Posted on 4/21/125 by Colin Vassallo
WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque said that
the reason he chose Joe Hendry to answer Randy Orton’s open
challenge is because they wanted a different scenario as
they couldn’t put anyone to fill Kevin Owens’ spot and match
that intensity.
“Just incredibly difficult to try to put somebody in the
spot to fill that in,” Levesque said. “It has to be a
completely different scenario, and that’s where Joe Hendry
came in. And to me was the perfect opportunity to put him in
there.”
He said it was the right thing, right moment, right time,
and right spot to showcase Hendry on the biggest stage of
them all and have that incredible WrestleMania moment for
him.
“And I will just say…I love Joe Hendry,” Triple H continued,
saying that he’s great, smart, and respectful.
He said he was really happy that they could put Hendry in
WrestleMania and also revealed what he told him before
walking out.
“I said, ‘You will be here again, so enjoy this one because
the pressure gets heavy from here. This will be the easiest
WrestleMania you ever do, and you will do more,'” Triple H
told the press.