Lana: I Was Actually Really Impressed By Joe Hendry, I Was So Happy To See Him At WrestleMania

Lana looks back on a segment she had that also featured Joe Hendry with a Russian accent.

In 2014, Joe Hendry would feature as an extra on WWE programming as Rusev and Lana’s Russian lawyer. In what would become a segment that fans picked up on following Hendry’s rise in popularity in recent years, Hendry would come in on short notice and play the role.

While speaking to Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Lana was asked about Joe Hendry’s moment alongside Rusev and her in 2014.

“I remember he was better than the Americans that were trying to play it. His accent was way more believable. So we did something in America for a ceremony with American actors. I was traumatized, because I’m like, that is very bad. We need to work on your accent. I was actually really impressed by him, and I’ll never forget. That’s what I said to him, and he brought that up. He was like, ‘You put my accent over.’ I was like, ‘Because I was impressed with how well you were doing.’ So I thought he was very believable as our lawyer, and I was so happy to see him at WrestleMania, I couldn’t believe it. It’s those stories that just make me love this business and make me love life, because it’s like, yeah, you had a dream, and you persevered. Chelsea Green the same way, they played these little parts on the show years ago, and then they kept going, going, going. And the see their payoff now is so beautiful.”

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Elsewhere in the same interview, Lana spoke about her WWE Legends deal. You can read more about that here.