Joe Hendry believes in Matt Cardona.
One of the most popular stars in professional wrestling of the current era is Joe Hendry. It seems like everyone believes in him. But Hendry recently shared that the person he believed in was Matt Cardona.
While speaking on a recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast, Joe Hendry revealed that he took inspiration from Matt Cardona and his “Z! True Long Island Story” web series. Hendry looked up to him and implemented similar ideas as Cardona.
“Matt is the original. Matt is someone I look up to in a lot of ways and so he definitely laid out the blueprint for a lot of this mad behavior that I’m doing,” Hendry said. “I think that what I’ve been doing for a long time is coming up with the best, most … I’m trying to come up with the most creative ideas possible. So, for example, if I’ve got an opponent, [I’m thinking] what’s the funniest song I can make? What’s the funniest promo I can do? And all that.”
Hendry also mentioned that he always deploys his ideas when the time is right.
“I’ve been basically taking ideas that I’ve had and deploying them when the time is right. For example, the entrance as well, I released the entrance because it was going mega-viral on TikTok, and I knew it was the right time. So, it’s the element of timing,” Joe Hendry said. [H/T WrestlingINC.]
Recently, the NXT Universe chanted his name and he appeared to kick off NXT last week. He was part of the Battle Royal to determine Trick Williams’ next challenger.
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