Joe Hendry Says He Can Make A Strong Argument That He Should Be Next In Line To Wrestle John Cena

Does John Cena believe?

John Cena officially announced at Money in the Bank that he would be retiring from the WWE at the end of 2025. He is set to compete in the Royal Rumble, potentially the Elimination Chamber, but he truly and most importantly wants to compete at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas, Nevada for his final Mania match of all time.

During the The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, internet sensation and TNA wrestler, Joe Hendry made a strong argument why he should face Cena next.

“I’ve seen things happen in my life that have got no business happening. I started amateur wrestling at 26 years old, and I became a two-time national champion just because I believed that I was going to run through the competition. Lord knows how I did it, but it happened. I’ve had this happen where there’s things in my life that have no business happening, and there’s something that Dorian Yates said, he said, ‘Why not me?’ I’m kind of in that mindset. So I told this story about John Cena, and then I just kept seeing John Cena, kept seeing John Cena. Then I saw something about, ‘Oh, he’s rumored to wrestle at next [WrestleMania]. Then I thought to myself, ‘Well, Jordynne [Grace] did the Rumble.’ I’m looking at the reaction, I’m saying, ‘The gap from where I am right now to facing John Cena is smaller than the gap that I’ve taken to get here.’ I’m thinking, ‘Why the hell not?’ My clip is WWE’s biggest clip on X this year. So I know I’m bringing something to the table and I’m doing great business for TNA and WWE. I really believe I’m being a great soldier for both of them right now. So I’m gonna trust myself to be bold and say why can I not put my name in the hat to be the next person that wrestles John Cena? Why not? Because things happen in the business that have never happened before all the time, and I feel I can make a strong argument to do it,” he said.

Cena plans to return for one final run after this year’s Christmas. There is no word yet on who will be wrestling him when he does come back to the WWE for his retirement tour.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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