his C5-C6 vertebrae fused to fix the injury. However, he did not take time off during this time and kept the injury a secret, not wanting to squander the opportunity to work with ROH. In February 2015, Monster Mafia debuted for

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(PWG), facing

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in their first match. He would shortly after again injure his neck in a match with

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and Chris Sabin. Alexander would again work through it, with Page and him participating in the annual

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in May. They would win the

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in the first round match with Joey Ryan and

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. The reign would be short-lived, losing it later that night. Alexander would again have neck surgery in July 2015, retiring from wrestling. After him and Page momentary went their separate ways, he wrestled for Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW),

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, and Beyond Wrestling, among other promotions.

Impact Wrestling

The North (2019–2021)

Alexander began appearing in

in 2018 by making appearances on '' Xplosion'' as an

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against the likes of

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and

. In February 2019, Alexander signed a three-year contract with the promotion. Impact Wrestling subsequently hyped Alexander's debut with an online documentary made by Toronto-based filmmaker Glen Matthews. Alexander reformed with

under the name The North, as they defeated El Reverso and Sheldon Jean on the April 12 episode of '' Impact!'' while subsequently establishing himself as a

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. North would team up with

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to defeat

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in a six-man tag team match at

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, marking Alexander's pay-per-view debut in Impact. On the June 14 episode of ''Impact!'', North defeated

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to earn a title shot against

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(

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) for the

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at the Bash at the Brewery

event Event may refer to: Gatherings of people * Ceremony, an event of ritual significance, performed on a special occasion * Convention (meeting), a gathering of individuals engaged in some common interest * Event management, the organization of e ...

on July 5. North defeated LAX at the event to win the titles for the first time. North retained the titles against LAX and The Rascalz in a three-way match at

Slammiversary Slammiversary is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion Impact Wrestling. It is one of Impact's “Big Four” PPV events (along with Hard to Kill, Rebellion, and Bound for Glory), and celebrates ...

in their first title defense. North would go on to retain the titles throughout the rest of the year against

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and the team of

Rich Swann Richard Allen Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling. He is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Impact X Division Champion and Impact Digital Media Cham ...

and

Willie Mack Willie McClinton Jr. (born January 5, 1987) is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Willie Mack, currently appearing in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. He is best known for his tenure with Impact Wrestling, where he is a ...

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, the team of Swann and Mack and the team of Rob Van Dam and

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at Bound for Glory and Swann and Mack at

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. They would go on to become the longest-reigning World Tag Team Champions as they retained the titles in 2020 against Willie Mack in a

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, The Rascalz at

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and the team of

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and

Sami Callihan Samuel Alton Johnston (born September 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Sami Callihan, currently signed with Impact Wrestling and is a former Impact World Champion. He also wrestled for Luch ...

until they lost it against

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on the July 21 episode of ''Impact!''. The North unsuccessfully challenged Motor City Machine Guns in a rematch for the World Tag Team Championship at

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but regained the titles at Bound for Glory, before lost it a few weeks later to

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. Then, Alexander and Page started a storyline where they did not work well together, leading to Page's departure from Impact.

X Division Champion (2021–2022)

Following the departure of Ethan Page, Alexander returned to singles competition. He faced

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at the

pre-show in a losing effort. On the January 19 episode of ''Impact!'', Alexander turned

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when he confronted

Ace Austin Austin James Highley (born February 28, 1997), better known by the ring name Ace Austin, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is a former three-time X Division Champion. He also makes appearan ...

backstage. He was subsequently assaulted by Austin and

Madman Fulton Jacob Southwick (born April 2, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling under the ring name Madman Fulton, where he was a former member of OVE (Ohio Versus Everything). He also wrestled in WWE on their ...

until new signee

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came to even the odds. This would culminate into a tag team match the following week, where Alexander and Cardona emerged victorious. At

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, Alexander won a Triple Threat Revolver match to be the number one contender to the

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, where he lost against TJP on the February 16 episode of ''Impact!''. At

, he defeated Ace Austin and TJP to win the X Division Championship for the first time. On the April 29 episode of ''Impact!'', Alexander made his first successful title defense against Austin. At

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on May 15, he had another successful title defense against

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(NJPW) talent

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. On June 3, Alexander defended the title against TJP in Impact's first-ever 60-minute Iron man match, winning 2–1 in sudden death overtime. At

on July 17, Alexander successfully retained his X Division Championship in an

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against Austin,

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Petey Williams Peter Williams III (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE as a backstage producer. He is best known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he is a two-time X Division Champion. He is also k ...

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, and

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. Alexander then retained his title against

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, against

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, and against Chris Sabin at Victory Road. Later that night at Victory Road, Alexander confronted

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(who had retained his title moments before against

), invoking

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to relinquish his X Division Championship for a World Championship match in the main event of Bound for Glory. At Bound for Glory on October 23, Alexander defeated Cage to win the Impact World Championship. However, while celebrating with his family, he lost the title to

, who cashed in his

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trophy. At

, Alexander called out Moose but was instead attacked by the debuting

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. At

, Alexander defeated Jonah. On February 14, 2022, Alexander announced that his contract with Impact Wrestling and US work visa had expired; an angle was done to write him off television during the February 10 episode of ''Impact'', where Impact president

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"sent him home".

Longest-reigning Impact World Champion (2022–2023)

on March 5, Alexander made his return, attacking Impact World Champion Moose after his match against

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. Alexander revealed that he signed a new multi-year contract with Impact Wrestling, while also challenging Moose for the Impact World Championship in the main event of

. At Rebellion, Alexander defeated Moose in the main event to capture the Impact World Championship for a second time. At

on May 7, Alexander made his first successful title defense against NJPW talent

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. At

on June 19, he had another successful title defense against Eric Young. He would successfully defend his world title against

Joe Doering Joseph Doering (born April 16, 1982) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling, where he is a member of Violent By Design. He is currently inactive due to cancer surgery. He is a former two-time Impact World Tag T ...

at Against All Odds, ending Doering's undefeated streak in Impact Wrestling. On July 31, at

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event, Alexander defended the title against

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(MLW) talent

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, but it ended in a

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due to interference from Brian Myers, Matt Cardona and

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. On August 12, at

, Alexander successfully defended the world title against

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. On September 23, at Victory Road, he teamed with

and

to face

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( Eddie Edwards,

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, and Mike Bennett) in a six-man tag team match, suffering his first pinfall loss in nearly a year. At Bound for Glory, Alexander made another successful title defense against Edwards, before being confronted by Call Your Shot Gauntlet winner Bully Ray. On November 18, at Over Drive, Alexander retained his title against

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. On the December 8 episode of ''Impact!'', Alexander fought Mike Bailey for nearly an hour to successfully defend his title, garnering positive reviews from critics. Alexander was a traveling champion, defending the title outside of Impact and internationally against opponents like

(at

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, Kevin Blackwood and

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(in a title-for-title match). On January 4, 2023, Alexander surpassed

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's reign of 256 days, thus becoming the longest-reigning Impact World Champion. Nine days later, at

, Alexander defeated

winner Bully Ray in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain the title. On February 24, at

, Alexander defeated Rich Swann to retain the title. On March 24, it was announced that Alexander has relinquished the title due to him suffering a triceps tear, ending his second and historic reign at 335 days.

Various feuds and pursuit of the World Championship (2023–present)

Alexander made his return from injury at

, confronting Impact World Champion

. He had his first match since injury at Multiverse United 2, where he teamed up with the DKC,

, PCO, and

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(

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and

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) in a 12-Man tag-team match. He returned to action at

, teaming up with

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( Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley and

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) in an eight-man tag team match against

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, Bully Ray, and

, which they would go on to lose when Steve Maclin, who also made his return from injury, interfered in the match by attacking Alexander. This would spark a brief feud between Alexander and Maclin that culminated at Victory Road, where Alexander defeated Maclin. Ever since then, he has been in a program with Alex Shelley, who he has been targeting to regain the Impact World Championship.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2021–present)

Alexander made his debut for

on the June 18, 2021 episode of ''

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'' and defeated

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. On February 18, 2023, at

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, Alexander teamed with

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, Adrian Quest and

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for an

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against

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, Kevin Knight and The DKC in a losing effort.

Personal life

Lemay has been married to fellow professional wrestler Jade Chung since 2016. Together they have two children. In addition to his wrestling career, Lemay worked as a construction insulator until September 1, 2021. Lemay revealed on

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in May 2021 that he wears

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-styled headgear after developing a serious case of

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in 2013 that resulted in the temporary

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of his left ear to remove

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; he wore the headgear to protect the ear after it was reattached. Although Lemay doesn't need the headgear now, he has continued to wear the headgear.

Championships and accomplishments

* AAW Wrestling **

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(2 times) ** Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament (2019) * Absolute Intense Wrestling ** AIW Absolute Championship (1 time) ** JT Lightning Invitational Tournament (2016) *

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** A1 Alpha Male Championship (4 times) ** A1 Zero Gravity Championship (1 time) ** A1 Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with

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and Gavin Quinn (1) and

(1) ** King Of Hearts (2018) * Capital City Championship Combat ** C4 Championship (1 time) ** C4 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rahim Ali *Collective League Of Adrenaline Strength And Honor ** CLASH Championship (1 time) * Cross Body Pro Wrestling Academy ** CBPW Championship (2 times) * Deathproof Fight Club ** DFC Championship (1 time) * Destiny World Wrestling ** DWW Championship (1 time, current) ** DWW Interim Championship (1 time) * Fringe Pro Wrestling ** FPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ethan Page *

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** GCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tyler Tirva *

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) **

( 1 time) **

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(

) – with Ethan Page ** Ninth Triple Crown Champion ** Impact Year End Awards (7 times) *** Tag Team of the Year (

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) – with Ethan Page *** Male Wrestler of the Year (

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) *** Men's Match of the Year (2021) *** Match of the Year (2022) *** Moment of the Year (2022) * Insane Wrestling League ** IWL Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ethan Page * International Wrestling Cartel ** IWC Super Indy Championship (2 times) ** IWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ethan Page ** Super Indy 15 * New School Wrestling ** NSW Heavyweight Championship (2 time) ** NSW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time) ** NSW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Steve Brown * No Limits Wrestling ** NLW Strong Style Championship (1 time) ** Steel City Strong Style Tournament (2018) *

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(1 time) – with Ethan Page * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''

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'' in 2023 ** Ranked No. 4 of the top 50 tag teams in the '' PWI Tag Team 50'' in 2020 *Pro Wrestling Ontario ** PWO Trios Championship (1 time) – with Scotty O'Shea and Steve Brown * Pure Wrestling Association ** PWA Elite Championship (1 time) ** PWA Pure Violence Championship (1 time) ** PWA Niagara Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Reese Runnels * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 9 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2021 * Squared Circle Wrestling ** SCW Premier Championship (2 times) * Steel City Pro Wrestling ** SCPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ethan Page * The Wrestling Revolver ** PWR Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ethan Page * Union Of Independent Professional Wrestlers ** UNION Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Josh 1987 births 21st-century professional wrestlers Canadian expatriate professional wrestlers in the United States Canadian male professional wrestlers Living people Professional wrestlers from Ontario Sportspeople from Ontario TNA World Heavyweight/Impact World Champions TNA/Impact World Tag Team Champions TNA/Impact X Division Champions PWG World Tag Team Champions AAW Heavyweight Champions