Joe Hendry's WWE NXT Appearance Does HUGE Numbers

Say his name and he appears... and does BIG numbers.

by Andrew Pollard
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Say his name and he appears...

Having indeed appeared on this week's NXT broadcast, Joe Hendry has done some pretty darn impressive numbers for WWE across their socials in the past day or so.

By this point, Joe's arrival in NXT is the most-liked video on WWE's X account since WrestleMania 40, clocking in at over 85,000 likes and having been viewed over 6.2 million times. Until this morning, it was the Wyatt Sick6's Raw debut that was the most-liked post-'Mania 40 video post, with that now sitting at 83,000 likes - although the reintroduction of Uncle Howdy with his new crew has garnered 8.4 million views.

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As for WWE's YouTube channel, this same video (at the time of writing) has 417,000 views, which is extremely strong when the majority of other clips from this week's NXT episode have around 50,000-60,000 views.

On this topic, Fightful Select reports that those within NXT were "very happy" at the reaction Joe Hendry received, with the charismatic Scot expected to make more appearances for the brand in the future.

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From the TNA side, Fightful adds how they were happy to see Hendry's ongoing story with Frankie Kazarian continue on NXT TV. Of course, it was Kaz who eliminated Joe from the show's opening battle royal after barely 90 seconds, following multiple stars immediately targeting and attacking the Local Hero.

In case you missed it, our own Adam Wilbourn carried a fantastic interview with Joe Hendry earlier this month, which you can find below:

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