Joseph Hendry

Biography

Joseph Samuel Hendry (born 1 May 1988) is a Scottish professional wrestler, musician and former amateur wrestler. He is mostly known for his work with WWE and TNA.

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 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling 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 and became a one-time NXT Champion.

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