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Big Joe Hendry Update

Added 2025-11-14 02:10:33 +0000 UTC

Joe Hendry’s days in TNA are pretty well over.

Sources in TNA confirmed to Fightful Select this week that former TNA Joe Hendry is effectively done with the company in an official capacity. Hendry hasn’t been seen in weeks, but has been featured on NXT TV for quite some time. There's good reason for that -- he's officially a WWE Superstar.

Hendry is not listed internally to appear on this weekend’s TNA shows, though people we spoke to said it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him drop by backstage as he’s living in the area. Hendry was not booked for TNA Bound For Glory and was not backstage, which surprised a number of people we spoke to.

WWE sources confirmed that Hendry is effectively full-time with WWE at this point and officially with the company, and had been someone they wanted to bring in for quite some time. Shawn Michaels had been vocal about how much he liked Joe Hendry, and wanted WWE to try to buy out his TNA deal. There are actually a number of months that remained on his TNA contract, but he’s now with WWE moving forward.

Throughout the process of navigating both companies, Hendry used representation to amicably move forward in his future with WWE.

Sports Illustrated's Jon Alba reported earlier this year Hendry was expected to join WWE.