Most guys would've been cut, not given title shots. And everyone can cut the bull crap about "earning it." Hendo doesn't deserve a title shot based off his overall career. If that's the case, let's start calling back all the old legends for unnecessary title shots and clog up divisions even further.
Some of y'all need to start applying this to your own job and see if you'd still be calling for a Hendo title shot. If you were this amazing employee up for a chance at a life-changing promotion, and your boss told you, "no, we're not going with you. We're going to go with the old guy in the mailroom who was good for our company about 7 years ago, but still works here for some reason" how would y'all feel?