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. Additionally, he makes appearances for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), where he is the inaugural and current MLP Canadian Champion, and serves as the head coach of the MLP Academy. He is also 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 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 and sign with AEW that April.
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Professional wrestling career
Independent circuit (2005–2024)
Josh Alexander was trained to wrestle by Johnny Devine. He debuted in 2005. He then started his career on the regional Canadian independent circuit. He met fellow wrestler Ethan Page in the Alpha-1 promotion in Ontario in 2010, where the two became close friends. A year later, they formed the tag team Monster Mafia where they wrestled for various promotions including Ring of Honor (ROH) and AAW Wrestling. In 2013 he suffered a neck injury during an AAW match. After taking time off to heal, he returned to action. A few months after, he reinjured his neck during a ROH tryout match with ReDRagon. He had herniated a disk so he would have his C5–C6 vertebrae fused to fix the injury. However, he did not take time off during this time and kept the injury a secret, not wanting to squander the opportunity to work with ROH.
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.
Impact Wrestling/Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2019–2025)
Alexander began appearing in Impact Wrestling in 2018 by making appearances on Xplosion as an enhancement talent against the likes of Killer Kross and Matt Sydal. In February 2019, Alexander signed a three-year contract with the promotion. Impact Wrestling subsequently hyped Alexander's debut with an online documentary made by Toronto-based filmmaker Glen Matthews. Alexander reformed with Ethan Page under the name The North, as they defeated El Reverso and Sheldon Jean on the April 12 episode of Impact! while subsequently establishing himself as a heel. The North teamed up with Moose to defeat The Rascalz in a six-man tag team match at Rebellion, marking Alexander's pay-per-view debut in Impact.
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 Rhino 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.
Following the departure of Ethan Page, Alexander returned to singles competition. He faced Brian Myers at the Hard To Kill pre-show in a losing effort, turning face in the process. On the January 19 episode of Impact!, Alexander cemented his face turn when he confronted Ace Austin backstage. He was subsequently assaulted by Austin and Madman Fulton until new signee Matt Cardona came to even the odds. This culminated in a tag team match the following week, where Alexander and Cardona emerged victorious.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2021–2023)
Alexander made his debut for New Japan Pro-Wrestling on the June 18, 2021, episode of NJPW Strong and defeated Alex Coughlin. On the April 9, 2022 episode of Strong, Alexander defeated Karl Fredericks. On April 16 at Windy City Riot, Alexander teamed with Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin, Ren Narita and Chris Dickinson defeated Team Filthy (Royce Isaacs, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos, Black Tiger and Danny Limelight).
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.
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (2024–present)
On October 19, 2024, Alexander made his debut for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP) on Night 1 of their inaugural event Forged in Excellence, teaming with El Phantasmo and Stu Grayson to defeat Trevor Lee, Rocky Romero and Alex Zayne. On October 20 at Night 2 of the event, Alexander unsuccessfully challenged Konosuke Takeshita for the AEW International 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 Resurrection, Alexander successfully defended his title against Ace Austin in his first title defense. On March 27, 2026, Alexander announced that he would be undergoing knee surgery and would unable to be defend his title for an indefinite amount of time. As of result, an interim champion was crowned the next day at Uprising. On September 4, Alexander was announced as the head coach of the newly launched MLP Academy.
All Elite Wrestling (2025–present)
On April 16, 2025, Alexander made his All Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut at the Spring BreakThru special edition of Dynamite, being revealed as the wildcard participant in the men's bracket of the Owen Hart Cup against "Hangman" Adam Page, in which he lost. After the match, Alexander attacked Page under the orders of Don Callis, joining the Don Callis Family and establishing himself as a heel. On May 25 at Double or Nothing, Alexander teamed with stablemates Konosuke Takeshita and Kyle Fletcher to defeat Paragon (Adam Cole, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong). On the June 26 episode of Collision, Alexander accepted Adam Cole's open challenge for the AEW TNT Championship, but failed to win the title. On July 12 at All In, Alexander competed in the Casino Gauntlet match, which was won by MJF. On September 20 at All Out, Alexander teamed with stablemate Hechicero in a four-way Ladder match for the AEW World Tag Team Championships, but failed to win. At Full Gear on November 22, Alexander teamed with The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) to defeat Kenny Omega and Jurassic Express ("Jungle" Jack Perry and Luchasaurus) in a $1,000,000 Trios match.
On March 27, 2026, Alexander announced that he would be undergoing knee surgery and would be out indefinitely after suffering an injury during a match on Collision a week prior. Alexander returned on the September 2 episode of Dynamite, attacking Darby Allin and Steven Borden.
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2025–present)
Alexander made his Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) debut on the June 17, 2025 episode of Martes de Arena Mexico event, where he was defeated by Atlantis Jr.. On the February 20, 2026 episode of Viernes Espectacular, Alexander successfully defended his MLP Canadian Championship against Esfinge.
Personal life
Lemay has been married to fellow professional wrestler Jade Chung since 2016. Together they have two sons. In addition to his wrestling career, Lemay worked as a construction insulator until September 1, 2021.
Lemay revealed on Twitter in May 2021 that he wears amateur wrestling–styled headgear after injuring his left ear in 2013. At an Absolute Intense Wrestling show in Cleveland, he was hit in the ear severely enough that it "blew up off my head". The following day he was hit again in the ear where the "ear split in half, and it was like dangling down" requiring temporary amputation of his left ear to remove scar tissue. He bought a set of headgear in order to protect his ear at a match two weeks following, and was advised by Ethan Page to continue to wear the gear as "You look like a badass with it."
Championships and accomplishments
AAW Wrestling
AAW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
Jim Lynam Memorial Tournament (2019)
Absolute Intense Wrestling
AIW Absolute Championship (1 time)
JT Lightning Invitational Tournament (2016)
Alpha-1 Wrestling
A1 Alpha Male Championship (4 times)
A1 Zero Gravity Championship (1 time)
A1 Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tyson Dux and Gavin Quinn (1) and Ethan Page (1)
King Of Hearts (2018)
Capital City Championship Combat
C4 Championship (1 time)
C4 Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rahim Ali
Collective League Of Adrenaline Strength And Honor
CLASH Championship (1 time)
Cross Body Pro Wrestling Academy
CBPW Championship (2 times)
Deathproof Fight Club
DFC Championship (1 time)
Destiny World Wrestling