Joe Hendry

Say his name and he appears! Joe Hendry joins Austin IN STUDIO for an awesome interview

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Babby all right, guys, you hear that music that means
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(00:43):
studio with a very special guest today is one of
the hottest up and coming stars in wrestling, TNA Impact Superstar.
You can also find him sometimes on WWE's NXT as well.
That's just telling you how big that TNA is getting there,
just getting their face on everything. And speaking of face,
we have one of the best faces in all wrestling

(01:06):
right now. Say his name and he appears. Joe Hendry
is here. How you doing, my friend, I'm doing very well.
Thank you, Thanks for having me in Dude nine a problem.
It's very gracious that you decided to show up and
do your whole tour today. You just got into town today, correct, Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Literally just off the plane, started the media day, and
here we are and.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
You're already soaking it up with kind of getting confused
with the whole downtown four Street Live experience. So that
makes you probably about one third of a louisvillion. So
congratulations on that. Take that for how you will so Louisville.
I don't know if you've really noticed or taken it in.
In Kentucky especially, it's known for three things, right, you
got bourbon, basketball and horse racing. You're you a fan

(01:45):
of any of those three things.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
So I don't really drink. Okay, say I don't really
drink because I don't drink until someone one of my
colleagues just won't shut up, and then I'll go, okay,
I'll have one beer. I wonder, so I end up
having probably I would say four beers a year, gotcha.
Ben usually doesn't make it, But I will say if
I do happen to be on one of the days
where I will sample a drink and I'm in Louisville,

(02:10):
I will try bur That's a great time.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
There's so many different distilleries down here, Angels, Envy, you
could check out a whole bunch of things. It's down here,
actually in the downtown area. So we already learned one
thing about you. You already succumb easily to peer pressure.
So if you want to get Joe Hendry to drink,
all you gotta do is.

Speaker 1 (02:25):
Just a love. Just before we start, he goes, hey,
it's it's not a gut chet. It's not anything like that.
We're about two minutes in and here we go.

Speaker 2 (02:32):
I mean, listen, we are the baby faces. But Billy
will call me the heel of the podcast, so I
don't I don't know where he gets that from. Maybe
I like the poking prod a little bit. But we're
here to talk about the very special occasion that you're
in here. We're talking TNA impact emergence. It's going down
right are my stomping grounds over there in the Highlands,
Paris Town Old Forester, Paris Town Hall. Kind of talk

(02:54):
us through what that event's gonna be. Like, it's a
two night event, but night one is already sold out
this Friday, so that Lee's very limited room for Saturday.
Talk to me about hawckcited you are to perform here
in Lowville, especially at a Paris town Hall. It's really
one of the coolest venues. We have all sorts of
rock concerts, everything down their parties. It's a great time.

(03:15):
What are you looking forward to most when you wrestle
this weekend.

Speaker 1 (03:19):
I'm very much looking forward to it. As you mentioned,
we're sold out on the Friday, which is amazing, and
it's something that is is very common for us. Now.
We're on a really hot streak heat at tna I,
we have been for a while now and I'm very
excited to be a part of that. So Friday, like
I say, has sold out. It's going to be an
amazing show. We've got, you know, our roster top to

(03:41):
mom is just absolutely unbelievable. You've got you know, household names,
You've got legends, Like on Friday, I'm going to be
teaming with the Hardy's, you know, which is just you know,
I said this once before, but when I was young,
I only had like ten wrestling Action figures and two
of them were making Jeff you know. So it's wow
for me to be tagging with with them, and Santana's

(04:02):
going to be joining me in that match as well
against the System. Obviously we've got the world title on
the line as well. But here's here's the thing. So
the Saturday is not yet sold out, and I tell
people they always make the mistake because I can't tell
you how many days something awesome is being dropped on
the on the taping. So you're gonna see all the

(04:22):
all the action for TV is what after the pay
per view is what you're gonna see on the on
the Saturday. So I would say people, avoid disappointment. You're
gonna love the show. And like I said, there's lots
of cool things that happen on that Saturday as well
that you won't want to miss.

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Yeah, I mean, I think you just kind of laid
it down nicely. Anything can happen at these shows because
you're not only just setting up what's going on that day,
but you can also be taping and setting the footwork
for whatever may come after that. And you mentioned Matt
and Jeff and all these tons of legends. Heck, you
have a nickname it that's made its way down there,
and especially since a Slammiversary pay per view not too

(04:58):
long ago. And I know this is something because we've
had TNA wrestlers on in the past, what's that morale
kind of been like in the locker room. I know
that you guys have had the partnership with WWE, and
that's helped you out a lot, But even before that,
T and A Impact was kind of making a resurgence
back and it's starting to gain a lot more respect
from wrestling fans all around the country. That just only,

(05:20):
of course, pay attention to the two main promotions, if
you will, So if you can kind of talk about
what everybody's mental is like in that locker room, what's
what's kind of the vibe, and how does everybody feel
about kind of spearheading this next generation of TNA Impact.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
Well, I think that what we're proving at old times
is that TNA talent are up there with with the
very best. You know, you would put people on our
roster against anybody. You know, if you look at what
we've been doing. You mentioned the ww affiliation that we've been,
there's been there's been awesome. If you look at the

(05:57):
performance that Jordan put on when she was in the Rumble,
look at the spot that I'm in, you know this
Sunday at No Mercy, it's like to be. That's a
testament for what we as a roster can bring to
the table, you know. And I would put our stars
against any promotion in the world. So it's very exciting
where you can have you know, different promotions working together.
But as you said, the buzz has been going on

(06:19):
for quite a long time now. We've been building up slowly,
but surely. We've just been working so hard to get
TNA to where we want it to go and to
continue to grow. So you know, you can go back
to Hard to Kill in Vegas, which is just you know,
an incredible event for us, but I think you can
go back further than that as well. You know, There's
been lots of little moments where I've just felt something like,

(06:40):
for example, we were in Philadelphia in June. I think
perhaps maybe May May June, that sort of type, and
I remember just feeling something a little different in the
air as well. That was like another step. Yeah, just
when the you know, hey, the attendance is up, the
energies up, like people are really excited for TNA wrestling.
When I look back at the rest and I used
to enjoy I used to have a video iPod and

(07:02):
it had space for one match that was was Kurt
Angle versus Samoa Dule Yeah, from TENA Wrestling, and I
believe it's two thousand and six. Yeah, So that to
think about that, you know, and know that I'm here
in the company in the position that I mean is
pretty well, it is awesome.

Speaker 2 (07:19):
Yeah, I mean you you just kind of mentioned well,
the first thing I want to mention that writ down
is you just mentioned buzz. That's something that TNA has
had for a very long time now. We've had Jordan
Grace and Josh Alexander on in the past, and they
weren't too bullish on saying we have some of the
best talent in wrestling and you should be watching TNA
Impact and I one hundred percent you know, agree with them.

(07:41):
And you just mentioned the Kurt Angle and uh Samoa Joe. Wow,
did you have to really mention how old I feel
right now? The video iPods man, that was greaty. Some
of Kurt Angle's best work probably came in TNA during
those days. So it's just something about that TNA that
sort of allows you to be who you are and
really kind of get yourself over if you can kind
of talk about that, especially you man, I mean that

(08:02):
I believe in Joe Hendry. You talk about the buzz
ever since this past spring and really kind of making
a bigger name for yourself. I know, respect to you've
been wrestling all around the world. What has that buzz
like been for you personally? To have everything catch on
your persona get your entrance music itself has charted on
UK charts and has made Apple iTunes and stuff like that.

(08:25):
What's that wave been like for you to ride over
the last few months?

Speaker 1 (08:29):
Just to give an example, I remember when I came
back to TNA and this is this is when I
just started again on the run and on now with
TNA wrestler. I remember talking to management. They were like,
we think the fans are going to be pretty excited
for you being here, and I was like, guys, I
was like, old your respect. I was at a wrestling
convention earlier this year. I wasn't getting recognized. People didn't
know who I was. I think we're starting from from

(08:51):
from the bottom here, so I just don't I don't
want to raise your expectations too high. And I walked
out and about for glory and the place went nuts.
That led to me getting a long term deal with TNA,
But it was that support and that energy from the
fans that I've genuinely felt from day one. I feel
like for me personally, I've had to fight, scratch and
claw for every moment that I'm having right now. I've

(09:14):
you know, anybody who knows me and has seen the
work that I've put in with the videos and but
even beyond that, just like constantly trying to improve my
craft and you know, be a professional and do things
to contribute to the company. Like I've I've fought, scratched
and claw for everything, Claude for everything that I've got
right now. But I'm in I'm very lucky to be
in a spot where i can be creative. I've I've

(09:36):
got like a great bond with the fans as well,
like the energy in the buildings. It's just you have
to see t and a wrestling life experience.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
So when you come up with when you have the
I believe in Joe Henry and you have your in
ring persona and you just kind of mentioned it's exciting.
I've always just kind of thought that when you're trying
to find something that you know, the sticks and resonate
with the fans, is that's something that you're nervous about
when you first bring that, Like you just kind of think,
how are the fans going to receive this? I know
you put a lot of work into your character or

(10:07):
your entrance stuff like that. What kind of goes through
your mind when you're about to kind of make another run,
as you know, kind of being more of yourself rather
than just like a caricature.

Speaker 1 (10:19):
So with with my entrance theme, it's I I think
I subscribe to the methodology that rather than you know,
looking in the mirrored and Sandyrd affirmations, it's like build
a body of work that is undeniable, that it means
you are who you say you are, prove it to
yourself that you are who you are you are. So

(10:40):
for me, that's what it's been. I'm not kind of thinking, oh, man,
like you know, what is the reaction going to be.
It's like at this point, it's like I'm just excited
to go out there and let what Bill be. You know,
It's like that, And that's the thing that's amazing. If
at Rest and the fans will let you know what
they like and what they don't like. If I walk
out tomorrow and never it starts a boom Mabel. Then

(11:01):
you know either either you can go, you know, oh man,
that's you can be sad about it, or you can say,
maybe there's an opportunity here. It's like so it's a
constant back and forth with the fan base in professional wrestling,
and I enjoy that and enjoy the challenge of that,
and that, to me, that's what makes professional wrestle in
a unique art form, is that back and forth, that
relationship with the audience and the performers. And I think that,

(11:24):
you know, TNA wrestling for me, is such an awesome
show because there's there's something for everyone. So if you
are a fan of entertainment in general, there's gonna be
something for you. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (11:35):
Sure, you just mentioned that entertainment wrestling It's always went
hand in hand, right, And I feel like, well, I
don't think you have to worry about people booing you
for a while. You are one of the people. I mean,
you're your NXT debut when just kind of hearing the
performance center go a little crazy as soon as they
hear that theme song, And like I said, it's very
character driven. I believe in Joe Hendry. How did that

(11:56):
Moniker come about and what all went into going with
that and just kind of going with that character.

Speaker 1 (12:02):
Well, I just reverse engineered what I wanted to happen.
I recognized from when I started in the business that
it's all about audience participation, and I thought, how can
people participate while they're sitting or standing in an arena?
And I was like, well, they can wave their hands,
they can clap their hands, and they can sing, and you know,
I would quite like them to believe in Joe Henry.
So I created this song that is basically it gets

(12:23):
it instructs everyone to do to do just that. So, yeah,
reverse engineered it from what wanted to happen. And I was,
you know, I was obsessed with music, like all day
every day, just wross songs, playing music for ten years.
So I believe that I'm a very good songwriter. And
that's why when you know TNA or like anybody in

(12:44):
management or whatever, or if something comes up an opportunity,
I see, you know, the day before I can go,
yeah we can have a song for tomorrow. Yeah. I
just I feel really confident that I'm in a small
club of people who can do that.

Speaker 2 (12:56):
Sure, And you would say, I mean definitely. Joe Hendry
is over and we hate using a little inside terms
like that because we're not wrestlers.

Speaker 1 (13:04):
We are Murky, we are.

Speaker 2 (13:06):
Mark podcast baby face. That's that's true. Once again, I
am the U. Okay, Okay, I guess. I guess when
me and Billy are kind of in it together and
we don't have a a jacked superstar sitting in front
of us, we kind of actually that to like where
we're one of the boys or something like that. It's
more or less me because Billy shout out to you
if you're listening somewhere. He always calls me the heel

(13:27):
of the group. I'm just kind of nasty to some
people online. They really kind of get out. I just other,
I like to say, other marks. And we just had
Mavin Huffman on not too long ago, and I always
try to tell.

Speaker 1 (13:38):
He he is killing it. He is. I know how
YouTube works, and I'm telling you good for Yeah, he is.
He is awesome.

Speaker 2 (13:46):
And I remember watching him as a little kid, and
I brought up to him that my girlfriend always digs
at me and calls me a mark and I hate
that term because I love wrestling. And then I just
had to break it down to Maven and he said,
what do you love about wrestling? And I start telling
him and he said, well, kind of sounds like you're
a mark. And I'm like, well, I kind of guess
I'm right with that. So there's just a lot of
times I you know, I'm a shock jock. I like

(14:08):
to do shocking whatever I can get to for for
some people just to write me back or yell at me.
I've been blocked by some people, but that's fine, you know,
it's a free world. One of the things that one
of the things that I'm amazed about and I always have
been amazed about. And you could just look at yourself
right now. I mean, you look like an actual wrestler.

(14:28):
You have a very fun character, and you have something
that gets the crowd involved. But beyond that, you're an
intense competitor. What's it like separating like the humor aspect
of what you have and getting the fans into it,
to translating into the ring and just kind of showing
that you are the real deal That that was.

Speaker 1 (14:44):
A real challenge actually, And it's funny because I was
talking to someone on the on I was talking to
someone on the roster and we were talking about you
know who we were on the show, and yeah, people
don't know that I actually, at the age of twenty six,
I did amateur wrestling. I won, you know, the British

(15:07):
Championship in freestyle Ane Greco, So I do actually have that,
but I just I was finding a disconnect between that
intensity and who I was in the songs and the videos.
So now I think I've finally found a place where
Actually the challenge that I was given by TNA management
was to how can you carry the reactions that you're

(15:28):
getting from your entrance songs and the videos and bring
them into the matches. Yeah, and now they're there and
I get it now. By the time when you're learning
that and you're trying to become a better performer, you
don't know the answers. It's like in the film The Matrix.
It's like before you can you know, start dodging bullets
and things like that, it's it's slow mo. Yeah, it's
almost like I've ever played Metroid Yes, so you know

(15:48):
when at the end of the games, when you have
all the add ons and all that and you just
breathe through the game, it seemed like a challenge you
go through the areas that seemed like a challenge before. Yeah,
and now you're just ripping, just running right past. You've
got all the add ons, you've got the equipment. That's
kind of how it feels now. Like I look back
to where I was six months ago, a year ago,
and I was thinking, I just felt like I had

(16:08):
this something you know, wasn't fully clicking. I just had
this this problem to solve. But I just genuinely, I'm
just so committed to being better and being the best
that I can be forty in a wrestling I don't
believe that I can be a leader forty and a
wrestling not just with the like you know, with what
I'm doing on the show, but also like I do
feel that I've learned throughout all this, I've learned a

(16:30):
lot about promotion and content, about audience reaction. I think
that I can contribute a lot. And that's because I've
never just like I could have just coasted on my
entrance in the character. But you know, like I say,
I've been, you know, I've been in the performance center. Yeah,
training every day, you know, to try and get better

(16:50):
this even I'm thirty six, but I'm still training every year.

Speaker 2 (16:53):
Thirty six now way, yeah, I hope I look like
you when I'm thirty three years old. Dude, holl are you.
I just turned thirty one. So I think if I
in the next couple of years, if I have some
good muscles and I have a crowd of people chant
my name and singing my theme song, I'll always kind
of remember to come back and say, Joe hendry Man,
he really did inspire me. It keeps you young, yeah,

(17:15):
it really does well. I mean, you're still very young
in the business. You still have even though you've wrestled
all across the world. One of the things I like
to ask on this show and just kind of getting
into wrestling. I know that you mentioned the uh watching
Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe on your iPod back in
the day. Were those two of like your main focal
influences in wrestling or as you've gone along, who's been

(17:35):
some of your biggest influences in the business.

Speaker 1 (17:38):
So I've wrestled kerr Angle. I was very fortunate to
wrestle ker Angle because someone on Twitter asked me who's
your dream match, and the answer it gave was my
dream program is with the Rock and my dream matches
with Kerr Angle, and Kerr actually DMS me after it
and so really yeah, and said, I know who you are.
You're young in the business. I don't think you're ready yet,
but if you put in the work, maybe I'll give

(17:59):
you the man one day. Yeah. And then the opportunity
came up when he had finished up with TNA. Did
you know, maybe like five indies and I was lucky
enough to be to be one of them. So and
it was there, I was, I was sitting there. The
matches on internet pay per view. It's the main event
has been commentated on live by Jim Ross and Jim Cornell.
You know, it's pretty and you're in the main event

(18:21):
with Kurt Angle, you know it's pretty well. To me,
ability wise, Kurt Angle is the best of all time, sure,
and I just absolute best because if you look at
he's capable of having a five star match and that
and to be honest with you, that in itself is
what makes me question the star rating system. Yeah, if

(18:41):
you're going to turn around and tell me that Kurt
Angle hasn't had a five star match, then you're using
the wrong system. Yeah, quite frankly, that Yeah, that's that's
just it as far as I'm concerned. But so Kurt Angle,
you know, was when he was in his prime, in
my view, the best in ring competitor in the business. Yeah,
but the same guy could go back with a ukulele

(19:02):
and a tiny hat and you know, he could make
fun of himself. He could be the wrestling machine. When
he was in ECW, he was you know, he was
in the main event Mafia on TNA. I had that
moment when he hit in TNA, when he that's that's
probably my favorite moment in wrestling ever, Kurt headbutts Samoa Jue.
It's just what is going on because wrestling's at his

(19:23):
best when anything can happen, sure, and that moment just
felt like I can't believe this is happening. And actually
I have never really thought about it this way back
kind of what I'm doing right now. I'm not saying
it's on that scale, but it kind of feels a
little bit like that. It's like anything could happen in
wrestling right now, and I feel that it genuinely could.
TNA is a huge part of that. So there's Kurt

(19:44):
and the Rock was the reason I got into the business,
and yes, so again. And I was in a WW
put out a list of their they said it was
on YouTube. It said the ten best entrances in WW
right now, and I was number nine in the rock
was right too, And I just thought to myself, Wow,
I just yeah, I just it's it's pretty awesome to

(20:07):
be having and also for for TNA to allow me
to grow like that as a performer and to go
different places and to trust me to represent the company, sure,
and to give me that freedom to do it. It's
I'm very thankful for it, very thankful. Sure.

Speaker 2 (20:24):
And you know kind of sort of similar background, almost
amateur background as card Angle. Did you get the seal
of approval from them once you had your match or anything?
Then he kind of told you like, yeah, think you
got it kid. Is is there something that he kind
of said resonate with you?

Speaker 1 (20:37):
Yes? So, I actually I started amateur wrestling after it
started professional wrestling. I started amateur wrestling at twenty six, Yeah,
pretty late. So I was very proud of myself for
getting two national titles in that older agent. But in
terms of like pro wrestling, Kurt did tell me he
was like he told me he was just like he
was like whatever. He was like, you've got it. He

(20:58):
was like, you're you're going to be something in this business.
And I remember seeing a podcast this is like a
couple of years ago, where he was saying, I just
you know, I really thought that kid was gonna be huge,
I don't know what. And the host was like, well,
he's actually just signed to TNA, and then and then
Kurt was like, oh, that's really cool. And then I
saw another clip where Kurt was talking about the success

(21:21):
I'm having now and he's like this should he was
saying it should have happened a while ago, like I
can't remember the exact wording, but he was. I felt
like I when I met Kurt before I came back,
because I met Kurt just before I came back to TNA,
and I just felt like I'd let him down, you
know what I mean, Like he gave me that match,
and I felt like, man, I've not done enough with this.

(21:43):
I've not done enough yet. What my good? You know.
And at the time, I'm like thirty one, thirty two, Yeah,
I've just been released from from Ring of Honor and
you know, nothing's happening, and I'm going, man, I feel
like I've I feel like I've let him down. So
to be able to prove Kurt Angle right with what
I'm doing now in TNA Wrestling's is a great feeling.
And I'm really looking forward to I believe there might

(22:06):
be an event that we're both boot on coming up actually,
so I like and in the event or a sighting
or something we're both on. So I'm really looking forward
to crossing paths with with Kurt.

Speaker 2 (22:16):
Yeah, it'd be almost like a full circle moment.

Speaker 1 (22:18):
And He's he's the greatest, Like, yeah, he's just he's awesome.
I couldn't have had a he just what an awesome
experience for wrestling him. Well, a great person, great human being.

Speaker 2 (22:30):
Yeah, And you know, when I was a little kid
growing up watching the Attitude era with Kurt Angle, he
was just kind of thrust it in sort of like
the middle, sort of into the Attitude Era, and that
was when all the favorites like Stone Cold was kind
of getting a little bit older, Triple H and then
The Rock, so they had to bring in sort of
these new batches of superstars. Kurt Angle did his job
as a kid when I was a kid because I
hated him. It didn't take me till getting older and

(22:51):
understanding the business a little bit more as a more
mature fan to really understand, my goodness, what he meant
to the business and everything that he's done and learning
out his amateur background and wrestling. Pro wrestling is not
something that's really easy to kind of grasp. And he
had the hold of it from the character standpoint, you know,
like you said that the ukulele and the tiny cowboy hat,
he was hilarious, but it also folds you up into

(23:14):
a pretzel if you had so there's always been some
sort of like talks of him and brock Lesnar going
at it on an airplane and stuff like that. So,
and he's a physically imposing guy still in his older ages,
and it's great to see him doing great now. And
and I hope whenever you run into him again you
get the you just kind of get the more you
got it kid, And I'm pretty sure that he already
thinks that now. But I'm he might be looking forward

(23:35):
to meeting you now more than you're looking forward to
meeting him.

Speaker 1 (23:37):
Is that something weird to think about? That?

Speaker 2 (23:39):
I mean, I'll sell yourself short here, Joe. You have
a huge weekend coming up a couple more questions. Once again,
we're with TNA and PAC Superstar Joe Hendry Babyfaces Headquarters.
I appreciate you taking your time out of your busy
day to kind of help promote this show. It's going
down at the old Forester Paris town Hall. You said
are going to be teaming up with the Hearty Brother

(24:00):
and day after that you also have NXT No Mercy.
You are battling for the NXT Heavyweight Championship. Now what's
that sort of feel like? Can you imagine telling yourself
this six months ago?

Speaker 1 (24:12):
So I actually have there's one there's one more event
in there's three days, so I have the the the Friday,
We've got got the pay per view, We've got that.
It's sold out, by the way, which has sold out Emergence,
and then on Saturday, tickets are still available for TNA
s R. I'm doing both TNA shows and then I
will be going to Denver to compete for the NXT

(24:33):
Championship and actual workhorse ladies and gentlemen. I have to say, genuinely,
I was looking at my schedule and there was like
two weekends ago where like, like I say, trading at
the PC full Time NXT on Tuesday, TNY on Thursday.
In these and signings at the weekend, there was one
point where I was like, I have to be one
of the busiest wrestlers in the world, right, sure, Like
I have to be sure so And it's been is

(24:55):
I'm really thankful to all the fans who have met
thousands of fans like over the last couple of months.
It's been awesome. I've been very grateful for those opportunities
and just the support. Because when you do get into
a position like this, you do it, you do see
a lot more negative comments and things like that and
any anything. Those are the people that I'm arguing with online.

(25:18):
Well you should it's a waste of time. Yeah, give
your energy to the positive ones. That's right. That's a good,
good advice. And the thing is, the only comments that
really hurt are the ones that are true. Okay, And
you're maybe not always in a place where you want
to confront what's true. Sure, that's but being you know,
having more eyes on you that comes with it. So
when I do these signings and I just have you know,

(25:40):
fans coming up and like they make these little bracelet
things and support, like they draw me pictures like you know,
just you. It's just the positivity that I've got is
just it's been absolutely unbelievable. So I'm very grateful to
be in this position. And you know I would be
you know, it's again if you'd have told me this
was happening months ago. But that's that's when wrestling's ats best. Yeah,

(26:03):
Absolutely anything can happen. We're in a pdi of the
time where anything can happen. We're in an era where,
for example, we're in a situation where I could be
the first person ever to hold the NXT Championship yeah,
and the TNA World Championship. Yeah, and I think I've

(26:24):
put myself in a very strong position to do that.

Speaker 2 (26:27):
What do you think that that would mean for TNA
Impact to bring a WWE NXT belt over and start
having to be shown on Anthem Sports and then you're
the forefront of that and you are the guy that's
carrying another promotion, especially like WWE nxts. What do you
think that would mean for TNA?

Speaker 1 (26:45):
Well, when you say so, I think that I would
argue that I that I am the guy in TNA
right now. I don't have the World Championship. But I'm sorry,
but I am doing business for you, and I deserve
that shot at the championship. You know, it's it's my
time to get a fair shot at it. I feel

(27:05):
I didn't you know, it was the six man Championship
title match at s Amniversary. I feel like I perhaps
wasn't given a fair shot. I have not had a
one on one championship title match for the TNA World
Championship yet, nor the NXT Championship. I will say this,

(27:25):
but in an era where absolutely anything can happen, and
that is is when it's it's most fun, you know.
And and here's the thing. A lot of people are
saying it's impossible. Again, this would have me even like
showing up in another company would have felt impossible, you know,
six months ago or something like that. Yeah, you gotta
go back to December and see where I was and

(27:47):
see where I am now. Please tell me it's impossible,
because I just I love it, because I love it
when people tell me it's impossible and then we go, well,
it turns out it's not.

Speaker 2 (27:56):
Yeah, a couple more questions and we'll get you out
of here. Joe Hendry Tnam Pack superstar. You can catch him.
He is a workhorse, ladies and gentlemen. He is going
to be busy this whole weekend. You got everything going
down at Old Forester's Paris Town Hall. We have to
see him in action with all sorts of legends in
the wrestling business. It's gonna be really, really fun when
we look forward to Sunday when we're talking about NXT
No Mercy. You were rudely interrupted by all ego Ethan

(28:21):
Page last night on NXT while you're cutting one of
your famous concerts, and now you kind of got another
interesting aspect thrown in another guy who has heat with
Ethan Page. You now have Trick Williams in there. Do
you feel like Trick will kind of level the score
in between? You think he'll call it fairly.

Speaker 1 (28:38):
I would rather have Trick in there than it just
be a regular match. Yeah, personally, that's where that's where
my mindset is right now. You know how it is
in the business. Don't trust anybody, but I have to say,
of older people that could have as the referee, I'm
glad the Trick is going to be in there to
maintain order.

Speaker 2 (28:56):
Yeah, and we're so looking forward to it. And you
could also find that on the Peacock app when you
go on a log in this weekend.

Speaker 1 (29:03):
It's one more question.

Speaker 2 (29:04):
We are a radio station and you are very much
in tune with your with your music side. If you
weren't into wrestling, you mentioned that you like music. You
think you'd be doing music? Would you be uh? Would
you be curating music? What do you think you'd be
doing if it wasn't for wrestling.

Speaker 1 (29:20):
So my three areas of interest are professional wrestling, music,
and fighting. Yeah, so I would be doing I'd probably,
I'll be honest. I just I don't believe in you know,
multiple paths and timelines and what if and all that,
because I think you live life once. Life is a journey.

(29:43):
You have to be open to the random nature of
how life unfolds and be grateful for the journey. And
this is it. Yeah, one shot at life. And you know,
I was a musician for ten years. I'm sure I
wasn't like super successful, but then I guess, you know,
I guess I have had a charted single, chart and single.

Speaker 2 (30:00):
So we need to get that played on our radio
stations forever, big weeks.

Speaker 1 (30:03):
It's listening. I'll take the royalties. Yeah, we'll find out
how to do that. Well.

Speaker 2 (30:07):
Well, here in radio they pay you with food or
some sort of tickets to country concerts. But we could
work that out for you some other way. We do
believe in Joe Hendry. We appreciate everything that you do
for the business, for you putting your body on the line,
your hard work, time away from family and stuff like that.
Certainly appreciate you taking the time out of your day
now now that you have this life changing platform on

(30:27):
the Baby Faces podcast on iHeartRadio. Is there anybody that
you'd like to thank you give a shout out to
along your journey or what you're looking forward to, what's
next for Joe Henry after this weekend.

Speaker 1 (30:39):
I'm thankful for the fans, is what I would say. Yeah,
because ultimately they are the if you really boil it down,
they are the catalyst for everything that's happened for me.
You know, if I make my entrance and they weren't
going crazy, then none of this would be happening. So
it's like I say, it's that relationship with the with

(30:59):
the and the fans. If it wasn't for it takes
all of us. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't
be doing one, dude, So I'm very grateful for the
support of the event.

Speaker 2 (31:08):
Absolutely well. Once again, we thank you, and you're just
sitting with you this last half an hour. I know
we said we go fifteen minutes. Sorry about that, but
I can get the gap, and dude, I could get
the talking and talking. Billy will attribute to that just
as well. But I can see that you are very
humble and that you are very respected in the business.
And if anything were to happen and the fans weren't

(31:28):
cheering you once your music hit, then I have full
confidence that you'd make away to run with that and
still remain relevant in the business because I think that
you are one of the youngest bride of superstars up
and coming today. We're excited to see what you do
this weekend and going forward, because you never know. A
couple months away is the World Rumble, and that's a
couple hours away from here in Indianapolis, and you never

(31:49):
know what's going to go on in wrestling. You never
know where're gonna see Joe Hendry or you got to
say his name and he will appear. You are listening
to the baby Faces podcast on iHeartRadio. Thanks, thank you guys,
thank you Joe for coming out.

Speaker 1 (32:02):
Thank you