Joe Hendry’s next major entrance will be through the music world.
The WWE Raw star has announced that his new album, Beyond Belief, will be released on October 5. Hendry revealed the date during a televised pregame appearance at Citi Field, where he was on hand to throw out the first pitch before a New York Mets game.
WWE also shared video of Hendry’s announcement and stated that the album will be available wherever music is heard. The project continues a musical career that has been inseparable from Hendry’s rise as a professional wrestling personality, long before he became a regular name under the WWE banner.
For Hendry, Beyond Belief represents a notable expansion of an approach that has helped define his presentation. He is not simply a wrestler with an entrance theme that caught on with fans; he has built much of his identity around writing and performing songs, adapting them to opponents, storylines, and the reactions of live audiences. That formula has created some of the most memorable crowd-participation moments associated with his career.
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A New Original-Music Project for Hendry
Hendry first disclosed plans for an album in May, confirming that he was putting together a collection of original material in conjunction with WWE Music. At that time, he explained that the recording process included work at WWE Studios in New York City before he transitioned to his own home setup to complete the album.
The October 5 release date now gives the project a firm destination. While Hendry’s announcement confirmed when Beyond Belief will arrive, no track list or additional album details were included in the announcement.
The album title is particularly fitting for a performer whose best-known song has invited audiences to actively participate in his act. Hendry’s popularity has often been powered by an unusually direct connection between music and fan response. His songs do not function only as promotional material around matches; they are often part of the match build itself, delivering jokes, rival-focused barbs, and chants that can be immediately repeated by a crowd.
That blend of musical performance and wrestling storytelling has enabled Hendry to stand apart in a field where entrance music is frequently important but rarely written and performed by the wrestler it represents. With Beyond Belief, Hendry is taking that established strength into a more formal album format.
“I Believe in Joe Hendry” Remains the Foundation
Hendry’s signature composition, I Believe in Joe Hendry, remains the project most closely connected to his mainstream breakthrough. The catchy self-performed theme became a viral sensation in the spring of 2024, helping turn the phrase “Say his name and he appears” into a familiar fan refrain.
The song’s reach extended beyond wrestling venues. In April 2024, I Believe in Joe Hendry reached the top of the UK iTunes chart, a striking accomplishment for a wrestling entrance track and a clear indication that the song had found an audience well beyond its original context.
That success also demonstrated why music has become such a central component of Hendry’s appeal. The song is structured for participation, with a recognizable hook and a message built around his larger-than-life confidence. It gave audiences a simple way to join the act immediately, whether they had followed Hendry for years or were seeing him for the first time.
In wrestling, a theme can establish a mood or signal the arrival of a major star. Hendry’s work goes further by making the music itself a recurring part of the audience’s relationship with him. The fans are not only reacting after he enters; they are singing the words, repeating the catchphrase, and helping create the atmosphere around him.
That same quality could make Beyond Belief an important next step. An album of original songs gives Hendry an opportunity to show a broader range of musical material while maintaining the personality that made his theme so effective. It also provides WWE with another avenue to present one of its distinctive performers outside the boundaries of a conventional match or television segment.
A Career Built on Musical Rivalries
Before his WWE run, Hendry had already become well known for using song parodies as part of his wrestling persona. The format allowed him to blend comedy with competitive rivalry, creating material that could quickly communicate a feud’s central point while giving viewers and live crowds something memorable to take away from a show.
He has continued that approach in recent WWE-related work. Hendry most recently released a diss track directed at Logan Paul titled Can We Fire Logan Paul?. The song kept with the style that has become familiar to his audience: direct, topical, and centered on a rival rather than separated from wrestling storylines.
His time on WWE NXT offered another example of how effectively the approach can work in front of a live crowd. During that period, Hendry targeted Ethan Page in song, leading the WWE Performance Center audience in a chant telling Page to “Put On Some Clothes.” The moment illustrated the value of Hendry’s musical material in a wrestling setting. A line created for a specific opponent can become a crowd response within moments, adding another layer to the rivalry.
This has been one of Hendry’s most valuable creative tools. Instead of relying solely on promos to establish his opinion of an opponent, he can package that opinion in a song. The result can be humorous, confrontational, or celebratory, but it nearly always gives fans a role in delivering the message.
That background makes the move toward a full original album feel like a natural progression rather than a departure. Hendry has spent years proving that his music can generate attention, shape character work, and strengthen a connection with an audience. Beyond Belief will give him a platform to present that side of his work in a more extensive form.
From TNA Success to WWE Raw
Hendry’s journey to WWE Raw has included a successful run in TNA, where he developed much of the musical identity that now follows him into WWE. His experience as a performer who can create his own promotional hooks has been a defining trait across promotions, and it has become even more visible since his arrival in WWE.
He also held the NXT Championship, adding a major in-ring credential to a profile often associated first with his music and crowd interaction. The title accomplishment underscores that Hendry’s appeal is not limited to novelty songs or viral moments. His presentation has connected because it combines entertainment value with the accomplishments and competitive standing expected of a featured wrestling star.
Now positioned as a WWE Raw talent, Hendry has a larger stage for both sides of that identity. WWE’s support for Beyond Belief through WWE Music and the use of a high-profile appearance at Citi Field to announce its release point to the company’s willingness to spotlight his work beyond weekly wrestling programming.
The setting was also appropriate for Hendry. Throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at a Mets game placed him before a broad live audience, while the pregame broadcast gave him a natural opportunity to deliver news that reaches fans who know him first through wrestling and those who may be encountering him in a different environment.
October 5 Becomes the Next Date for Hendry Fans
With the release date confirmed, October 5 is now the next major milestone in Hendry’s music career. The arrival of Beyond Belief will follow a period in which his songs have become a prominent extension of his WWE presence, from his enduring signature theme to rivalry-specific releases aimed at figures such as Logan Paul and Ethan Page.
There is a clear foundation for anticipation. I Believe in Joe Hendry showed that Hendry can create a song with genuine crossover momentum, while his parody and diss-track work has shown an ability to keep the material closely tied to the fast-moving world of professional wrestling. An original album brings those strands together in a new way.
Hendry has made belief in his name a central message of his act. On October 5, he will look to turn that message into his most substantial music release yet when Beyond Belief becomes available.
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