Damien Payne

Personal Info

Birthday

August 20, 1988

(36 years old)

Place of Birth

Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.

Also Known As

Damien Payne

John Wayne Murdoch

Damien

Damien Payne

Biography

Damien Payne is an American professional wrestler and is best known under the ring name John Wayne Murdoch. He is noted for his time in IWA Mid-South (IWA) and ICW No Holds Barred, where he is a former ICW No Holds Barred American Deathmatch Champion, and Game Changer Wrestling where he is a former two-time GCW Tag Team Champion alongside Reed Bentley and Alex Colon, and is a former GCW Ultraviolent Champion. He also won the 2020 IWTV Independent Wrestler of the Year.

Known For

GCW: Tournament of Survival 9

GCW Mastermind

GCW Clean Up Man

Hardway: The Legacy of Deathmatch Wrestling

GCW Die 4 This

GCW Downward Spiral

GCW Lifestyle

GCW: No Signal In The Hills 3

Filmography

2025
GCW: Tournament of Survival X
as John Wayne Murdoch
2024
GCW: Tournament of Survival 9
as John Wayne Murdoch
2023
GCW: Nick Gage Invitational 8
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW: No Signal In The Hills 3
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Clean Up Man
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Mastermind
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Tournament of Survival 8
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Lifestyle
as John Wayne Murdoch
2022
GCW Til Infinity
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Homecoming 2022, Part I
as himself
GCW Downward Spiral
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Believe Me
as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Die 4 This
as John Wayne Murdoch
2020
Scar Tissue
as Himself
2019
Hardway: The Legacy of Deathmatch Wrestling
as John Wayne Murdoch