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Joshua Lemay (born May 29, 1987), better known by his ring name Josh Alexander, is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Don Callis Family. He also makes appearances for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), where he is the reigning and inaugural MLP Canadian Champion. He is best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
In 2005, Alexander made his professional wrestling debut on the Canadian independent scene, where he met Ethan Page and would form a tag team with him known as The North (formerly Monster Mafia). The duo would perform for various promotions, including AAW Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), winning tag championships in both promotions. In 2019, Alexander signed with TNA and would go on to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice with Page, with their first reign becoming in the longest in the title's history at 380 days. After Page departed TNA, Alexander switched to singles competition and became a one-time TNA X Division Championship and a two-time TNA World Championship, with his second reign being the longest in the company's history at 335 days. In February 2025, Alexander would leave TNA. He then signed with AEW that April.
In February 2015, Monster Mafia debuted for Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG), facing The Young Bucks in their first match. He injured his neck again in a match with Matt Sydal and Chris Sabin. Alexander again worked through it, with he and Page participating in the annual Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament in May. They won the PWG World Tag Team Championship in the first round match with Joey Ryan and Candice LeRae. The reign was short-lived, as they lost it later that night. Alexander had neck surgery in July 2015, and he retired from wrestling.
Less than a year later in April 2016, Alexander returned to wrestling, defeating Seleziya Sparx to win the A1 Alpha Male Title upon his return. Initially still aligned with Ethan Page upon his return in Alpha-1, eventually he and Page went their separate ways. He would wrestle for Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW), Progress Wrestling, and Beyond Wrestling, among other promotions.
On November 17, 2024, Alexander announced that he would no longer be taking independent bookings.
On the June 14 episode of Impact!, North defeated Rob Van Dam and Sabu to earn a title shot against The Latin American Xchange (Santana and Ortiz) for the World Tag Team Championship at the Bash at the Brewery event on July 5. North defeated LAX at the event to win the titles for the first time. North retained the titles against LAX and The Rascalz in a three-way match at Slammiversary in their first title defense. North went on to retain the titles throughout the rest of the year against Reno Scum and the team of Rich Swann and Willie Mack at Unbreakable, the team of Swann and Mack and the team of Rob Van Dam and Rhyno at Bound for Glory and Swann and Mack at Turning Point. They became the longest-reigning World Tag Team Champions as they retained the titles in 2020 against Willie Mack in a handicap match at Hard To Kill, The Rascalz at Sacrifice and the team of Ken Shamrock and Sami Callihan at Slammiversary until they lost it against The Motor City Machine Guns on the July 21 episode of Impact!.
The North unsuccessfully challenged Motor City Machine Guns in a rematch for the World Tag Team Championship at Emergence but regained the titles at Bound for Glory, before losing it a few weeks later to The Good Brothers at Turning Point. Then, Alexander and Page started a storyline where they did not work well together, leading to Page's departure from Impact.
At No Surrender, Alexander won a Gauntlet match match to be the number one contender to the Impact X Division Championship, where he lost against TJP on the February 16 episode of Impact!. At Rebellion, he defeated Ace Austin and TJP to win the X Division Championship for the first time. On the April 29 episode of Impact!, Alexander made his first successful title defense against Austin. At Under Siege on May 15, he had another successful title defense against New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) talent El Phantasmo. On June 3, Alexander defended the title against TJP in Impact's first-ever 60-minute Iron man match, winning 2–1 in sudden death overtime. At Slammiversary on July 17, Alexander successfully retained his X Division Championship in an Ultimate X match against Austin, Chris Bey, Petey Williams, Rohit Raju, and Trey Miguel. Alexander then retained his title against Black Taurus at Homecoming, against Jake Something at Emergence, and against Chris Sabin at Victory Road.
Later that night at Victory Road, Alexander confronted Impact World Champion Christian Cage (who had retained his title moments before against Ace Austin), invoking Option C to relinquish his X Division Championship for a World Championship match in the main event of Bound for Glory. At Bound for Glory on October 23, Alexander defeated Cage to win the Impact World Championship. However, while celebrating with his family, he lost the title to Moose, who cashed in his Call Your Shot Gauntlet trophy. At Turning Point, Alexander called out Moose but was instead attacked by the debuting Jonah. At Hard To Kill, Alexander defeated Jonah. On February 14, 2022, Alexander announced that his contract with Impact Wrestling and US work visa had expired; an angle was done to write him off television during the February 10 episode of Impact, where Impact president Scott D'Amore "sent him home".
On July 31, at Ric Flair's Last Match event, Alexander defended the title against Major League Wrestling (MLW) talent Jacob Fatu, but it ended in a no contest due to interference from Brian Myers, Matt Cardona and Mark Sterling. On August 12, at Emergence, Alexander successfully defended the world title against Alex Shelley. On September 23, at Victory Road, he teamed with Heath Slater and Rich Swann to face Honor No More (Eddie Edwards, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett) in a six-man tag team match, suffering his first pinfall loss in nearly a year. At Bound for Glory, Alexander made another successful title defense against Edwards, before being confronted by Call Your Shot Gauntlet winner Bully Ray. On November 18, at Over Drive, Alexander retained his title against Frankie Kazarian. On the December 8 episode of Impact!, Alexander fought Mike Bailey for nearly an hour to successfully defend his title, garnering positive reviews from critics.
Alexander was a traveling champion, defending the title outside of Impact and internationally against opponents like Jacob Fatu (at Ric Flair's Last Match), Kez Evans, Kevin Blackwood and MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone (in a title-for-title match). TNA World Championship » Title Reigns CageMatch
On January 4, 2023, Alexander surpassed Bobby Roode's reign of 256 days, thus becoming the longest-reigning Impact World Champion. Nine days later, at Hard To Kill, Alexander defeated Call Your Shot Gauntlet winner Bully Ray in a Full Metal Mayhem match to retain the title. On February 24, at No Surrender, Alexander defeated Rich Swann to retain the title. He would make another successful title defense against NJPW talent Kenta Kobayashi on the March 30 tapings of Impact!. On March 24, it was announced that Alexander has relinquished the title due to him suffering a triceps tear, ending his second and record-setting reign at 335 days, with the segment airing on the April 9 tapings of Impact!.
Alexander made his return from injury at Slammiversary, confronting Impact World Champion Alex Shelley. He had his first match since injury at Multiverse United 2, where he teamed up with the DKC, El Phantasmo, PCO, and Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) in a 12-Man tag-team match. He returned to action at Emergence, teaming up with Time Machine (Chris Sabin, Alex Shelley and Kushida) in an eight-man tag team match against Brian Myers, Lio Rush, Bully Ray, and Moose, which they lost when Steve Maclin, who also made his return from injury, interfered in the match by attacking Alexander. This sparked a brief feud between Alexander and Maclin that culminated at Victory Road, where Alexander defeated Maclin. Following the win, he began feuding with Alex Shelley in an attempt to regain the Impact World Championship. Alexander unsuccessfully challenged Shelley for the title at Bound for Glory. On the November 16 episode of Impact!, Alexander was defeated by Will Ospreay.
On the October 10 episode of Impact!, Alexander formed a new stable known as The Northern Armory, with fellow stablemates Judas Icarus and Travis Williams and would begin a feud with Steve Maclin and Eric Young. On October 26, at Bound for Glory, Alexander would defeat Steve Maclin. At Turning Point, Alexander would lose to Maclin in a no disqualification match. On December 13, at Final Resolution, Josh competed in a four-way match to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Championship that included Joe Hendry, Steve Maclin and Mike Santana, in a losing effort.
On January 19, 2025, at Genesis, Alexander was defeated by Mike Santana in an "I Quit" match. After the match, both Alexander and Santana shook hands and Alexander subsequently announced that he was quitting TNA. On the January 25 episode of Impact!, Icarus and Williams would turn on their own leader by kicking him out of the group and subsequently beating him down until Eric Young came to even the odds, turning Alexander face once again. On the February 1 episode of Impact, Alexander and Young faced off against Icarus and Williams in a tag team match, which they lost as Young would turn on Alexander, siding with Icarus and Williams. On the February 13 episode of Impact!, Alexander was defeated by Young in what would be his last match in TNA. Alexander later officially announced his departure from TNA, ending his six-year tenure with the promotion.
On February 18, 2023, at Battle in the Valley, Alexander teamed with Máscara Dorada, Adrian Quest and Rocky Romero for an eight-man tag team match against Kushida, Volador Jr., Kevin Knight and The DKC in a losing effort. At Destruction In Ryōgoku, Alexander and the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) unsuccessfully challenged Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Tomohiro Ishii for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.
On May 10, 2025, at Northern Rising, Alexander defeated Q. T. Marshall. Later in the show, Alexander competed in and won a 20-man Gauntlet For The Gold to become the inaugural MLP Canadian Champion. On July 5 at MLP Resurrection, Alexander successfully defended his title agaisnt Ace Austin in his first title defense.
Alexander revealed on Twitter in May 2021 that he wears amateur wrestling–styled headgear after developing a serious case of cauliflower ear in 2013 that resulted in the temporary amputation of his left ear to remove scar tissue; he wore the headgear to protect the ear after it was reattached. Although Alexander does not need the headgear now, he has continued to wear it.
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