TNA's Moose: "Joe Hendry's On The Cusp Of Being The Next John Cena"

Despite promising to kick his ass at TNA Slammiversary, Moose has strong praise for Joe Hendry

by Andrew Pollard
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Having been fortunate to grab some time with TNA World Champion Moose yesterday ahead of TNA Slammiversary, one particular topic that came up was Joe Hendry.

Of course, not only is the charismatic Scot making waves and going viral at every turn these days, but he's someone who Moose has had several battles with and is someone who'll be challenging for the TNA World Title in a six-way elimination match at Slammiversary on 20 July.

When asked whether, despite their battles, he believes in Joe Hendy, Moose had plenty of praise for the Local Hero.

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"I think Joe Hendry's on the cusp of being the next John Cena. I know he's worked his butt off, he's worked his ass off. Just his story, just his journey shows you hard work pays off. There's a lot of people that don't know all the work Joe Hendry put in, all the questions he asked, him cornering some of the older guys in the locker room, asking them questions on how to be better, how to get better. I'm just happy that all those questions and all that hard work and everything he's done to get to the position he is, is actually paying off. To answer your question, I do believe in Joe Hendry, but I'm still gonna kick his ass [at TNA Slammiversary]"

Joe Hendy is just one of five men looking to dethrone Moose as TNA World Champion at Slammiversary in nine days, with Josh Alexander, Nic Nemeth, Steve Maclin, and Frankie Kazarian all also involved in that six-way contest.

Other topics discussed in this interview with Moose include plenty of Slammiversary talk, the TNA/NXT relationship and wanting to face NXT North American Champion Oba Femi, the Motor City Machine Guns' TNA departure, whether WWE or AEW is in his future, and whether there's a chance that TNA could return to the UK with a PPV.

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Keep your eyes on WhatCulture Wrestling on YouTube in the coming days for the full Moose interview.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.