Birth name Joseph Hendry Billed height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) Height 1.88 m | Ring name(s) Joe Hendry Debut October 2013 Billed weight 103.9 kg | |
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Similar Joe Coffey, Damian O'Connor, El Ligero, Chris Renfrew, Jack Jester | ||
Joseph "Joe" Hendry (born May 2, 1988) is a Scottish professional wrestler best known for his work in the UK independent circuit. Hendry is nicknamed as The Local Hero and is known for his flamboyant ring entrances, where he usually parodies a famous song to mock his opponent. Songs covered by Hendry include Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", Lou Bega's "Mambo No 5", Adele's "Hello", Oasis' "Wonderwall" and Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'".
Contents
- Insane Championship Wrestling 2013present
- New Generation Wrestling 2015present
- WhatCulture Pro Wrestling 2016present
- WhatCulture MMA
- In wrestling
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
Hendry is best known for his appearances in What Culture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) feuding with his former tag team partner Joseph Conners, in Insane Championship Wrestling, where he was one half of the ICW Tag Team Champions along with Davey Boy known as Local Fire, and New Generation Wrestling, where he is one third of the NGW Tag Team Champions, along with Lionheart and Kid Fite, with which the third man defends the title under the Freebird rule.
Insane Championship Wrestling (2013–present)
Hendry has been regularly appearing for ICW since 2013. He has gained great notoriety due to his popular music video-style entrances parodying famous songs such as "Hello" by Adele and "Rollin'" by Limp Bizkit that he uses to mock his opponents.
Hendry began his ICW career as part of manager James R Kennedy's stable the Kennedy Administration and entered a rivalry with Big Damo before feuding with fellow member of the Kennedy Administration 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.
Hendry later formed tag team the Local Fire with Davey Boy. 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 the Rich Kids of Instagram in the quarter-finals, the Filthy Generation in the semi-finals and then Mike Bird & Wild Boar in the finals at Shug's Hoose Party 3 on July 31, 2016 to win the vacant ICW Tag Team Championships. They lost the titles on September 11, 2016 to Polo Promotions in a ladder match.
New Generation Wrestling (2015–present)
Hendry made his debut for New Generation Wrestling 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 - if Cruz or any of his teammates were pinned, he'd lose the title. Cruz accepted and went on to retain his title in the eight-man tag team match in November 2015.
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.
WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (2016–present)
Hendry is currently making appearances in the WhatCulture Pro Wrestling (WCPW) promotion. On WCPW Loaded #1 Hendry was defeated by Big Damo in a number one contender for the WCPW World Championship. The next few weeks Hendry would team with Joseph Conners. At WCPW Stacked Hendry was involved in a fatal four way for the WCPW World Championship, in which, he was betrayed by Conners, and Conners won the title. On WCPW Hendry was the winner of the 2016 Kurt Angle Invitational Rumble. At WCPW Refuse To Lose Hendry was defeated by Kurt Angle. At WCPW True Legacy Hendry was defeated by Conners with the WCPW World Championship on the line. Hendry was involved in a triple threat steel cage match for the WCPW title, where he was defeated by Drew Galloway, after Galloway pinned Conners, and the referee had counted to three before Hendry had touched the floor. At WCPW KirbyMania Hendry was attacked by the returning Joseph Conners later on the show there was a No Holds Barred Match which was won by Hendry. On WCPW Loaded #21 Hendry took on Drew Galloway for the WCPW World Championship where both men pinned each other. A rematch happen at WCPW True Destiny where Hendry was defeated by Galloway. Later on that night, Kurt Angle, who had defeated Alberto El Patron in his last match in the U.K, was congratulated initially by Hendry, but Hendry later attacked Angle, thus turning heel. At WCPW Loaded #24 Hendry defeated Alberto El Patron with the help from Joe Coffey and Travis Banks. At Exit Wounds, it transpired that Joe Coffey, Travis Banks and Hendry had formed a stable called The Prestige. BT Gunn joined the group later in the night.
WhatCulture MMA
On August 18, after filming a few videos for the WhatCulture Wrestling channel, Hendry was revealed as one of two hosts of WhatCulture's new MMA-focused WhatCulture MMA channel, therefore confirming his status as an at least part-time employee of WhatCulture,