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| {{Infobox Wrestler | |||
| |name=Mark Henry | |||
| |image=Henry2.jpg | |||
| |names='''Mark Henry''' | |||
| |height=6 ft 3 in (190 cm) | |||
| |weight= 400 lb (182 kg) | |||
| |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|6|12}} | |||
| |birth_place =] | |||
| |resides= | |||
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| |trainer=]<br>] | |||
| |debut=] ] | |||
| |retired= | |||
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| '''Mark Gordon Henry''' (born ] ]) is an ] ] currently signed to ] performing in its farm territory ]. He is also a former ] and winner of the ] ] competition. | |||
| ==Career== | |||
| ===World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment=== | |||
| Henry was billed as the "]" after he qualified for the 1992 ] ] ] Competition, where he finished tenth in the super heavyweight class. After the WWF sponsored Henry in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he was signed to a ten-year contract, an anomaly in pro wrestling. Trained by ] and ], his first feud in the WWF was with ] who had some harsh words for Henry on a "]" in March. At ], Henry came to the aid of ] who was suffering indignity at the hands of Lawler. His first television wrestling match was at In Your House: Mind Games on ], ], where he defeated Lawler. | |||
| Henry joined the ] in late 1997, where he was allied with ]. After that ] disbanded, he became allied with ], with whom he formed a ]. During a match at ] between D'Lo and ] for the ] and ] (both held at the time by D'Lo), Henry turned on D-Lo and helped Jarrett win the match and the titles. The next night, Henry was given the European title by Jarrett. | |||
| Henry gained notoriety with the nickname "'''Sexual Chocolate'''", the name taken from a fictional funk band in the movie '']''. After this, Mark Henry was seen on television romancing WWF women from ] to ] as part of the ]. He feuded with ] during this time as part of a storyline where Viscera ] Mae Young while she was carrying Henry's child. Young would go on to give birth to a ]. Along with this, Henry was made part of various other embarrassing and infamous storylines, including performing sexual actions with a man in ] (unbeknownst to Henry at the time) the admission that he was a sex addict, and that his first sexual experience was with his sister. | |||
| In 2000, Henry was sent to ] (OVW) to improve his conditioning and skills. Later that year, he went on hiatus from wrestling to concentrate on weightlifting, and on February 23 2002, he won a ] competition, during the ] in ], claiming a $75,000 ] as his prize.<ref></ref> | |||
| '''2002-2005''' | |||
| Henry returned to the WWF the next month and was sent to the ''SmackDown!'' brand, where his "''feats of strength''" gimmick met with little success, competing against such superstars as ], ], ] and ]. After being used sporadically on WWE (formerly WWF) television during 2002, Henry was sent back to OVW for more training. During this time Henry would alter his look by growing his hair out and having it braided. Henry would also lose the babyface gimmick and become a ]; often playing the part of a monster heel, or thug for hire. | |||
| In August 2003, Henry returned to WWE television on the ] roster, where he found some success as a member of "Thuggin' And Buggin' Enterprises," a group of African Americans led by ] who worked a Race Angle in which they felt they were victims of racism and were being held down by the 'white man'. During that time, Henry was involved in a brief program with ] ] when former champion, ], put a bounty on Goldberg. On an episode of ''RAW'' in ], Henry faced ]. At the end of the match Benoit put Henry in the ] which made Henry ]. After the match Henry underwent ] following a shoulder injury he sustained while in the Crippler Crossface. Henry was then utilized by WWE as a public relations figure during his recovery. | |||
| After yet another rehabilitation stint in OVW, Henry returned to WWE on ], ], in a ] for ''RAW''. His planned involvement at ] was scrapped after ] ] of a ] with ]. | |||
| '''2006''' | |||
| During an episode of ''SmackDown!'' taped on ], Henry interfered in a ] match, helping ] defeat ] and then-World Heavyweight Champion, ], for the titles. As a heel, Henry had seemingly joined with MNM and would be managed by ]. A week later on ''SmackDown!'' Henry got in the face of the ], Batista, and would go on to interfere in a ] between MNM and the team of Rey Mysterio & Batista, helping MNM to retain their titles. Mark Henry then had another match with Batista at a live event where Batista received a severely torn triceps that required surgery, forcing him to vacate his title. On the January 10, 2006 edition of ''SmackDown!'', Henry was involved in a battle royal for the vacated World Heavyweight Championship. He was finally tossed out by ], who won the title. A week later, Henry then got assistance from ], who turned on Angle and announced that he was the manager of Henry. Henry with Daivari at his side, would face Kurt Angle for the World title at the ], in which he lost when Angle hit him with a chair. | |||
| On the ] episode of ''SmackDown!'', after putting Kurt Angle through a table with a splash from the second rope, Mark Henry was then challenged to a casket match by The Undertaker at ]. Henry vowed to take ] at WrestleMania 22, but was unsuccessful in this quest as The Undertaker would defeat Henry at the event. Henry would get a rematch against the Undertaker on the ] episode of ''SmackDown!'', however it ended in no-contest when Daivari announced his new client who was making his debut, ]. Khali then went to the ring and started to attack the Undertaker, thus ending the feud between them. | |||
| During the rest of April and May, Henry would get two pinfall victories against the World Heavyweight Champion, Rey Mysterio in non-title matches, Henry also would enter the ], in which he was defeated by ] in the first round. He later cost Kurt Angle his World title opportunity against Mysterio, when he jumped off the top rope and crushing Angle through a table. Henry was then challenged by Angle to face off at ], Henry then sent a "message" to Angle by defeating ]. At Judgement Day, Mark Henry defeated Kurt Angle by count-out. Although winning, Angle got his revenge after the match by hitting Henry with a chair and putting him through a table. | |||
| Henry later went on what was referred to as a "path of destruction", causing injuries to numerous superstars. Henry "took out" both Chris Benoit (in revenge for injuring Henry two years previously) and Paul Burchill on this path of destruction, and attacked (but did not injure) Rey Mysterio and ]. This path of destruction led up to a feud with the returning Batista, whom Henry put out of action with a legit injury months before hand. When Batista returned he and Henry were scheduled to face one another at ]. However, weeks before that show, on an edition of '']'', Henry was involved in a six-man tag team match with King Booker & Finlay against Batista, Rey Mysterio & Lashley. During the match Henry was injured. Doctors later found that Henry completely tore his patella tendon off the bone and split his ] completely in two. <ref></ref> | |||
| '''2007''' | |||
| Henry made his return to Ohio Valley Wrestling in late ] dominating ]. | |||
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| ==Wrestling facts== | |||
| *'''Finishing and signature moves''' | |||
| :*'''''World's Strongest Slam''''' (]) | |||
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| :*''Death from Above'' (]) | |||
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| :*Double leg lift to opponent on the outside before driving their spine into a ring post | |||
| :*] through the middle rope onto the opponent crouched over the middle rope | |||
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| *'''Nicknames''' | |||
| :*"The World's Strongest Man" | |||
| :*"Sexual Chocolate" | |||
| *'''Theme music''' | |||
| :*"Some Bodies Gonna Get It" by ] (2006-Present) | |||
| :*"Sexual Chocolate" composed and produced by James A. Johnston | |||
| :*"Power" as part of the Nation of Domination, composed and produced by James A. Johnston | |||
| ==Championships and accomplishments== | |||
| ].]] | |||
| *'''Professional wrestling''' | |||
| :*''']''' | |||
| ::*] (]) | |||
| :*''']''' | |||
| ::*PWI ranked him # '''472''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003. | |||
| ::*Ranked # '''41''' of the ] in 2006. | |||
| *'''Weighlifting''' | |||
| :*] team member (1992, 1996) | |||
| :*] Silver Medalist (1995) | |||
| :*Senior American record holder in ], ], and Total (1993-1997) | |||
| :*Senior National Championship (1993, 1994, 1996) | |||
| *'''Strongman''' | |||
| :*] Strongest Man (2002) | |||
| :*First person to clean and press the inch dumbbell, 172 pounds, putting the bell overhead using only his right hand. | |||
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