Joe Hendry claims ‘NXT was one of the most difficult challenges’ in his career
Joe Hendry discussed challenges he faced on NXT and gearing up for his transition to WWE.
On the latest episode of the Insight Podcast, Hendry talked about his transition from TNA to NXT and the challenges he faced in his development as a wrestler. He praised having the opportunity to work under Terry Taylor, Shawn Michaels and Triple H’s guidance.
“I mean, so NXT was one of the most difficult challenges I’ve had in my career and one of the best phases that I’ve had in terms of my growth and development as a wrestler. And I’m lucky that I’ve had the chance to work with. And like you say, Shawn Michaels, Terry Taylor, Triple H, because each of them have different approaches to wrestling. You can learn things from that like Shawn has this, he has this constant pursuit of excellence and this standard that obviously, in ring Shawn is like as good as it gets. He wants to hold you to that standard.”
Hendry appreciated Triple H’s efforts on the main roster’s success, and ability to perceive things from audiences’ perspective.
“And then to go to the main roster and learn from Triple H there’s genius in all three that I’ve mentioned and there’s many geniuses in WWE and in wrestling. But those three to me are definitely geniuses in wrestling.”
“The great thing about working with Triple H is what he’s really good at is he can see the entire picture, the entire show of Raw within WWE and entertainment as a whole. And what I might just be thinking about, I’m just making this song and I’m going to put this joke here and this joke here. He’s able to not just see it through my eyes, but see it through the audience’s eyes and go, sure, totally get that.”
He stated interest in targeting the Intercontinental Championship as a response to fan’s query on which WWE Title he would like to pursue on the main roster
“I’m very grateful and I’m just blown away by the amount of knowledge I’ve been able to gain in such a short space of time. I feel like now I’m in a phase where I feel like if I just commit to entertaining the audience as best as I can and doing the absolute best job I can, all those things that I want will come to me. That said, Intercontinental Championship, please.”
Hendry became popularized on TNA before the promotion’s crossover feuds with NXT. He signed with WWE in 2025 and was officially moved to Raw in April this year.
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