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Joseph Spivak (born October 11, 1999) is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Tank Ledger. He is one-half of Hank and Tank with Hank Walker, where they are former NXT Tag Team Champions.
Spivak was a defensive lineman for the Northwestern Wildcats from 2017 to 2021. He would win the Music City Bowl in 2017, the Holiday Bowl in 2018 and the Citrus Bowl in 2021. He only played in one of the three finals which was the 2021 Citrus Bowl. Spivak was also on the Wuerffel Trophy watchlist in 2021.[1][2]
On August 16, 2022, Spivak signed with professional wrestling promotion WWE as part of its new Next In Line program to develop college athletes into potential WWE wrestlers.[5][6] Spivak, going under the ring name Tank Ledger, made his in-ring debut on the October 14, 2022 (taped on October 11) episode of NXT Level Up, teaming with Ikemen Jiro to defeat Bryson Montana and Duke Hudson.[7]
In March 2023, Ledger began teaming with Hank Walker as Hank and Tank.[8] On December 14, 2024, at an event of Reality of Wrestling (ROW), Hank and Tank won the ROW Tag Team Championship, and they lost the titles on March 8, 2025, holding the title for 84 days.[9] On April 15 episode of NXT, Hank and Tank won the tag team gauntlet match to become the number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT Stand & Deliver.[10][11] At the event, Hank and Tank defeated Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.[12]
