You can support the development of the CAGEMATCH.net website and database backend via Patreon! [69] After short feuds against Ken Shamrock and Vader, Henry participated in his faction's enmity against D-Generation X, which included a romantic storyline with DX member Chyna. Mark Henry is an International wrestler. 9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the, Ranked No. Christian finally became a World Champion in WWE which was fully deserved by capturing the World Heavyweight Championship twice. [4] The feud continued on the live circuit during subsequent weeks. [10] Despite competing without supportive equipment in contrast to the other competitors, Henry managed to outclass the lifter in second place by 286 lb (130 kg), defeating not only five-time IPF World Powerlifting Champion and 12 time USAPL National Powerlifting Champion Brad Gillingham, but also America's Strongest Man of 1997 Mark Philippi. [232][233] In early 2019, Henry took on a backstage mentoring role helping talent work on their off-air attitude, including cleanliness and respect in the locker room.[234]. [81] During this time he competed against such superstars as Chris Jericho and Christian. 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Raven was never utilized as a main eventer and was suited to the Hardcore Championship scene. It finally allowed Matt to express himself with a credible championship run. [51] He had never been a professional strongman before, but in the coming contest he was to face the very best of the best of professional strongmen, such as the #1 ranked strongman in the world, and defending World's Strongest Man competition winner of 2001 Svend Karlsen, World's Strongest Man winner of 2006 Phil Pfister, World Powerlifting Champion of 2001 and equipped deadlift world record holder Andy Bolton, World Muscle Power Champion, Olympic weightlifting Champion Raimonds Bergmanis, and reigning America's Strongest Man of 2001 Brian Schoonveld. [4][71], During the next year, Henry gave himself the nickname "Sexual Chocolate", adopting a ladies' man character. [74], The night after he tried to make up with Brown[75] and later in the week claimed to be a sex addict[76] resulting in him attending a sex therapy session a week later where he claimed that he lost his virginity at eight years old to his sister, and had just slept with her two days ago. [32] During Henry's freshman year at Silsbee High School, he was already able to squat 600 lb (270 kg), which was well over school record. [32][34], At the Texas High School Powerlifting Championships in April 1990, Terry Todd, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin and former weightlifter, spotted Henry and persuaded him to go to Austin after he graduated to train in the Olympic style of weightlifting. Unexpectedly, Morrison replaced Chris Benoit at Vengeance: Night of Champions and he defeated CM Punk to capture the ECW Championship. Nonetheless, Raven made the Hardcore Championship his own with a record 27 reigns. Once WWE reintroduced the ECW Championship in their failure of a revival of ECW in 2006, it was not even recognized as a World Championship like their counterparts, the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship. [27] A few weeks later, Hall of Famer Tony Atlas returned to WWE to act as Henry's manager. While the ECW Championship was the top prize in ECW, it was never on the same level as the WWE Championship. Henry reacted by destroying the audio equipment and attacking a technician. [41], Since his career start as a professional wrestler shortly after the Olympics, he broke his leg in the fall of 1996. Raven even walked into WrestleMania X-Seven as the Hardcore Champion in an underrated triple threat match with Kane and Big Show. [51][66] In the final "Farmer's Walk"-event Henry quickly carried the roughly 850 lb (390 kg) of railroad ties up an incline, winning the whole competition convincingly[51][66] to capture the winning prize — a US$75,000 Hummer, a vacation cruise and $10,000 cash. [4] After being used sporadically on WWE (formerly WWF) television during 2002, as he was training for a weightlifting contest, and suffering a knee injury, Henry was sent back to OVW for more training. 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World Wrestling Entertainment – ECW World champion Mark Henry w/Tony Atlas vs. Matt Hardy: July 29, 2008 – ECW on Sci Fi: Matt Hardy defeated Colin Delaney (with Mark Henry and Tony Atlas watching from the stage). [28] In first winning the ECW Championship, Henry became only the fourth African-American world champion in WWE history (after The Rock, Booker T, and Bobby Lashley). WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE TOUR BERCY MARK HENRY VS KANE. [90][91], A week later, Henry received assistance from Daivari, who turned on Angle and announced that he was the manager of Henry. Trained by professional wrestler Leo Burke, his first feud in the WWF was with Jerry Lawler who had some harsh words for Henry on an episode of Monday Night Raw in March. [202] The following night on Raw, Henry cut a promo to congratulate Cena on his win and asked for a rematch for SummerSlam, but was ultimately attacked by The Shield, turning face in the process for the first time since 2011. WWE. On the November 17 episode of Superstars, Henry defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Crush and Goldust in a tug of war contest. [94] Henry vowed to defeat The Undertaker and end his undefeated streak at WrestleMania, but The Undertaker defeated him. [215] The following night on Raw, he lost to Rusev again by knockout via submission. [176] On the April 2 and 9 episodes of Raw, Henry faced CM Punk for the WWE Championship which he won by count-out and disqualification; as a result, Punk retained his title. [164] During the match, Henry superplexed Big Show from the top rope, causing the ring to collapse from the impact and the match to be ruled a no contest. While attending a wrestling show in Beaumont, Texas, young Henry tried to touch André as he was walking down the aisle, but tripped over the barricade. [26] In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic.[4]. [29] On April 27, at the Greatest Royal Rumble, Henry participated in the event's Royal Rumble match, scoring 3 eliminations, but was himself eliminated by Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler. Mark Henry (c) via pinfall in a No DQ Henry is dethroned in month 6 of his reign as ECW champion. [96], During the rest of April and May, Henry gained a pinfall victory over the World Heavyweight Champion, Rey Mysterio in a non-title match. [32] In July 1990 at the USPF Senior National Powerlifting Championships, 19-year-old Henry came second only to the legendary six-time World Powerlifting Champion Kirk Karwoski. [85][86][87] At a practice session in OVW in February 2004, Henry tore his quadriceps muscle, and was out for over a year after undergoing surgery. [177][178] On the April 16 episode of Raw, Punk defeated Henry in a no-disqualification, no count-out match to retain the WWE Championship. ", "History Of The European Championship – Mark Henry", "Mark Henry def. A freakin' splash!? After the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) sponsored Henry in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was signed to a ten-year contract. Henry proved to be worthy of the title "World's Strongest Man" not only by winning the contest, but also by achieving it in record time. Share URL . At Sunday's Night of Champions, however, the gold returned in the form of new ECW Champion Mark Henry when he pinned the Big Red Machine in their Triple Threat Match. During episodes of Raw and Smackdown, the arena would randomly turn orange, which was a sign of Tazz. Henry and Tatsu were the first team eliminated in the match. [230], Following WrestleMania 33, Henry retired and transitioned into a backstage producers role. Survivor Series 2008: Matt Hardy def. In April 2018, Henry was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE. ~~~Miz and Morrison were … Simmons, Henry’s ally in the Nation of Domination, was the first African-American pro wrestler to become the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. [125] Henry and Atlas then engaged in a scripted rivalry against Finlay and Hornswoggle, which included Henry losing a Belfast Brawl to Finlay at Armageddon. [131] In May, Henry began a rivalry with Evan Bourne, which began after Bourne defeated Henry by countout on the May 26 episode of ECW. E C W Champion. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. The same could not be said for some of the greatest champions from the original ECW, as they couldn't reach the top in WWE. He also has a two-foot ferret named Pipe. He was born in Silsbee(City in Texas).In 1995, he joined WWE and fought the other players. [150] Henry faced Big Show in a singles match at Money in the Bank and won. At the pay-per-view event, SummerSlam in August 1996, Henry came to the aid of Jake Roberts who was suffering indignity at the hands of Lawler. 0:47. Mark was a two-time Olympian in 1992 and 1996 and a gold, silver and bronze medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995. Lashley relinquished the title as he was drafted to Raw and was immediately pushed into a high-profile feud with John Cena over the WWE Championship. Chavo's ECW Championship run lasted 67 days but he lost the title to Kane in underwhelming fashion at WrestleMania XXIV in eight seconds. [25][41], In the months prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Henry received more attention and publicity than any lifter in recent United States history. Henry on 193 cm pitkä ja painaa 163 kg. Henry became champion in 2011 and held the title for 92 days. [1] He was also featured in dozens of magazines including U.S. News & World Report, People Vanity Fair, ESPN The Magazine and Life where he was photographed nude by famed artist Annie Lebowitz. [133] In August 2009, Henry formed a tag team with Montel Vontavious Porter and the two challenged the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions Jeri-Show (Chris Jericho and The Big Show) for the title at Breaking Point, but were unsuccessful. [68] By the end of the year, he was a regular fixture on WWF programming, defeating Steve Lombardi on the December 15 episode of Raw, and beating The Sultan on the December 27 episode of Shotgun. In 2000, Henry was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to improve his conditioning and wrestling skills. [153][154], On the July 29 episode of SmackDown, Henry was informed that he could no longer compete as no one dared to fight him, but Sheamus interrupted, saying that he wasn't afraid of Henry before slapping him. [1][12] At the 1995 Pan American Games Henry won a gold, silver and bronze medal. [81] At Armageddon, Henry and Big Daddy V defeated Kane and Punk. Punk", "Caldwell's WWE Hell in a Cell PPV Results 10/2: Complete "virtual time" coverage of live PPV", "Parks' WWE Smackdown Report 10/7: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the show, including Big Show's return and follow-up to Raw walk-out", "Caldwell's WWE Vengeance PPV Results 10/23: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live PPV – Triple H & Punk, Cena vs. Del Rio, Henry vs. Show", "Parks' WWE SmackDown report 11/4: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the show, including Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes in a Street Fight", "Caldwell's WWE Survivor Series PPV Results 11/20: Complete "virtual time" coverage of live PPV – The Rock returns, Punk vs. Del Rio, Henry vs. Show", "Cupach's WWE SmackDown report 11/25: Alt. [216] On the October 27 episode of Raw, Henry attacked Big Show during their tag team match against Gold and Stardust, and turning heel in the process. [172] At the 2012 Royal Rumble event, Henry faced Bryan and Big Show in a triple threat steel cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship; Bryan escaped the cage to retain the title. June 30, 2008 3:43pm CST . [229] He unsuccessfully competed in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 33. [31] Only few weeks afterwards, he became 1991's International Junior Champion in Powerlifiting as well. RELATED: 9 Wrestlers Who WWE Pulled The Trigger On Way Too Late. [31] In April 1991, he won the United States National Junior Championships; 20 days later he placed fourth at the U.S. Senior National Championships, and finished sixth at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Germany two months later. Matt ended Mark Henry's reign as ECW Champion at Unforgiven 2008 in the Championship Scramble. [16], At the age of 19,[1] Henry had already managed to qualify for the weightlifting competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he finished tenth in the Super- Heavyweight class. [41][47], Although in early 1998 he was still able to do five repetitions in the bench press with 495 lb (225 kg), three repetitions in the squat with 855 lb (388 kg) (with no suit and no knee wraps), and three repetitions in the standing press with 405 lb (184 kg) in training, while traveling with the World Wrestling Federation, he never returned to compete again in official championships in favor of his wrestling career. Alas, most former ECW Champions never could pull that off. [143] They received a shot at the championship the next week, in a fatal four-way elimination tag team match, which also included The Usos and Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov. [70] When The Nation disbanded, he engaged in a short feud with The Rock, defeating him at Judgment Day: In Your House with help from Brown, and then forming a permanent team with Brown, gaining Ivory as a manager. We discussed Mark Henry Net Worth. Henry has an older brother named Pat. The Shield", "Report: Update On Mark Henry Injury, How & When It Occurred", "WWE S. Series PPV Results 11/24 (Hour 2): Cena vs. Del Rio World Title match, Mark Henry returns, Divas Survivor Series match, Laurinaitis, more", "WWE Raw Results – 8/4/14 (More hype for SummerSlam)", "WWE Smackdown Results – 8/8/14 (Orton vs. Ambrose)", "WWE Raw Results – 8/18/14 (Fallout from SummerSlam)", "WWE Raw Results - 9/22/14 (John Cena vs. Randy Orton)", "WWE Raw Results – 10/27/14 (John Cena vs. Seth Rollins)", "WWE Raw Results - 11/3/14 (Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins)", "WWE Raw Results - 11/10/14 (John Cena vs. Ryback)", "Caldwell's WWE S. Series PPV results 11/23: Complete "virtual-time" coverage of Team Cena vs. [41] Mark's WWF contract was unique in many ways, allowing him at least three months off each year from wrestling, so he can train for the national and world championships in weightlifting or powerlifting. After this twist, Henry turned into a fan favorite, and was seen on television romancing WWF veteran wrestler Mae Young as part of the "Sexual Chocolate" character. [158][159][160][161] At Night of Champions, Henry defeated Orton to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. [1] During this period he connected with WWE owner Vince McMahon for the first time, which led to him signing a 10-year deal as professional wrestler. [112] The Undertaker responded over the following weeks, playing various mind games with Henry. 472 of the top 500 greatest wrestlers in the "PWI Years" in 2003, This page was last edited on 2 March 2021, at 10:19. [213] On the August 18 episode of Raw, Henry entered a feud with Rusev by attacking him. [77] He was part of a storyline about him overcoming sex addiction, which he accomplished thanks to The Godfather.[4]. If you buy stuff from Amazon using this link, we receive a minor promotional bonus -- … [4] During that time, Henry was involved in a brief program with World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg when former champion, Triple H, put a bounty on Goldberg. [41] But by the summer of the following year he had rehabilitated it enough to be able to compete at the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships 1997, where he won the competition to become the U.S National Powerlifting Champion in the Super Heavyweight class again. [47] Barring injury, Mark had originally hoped to return to the platform in late 1998, to lift for many more years, and to eventually squat at least 1,100 lb (500 kg) without a “squat suit” and to deadlift 1,000 lb (450 kg). Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. [203] Henry continued his face turn the following week, by confronting The Shield and teaming together with The Usos to fend them off. In late 1992 he took the win at the USA Weightlifting American Open[15] and further proved his dominance on the American soil by winning not only the U.S. National Weightlifting Championships, but also the U.S. Olympic Festival Championships in 1993 and 1994. In WWE, Mark Henry won the World Heavyweight Championship, ECW World Championship and European Championship, before being inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018. [198] The segment was highly praised by fans and critics. [217] On the November 3 episode of Raw, Henry lost to Big Show via disqualification and slammed Big Show onto the steel steps. However, once the Invasion angle ended, Rhyno was primarily used as a low-mid carder, therefore, it was not surprising to see Rhyno fail to win the WWE Championship. [98] He later cost Kurt Angle his World Heavyweight Championship opportunity against Mysterio, when he jumped off the top rope and crushed Angle through a table. Dolph Ziggler meets Kane, Mark henry and Tony Atlas. 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[41] Henry at 6-foot-4-inches tall and 414 lb (188 kg) bodyweight, became the largest athlete in Olympic history and was voted captain of the Olympic weightlifting team. [170], At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Henry lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Big Show in a chairs match. Share to Reddit. In OVW, he teamed with Nick Dinsmore to compete in a tournament for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship in mid-2001. However, the likes of Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, and Big Show went on to win the WWE Championship and ECW Championship in their careers. [16] After the Olympics, Henry became more determined to focus on weightlifting and began competing all over the world.
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