A surprising WWE Superstar and former World Champion has been given credit for helping secure the WWE-TNA multi-year partnership.

WWE and TNA Wrestling have struck a multiyear partnership that will see TNA pro wrestlers regularly appear on NXT programming and vice versa, WWE told ESPN on Thursday. TNA star Joe Hendry frequently appeared on NXT programming last year,

For the first time in the history of professional wrestling WWE and TNA Wrestling have joined hands with a multi-year

History was made when WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) announced that they were entering into a multi-year partnership. The former rivals revealed that they were now working together and allowing wrestlers to crossover onto TNA and WWE NXT respectively.

Before WWE officially made things official and announced an expansive, multi-year working relationship with TNA, one member of the promotion’s Hall of Fame who was putting work in the Impact Zone was JBL,