The TNA and WWE partnership has been heating up lately—but it almost delivered a very different kind of feud on Monday Night RAW.
According to internal chatter, Joe Hendry was originally pitched for a main roster angle that would’ve had him go toe-to-toe with The Miz. So what happened?
Sources confirmed via Fightful Select the plan was for Hendry to appear on WWE RAW earlier this year in what was described as a setup feud, but things hit a wall when Ariel Shnerer, a WWE executive, reportedly shot down the creative. The reason? Hendry would’ve been booked to lose in his debut—something Shnerer allegedly didn’t agree with.
One version of the pitch would have used the loss…