British wrestler Joe Hendry has advised Taylor Swift to “have a week off” as his viral track may prime the UK charts.
The former Impact Wrestling Digital Media Champion has his eye on the No 1 spot and rallied followers in a wild push for chart dominance. Hendry has already claimed the highest spot on iTunes within the UK however one closing push may see him develop into the primary chart-topping skilled wrestler.
The British Senior Championship wrestling gold medalist beat Sabrina Carpenter, Teddy Swims and Hozier to make his I Believe in Joe Hendry tune the best-selling track within the UK, and now the Edinburgh-born wrestler is telling Taylor Swift to step apart.
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Speaking to the Daily Star, Hendry stated: “I think Taylor Swift and Hozier deserve a week off and I’m more than than happy and willing to send them off on holiday.
“They can have it again in every week’s time. But you realize what, I feel they need to let Joe Hendry have that prime spot for every week. Let’s make some historical past.”
If the TNA alumni makes it to No 1 it will be the first time in chart history a professional wrestler has claimed the top spot. The highest charting song from any wrestler so far is the 1992 nostalgia bait of Slam Jam which featured the likes of British Bulldog and Bret “The Hitman” Hart.
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Slam Jam peaked at quantity 4 within the charts however Hendry is pushing for No 1 after seeing the large fan response to the tune. “I had a bunch of tweets telling me that I’d got into the iTunes charts and I thought, ‘no way’,” he stated.
“I had a look and I got to number 20 on the UK charts and I was just over the moon with that. I tweeted it out and then fans all over the world started to get behind it and push it even further. It’s number two in Ireland, number one in Malta, two in Bahrain. It peaked at number six on the US iTunes charts, which is insane for a professional wrestler and Scottish artist.”
It is not only a few chart-topping victory for potential history-maker Hendry however “karma” for Bono and U2’s notorious iPhone antics of 2014. He wrote on Twitter: “Me outselling U2 is karma for them pre-installing their music on my iPhone.”
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The Irish rock outfit induced a stir when their 2014 album, Songs of Innocence, was downloaded to Apple gadgets whether or not its consumer needed it or not. Hendry has Bono in his sights and says the pair are “not square yet.”
“I don’t know if justice will ever be served for Bono putting his music on my phone without me wanting it there. I might need to do a couple more releases until we’re even, but Bono, we’re not square yet.”
With the ultimate chart rating set for launch tomorrow (Friday, May 3), Hendry has thanked the followers for “a lot of fun” in seeing the viral track stand up the charts. He shouldn’t be the one wrestler to have dabbled in music because the likes of John Cena, Hulk Hogan and Chris Jericho all making an attempt their hand at expressing themselves via track, although none have been as profitable as gold medallist Hendry.
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