2026Nominee
Best Performance
GCW: One Night Only 2026 (Philadelphia)
Damien Payne
Actor
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
August 20, 1988
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.
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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2022Nominee
Best Performance
GCW Til Infinity
2020Nominee
Best Performance
Scar Tissue
Career Highlights
2023Highlight
Best Performance
GCW Lifestyle
2022Highlight
Best Performance
GCW Downward Spiral
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Hardway: The Legacy of Deathmatch Wrestling