Former World Champion announced as special guest referee for major Survivor Series-style match

WWE will host two Survivor Series-style matches this week. A former world champion will also be involved.

Despite being part of the TNA roster, Joe Hendry has made several sporadic appearances on NXT over the past year. He even competed in a Royal Rumble match. However, his alliance has come into question as of late with TNA's ongoing feud with the black and silver brand. Therefore, he was not named as part of any team for the men's Survivor Series-style match, which will take place at NXT Showdown this week.

Joe Hendry expressed his frustration about being left out of the match, and Santino Marella responded by naming the former TNA World Champion Joe Hendry as the special guest referee for this match.

"Hey, Joe Hendry. It's me, Santino Marella here. How are you? I saw your post, and I'm gonna make it official right now. You'll be the special guest referee in the men's Survivor Series-style match at Showdown."

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Former World Champion Mark Henry wants Joe Hendry to be John Cena's last opponent

Joe Hendry has already been involved in some big matches. He even competed this year at WrestleMania 41, where he faced former World Champion Randy Orton in a singles match. Now, WWE veteran Mark Henry wants him to be John Cena's final opponent.

During a recent interview with TMZ, Mark Henry explained what beating John Cena could do for Joe Hendry's career. He noted that while the former World Champion has beaten several top stars in TNA and NXT, he hasn't beaten someone of the caliber of Cena. A win like that could do wonders for his career.

"If John Cena wants to give back to the business, you give it to somebody that's gonna have career. Just like him, when he came in, and him and Kurt Angle went at it, him having an initial interaction with Kurt Angle is what forced the level of where he was gonna be. You've gotta give it back, you've gotta give the rub. Joe called him out early, and Joe is over as hell. But Joe don't have no skins on the wall. He beat Nic Nemeth, and he's beaten a bunch of people at TNA and several at NXT, but that's not like beating Triple H, that's not like beating Shawn Michaels. He's gotta have something that the world is gonna say, 'Da*n, you beat John Cena on his way out, holy sh*t.'" [H/T WrestleTalk]

It will be interesting to see if Hendry will be a neutral referee in the men's Survivor Series-style match.

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