Joe Hendry (wrestler)
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Joseph Samuel Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish
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wrestler, currently signed with
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, and is the current Impact Digital Media Champion in his first reign. Hendry is also known for his appearances in his native Scotland with
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(ICW), where he was a one-time ICW Tag Team Champion, in England with
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and Defiant Wrestling (formerly What Culture Pro Wrestling), and in the United States with
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. A decorated amateur wrestler, Hendry has earned British Senior National Championships in freestyle and
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wrestling. Hendry represented
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internationally in freestyle wrestling at the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in 2017, and subsequently earned a position on the freestyle wrestling team for
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at the
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.


Professional wrestling career


Training and early career

Hendry initially trained to become a professional wrestler with Damian Mackle,
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,
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, and
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at the Source Wrestling School. In 2014, he made two appearances for
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: as a
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on the 19 May episode of ''
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'', and as a Russian diplomat on the 10 November episode of ''Raw''. 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 April 6th, 2015, Hendry unsuccessfully challenged
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for the ICW World Heavyweight Championship 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 Wild Boar 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 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.


New Generation Wrestling (2015–2018)

Hendry made his debut for
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(NGW) in 2015, losing a match to
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before forming Team Scotland with fellow ICW wrestlers Davey Blaze, Lionheart and Kid Fite. Team Scotland often antagonised NGW Champion
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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.


What Culture Pro Wrestling / Defiant Wrestling (20162018)

Hendry then began working for What Culture Pro Wrestling (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
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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.


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, Rampage. 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
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, 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
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four times and
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once.


Impact Wrestling (2018)

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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. 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.


Ring of Honor (2016, 2018, 2019–2022)

Prior to his signing in 2019, Hendry made a few appearances for American promotion
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over the previous years. In November 2016, Hendry wrestled two matches on a Ring of Honor tour of the United Kingdom. He lost both matches, which were against
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and
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. On 25 May 2018, Hendry challenged
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for the
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, but was unsuccessful. 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. Following
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's purchase of Ring of Honor, Hendry wrestled at
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, losing to
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.


Return to Impact Wrestling (2022–present)

On 15 September 2022 episode of ''Impact!'', a vignette aired that Hendry is coming to Impact Wrestling, with the company announcing on Twitter that he's signed with them. On 7 October, at Bound for Glory, he made his in-ring return by participating in the
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, being eliminated by
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. On October 22, 2022 Hendry won the
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by defeating
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on a early taping of Impact!.


Professional wrestling style and persona

Hendry was a musician for 10 years (he and his band 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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. Hendry was also formerly known as 'Stadium Joe' during his stint with ICW. A reflection on his in ring persona having a tendency to exaggerate the truth and fabricate stories.


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. He is the nephew of politician
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, the 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

* British Wrestling Revolution ** BWR Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *
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( 1 time) * Discovery Wrestling ** Y Division Championship (1 time, current) * Fight Forever Wrestling ** Fight Forever Men's World Championship (1 time, current) *
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**
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(1 time, current) *
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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 * Pride Wrestling ** N7 Championship (1 time) * Pro Wrestling Elite ** PWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * ''
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'' ** Ranked No. 321 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2019 * 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) * What Culture Pro Wrestling/Defiant Wrestling ** WCPW/ Defiant Championship (1 time) ** Defiant Internet Championship (1 time) **
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Invitational Rumble (2016)


References


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