Damien Payne
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1988 (age 38)
- Birthplace
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
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
Filmography
MDK Fight Club 2026
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW: One Night Only 2026 (Philadelphia)
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW: Express Lane 2026
Movie · as Damien Payne
GCW: Tournament of Survival X
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW: Tournament of Survival 9
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Clean Up Man
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Tournament of Survival 8
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Mastermind
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW: No Signal In The Hills 3
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Lifestyle
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
My Name Is GCW
Movie
GCW: Nick Gage Invitational 8
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW I Can't Feel My Face 2023
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 6, Part 1
Movie
GCW Believe Me
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Die 4 This
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Til Infinity
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Downward Spiral
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
GCW Homecoming 2022, Part I
Movie · as himself
Scar Tissue
Movie · as Himself
Hardway: The Legacy of Deathmatch Wrestling
Movie · as John Wayne Murdoch
Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
TV · as John Wayne Murdoch · 1 ep