.jpg) Henry in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1983-12-25)December 25, 1983 (age 41) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Anthony Henry Asher Hale |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Billed from | Augusta, Georgia |
| Trained by | Sal Rinauro Todd Sexton |
| Debut | 2002 |
Anthony Henry (born December 25, 1983) is an Americanprofessional wrestler, primarily performing for independent circuit.[1] He is best known forAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) andRing of Honor (ROH). He is one-half of thetag team theWorkHorsemen with JD Drake.
He is known for his work inindependent promotions includingEvolve,World Wrestling Network (WWN),Full Impact Pro (FIP),Premiere Wrestling Xperience (PWX),National Wrestling Alliance territories, Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment (AWE) promotions andDeadlock Pro-Wrestling (DPW), where he is a three-time NWA/APW (Alternative Pro Wrestling) North Georgia Champion, one-timeEvolve Tag Team Champion, one-timeFIP World Heavyweight Champion, one-time PWX Heavyweight Champion, and one-timeDPW Worlds Tag Team Champion. He also worked forWWE under the ring nameAsher Hale.[2]
Henry debuted on May 5, 2012 atPremiere Wrestling Xperience's PWX Queen City Chaos, losing a singles match againstDrew Myers. He returned two years later on February 15, 2014 at Rise Of A Champion IX, where he competed in a Three-Way No. 1 Contendership match for the PWX Innovative Television Championship, but lost to Lance Lude. On March 15 at Enemy Territory: Dawn Of A New Day, Henry teamed with Billy Brash to challenge reigning champions team Los Ben Dejos for the PWX Tag Team Championship but did not succeed in winning the titles. He did not receive any further title opportunities in PWX during the course of 2014 and 2015. On June 18 at Xpect Everything, Henry competed in a Four-Way Elimination match won by John Skyler against Henry, Corey Hollis and the reigning championSami Callihan for the PWX Heavyweight Champion. During a two-night event first held on November 19, Henry competed in the 2016 X 16 Tournament. He would go on to defeatMartin Stone,Trevor Lee,Zack Sabre Jr., andEthan Case to become the winner of the 2016 X 16 Tournament. During his return the following year on February 19, 2017, Henry wrestled at Rise Of A Champion XII, defeating the reigning championJake Manning to become the newPWX Heavyweight Champion, marking his first title reign. He successfully retained the title for the course of the time he remained in PWX, wrestling his final match of the year on October 21 at PWX Unsanctioned, defeating his challengerFred Yehi. The following year on March 25, 2018 at Rise Of A Champion XIII, Henry competed in a Three-Way match during which he lost the Heavyweight Championship againstJD Drake andEthan Case. On July 22, Henry formed a team with JD Drake and entered the 2018 Crockett Cup Tag Team Tournament held by PWX which they went on to win.
Henry debuted on August 7, 2016 at AWE The Summer Of George event, defeatingJimmy Rave. The following year on July 30, 2017 at the Season 3 Finale event, Henry and JD Drake reunited, rebranding their team name as The WorkHorsemen. They competed in a Tag Team Title Four-Way match for the AWE Tag Team Championship against Evan Gelistico and Gary Jay) defeat The Gym Nasty Boyz: (Timmy Lou Retton & White Mike) and Kerry Awful and Nick Iggy. The following year on June 8, 2018 at Red Wedding, The WorkHorsemen defeated the reigning champions Gelistico and Jay to win the AWE Tag Team Championship for the first time. Their final AWE match was on July 29 at HomeGrown '18 successfully defending the GWC Tag Team Titles in a tag match against Awful and Iggy.
After signing with the World Wrestling Network, Henry made his first match appearance on October 15, 2016 atEvolve 70, where he lost toDarby Allin. On July 28, 2017 atEvolve 88, Henry and Drake defeated team Catch Point (Chris Dickinson andJaka) to win theEvolve Tag Team Championship for the first time. Two months later on September 22 atEvolve 92, Henry & Drake lost the Tag Team titles toA. C. H. andEthan Page.[3] Three months later on December 9 atEvolve 96, Henry and Drake challenged teamCatch Point (Jaka andTracy Williams) for the Evolve Tag Team Championship but did not succeed in winning the titles. The following night atEvolve 97, Henry and Drake ended their year defeatingKTB andShane Mercer
Henry & Drake's next Tag Team title opportunity was held on April 5, 2018 atEvolve 102, where they competed in a Four-Way Tag Team Scramble match. On May 20 atEvolve 105, Henry & Drake returned to their team name The WorkHorsemen, challenging the reigning Evolve Tag Team Champions teamCatch Point, but did not succeed in winning the titles. OnOctober 28 atEvolve 114, Henry competed in a Six-WayLadder Match for theWWN Championship, ending with his tag team partner JD Drake winning the match. On November 9 atEvolve 115, The WorkHorsemen had the rare opportunity to compete against WWE talent, as they wrestled the guest tag team fromWWE NXT and reigning champions theStreet Profits (Angelo Dawkins &Montez Ford) for theEvolve Tag Team Championship, but did not succeed in winning the Tag Team titles. Henry finished the year atEvolve 118, losing a singles match against WWE NXT guest wrestlerKassius Ohno.
Returning on January 18, 2019 atEvolve 119, Henry defeatedCurt Stallion.
Henry first appeared on January 8, 2017 at FIP Everything Burns 2017 in a Contract Prize match, eventually won by Teddy Stigma. He finished his debut year on June 17 at FIP In Full Force 2017, defeatingMaxwell Jacob Friedman. Returning on May 25, 2018 atFIP Ascension 2018, Henry challenged reigning championAustin Theory for theFIP World Heavyweight Championship but did not succeed in winning the title. Four months later on September 30 atFIP Accelerate 2018, Henry defeated Theory in a title rematch to win the FIP World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[4] He successfully defended the title on November 30 atFIP Full Force 2018, defeatingA. R. Fox. On February 21, 2020, Henry lost theFIP World Heavyweight Championship toJon Davis atEverything Burns 2020.
On January 19, 2021, it was reported that he had signed a contract withWWE and would be reporting to theWWE Performance Center.[5][6] On the May 4 episode of NXT, Henry made his TV debut under the newring name ofAsher Hale,[7] in a losing effort toCameron Grimes. Hale also made his205 Live debut on the May 14 episode, defeatingAriya Daivari. The following week, he lost againstAri Sterling. The week after, he upset veteranTony Nese, making him tap out. Hale continued to wrestle through the months on 205 Live, making his last appearance on the July 30 episode in a losing effort toDrake Maverick. On August 6, Hale was released from his WWE contract.[8]
During the September 11 tapings ofAEW Dark, Henry made his debut forAll Elite Wrestling, facingEddie Kingston in a losing effort.[9] Henry facedMiro on the July 1, 2023 edition ofAEW Collision, losing by submission.[10] On April 1, 2024, Henry was released from his AEW contract;[11] three days later, during a media call, AEW ownerTony Khan said that he would offer Henry a new contract as soon as Henry recovers from a broken jaw.[12]
,Wrestlingdata,Internet Wrestling Database