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Ky-Ote

Nickname: The Hardcore Warrior, The Chickasaw Warrior, The Pride of the Chickasaw

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 208 lbs.

From: Ardmore, OK

Birthday: Feb 14th

Pro Debut: 2007

Aliases: Coyote Joe, Ky-ote Joe, Ky-ote Johammed, Joe Herrell, Joseph Monroe, Armani, Armani Gates

Feds Worked For: 3DW, EPW, FIW, GPCW, IWR, IZW, MSWA, NCWO, NWA-OK, NWA-TXO, SECW, TAZW, TCBW, TexPro, UWF06, WCR, Ring of Honor, High Risk Wrestling (MO), Independent Wrestling Cartel (IL), Metroplex Wrestling (TX), Native Wayz Entertainment (AZ), NWA Southwest (TX), NWA Top of Texas (TX), Outlaw Xtreme Wrestling (TX), Pioneer Wrestling Council (IL), Pro Wrestling EGO (MS), Professional Wrestling Federation (TX), Red River Wrestling (TX), River City Wrestling (TX), Sabotage Wrestling (TX), Texas Wrestling Federation (TX), Total Championship Wrestling (TX), Unified Wrestling Conglomerate (IL), Venus Xtreme Wrestling (TX), World Wrestling Council (Puerto Rico), Wrecking Ball Wrestling (TX)

Finisher: The Tomahawk Drop

Signature Moves: Chickasaw Bomb (Front Flip Piledriver), Coyote Sault

Career Highlights: -3DW Champion
-3DW Violent Division Champion
-IWR Revolutionary Champion
-IWR Tag Team Champion (2x; 1 each w/ Montego Seeka and Kyle Hawk)
-IZW Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Eric Rose)
-MSWA Oklahoma Champion
-MSWA Mid-South Tag Team Champion (w/ Montego Seeka)
-NCWO Choctaw Nation Champion
-NWA Oklahoma Tag Team Champion (w/ Montego Seeka)
-NWA Top of Texas Panhandle Champion
-NWA-TXO Tag Team Champion (w/ Dane Griffin)
-NWE Tag Team Champion (w/ Suma Te Woke La)
-TCW Tag Team Champion (2x; both w/ Kyle Hawk)
-TexPro Oklahoma Champion
-UWF06 Champion
-UWF06 Violent Division Champion
-WCR Tag Team Champion (w/ Kid Kash)

Affiliates: U. S. A., Montego Seeka, Kunna Keyoh, Eric Rose, Dane Griffin, Nikki Knight, Jerry Bostic, Kyle Hawk, Desi Derata, Brad Michaels

Notable Feuds: Randy Price, Al Farat, Jerry Bostic, Dane Griffin, Marshall Von Erich, Ross Von Erich

Other Facts: -Brother of pro wrestler Kyle Hawk
-Graduated from Dickson High School in Ardmore, OK. He holds the record for most touchdowns in a single game (7) at that school.
-Trained for pro wrestling by Al Farat
-As Joe Herrell, he used the nicknames "Ky-Ote" and "High Risk"
-As Armani Gates, he used the nickname "Mr. Amazing" and was billed from New Egypt, NJ
-Has also been billed from Charlotte, NC.
-Has been a member of the tag team Aerial Assault with 3 different partners, Montego Seeka, Eric Rose, and Dane Griffin.
-His tag team with Griffin was called Aerial Assault in IZW, but in NWA-TXO, they were known as The Rock Star Mafia. In Texoma Pro Wrestling, they were known as The Foundation.
-As Joseph Monroe, he was a backstage correspondent for IZW and hailed from Stanford University
-Holds the record as the longest reigning UWF06 Violent Division Champion (5 months, 1 day)
-Former member of U. S. A.
-Voted Wrestler of the Year and Match of the Year in the 2015 IWR Year-End Awards
-Voted Tag Team of the Year (w/ Kyle Hawk), Feud of the Year (w/ Kyle Hawk vs. the Von Erichs) and Match ofthe Year (5/21, w/ Kyle Hawk vs. The Von Erichs) in the 2017 Oklafan Year-End Awards
-Voted Singles Match of the Year (vs. Clayton Bloodstone vs. Dominik Whiteheart) in the 2022 NCWO Year-End Awards
-Ranked #2 in the 2008 Oklafan Top 50 (as Ky-ote Joe/Ky-Ote/Ky-ote Johammed/Joe Herrell)
-Ranked #9 in the 2009 Oklafan Top 50 (as Ky-ote Joe)
-Ranked #7 in the 2010 Oklafan Top 50 (as Ky-ote Joe)
-Ranked #43 in the 2011 Oklafan Top 50 (as Ky-ote Joe)
-Ranked #48 in the 2015 Oklafan Top 50
-Ranked #35 in the 2016 Oklafan Top 50
-Ranked #45 in the 2018 Oklafan Top 50