
Acting
Damien Payne
EN cinema · 21 credits
Born
20 August 1988 (age 38)
Birthplace
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
Also known as Damien Payne · John Wayne Murdoch · Damien
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
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW: One Night Only 2026 (Philadelphia)
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW: Express Lane 2026
as Damien Payne

GCW: Tournament of Survival X
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW: Tournament of Survival 9
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Clean Up Man
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Tournament of Survival 8
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Mastermind
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW: No Signal In The Hills 3
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Lifestyle
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW: Nick Gage Invitational 8
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW I Can't Feel My Face 2023
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Believe Me
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Die 4 This
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Til Infinity
as John Wayne Murdoch

GCW Downward Spiral
as John Wayne Murdoch

Scar Tissue
as Himself

Hardway: The Legacy of Deathmatch Wrestling
as John Wayne Murdoch




