Joe Hendry

Joe Hendry
Hendry in 2024
Personal information
Full nameJoe Hendry
Born (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 36)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight105 kg (231 lb)
Ring name(s)Joe Hendry
Billed height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1]
Billed weight252 lb (114 kg)
Billed fromEdinburgh, Scotland
Trained byKillian Dain[1]
Mikey Whiplash[1]
Robbie Brookside[1]
Marty Jones[1]
Debut12 October 2013
Sport
CountryScotland[2]
SportWrestling
Event(s)Freestyle
Greco-Roman
ClubEdinburgh Wrestling Club
Tryst Wrestling Club
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Men's Freestyle wrestling
British Senior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Manchester 97 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nottingham 97 kg
English Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Salford 97 kg
Representing  Scotland
Men's Greco-Roman wrestling
British Senior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Manchester 97 kg

Joe Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish professional wrestler and musician. He performs under his real name and is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), while also making appearances for partner promotion WWE on its NXT brand. In TNA, Hendry is a former one time and the longest-reigning TNA Digital Media Champion.

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 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]

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  2. ^ a b Scotland, Team. "Joe Hendry". Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2021.