Details on Joe Hendry receiving a long-term deal from IMPACT.
Joe Hendry is coming off of a reign as IMPACT Wrestling Digital Media Champion. At over 260 days, Hendry is the longest-reigning holder of the title out of the six wrestlers that have held it. He dropped the title to Kenny King at Slammiversary.
It was in October 2022 at Bound For Glory where Hendry returned to the company. He shared on the ‘Wrestling is Life is Wrestling’ podcast that he was on a short-term deal to start. The day after Bound For Glory, he was in action at the TV taping and following his match against Jason Hotch, he was presented with a long-term contract offer.
I have to put over, I can’t put over Jason Hotch enough (for my first singles match back in IMPACT). He is such a Goddamn good worker and he made me look like a million bucks so, and again, it was the night after the big pay-per-view (Bound For Glory) as well and actually, we might be pulling the curtain back a bit here but I came back from that match — so we had the pay-per-view match, number one. Maybe as an agent, this will provide you (Deaner) with some pride. I was on a very short-term deal. Literally came back through the curtain and they told me, ‘We’re tearing up your deal and you’re getting a long-term deal.’ It was on the spot.
Staying within that time frame, Hendry said Cody Deaner was his agent for that match. He spoke highly of Deaner as an agent.
The first meaningful interaction (between myself & Deaner) is when you agented my first match in IMPACT, right? Am I right in saying that? You have a trait that I like a lot that not a lot of people have, which when you are asked a question or when you are given a piece of information, most people just talk whereas you go, ‘Mhm,’ and you’re not afraid to pause, think and then answer. So that’s a very good trait. That’s something I noticed.
The Digital Media Title is in Kenny King’s possession and he is scheduled to put the championship on the line against Johnny Swinger at Emergence on 8/27.
There will be coverage of tonight’s IMPACT on AXS here on POST Wrestling.
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