Joe Hendry addresses claim that he was “buried” by Randy Orton at WWE WrestleMania 41

As seen during the WWE WrestleMania 41 Sunday PLE, TNA world champion Joe Hendry was Randy Orton’s mystery opponent but ended up losing the match.

While speaking to Ariel Helwani, Hendry addressed claims that he was “buried” by Orton…

“It’s about creating moments. You know what this business is. At the end when Randy does my spin and then does his pose, people who know what wrestling is know that was Randy giving me his seal of approval. If this is being buried, keep it coming.”

“Wrestling at WrestleMania is the pinnacle of our industry. This is something that nobody would have thought possible. This is where I like to give credit to both WWE and TNA wrestling as well. I’ve said this before that TNA or WWE could have turned around at any point and gone that, you know what? but both parties worked together to give the fans an amazing moment and to help me as well, I feel like we’re in a situation where everybody’s working together and everybody’s winning, and that is what great business is, and that’s when the professional wrestling business is at its best. I’ve said this before. Different title reigns are about different things, and this title reign is about bringing as many eyeballs to TNA wrestling as possible. This is about big business, and I believe that I am helping facilitate that for TNA wrestling in collaboration with WWE. I’m very grateful to both parties and the fans for loving it to happen. This is a win, win, win, win for everybody.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)