Andrew Hankinson
Birthday: 1983-12-22
Place of Birth: Cumberland, Maryland, USA
Synopsis
Andrew William Hankinson, currently known by the ring name Doc Gallows, is an American professional wrestler signed to Impact Wrestling. He also competes in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Hankinson began his career in 2005 and participated in that year's WWE Tough Enough, a contest created by WWE to find new prospects. Despite not winning the competition, he signed a development contract and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling, WWE's farm territory. In 2006, he started a feud with Kane, where Hankinson used Kane's old attire and mask, being called Imposter Kane. They faced each other at Vengeance where Hankinson was victorious. He was repackaged as Festus, a quiet man who turns insane when the bell rings. He teamed with Jesse for almost two years before the two were split. Following this, he went on a brief hiatus from television before reappearing as Luke Gallows, the enforcer and "disciple" of CM Punk in the Straight Edge Society. His first run ended in 2010. After leaving WWE, he signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in 2011, where he became member of the villainous stable Aces & Eights under the ring name D.O.C. (Director of Chaos). He was fired in 2013 and then signed a contract with the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name Doc Gallows. He made his debut in the 2013 World Tag League as the partner of Karl Anderson, joining the Bullet Club faction. Gallows and Anderson won the Tag League and, during the following three years, they won the IWGP Tag Team Championship three times. Gallows and Anderson would leave NJPW for WWE along with Bullet Club leader AJ Styles in 2016. Again as Luke Gallows, Gallows and Anderson would work as a tag team and, sometimes, as a stable with Styles known as The O.C. (The Original Club). They would win the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship twice, as well as the WWE Tag Team World Cup, a one night tournament between tag teams. They were released in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, three months later, signed a contract with TNA, now called Impact Wrestling, where they won the Impact World Tag Team Championship in November.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse of Matches
as Doc Gallows
Impact is coming to WrestleCon and FITE Fest with Multiverse of Matches, live Friday, April 1st at 10pm ET exclusively on FITE. On this night, the high-risk, high-wire spectacle known as Ultimate X will make its return! As one of the most popular and unpredictable match types in Impact Wrestling history, anything is possible in the dangerous Ultimate X.
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
as Luke Gallows
Wrestling Dontaku 2022 is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The event took take place on May 1, 2022, in Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka PayPay Dome. This was the first time that Wrestling Dontaku took place at the venue since 2000.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2021
as Doc Gallows
All eyes will be glued on Nashville, Tennessee as, for the first time ever, All Elite Wrestling and IMPACT Wrestling will collide in the Impact Zone as AEW World Champion Kenny Omega will team up with the IMPACT Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers to face the IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann, Chris Sabin & Moose in a six-man tag team match. Also, for the first time in nearly eight years, new IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Champions will be crowned as Havok & Nevaeh will take on Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz in the finals of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament.
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IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 2021
as Doc Gallows
The date of No Surrender is the same as the date of Tommy Dreamer's 50th birthday. The Impact World Champion Rich Swann have a special present for the Dreamer's birthday – an IMPACT World Championship shot. The challenge was accepted so let's see who will have IMPACT World Title around their waist? IMPACT World Tag Team Title is on the line, too. The Good Brothers will defend the title against not only Private Party, but also the team of Chris Sabin and James Storm!
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IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2021
as Doc Gallows
Sacrifice is a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling and the 12th event in the Sacrifice chronology.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion
as Doc Gallows
IMPACT Wrestling is bringing another rebellion of worlds colliding as this evening of global pro wrestling superstars includes Trey Miguel facing off against Sami Callihan, Deonna Purrazzo defending her IMPACT Knockouts Championship against Tenille Dashwood, FinJuice defend their IMPACT World Tag Team Championships against The Good Brothers, Josh Alexander and TJP take on Ace Austin in a three-way match for the X-Division Championship, and IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann & AEW World Champion Kenny Omega defend their respective titles against each other in a Title vs. Title match.
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AEW Road Rager
as Doc Gallows
AEW Road Rager was a professional wrestling television special episode produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was held on July 7, 2021, in Miami, Florida at the James L. Knight Center and was broadcast on TNT as a special of AEW's weekly television program, Dynamite. The event marked AEW's resumption of live touring during the COVID-19 pandemic, following a year of producing shows at Daily's Place in Jacksonville, Florida, also becoming the first major wrestling promotion to resume live touring during the pandemic. It was the first episode in AEW's "Welcome Back" tour, a five-week span of special Dynamite episodes. At the time, it was the largest attended wrestling event during the pandemic outside of WWE's WrestleMania 37 in April and AEW's own Double or Nothing in May.
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NJPW Resurgence
as Doc Gallows
Resurgence was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was held on August 14, 2021, at The Torch at LA Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. Wrestlers from U.S. partner promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Impact Wrestling, Major League Wrestling (MLW), the United Wrestling Network's Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CWFH), and Ring of Honor (ROH) appeared on the card.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence
as Doc Gallows
Emergence was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It was taped on August 15 and 16, 2021 and aired exclusively on Impact Plus on August 20, 2021. It was held at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the second event in the Emergence chronology, and the first to air exclusively on Impact Plus.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory
as Doc Gallows
Bound for Glory was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 23, 2021 at Sam's Town Live in Sunrise Manor, Nevada. This was Impact Wrestling's first event to take place outside of Nashville, Tennessee since Sacrifice in February 2020. It was the 17th event under the Bound for Glory chronology and featured wrestlers from Impact's partner promotions All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Mexico's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), and Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).
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IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point
as Doc Gallows
Turning Point (2020) will be the upcoming fourteenth Turning Point professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. The event will be streamed live on Impact Plus. It took place on November 14, 2020 at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. It's time for Rich Swan to defend his title against Sami Callihan. Deonna Purrazzo and Su Yung will make a rematch at Turning Point. This time it will be contested under No Disqualification rules. Will The North continue to assert their dominance over the tag team division or will The Good Brothers crack open a beerski after becoming IMPACT Tag Team Champions for the very first time?
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Talk N' Shop A Mania 2
as “The Big LG” Doc Gallows
November 13th Talk N' Shop A Mania will be live on FITE with its second event - "The Rise of The Torturer"! "Big LG" Doc Gallows, "Machine Gun" Karl Anderson, & Rocky Romero are at it again! All of your favorite Talk N' Shop characters return with even MORE surprises and cameos! Will Sex Ferguson avenge his loss from TNS1 when he squares off against Chad 2 BADD in the dreaded 'Ball for a Ball Match'? What will be the next chapter in the blood feud between the famous families of Chico El Luchador & Chavo Guerrero? Will Rory Fox find his pants? Some of the BIGGEST STARS & BIGGEST LOSERS in all of professional wrestling come together in a way you have NEVER seen them before! Who will show up? What will they do? What in the Hell is a Torturer? Join FITE on FRIDAY, November 13th at 10pm ET for a booze soaked fright fest beyond your wildest imagination!
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WWE Clash of Champions 2019
as Luke Gallows
The third event under the Clash of Champions WWE chronology, this year's event will be held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 15, 2019.
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ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Night 1
as Doc Gallows
Ring of Honor Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling present GLOBAL WARS, Friday, May 15th, 2015 *LIVE* at 7:30pm from the Ted Reeve Arena in Toronto, Ontario. The iPPV will be available exclusively at ROHWRESTLING.com.
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014
as Doc Gallows
Destruction in Kobe (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 21, 2014, in Kobe, Hyōgo at the Kobe World Memorial Hall.The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. In the main event of the show, Chaos' Shinsuke Nakamura challenged Bullet Club's Bad Luck Fale for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
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Smack 'Em Up: Reality Bites
as Drew
Fergal Devitt is an enigmatic Bray man who allows the cameras into his life showing us what it is like to be one of the biggest names in the bizarre and weird world of Japanese pro-wrestling. An exceptional story about a man following his boyhood dream.
