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Michael McGillicutty
Born (1979-10-01) October 1, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Champlin, Minnesota[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Joe Hennig[3]
Michael McGillicutty[4]
Billed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2][5]
Billed weight224 lb (102 kg)[5]
Billed fromChamplin, Minnesota[5]
Trained byCurt Hennig[3]
Brock Lesnar[6][unreliable source?]
Brad Rheingans[2]
Harley Race[3][2]
DebutJuly 13, 2007[3][2]

Joseph Curtis "Joe" Hennig[3] (born October 1, 1979)[1] is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE and working on the Raw brand, under the ring name Michael McGillicutty. He is a member of The Nexus, and one-half of the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions with David Otunga.[7] He previously wrestled at their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). He was part of the second season of WWE NXT.[4] He is the son of WWE Hall of Famer, "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig.

Professional wrestling career

World League Wrestling (2007–2008)

Hennig made his professional debut on July 13, 2007 in Waterloo, Iowa for World League Wrestling (WLW), teaming with Ted DiBiase, Jr. to defeat Dinn T. Moore and Branden Tatum by disqualification.[3][2] Hennig later went on an nine-month winning streak in WLW before suffering his first singles loss to "Wild" Wade Chism.[2]

World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE (2008–present)

Florida Championship Wrestling

On March 31, 2007, Hennig along with his mother, siblings, and his grandfather represented his father "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig at the 2007 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony by accepting the award on his behalf. On the October 26, 2007 episode of SmackDown, Hennig teamed with Steve Fender in a loss to Jesse and Festus.[8]

Hennig signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). On September 11, 2008, Hennig and Sebastian Slater defeated Nic Nemeth and Gavin Spears to win the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship.[3] On October 30, Hennig and Slater lost the Tag Team Championship to The New Hart Foundation (DH Smith and TJ Wilson).[9]

On November 20, Hennig challenged Sheamus O'Shaunessy for the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship but it ended in a double disqualification. A rematch was made, but Hennig was again disqualified. Hennig had another chance to win the title on December 11 when he participated in a fatal four-way match for the championship, but Eric Escobar won the match, and the title. Hennig defeated Escobar on February 26 at a TV taping and won the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.[10] On the April 5, 2009 episode of FCW it was announced that Hennig had suffered a serious injury and therefore he had surrendered the Florida Heavyweight Championship.[citation needed]

After recovering, Hennig made his return to FCW in late June.[11] Soon afterwards, he formed a tag team with Brett DiBiase known as The Fortunate Sons. On January 14, 2010, The Sons won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship by defeating The Dudebusters.[12] On March 13, The Fortunate Sons lost the championship to The Uso Brothers (Jimmy and Jules).[13] At the April 8 FCW television tapings, Hennig blamed DiBiase for the loss, and in a match at the tapings, the two fought to a double disqualification.[14] At an FCW event on April 29, DiBiase faced Hennig again, but suffered a knee injury during the match, ending their feud.[15][16] On July 15 Hennig, now using the name Michael McGillicutty, teamed with Kaval to win the tag team titles for the third time from Los Aviadores (Hunico and Epico).[17] The following day, on July 16, Los Aviadores regained the championship.[18]

NXT and The Nexus

McGillicutty as part of The Nexus in December 2010, at the Tribute to the Troops event.

On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Hennig would take part in the second season of NXT, using the ring name Michael McGillicutty, with Kofi Kingston as his pro.[4] He made his NXT debut on the June 8 episode, but did not compete in a match.[19] He made his in-ring debut on the following edition of NXT, teaming with Kingston in a tag team match, where they defeated Mark Henry and Lucky Cannon.[20] In the first poll on June 29, McGillicutty was ranked third, behind Kaval and Percy Watson.[21] On the July 20 episode of NXT, McGillicutty earned immunity from elimination in the next poll by completing an obstacle course in the fastest time.[22][23] On the following episode of NXT, he moved up to first place in the second poll.[24] After six consecutive victories, McGillicutty suffered his first loss on the August 3 episode of NXT, when he was defeated by pro The Miz.[25] On August 9 the rookies appeared in a six-man tag team match on Raw, in which McGillicutty teamed with Husky Harris and Alex Riley to defeat Lucky Cannon, Kaval and Percy Watson.[26] The following night on NXT, his team lost a rematch when McGillicutty was pinned by Kaval. In the next poll later that night, McGillicutty relinquished the first place ranking back to Kaval, slipping to second place.[27] In the season finale on August 31, McGillicutty ended the competition in second place, being beaten by Kaval. At the end of the show, McGillicutty turned heel by attacking Kaval with the other eliminated rookies.[28]

In October 2010, at Hell in a Cell, McGillicutty and Husky Harris disguised themselves as fans and interfered during the match between John Cena and Wade Barrett. This allowed Barrett to pin Cena and win the match, forcing Cena to join The Nexus per the pre-match stipulation.[29] McGillicutty's and Harris' identities were revealed on the following day's episode of Raw, though Barrett claimed he had not asked for their help and refused to make them full time members of The Nexus.[30] The following week, McGillicutty and Harris interfered in a match between Cena and The Miz, costing Cena the match and prompting Barrett to give them the opportunity to win membership in The Nexus.[31] On the October 18 episode of Raw, McGillicutty and Harris were unable to earn a place in The Nexus when they lost to Cena and Randy Orton in a tag team match.[32] Despite this, Barrett confirmed both he and Harris were members on the October 25 episode of Raw.[33]

In January 2011 CM Punk took over The Nexus and had each of its members put through an initiation. McGillicutty passed his initiation, a beatdown from the rest of the group, and was allowed to remain a member of Nexus, alongside Punk, Harris and David Otunga.[34] The following month, Punk was announced as the WrestleMania XXVII opponent for Randy Orton, and as a result, each member of The Nexus was scheduled to face Orton in the month prior to WrestleMania. McGillicutty faced and lost to Orton on the February 28 episode of Raw, and after the match Orton punted McGillicutty in the head.[35] The angle was used to write McGillicutty off television as he was scheduled to be sent back to Florida Championship Wrestling to be repackaged.[36] Despite this, McGillicutty returned on the April 11 episode of Raw with the other New Nexus members, preventing Orton from earning a WWE Championship match.[37][38] On the May 23 episode of Raw, McGillicutty and fellow Nexus member David Otunga won the WWE Tag Team Championship by defeating Kane and The Big Show, with help from Punk and Ryan.[7][39]

Personal life

Hennig is a third generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Larry "The Axe" Hennig, his uncle Jesse Hennig, and his father Curt Hennig were all professional wrestlers.[6][unreliable source?][11] His sister Amy is also a professional wrestler.[3]

Hennig and his wife had a son, Brock, in June 2009.[11]

In wrestling


Championships and accomplishments

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