If someone went back in time and told Joe Hendry at first of 2024 that he would have turn out to be a viral sensation, won the TNA World Championship, and crossed over to WWE for featured spots in Premium Live Event major events, Royal Rumble appearances, and a spot on the WrestleMania card, he probably would have called that person crazy. Nonetheless, all of that has come true, to the purpose where some people imagine he needs to be considered one of the chosen few to have a match with John Cena before the present Undisputed WWE Champion retires. Hendry was a recent guest on the “Battleground” podcast, where he admitted that due to the very fact a match with Cena is feasible, the one way it would not occur is that if Hendry messes up.
“Showing up within the [Royal] Rumble was crazy, but when I’d have told you in March ‘Hey, I’ll wrestle Randy Orton at WrestleMania in featured singles match,’ that may have sounded pretty crazy right? Does me wrestling John Cena sound that crazy? It’s within the realm of possibility. If it happens, it’s because I did all the pieces I used to be imagined to do. If it doesn’t occur, it’s because I dropped the ball, and like I said, that is already happened once this yr, cannot let it occur again.”
The dropped ball Hendry mentioned was a reference to him recently losing the TNA World Championship to Trick Williams on the Battleground Premium Live Event on May 25, a loss that in turn marked the primary occasion in history where a WWE contracted wrestler had held TNA’s top prize. Nonetheless, Hendry will get the possibility to redeem himself when he gets his rematch against Williams in TNA’s Slammiversary pay-per-view on July 20.
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