{"id":38585,"date":"2019-02-15T17:56:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=38585"},"modified":"2019-02-23T15:36:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T20:36:06","slug":"scottish-star-joe-hendry-departs-impact-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/02\/15\/scottish-star-joe-hendry-departs-impact-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Star Joe Hendry Departs IMPACT Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s <strong>Joe Hendry<\/strong>, a prominent star in the UK indie scene who joined <strong>IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> in 2018, has announced his free agency on Twitter on Friday, departing the company after only eight months.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am now a FREE AGENT. Thank you to Impact for the oppprtunity.<\/p>\n<p>Ive chosen to bet on myself with my new project and I need your support!<\/p>\n<p>Patreon is coming, but for now all I ask is to subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bcDS3WzUYM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/bcDS3WzUYM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lets get the word out!<\/p>\n<p>RETWEETS + LIKES are Prestigious! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WwvLTx98SW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/WwvLTx98SW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Hendry (@joehendry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joehendry\/status\/1096500730951806979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Joe Hendry, a former Defiant World Heavyweight Champion and star with such companies as Scotland&#8217;s <strong>Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Defiant Wrestling<\/strong> and Canada&#8217;s <strong>Smash Wrestling<\/strong>, signed with IMPACT last summer, debuting at the TV tapings from Windsor, Ontario, Canada that June. He was paired with fellow Scot <strong>Grado<\/strong> and his &#8220;girlfriend&#8221;, <strong>Katarina<\/strong>. He had a lengthy feud with <strong>Eli Drake<\/strong> for the bulk of his IMPACT appearances, last appearing at the Mexico tapings from last fall, where he lost to <strong>Psycho Clown<\/strong> in a match that aired in October.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bM8ky94kRvI<\/p>\n<p>Hendry has announced plans to start his own YouTube show called The Joe Hendry Story, releasing a trailer for the new project. Hendry had <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/12\/28\/joe-hendry-starting-mma-career-for-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously teased retiring from professional wrestling<\/a> and entering the world of MMA, following Gold Medal performances in amateur wrestling the past two years. Joe Hendry&#8217;s departure is the third star to leave IMPACT in recent months, following <strong>Austin Aries, Andrew Everett, DJ Z<\/strong>, and recent NXT signing <strong>Trevor Lee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iLxboF9ujSg<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland&#8217;s Joe Hendry, a prominent star in the UK indie scene who joined IMPACT Wrestling in 2018, has announced his free agency on Twitter on Friday, departing the company after only eight months. 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