I live in Tampa and go to the FCW shows at least once a month. Joe Hennig is easily my favorite guy there and, besides Eric Escobar, seems to draw the best crowd reaction. I predict he'll be called up before the years end, maybe to get involved with the priceless angle.
Unfortunately, I get a feeling that the roster's a touch too glutted right now with 2nd and 3rd gen superstars (obviously, Joe would be 3rd) and I'm not sure how well he'd fit in; especially after watching Sim Snuka, Manu, and Jessie all floundering at the moment. But, as far as technical expertise, I can say at the very least Joe's got TD, Jr beat, as I got to watch both Main Event at FCW, and Joe is far superior in terms of carrying a match and mic skills.
As far as surpassing Curt, that's a hell of a long shot, but anything is possible, I suppose. Then again, you don't necessarily have to surpass Curt Hennig to become one of the greatest of all time considering how high Curt is on that list (imo, at any rate).
I hope, if they bring him in, they'll keep him face at least for a while, because his high energy, charisma and overall likeability I think would be better suited to winning fans over as opposed to turning them against him.
Thanks Swolf for posting this, and I hope it gets more responses than just this one from me. Joe Hennig is a great talent, one everybody who follows FCDub should be keeping their eye on (and even those who don't). He uses the Perfectplex now, but I do think he needs to do somethink like Dibiase, Jr. as far as his finisher goes as being a variation of dad's (Ted does the Million Dollar Dream into a Russian leg sweep): Maybe a fisherman brainbuster like Shane Douglas used to do, or maybe either flip it into a powerbomb or swing it into a Michinoku Driver.
