Joe Hendry

Joseph Samuel Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, and musician better known as Joe Hendry.

He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

He was a one-time and currently the longest reigning Impact Digital Media Champion.

Hendry is also known for his appearances in his native Scotland with Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), where he was a one-time ICW Tag Team Champion, in England with New Generation Wrestling and Defiant Wrestling (formerly What Culture Pro Wrestling).

A decorated amateur wrestler, Hendry has earned British Senior National Championships in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.

In 2013, Hendry began regularly appearing for Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), and was first introduced as a member of James R. Kennedy's stable, the Kennedy Administration.

He entered into a rivalry with Big Damo, 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.

In 2014, he made two appearances for WWE: as a Rosebud on the 19 May episode of Raw, 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.

Hendry debuted for Discovery Wrestling in 2014, teaming with Marty Scrull to defeat Cryme Tyme (JTG & Shad Gaspard) Appearing sporadically he would face the likes of Grado, The Young Bucks, Damien O'Connor, Tommy Dreamer 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 April 2015, Hendry unsuccessfully challenged Drew Galloway 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.

Hendry made his debut for New Generation Wrestling (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.

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.

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.

Hendry then began working for WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (WCPW).

The first few weeks Hendry started a feud with Joseph Conners 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 heel.

On 6 March, at Exit Wounds, Hendry, Joe Coffey, Travis Banks, and BT 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.

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.

Hendry initially trained to become a professional wrestler with Damian Mackle, Mikey Whiplash, Robbie Brookside, and Marty Jones at the Source Wrestling School.

On 2 October 2017, at WCPW Refuse to Lose '17, Hendry defended his championship against Will Ospreay.

During the match, Marty Scurll 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.

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 Ring of Honor just days later.

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 Jack Morris.