Recent ROH signee Joe Hendry sat down with Sportskeeda Wrestling to talk about why he chose Ring of Honor, how long he’s been considering that decision, and being an entertainer or the independent circuit. We’ve included a few brief excerpts from the interview as provided by Gary Cassidy of Sportskeeda Wrestling.
Hendry expanded on why exactly he signed with ROH after years of appearing there and in other promotions:
My gut was telling me, “This is where I need to be.” What a lot of people don’t know is, earlier in 2016, I actually flew myself over to a Ring of Honor tryout, so when I’m doing my podcast and I’m talking to my trainees, anyone wanting to get into wrestling, I’m trying to educate them that things don’t always happen right away. You need to work away at things for years
You look at the roster, the roster is absolutely incredible and it’s with matches that are pushing me technically every single time that I wrestle for Ring of Honor, so it makes me really feel that this is the place that gives you the best of both worlds to really push myself creatively and athletically as well.
Joe also talked about seeing the Television Championship change hands twice during that 2016 trip, which leads directly into his role in the upcoming Honor United tour:
The thing that I love about Ring of Honor is anything can happen at any time, and like I say, on the tour in 2016, the World Television Championship was won by both Will Osprey and Marty Scurll, by two Brits on the British tour, and trust me, I am hoping to continue that tradition.
Joe had nothing but good things to say about the roster he sees in his new home promotion.
The company, I think, is going to go from strength to strength over the next few years and I’m excited that I’ve joined at this time so we can continue to see the progression it’s making. The talent is there, the roster is absolutely unbelievable and you shouldn’t pay attention to the Internet as well because I will tell you now, the crowds are growing, they are getting bigger and, every time I go over there, I’m seeing more passion, more intensity from the fans and I think that there’s a momentum here. Ring of Honor’s going to go from strength to strength for the next few years. There’s a reason I chose to be in this company.
You can listen to the full interview in the video embedded below:
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