{"id":14245,"date":"2018-02-14T12:49:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=14245"},"modified":"2018-02-14T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T17:49:21","slug":"scottish-wrestler-joe-hendry-qualifies-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/02\/14\/scottish-wrestler-joe-hendry-qualifies-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Scottish Wrestler Joe Hendry Qualifies for Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon for Olympic or high level amateur athletes to make the jump over to professional wrestling &#8211; in fact, it&#8217;s quite a common occurrence. Olympic level wrestlers like <strong>Kurt Angle, Chad Gable<\/strong>, and <strong>Author of Pain<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Akam<\/strong> have all made the jump to professional wrestling in the past, amongst others. But today it was announced that something far more uncommon was happening &#8211; a professional wrestler was jumping into the amateur ranks at the highest level. Scottish professional wrestler &#8220;The Prestigious One&#8221; <strong>Joe Hendry<\/strong> has qualified for Scotland&#8217;s wrestling team for the upcoming <strong>2018 Commonwealth Games<\/strong> in Australia, which runs from April 4 through April 15 this spring. Hendry won the 97kg British championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Prestigious One Joe Hendry has qualified for the Commonwealth Games 2018!!<\/p>\n<p>The 97kg British Champ will be in Australia for a month racking up medals, but those gimmicks in the mail keep coming!<\/p>\n<p>If youd like to support him, grab the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamHendry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TeamHendry<\/a> tee!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/trKDXlJaZ7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/trKDXlJaZ7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vv3LUC2QUb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vv3LUC2QUb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Hendry (@joehendry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joehendry\/status\/963726588658487296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As noted in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/2229992\/joe-hendry-icw-commonwealth-games-gold-coast-2018-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0the Scottish Sun<\/a>, Hendry said\u00a0&#8220;make no mistake about it, we are proving that professional wrestlers are elite athletes. End of story. I\u2019m doing this for the people I love, my fans and the hard working professional wrestlers who put their bodies on the line up and down the country for your entertainment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14253\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14253 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/DDM2Y8NXUAEm3QV.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/DDM2Y8NXUAEm3QV.jpg 489w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/DDM2Y8NXUAEm3QV-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/DDM2Y8NXUAEm3QV-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/02\/DDM2Y8NXUAEm3QV-420x420.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Defiant Wrestling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Joe Hendry has been a professional wrestler in the UK since 2013, after being trained by <strong>Robbie Brookside, Marty Jones, Mikey Whiplash<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Killian Dain<\/strong>, becoming a regular with Scotland&#8217;s <strong>ICW<\/strong>. In 2016, he also began working with <strong>WCPW<\/strong> (now <strong>Defiant Wrestling<\/strong>), winning the WCPW World Championship. He&#8217;s also began working in North America, working with <strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong> in Canada. He&#8217;s also lead the faction The Prestige that featured such wrestlers as <strong>Joe Coffey, El Ligero, Travis Banks<\/strong> and <strong>BT Gunn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsaneChampWres\/status\/963728597478445056<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KillianDain\/status\/963766605275713536<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikey__whiplash\/status\/963736424523673600<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is incredible news! Congrats are in order to the Prestigious One!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KzRAx1itcx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/KzRAx1itcx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Smash Wrestling (@smashwrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashwrestling\/status\/963783294142709760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 2018 Commenwealth Games just got even more Prestigious&#8230; Joe Hendry, the 97kg British freestyle champion, has qualified! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreDefiant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WeAreDefiant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8TI0WiqR59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8TI0WiqR59<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DEFIANT Wrestling (@DEFIANTwres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEFIANTwres\/status\/963738550394122240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon for Olympic or high level amateur athletes to make the jump over to professional wrestling &#8211; in fact, it&#8217;s quite a common occurrence. 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