Jeff Jarrett expressed significant criticism of a match that took place at WWE WrestleMania 41. The TNA co-founder identified the bout between Randy Orton and Joe Hendry as falling short of expectations.
The contest saw TNA World Champion Joe Hendry compete against Randy Orton after Orton’s planned match with Kevin Owens did not occur. Randy Orton secured victory over Joe Hendry in just a few minutes.
During a recent broadcast of his “My World” podcast, Jeff Jarrett analyzed the match, concluding it was unsatisfactory. He questioned the value of such a brief encounter for a competitor with Randy Orton’s history at the event. While acknowledging the likely personal significance for Hendry and the novelty of a TNA champion appearing at WrestleMania, Jarrett focused on the execution.
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Jarrett articulated his perspective, stating, “A massive, massive letdown … Randy’s got a lot of history, not just in WWE but with that event, so I just kind of feel that as it relates to Randy, did a three minute win help him at all? No. Like none. For Hendry, are you kidding me? I’m sure a bucket list item, he don’t care at all and I guess you could say seeing a TNA World Champion at Mania, that was kind of interesting, the wins and losses, the positioning, I don’t read into that at all.” He further commented, “Randy was still getting his hand raised so in the grand scheme of things, what did it really matter? I was just really very let down on Randy’s part because I just think there could have been so much more put into that.”
Following WrestleMania, Joe Hendry appeared on the April 29, 2025, episode of WWE NXT, where he was subjected to an attack by DarkState. Previously, Trick Williams attacked Hendry at the TNA Rebellion 2025 pay-per-view.
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