Joe E. Legend

Joseph Edward Hitchen (born September 2, 1969) is a Canadian retired professional wrestler and trainer, known under his ring name Joe E. Legend.

Ontario in 1992.

During 1997, Sex and Violence were a part of a bigger gang which was known as THUG Life, which was composed of Legend, Hardcastle, Christian Cage, Zakk Wyld, Bloody Bill Skullion and Rhino Richards.

Among his catchphrases used was "Heroes come and heroes go, but legends live forever!"

Hitchen later competed under XL Legend in the Catch Wrestling Association which is based in Germany.

He later teamed with Rhino Richards to win the vacant World Tag Team Championships by defeating Rico de Cuba and August Smisl on October 10, 1998, in Hanover, Germany.

The title was vacated in October 1998 when Rhino Richards left the promotion after signing with Extreme Championship Wrestling.

He also wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 2000 to 2001 under the ring name Just Joe.

Joe Legend began wrestling in Canada before becoming a part of the successful tag team Sex and Violence with Sexton Hardcastle in the Detroit area.

His debut match was against Zakk Wyld (Keith Assoun) in Brampton.

After a few try-out matches, Joe got signed in early 2000.

He made his TV debut on the August 8, 2000 episode of Heat where he lost to WWF Light Heavyweight Champion Dean Malenko.

He scored victories over Gangrel, Joey Abs, Brooklyn Brawler and Essa Rios.

After his departure from the WWF in the spring of 2001, Legend found success in Germany and England.

He competed as Just Joe in the WWF before he was released from his contract in March 2001.

When he was in the WWF, his gimmick was that of a messenger who tried to stir the pot.

During his time in the United States, Hitchen competed in the Puerto Rican International Wrestling Association under the ring name Nord.

On March 8, 2003, he captured the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship by defeating Glamour Boy Shane in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.

He lost the championship to Chicano in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on April 19 the same year.

He returned to America in 2004 to compete in the Nashville, Tennessee-based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.

During his time in TNA as part of the Red Shirt Security, he won the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Kevin Northcutt.

They held the belts from January 28, 2004 to February 4 of the same year.

In April 2005, he was one of the lead trainers of Celebrity Wrestling in the United Kingdom on ITV.

This Saturday evening reality show saw celebrities learn wrestling and compete in challenge matches.

After a few weeks the program was set to be cancelled, but instead was moved to Sunday morning to finish its final episodes.

He can now be found wrestling in and around the United Kingdom for promotions such as All Star Wrestling, working regular shows at Butlins holiday parks after throwing out an open challenge to potential rivals for his Pan Pacific and GSA heavyweight titles.

He has also toured Wales for both Orig Williams and Alan Ravenhill.

During his time in the now defunct Frontier Wrestling Alliance he wrestled for the FWA British Heavyweight Championship in a five-way match at The Champions Series Final on January 5, 2006, in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England, but was defeated by Hade Vansen.

Hitchen also has wrestled in many other countries around the continent, countries such as Denmark, Poland, Italy, France, Portugal, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and Greece.

Overall, he wrestled in more than 24 countries around the world.

Hitchen made his debut in Russia as he competed at Independent Wrestling Federation's Wrestliada 2006 in Moscow, Russia, under the ring name Joe Legend.

In August 2006, he worked for Pro Wrestling NOAH on their Shiny Navigation Tour, and in April 2007, he worked on the Spring Navigation tour.

At the July 28, 2007 event he defeated Volcano to become the first IWF World Champion.

During his reign he defeated Raven to retain the championship.

From July to September 2010, he toured with Pro Wrestling Zero1 working the likes of Masato Tanaka, Shinjiro Otani, Ikuto Hidaka, and Sylvester Terkay.

Joe E. Legend tours annually with World Wrestling Professionals (WWP), a South African promotion currently airing on a nationally broadcast network.

In 2014, in February he lost to David Hart Smith in a DWA/PWF match in Germany.

Then he lost to Andrei Ivanov in Pro Wrestling Showdown in the Netherlands.

In March he lost to Wolfgang in Premier British Wrestling.

In April and May he competed in German organizations Deutsche Wrestling Allianz, German Hurricane Wrestling, Westside Xtreme Wrestling and Power of Wrestling.