Joe Hendry
Hendry as TNA World Champion in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joe Samuel Hendry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Heriot-Watt University (MA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billed weight | 252 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billed from | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trained by | Ace Steel Killian Dain Mikey Whiplash Robbie Brookside Marty Jones Terry Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut | 12 October 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Freestyle Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Edinburgh Wrestling Club Tryst Wrestling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joe Samuel Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish professional wrestler. As of November 2025, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand, and is the current NXT Champion in his first reign. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former one-time TNA World Champion as well as a former one-time and 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. He also performed in Ring of Honor. 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. In 2025, Hendry became the first TNA World Champion to enter the Royal Rumble and have a match at WrestleMania. He signed with WWE that November.
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.