Joe Hendry believes in Joe Hendry.
Joe Hendry drew big numbers on social media when he made his NXT debut on the June 18th episode of NXT. Hendry's appearance also has over a million views on YouTube.
Appearing on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, Hendry made his case as to why he could be a potential opponent for John Cena.
"I’ve seen things happen in my life that have got no business happening. I started amateur wrestling at 26 years old, and I became a two-time national champion just because I believed that I was going to run through the competition. Lord knows how I did it, but it happened. I’ve had this happen where there’s things in my life that have no business happening, and there’s something that Dorian Yates said, he said, ‘Why not me?’ I’m kind of in that mindset. So I told this story about John Cena, and then I just kept seeing John Cena, kept seeing John Cena. Then I saw something about, ‘Oh, he’s rumored to wrestle at next [WrestleMania]. Then I thought to myself, ‘Well, Jordynne [Grace] did the Rumble.’ I’m looking at the reaction, I’m saying, ‘The gap from where I am right now to facing John Cena is smaller than the gap that I’ve taken to get here.’ I’m thinking, ‘Why the hell not?’ My clip is WWE’s biggest clip on X this year. So I know I’m bringing something to the table and I’m doing great business for TNA and WWE. I really believe I’m being a great soldier for both of them right now. So I’m gonna trust myself to be bold and say why can I not put my name in the hat to be the next person that wrestles John Cena? Why not? Because things happen in the business that have never happened before all the time, and I feel I can make a strong argument to do it," he said.
Cena has said that he hopes to return to WWE for one last run after Christmas.
Elsewhere during the interview, Hendry commented on his "disruptive behavior." You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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