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Mark Henry
Mark Henry in December 2010
Born	(1971-06-12) June 12, 1971 (age 53) Silsbee, Texas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Mark Henry
Billed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight	412 lb (187 kg)
Billed from	Silsbee, Texas
Trained by	Leo Burke Hart family members Lewis Hotchin
Debut	1995

Mark Henry

Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
	Mar Plata 1995	+108kg
	Mar Plata 1995	+108kg
	Mar Plata 1995	+108kg

Competition record
Strongman
Representing  United States
Arnold Strongman Classic
1st	2002 Arnold Strongman Classic
Powerlifting
Representing  United States
WDFPF World Powerlifting Championships
1st	1995	+145kg
USAPL National Powerlifting Championships
1st	1995	+145kg
1st	1997	+145kg
USPF National Powerlifting Championships
2nd	1990	+125kg
International Junior Powerlifting Championships
1st	1991	+125kg
Weightlifting
Representing  United States
NACAC Championships
1st	1996	+108kg
U.S. National Weightlifting Championships Template:CompetitionRecordFourth
3rd	1992	+110kg
1st	1993	+108kg
1st	1994	+108kg
1st	1996	+108kg
USA Weightlifting American Open Championships
2nd	1991	+110kg
1st	1992	+110kg
U.S. Olympic Festival Championships
1st	1993	+108kg
1st	1994	+108kg
U.S. National Junior Weightlifting Championships
1st	1991	+110kg

Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE. He was two times an Olympian in 1992 and 1996 and a Silver, Gold and Bronze Medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995. As a powerlifter, he was drug-free World Champion (1995) and a two-time U.S. National Champion (1995 and 1997) as well as an all-time raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift. Currently, he still holds the WDFPF world records in the squat, deadlift and total and the USAPL American record in the deadlift since 1995. He is credited for the biggest raw squat and raw powerlifting total ever performed by a drug tested athlete, regardless of weight class, as well as the greatest raw deadlift by an American citizen. In weightlifting, Henry was a three-time U.S. National Weightlifting Champion (1993, 1994, 1996), an American Open winner (1992), a two-time U.S. Olympic Festival Champion (1993 and 1994) and a NACAC champion (1996). He holds all three Senior US American weightlifting records of 1993-1997. In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic. Since joining the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in 1996, he has become a one-time WWF European Champion and a two-time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008, and the World Heavyweight Championship in 2011.

Before becoming a professional wrestler, Henry was a successful powerlifter as well as weightlifter. He began powerlifting at Silsbee High School, where he became Texas State Champion three times in a row from 1988 to 1990, as well as National High School Champion in 1990, setting teen-age world records in the squat and total. Beginning his weightlifting training in 1990, Mark moved to Austin and won The National Junior Weightlifting Championships in 1991. In 1991 he captured the Junior International title in powerlifting as well. At only 19 years of age, Mark qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he placed 10th in the super heavyweight class. More determined than ever to focus on Olympic weightlifting, he began competing in earnest all over the world. He won the U.S. American Open in 1992 and the U.S. Olympic Festival Championships in 1993 and 1994. At the 1995 Pan American Games, Henry won 3 medals in the super heavyweight division—a silver medal in the weightlifting total as well as a gold medal in the snatch and a bronze medal in the clean and jerk. The following year, he became a North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands (NACAC) champion. He was U.S. National Weightlifting Champion in 1993, 1994 and 1996. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Henry was voted team captain of the weightlifting team and made his last public appearance as an Olympic weightlifter—after sustaining a back injury during the competition he finished with a disappointing 14th place. Despite his awesome talent in powerlifting, Henry seldom competed in his senior years due to his focus on weightlifting. In 1995 he easily became ADFPF/USAPL National Powerlifting Champion and World Powerlifting Champion of the World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation, setting world records in the squat, deadlift and Powerlifting Total. By that time, prior to the Olympics 1996, at the young age of 24, Henry was generally considered as the strongest man in the world by most lifting experts for not only holding major all-time powerlifting world records but also the greatest five-lift-total ever achieved in the history of the lifting sports. He made public appearances on TV and in magazines as the "World's Strongest Man", which later also became his nickname as a professional wrestler. During this time, he made connections with Vince McMahon. In 1997, while already a wrestler, he competed one last time as a powerlifter to win the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships again.

In early 1996, at the age of 24, Henry signed a ten-year contract with the WWF. Henry was trained by former Canadian professional wrestlers Stu and Bret Hart and Leo Burke. He made his television wrestling debut in September 1996. In January 1998, Mark Henry joined the stable Nation of Domination. After the disbanding of the group, he acquired the moniker "Sexual Chocolate", which led him to participate in controversial angles.

In 2000, Mark Henry was sent to the company's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky to improve his wrestling skills. In 2001, after his mother died, he left wrestling for a while and decided to compete in the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic in 2002 - a strongman contest designed to find the strongest man on the planet based on brute strength and power. After training on heavy weights for 4 months, Henry won the contest convincingly, out-muscling some of the greatest strength athletes from all over the world, including defending World's Strongest Man contest winner of 2001 Svend Karlsen and 2006's World's Strongest Man Phil Pfister, as well as Powerlifting World Champion Andy Bolton. One month later, having proved himself worthy of the moniker "World's Strongest Man" once again, Henry returned to WWE, where he took part of the group "Thuggin' And Buggin' Enterprises" in 2003, a group compiled of African Americans who worked a race angle in which they felt they were victims of racism and were being held down by the "white man".

The following year, Mark Henry tore his quadriceps muscle, and was unable to compete for over a year. Upon his return, he was briefly involved in feuds with Kurt Angle and The Undertaker, before suffering a knee injury. After it healed, he continued to feud with The Undertaker, before being moved to the ECW brand in June 2008, where he had Tony Atlas as a manager. In June 2008, he won the ECW Championship and held it for three months. In 2011, Henry had a resurgence on SmackDown, which led to him winning his first World Heavyweight Championship in September 2011 when he defeated Randy Orton.

Early life

Henry was born in Silsbee, Texas. When he was 14 years old, he was diagnosed with dyslexia. As a child, Henry was a big wrestling fan and Andre the Giant was his favorite wrestler. While attending a wrestling show in Beaumont, young Henry tried to touch Andre as he was walking down the aisle, but tripped over the barricade. Andre picked him up out of the crowd and put him back behind the barricade. Henry played football in high school until his senior year, when he strained ligaments in his wrist during the first game of the year and scored below 700 on the SAT.

Powerlifting career

By the time Henry was in the fourth grade, he was 5'5" and weighed 225 lb (102 kg). His mother bought a set of weights for him when he was 10 years old. 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. As an 18-year-old high school senior, Henry was called "the world's strongest teenager" by the Los Angeles Times, and made it into the sidelines in early 1990 for winning the National High School Powerlifting Championships and setting teenage lifting world records in the squat 832 lb (377 kg) and total 2,033 lb (922 kg). By the time Henry finished high school, he was a three-time Texas state champion with state and national records in all four powerlifting categories—the squat at 832 lb (377 kg), bench press at 525 lb (238 kg) and deadlift at 815 lb (370 kg) as well as the total at 2,033 lb (922 kg).

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. In July 1990 at the USPF Senior National Powerlifting Championships, 19-year-old Henry came second only to the legendary 6 time World Powerlifting Champion Kirk Karwoski. While powerlifting relies primarily on brute strength and power, which Henry obviously possessed, Olympic weightlifting is considered more sophisticated, involving more agility, timing, flexibility and technique. There have been few lifters in history, who have been able to be successful in both lifting disciplines. Mastering the technique of weightlifting usually takes many years of practicing. But Henry broke four national junior records in weightlifting after only eight months of training. He attempted to compete in powerlifting and weightlifting at the same time, and quite successful at that: 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. Only few weeks afterwards, he became 1991's International Junior Champion in Powerlifiting as well. In Henry's first year of competing in weightlifting, he broke all three junior (20 and under) American records 12 times, and became the United States' top superheavyweight, surpassing Mario Martinez.

At the age of 19, Henry had already managed to qualify for the weightlifting competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he finished tenth in the super heavyweight class. Ten months before the 1992 Olympics, Henry had begun training with Dragomir Cioroslan, a bronze medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics, who said that he had "never seen anyone with Mark's raw talent". After the Olympics, Henry became more determined to focus on weightlifting and began competing all over the world. In late 1992 he took the win at the USA Weightlifting American Open 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. At the 1995 Pan American Games Henry won a gold, silver and bronze medal.

Having reached the pinnacle of weightlifting on a National and continental level, he competed again in powerlifting and shocked the world by winning the ADFPA U.S. National Powerlifting Championships in 1995 with an earthshattering 2314.8 lb raw Powerlifting Total, outclassing the lifter in second place by an incredible 286 lbs. In the process he set all-time world records in the raw deadlift at 903.9 lbs (410 kg) and the squat without a squat suit at 948.0 lbs (430 kg) as well as the all-time drug tested raw total at 2314.8 lb (1050 kg). Later that same year in October, he competed in the drug-free Powerlifting World Championships and won again, even though he trained on the powerlifts only sparingly—due his main focus still being on the 2 Olympic lifts. Astoundingly, he did not only become World Champion by winning the competition but he also bettered his previous all-time squat world record to 953.5 lbs (432.5 kg) and his all-time drug tested world record total to 2336.9 lbs (1060 kg), proving without a doubt to be the strongest powerlifter in the world in 1995 without even focusing on it.

One year later, with the '96 Olympics already in sight, he became the North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands (NACAC) champion. He earned the right to compete at the Olympics by winning the U.S. National Weightlifting Championships in the Spring of 1996 for a third time. During his victory Henry became Senior US American record holder (1993–1997) in the Snatch at 180.0 kg (396.8 lbs), Clean and jerk at 220.0 kg (485.0 lbs), and Total at 400.0 kg (881.8 lbs), improving all of his three previous personal bests. This 400 kg total, in the opinion of many experts in track field of international lifting—including Dragomir Cioroslan, the '96s coach of the U.S. team—was the highest ever made by an athlete who had never used anabolic steroids—who was lifetime drugfree. By that time, at the age of 24, Henry was considered as the strongest man in the world by some lifting experts, even by many of the Eastern Block athletes who outrank him in weightlifting. No one in the history of the sports had ever lifted as much as him in the five competitive lifts—the snatch and the clean and jerk in weightlifting—the squat, bench press and deadlift in powerlifting. To this day, his five lift total is still the greatest in history by a fair amount—making him arguably one of the strongest men that ever lived.

In the months prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Henry received more attention and publicity than any lifter in recent US history. He guested at Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Oprah Winfrey Show and was featured on HBO Inside Sports and The Today Show. 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. 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.

Henry improved his lifts to 407 lb in the snatch and 507 lb in the clean and jerk during his final eight weeks of preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Henry at 6-foot-4-inches tall and 414 lbs bodyweight, became the largest athlete in Olympic history and was voted captain of the Olympic weightlifting team. Unfortunately, he suffered a back injury during the competition and was unable to approach his normal performance level. Due to the injury he had to drop out after his first clean and jerk attempt and finished with a disappointing 14th place. His appearance at the Olympics proved to be his last official competition in Olympic weightlifting, as he retired from weightlifting, vowing never to return unless the sport is "cleaned up" of anabolic steroid use.

Since his career start as a professional wrestler shortly after the Olympics, he broke his leg in the Fall of 1996. But by the summer of the following year he had rehabbed 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. He had planned to continue heavy training in powerlifting, although his travel schedule as a professional wrestler with the WWF (now WWE) has made sustained training difficult. 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. 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 1100 lbs without a “squat suit” and to deadlift 1000 lbs.

Although in early 1998 he was still able to do five reps in the bench press with 495 lbs, three reps in the squat with 855 lbs (with no suit and no knee wraps), and three reps in the standing press with 405 lbs in training, while traveling with the World Wrestling Federation, he never returned to compete again in official championships in favor of his wrestling career. He weighed 380 lbs at that time, and his right upper arm was measured at 24” by Terry Todd. By basically ending his lifting career at the age of 26, it is probable that he never reached his full physical potential as a professional lifter.

Personal powerlifting records

Powerlifting Competition Records: done in official Powerlifting full meets

• Squat - 432.5 kg (953.5 lbs) raw with knee wraps (done on October 29, 1995 WDFPF)

→ former all-time unequipped squat world record for over a decade in SHW class until 2010 (+regardless of weight class until 2007)

→ current WDFPF world record squat in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since 1995

→ current drug tested all-time world record squat without a suit in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since 1995

• Deadlift - 410 kg (903.9 lbs) raw (done on July 16, 1995 ADFPA (USAPL))

→ former all-time raw world record deadlift in SHW class until 2010 (+regardless of weight class until 2009)

→ current all-time highest raw deadlift ever pulled by an American in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since 1995

→ current Open Men American record deadlift in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since 1995

→ current all-time US national championship record deadlift in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since 1995

→ current USAPL American record deadlift in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since 1995

→ current drug tested raw world record deadlift (in SHW class only) since 1995

• Powerlifting Total - 1060 kg (432.5/235.0/392.5) / 2336.9 lbs (953.5/518.1/865.3) raw with wraps (done on October 29, 1995 WDFPF)

→ current WDFPF world record in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since 1995

→ current drug tested all-time world record unequipped powerlifting total in SHW class (+regardless of weight class)

Career aggregate Powerlifting Total (best official lifts) - 1108.0 kg (432.5 + 265.5 + 410) / 2442.7 lbs (953.5 + 585.3 + 903.9)

Powerlifting Gym Records (unofficial):

• Squat - 1006 lbs (456.5 kg)
• Bench press - 585 lbs - 600 lbs (265 kg - 272 kg)
• Deadlift - 925 lbs (420 kg)

Career aggregate Powerlifting Total (best unofficial lifts) - 2531 lbs (1006 + 600 +925)

• Front Squat - 770 lbs (350 kg)
• Behind-the-neck-press - over 400 lbs (>181 kg)

Personal weightlifting records

Weightlifting Competition Records:

done in official competition

• Snatch: 180.0 kg (396.8 lbs) (done at 1996's U.S. Nationals)

→ Senior US American snatch record 1993-1997 in SHW class (+regardless of weight class)

• Clean&jerk: 220.0 kg (485.0 lbs) (done at 1996's U.S. Nationals)

→ Senior US American clean&jerk record 1993-1997in SHW class

• Weightlifting Total: 400.0 kg (881.8 lbs) - snatch: 180.0 kg (396.8 lbs) / clean&jerk: 220.0 kg (485.0 lbs) (done at 1996's U.S. Nationals)

→ Senior US American weightlifting total record 1993-1997 in SHW class (+regardless of weight class)

Weightlifting Gym Records (unofficial):

all three done in training after the 1996's U.S. Nationals, but prior to the Olympics '96

• Snatch: 184.6 kg (407 lbs)
• Clean&jerk: 230.0 kg (507 lbs)
• Weightlifting Total: 414.6 kg (914 lbs)

Combined lifting records

• official weightlifting total + official powerlifting total = Combined Supertotal:

400.0 kg + 1060.0 kg = 1460.0 kg / 881.8 lbs + 2336.9 lbs = 3218.7 lbs raw with wraps

→ current all-time highest combined weightlifting/powerlifting total in history (since 1996*)

• 5 official weightlifting&powerlifting lifts combined - the snatch + the clean&jerk and the squat + bench press + deadlift = Five-Lift-Combined-Total:

180.0 kg + 220.0 kg + 432.5 kg + 265.5 kg + 410.0 kg = 1508.0 kg / 396.8 lbs + 485.0 lbs + 953.5 lbs + 585.3 lbs + 903.9 lbs = 3324.5 lbs

→ current all-time highest 5 lift total in history (since 1996*)

* both combined all-time records had previously been held by legendary powerlifter Jon Cole

Holding these all-time records in the lifting sports makes Mark Henry arguably one of the Strongest Men in history. Having achieved this at the very young age of 24 while being lifetime drug-free makes it even more impressive. Many experts in the field, including Bill Kazmaier, Jan & Terry Todd, Dr. Robert M. Goldman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Muscle & Fitness magazine and Flex magazine, consider him to be "one of the Strongest Men that ever lived" or even "the most naturally gifted strongman in history".

When asked in September 2003, who the strongest man in the world is today , Bill Kazmaier, considered by many to be the greatest strongman of all time, stated: "It would have to be Mark Henry. I think he's one of the strongest men in the history of the world, without a doubt."

Professional wrestling career

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / WWE

Early career (1996–1997)

At the age of 24, Henry made his first appearance on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) programming on the March 11, 1996 episode of Monday Night Raw, where he press slammed Jerry Lawler, who was ridiculing Henry while interviewing him in the ring. After Henry competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the WWF signed him to a ten-year contract. Trained by professional wrestler Leo Burke, his first feud in the WWF was with Lawler. 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. His first television wrestling match was at In Your House: Mind Games on September 22, 1996, where he defeated Lawler. The feud continued on the live circuit during subsequent weeks. On the November 4 episode of Raw, Henry served as a cornerman for Barry Windham in a match against Goldust. He was set to team with Windham, Marc Mero and Rocky Maivia to take on the team of Lawler, Goldust, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Crush at Survivor Series, but was replaced by Jake Roberts when he was forced to withdraw from the event due to injury. On the November 17 episode of Superstars, Henry defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Crush and Goldust in a tug of war contest. Henry's career was then stalled as, over the next year, he took time off to heal injuries and engage in further training. In November 1997, he returned to the ring, making his televised return the following month. 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.

Nation of Domination and Sexual Chocolate (1998–2000)

Henry joined the faction with Farooq, The Rock, Kama Mustafa and D'Lo Brown on January 12, 1998. After The Rock usurped Farooq's position as leader, Henry switched loyalties to The Rock. He also competed at WrestleMania XIV in a tag team battle royal, with Brown as his partner, but they did not win. After 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. During the next year, Henry gave himself the nickname "Sexual Chocolate", and was involved in controversial angles with Chyna and a transvestite. During a match at the August 1999 pay-per-view, SummerSlam, between Brown and Jeff Jarrett for the WWF Intercontinental and WWF European Championships (both held at the time by Brown), Henry turned on Brown and helped Jarrett win the match and the titles. The next night, Henry was awarded the European title by Jarrett in return for his help. Henry dropped the title one month later to Brown at the Unforgiven pay-per-view.

After this, Henry turned into a fan favorite, and was seen on television romancing WWF women from Chyna to Mae Young as part of the "Sexual Chocolate" character. He feuded with Viscera during this time as part of a storyline where Viscera splashed Mae Young while she was carrying Henry's child. Young later gave birth to a hand. Henry was part of various other embarrassing and infamous storylines, including one about him overcoming sex addiction.

Ohio Valley Wrestling and strongman competitions (2000–2001)

In 2000, Henry was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to improve his conditioning and wrestling skills. In OVW, he teamed with Nick Dinsmore to compete in a tournament for the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship in mid-2001. Later that year, Henry's mother passed away, causing him to go on hiatus from wrestling. He felt he had to compete in the "Super Bowl of weight lifting"—the Arnold Strongman Classic—in honor of his mother, who gave him his first weight set when he was a child. Four months prior to the contest, Henry began lifting the heaviest of weights and trained for the first time since 1997 for a major lifting competition. He has never been a professional strongman before, but in the coming contest he was up to face the very best of the best of professional strongman—such as the #1ranked 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 and Olympic weightlifting Champion Raimonds Bergmanis and reigning America's Strongest Man of 2001 Brian Schoonveld. Then on 22, February 2002 in Columbus, Ohio the competition, consisting of four events, designed to determine the lifter with the greatest overall body power, began. Henry surprised everybody when he won the first event, setting a world record in the process by lifting the Apollon's Axle three times overhead. Only three man in history had ever been able to press it at all. By deadlifting 885 lbs for 2 reps in the second event and easily pushing a 5.000+lbs Hummer with nearly flat tires in the third event, Henry kept his lead continuously throughout the competition and never gave it up again. In the final "Farmer's Walk"-event Henry quickly carried the roughly 850 lbs of railroad ties up an incline, winning the whole competition convincingly to capture the winning prize—a 75.0000US$ Hummer, a vacation cruise and 10.000US$ cash. Since Mark had only trained for 4 months and defeated the crème-de-là-crème of worldwide strongman, who had been practicing for years, his win was a shock for strongman experts worldwide, but remained basically unnoticed by the wrestling audience. 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. By doing so he was again seen as the legit "strongest man in the world" by many lifting experts for a second time since 1996.

Brand switches (2002–2004)

Henry returned to the WWE the next month and was sent to the SmackDown! brand, where he developed an in-ring persona of performing "tests of strength" while other wrestlers took bets on the tests, but the gimmick met with little success. During this time he competed against such superstars as Chris Jericho and Christian. 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.

In August 2003, Henry returned to WWE television on the Raw roster, where he found some success as a member of "Thuggin' And Buggin' Enterprises," a group of African Americans led by Theodore Long 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 World Heavyweight Champion Goldberg when former champion, Triple H, put a bounty on Goldberg. This was followed by a brief rivalry with Shawn Michaels, before he engaged in a rivalry with Booker T. After defeating Booker T twice, once in a street fight and once in a six-man tag team match, he lost to Booker T at the Armageddon pay-per-view in December 2003. At a practice session in OVW in February 2004, Henry tore his quadriceps muscle, and was out for over a year after undergoing surgery. Henry was then utilized by WWE as a public relations figure during his recovery, before returning to OVW to finish out 2005.

Pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship (2005–2006)

During the December 30 episode of SmackDown!, Henry made his return to television, as he interfered in a WWE Tag Team Championship match, joining with MNM (Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro, and Melina), to help them defeat Rey Mysterio and Batista for the championship. A week later on SmackDown!, Henry got in a confrontation with the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista, and went on to interfere in a steel cage match between MNM and the team of Mysterio and Batista, helping MNM to retain their titles. 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 episode of SmackDown!, Henry was involved in a battle royal for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship. He was finally tossed out by Kurt Angle, who won the title.

A week later, Henry received assistance from Daivari, who turned on Angle and announced that he was the manager of Henry. With Daivari at his side, Henry faced Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight title at the 2006 Royal Rumble in January, losing when Angle hit him with a chair (without the referee seeing) and pinned him with a roll-up.

On the March 10 episode of SmackDown!, after putting Kurt Angle through a table with a diving splash, Henry was then challenged to a casket match by The Undertaker at WrestleMania 22. Henry vowed to defeat The Undertaker and end his streak at WrestleMania, but The Undertaker defeated him. Henry had a rematch against The Undertaker on the April 7 episode of SmackDown!. It ended in a no-contest when Daivari introduced his debuting client, The Great Khali. Khali went to the ring and attacked The Undertaker, starting a new feud and ending Henry's.

During the rest of April and May, Henry gained a pinfall victory over the World Heavyweight Champion, Rey Mysterio in a non-title match. Henry entered the King of the Ring tournament, and lost to Bobby Lashley in the first round. 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. Henry was then challenged by Angle to face off at Judgment Day, Henry then sent a "message" to Angle by defeating Paul Burchill. At Judgment Day, Henry defeated Angle by countout. 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" Chris Benoit and Paul Burchill on this path of destruction, and attacked Rey Mysterio and Chavo Guerrero. These events led up to a feud with the returning Batista, whom Henry had put out of action with a legitimate injury several months beforehand. When Batista returned he and Henry were scheduled to face one another at The Great American Bash in July. Weeks before that event, however, on the July 15, 2006 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event, Henry was involved in a six-man tag team match with King Booker and Finlay against Batista, Rey Mysterio, and Bobby Lashley. During the match, Henry was injured, canceling the scheduled match at The Great American Bash, as Henry needed surgery. Doctors later found that Henry completely tore his patella tendon off the bone and split his patella completely in two.

Return from injury and various feuds (2007–2008)

Henry returned on the May 11, 2007 episode of SmackDown!, after weeks of vignettes hyping his return. He attacked The Undertaker after a World Heavyweight Championship steel cage match with Batista, allowing Edge to take advantage of the situation and use his Money in the Bank contract. Henry then began a short feud with Kane, defeating him in a Lumberjack Match at One Night Stand. Shortly after, Henry made an open challenge to the SmackDown! locker room, which nobody ever accepted. In the coming weeks he faced various jobbers—wrestlers who consistently lose to make their opponents look stronger—and quickly defeated them all. On August 3, he claimed that nobody accepted the open challenge to step into the ring with him because of what he had done to The Undertaker, presenting footage of his assault on The Undertaker. The Undertaker responded over the following weeks, playing various mind games with Henry. Henry finally faced The Undertaker again at Unforgiven in September, losing to him after being given a Last Ride Following an unscripted backstage interview, Henry burst into tears and fled from the arena. Two weeks later, Henry lost a rematch to The Undertaker after The Undertaker performed a chokeslam on Henry.

After a short hiatus, Henry returned to WWE programming on the October 23 episode of ECW, attacking Kane, along with The Great Khali and Big Daddy V. Henry then began teaming with Big Daddy V against Kane and CM Punk, and was briefly managed by Big Daddy V's manager, Matt Striker. At Armageddon, Henry and Big Daddy V defeated Kane and Punk. Before WrestleMania XXIV aired, Henry participated in a 24-man battle royal to determine the number one contender for the ECW Championship, but failed to win.

ECW Champion (2008–2009)

As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft, Henry was drafted to the ECW brand. At Night of Champions, Henry defeated Kane and Big Show in a Triple Threat match to capture the ECW Championship in his debut match as an ECW superstar. Upon winning the title, it was made exclusive to the ECW brand once again. Henry's title win came nearly a full decade after he was awarded the European Championship, which was back in 1999 and the only title he held in WWE. A few weeks later, Hall of Famer Tony Atlas returned to WWE to act as Henry's manager. A month after Henry's title win, ECW General Manager, Theodore Long, unveiled a new, entirely platinum ECW Championship belt design. Henry lost the title to Matt Hardy at Unforgiven in the Championship Scramble match .

Henry attempted to regain the championship throughout the end of 2008, and had a match against Hardy at No Mercy, but was unsuccessful. Henry and Atlas then engaged in a scripted rivalry against Finlay and Hornswoggle, which included Henry losing a Belfast Brawl at Armageddon. At the start of 2009, Henry qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XXV, and was involved in a series of matches with the other competitors on Raw, SmackDown, and ECW. He was unsuccessful at WrestleMania, however, as CM Punk won the match. In May, Henry began a rivalry with Evan Bourne, which began after Bourne defeated Henry by countout on the May 26 episode of ECW.

Pursuit of the WWE Tag Team Championship (2009–2011)

On June 29, Henry was traded to the Raw brand and redebuted for the brand that night as the third opponent in a three-on-one gauntlet match against Randy Orton, which he won, turning Henry into a face in the process. 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. They stopped teaming afterwards, becoming involved in separate storylines, until the February 15, 2010 episode of Raw in which they defeated the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Big Show and The Miz in a non-title match. The next week they challenged The Big Show and The Miz in a title match but were unsuccessful. At Extreme Rules, Henry and MVP fought for a chance to become number one contenders to the Unified WWE Tag Team Championships, but were the second team eliminated in a gauntlet match by The Big Show and The Miz. The Hart Dynasty(Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith) won the match. On May 10 episode of raw Mark Henry was attacked by Batista

Henry mentored Lucky Cannon in the second season of WWE NXT. Cannon was eliminated on the August 10 episode of NXT. In September, Henry began teaming with Evan Bourne, starting at the Night of Champions pay-per-view, where they entered a Tag Team Turmoil for the WWE Tag Team Championship. They made it to the final two before being defeated by Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre. The team came to an end in October when Bourne suffered an injury and was taken out of action. Henry then formed a team with Yoshi Tatsu on the November 29 episode of Raw, defeating WWE Tag Team Champions Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater, after a distraction by John Cena. 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. Henry and Tatsu were the first team eliminated in the match.

World Heavyweight Champion and Hall of Pain (2011–present)

In 2011, on the April 25 episode of Raw, Henry was drafted back to the SmackDown brand as part of the 2011 WWE Draft. In the main event of the night, Henry sparked a heel turn for his character when he attacked his teammates, John Cena and Christian. On the May 27 episode of SmackDown, Henry participated in a Triple Threat match against Sheamus and Christian to decide the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship, which was won by Sheamus. On the June 17 episode of SmackDown, Big Show was scheduled to face an angry and emotionally unstable Henry, who warned Big Show not to get into the ring; Big Show ignored the warning and Henry assaulted Big Show before the match could begin. This act ignited a feud between the two; Henry attacked Big Show both backstage and during matches while on the July 1 episode of SmackDown, Big Show's music played during Henry's match against Randy Orton, causing Henry to be counted out and costing him a future shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. Henry reacted by destroying the audio equipment and manhandling a technician. Henry faced Big Show in a singles match at Money in the Bank and won. After the match, Henry crushed Show's leg with a chair, (kayfabe) injuring him, an act Henry would later reference as an induction into the "Hall of Pain". Henry did the same to Kane on the next episode of SmackDown.

On the July 29 episode of SmackDown, Theodore Long informed Mark Henry that he could no longer compete as no one dared to fight him. Sheamus interrupted, saying that he wasn't afraid of Mark Henry before slapping him. On the August 5 episode of SmackDown, Vladimir Kozlov was defeated by Henry who crushed his leg after the match. At SummerSlam, Henry defeated Sheamus by count-out after Henry slammed Sheamus through a ring barricade. On the August 19 episode of SmackDown, Henry won a 20-man Battle Royal to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship to face Randy Orton at Night of Champions and throughout weeks on SmackDown and Raw, Henry regularly attacked Orton, getting an advantage over him. At Night of Champions, Henry defeated Orton to become World Heavyweight Champion for the first time in his 15 years with WWE. On the September 30 episode of SmackDown, Henry defeated The Great Khali in a non-title match and later crushed Khali's foot after the match. Henry successfully defended the title against Orton at Hell in a Cell in a Hell in a Cell match.

On the October 7 episode of Smackdown, Big Show returned and choke-slammed Mark Henry through the announce table, thus earning a title shot against Henry at Vengeance. During the match, Henry superplexed Big Show from the top rope, causing the ring to collapse from the impact, and the match ruled a no contest. Henry also began a feud with the Money in the Bank briefcase holder Daniel Bryan on the November 4 episode of SmackDown, challenging Bryan to a non-title match to prove that Bryan could not become champion. During the match, Big Show knocked out Henry, making him win by disqualification. Show then urged Bryan to cash in his contract, but Henry recovered and attacked both Bryan and Big Show before the match could start. At Survivor Series. Henry retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show after a low blow that disqualified Henry. Angered by Mark Henry's cowardice, Big Show crushed Henry's ankle with a steel chair. On November 25, Henry was knocked out again by Big Show, at which point Bryan cashed in his briefcase for a title match and quickly pinned Henry. However, SmackDown authority figure Theodore Long revealed that Henry was not medically cleared to compete and voided the match, so Henry remained champion and the briefcase was returned to Bryan. Later that night, Bryan won a Fatal-Four Way match to face Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship in a steel cage. On the November 29 of SmackDown, Henry defeated Bryan to retain his championship.

At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Henry lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Big Show in a chairs match. After the match, Henry knocked Big Show out, resulting in Daniel Bryan cashing in his Money in the Bank to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. On the January 20 episode of SmackDown, Bryan retained the championship against Henry in a Lumberjack match after Bryan provoked the lumberjacks to come in and attack them to cause a no contest. At the 2012 Royal Rumble event, Henry faced Bryan and Show in a Triple Threat steel cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship; Bryan escaped the cage to retain the title.

On the February 3 episode of SmackDown, Henry was suspended indefinitely in story-line by SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long after Henry physically accosted Long as he demanded a one-on-one rematch that night with Bryan. In reality, Henry suffered a hyper-extended knee the previous week. Henry returned to in-ring action on the February 20 episode of Raw, losing to Sheamus. 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; but as a result Punk retained his title. On the April 16 episode of Raw, Punk defeated Henry in a no-disqualification, no count-out match to retain the WWE Championship. On May 14, Henry announced he was going under a career-threatening surgery for an injury. After a nine-month absence, Henry made his return on the February 4, 2013 episode of Raw, brutally attacking Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara. Four days later on SmackDown, Henry defeated Randy Orton to earn a spot in the number one contenders' Elimination Chamber match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Elimination Chamber. At the pay-per-view on February 17, Henry eliminated Daniel Bryan and Kane before being eliminated by Randy Orton. After his elimination, Henry attacked the three remaining participants before being escorted out by WWE officials. Henry then began a feud with Ryback after several non-verbal confrontations led to them attacking Drew McIntyre with their finishers, attempting to one-up each other. On the March 15 episode of SmackDown, Henry was defeated by Ryback via disqualification, following interference from The Shield. Afterward, Henry delivered the World's Strongest Slam to Ryback three times in a row. Henry and Ryback competed in a Bench Press Challenge on the March 29 episode of SmackDown, in which Henry beat the bench press record of the NFL Scouting Combine with 53 reps of 225 lbs (100 kg). After he finished, Ryback tied him with 53 reps, but Henry choked him with the weight by pressing down the bar. On April 7 at Wrestlemania 29, Henry defeated Ryback in a singles match. Later that month, Henry reignited a feud with Sheamus, after the two repeatedly attacked each other backstage. On the April 19 episode of SmackDown, Henry teamed up with old rival Big Show to defeat Sheamus and Randy Orton in a tag team match. With Orton and Show out of the picture, Sheamus would continue to feud with Henry as the two started testing each other's strength, during which, Henry shattered the Guinness World Record when he pulled two tractor trailers weighting over 110,000 pounds 20 feet across a parking lot. Their rivalry built to a strap match on May 19 at Extreme Rules, where Sheamus emerged victorious.

Departure from WWE (2013)

WWE has confirmed due to frequent breaks from Mark Henry after a huge buildup WWE has decided to part ways with Mark Henry and have wished him the best in his future endeavors.

TNA (2013)

There is talk from TNA that there working to negotiate a contract with Mark Henry after he is elgible as a free agent. Mark Henry has agreed to work for TNA and is scheduled to appear as a Aces & Eights member sometime in August if the contract does get signed.

TNA are also considering the option of having Mark Henry face Hulk Hogan LIVE on TNA Impact in a Viagra on a pole match with the winner taking home the Viagra and Brooke Hogan.

Mark Henry has been reported not only to be the newest member of Aces and Eights, but Henry is bringing his own manager, his very own son, Mae Young's hand. Mark may also change his TNA in ring name to Sexual Handchocolate Henry.

Personal life

Henry is the cousin of former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Kevin Henry. Henry's father, Ernest, died of complications from diabetes when Henry was twelve. He has an older brother called Pat. Henry lives in New York with his wife Jana and his son Jacob. He drives a Hummer that he won in the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic. Henry comes from a family in which almost all of the men are gigantic, especially his great uncle Chudd, who was 6'7″, weighed approximately 500lbs, never had a pair of manufactured shoes, and was known as the strongest man in the woods of east Texas. On September 10, 2012, Henry served as one of the pallbearers for actor Michael Clarke Duncan's funeral.

In wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • World's Strongest Slam (High-angle or release falling powerslam, sometimes from the top rope)

• Signature moves
  • Bearhug
  • Body avalanche
  • Corner slingshot splash, sometimes with a chair trapped on the opponent's ankles to cause a storyline injury
  • Gorilla press transitioned into either a drop or a slam
  • Headbutt
  • Leapfrog body guillotine
  • Nerve hold
  • Running powerslam
  • Running splash
  • Scoop powerslam

• Managers
  • Tony Atlas
  • Daivari
  • Ivory
  • Theodore Long
  • Melina
  • Matt Striker
  • Mae Young

• Nicknames
  • "The World's Strongest Man"
  • "The Strongest Man Who Ever Lived"
  • "The Hall of Pain Inductor"
  • "Sexual Chocolate"
  • "The Silverback"
  • "The King of the Jungle"
  • "The World's Strongest Champion" (as either ECW Champion or World Heavyweight Champion)

• Entrance themes
  • "Power" by Jim Johnston (1998)
  • "Sexual Chocolate" performed by Stevan Swann and composed by Jim Johnston (1998–2000; November 15, 2010)
  • "MacMilitant" performed by Miestro and composed by Jim Johnston (2002-2004)
  • "Some Bodies Gonna Get It" by Three 6 Mafia (May 21, 2006–present)
  • "The Wall" by Heet Mob (2008)

Championships, records and accomplishments

Powerlifting

• CHAMPIONSHIPS PARTICIPATION - High School Level
  • Two times 1st place in Texas State High School Powerlifting TEAM Championships (in Division I under Silsbee High School)
  • 1st place in Texas State High School Powerlifting Championships 1988 in SHW division
  • 1st place in Texas State High School Powerlifting Championships 1989 in SHW division
  • 1st place in Texas State High School Powerlifting Championships 1990 in SHW division
  • 1st place in National High School Powerlifting Championships 1990 in SHW division at age 18
  • results: Powerlifting Total - 922 kg (377.5/227/317.5) - 2033 lbs (832/501/700)

• CHAMPIONSHIPS PARTICIPATION - Junior&Senior Level
  • 1st place in International Junior (20-23) Powerlifting Championships 1991 in SHW division at age 20
  • 2nd place in Men's USPF Senior National Championships 1990 in SHW division at age 19
    • results: Powerlifting Total - 910 kg (365.0/212.5/332.5) / 2006.2 lbs (804.7/468.5/733.0)
  • 1st place in ADFPA (USAPL) National Powerlifting Championships 1995 in SHW division at age 24
    • results: Powerlifting Total - 1050 kg (430.0/210.0/410.0) / 2314.8 lbs (948,0/462,9/903.9) raw with wraps
  • 1st place in WDFPF World Powerlifting Championships 1995 in SHW division at age 24
    • results: Powerlifting Total - 1060 kg (432.5/235.0/392.5) / 2336.9 lbs (953.5/518.1/865.3) raw with wraps
  • 1st place in USAPL National Powerlifting Championships 1997 in SHW division at age 26
    • results: Powerlifting Total - 1020 kg (410/225/385) - 2248.7 (903.9/496.0/848.8) raw with wraps

• RECORDS*
  • Teen III (18–19 years) Level
    • Teen-age World Records in the squat at 377.5 kg (832 lbs) and total at 922 kg (2033 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) set in April, 1990 at The National High School Powerlifting Championshipsat at age 18
    • Teen-age US American Records in the squat at 377.5 kg (832 lbs), bench press 227 kg (501 pounds), dead lift 317.5 kg (700 lbs) and total at 922 kg (2033 lbs) set in April, 1990 at The National High School Powerlifting Championships at age 18
    • Texas state and US American Teen-age record holder in all four powerlifting categories - the squat at 377.5 kg (832 lbs), bench press at 238 kg (525 lbs) and deadlift at 369.7 kg (815 lbs) as well as the total at 922 kg (2033 lbs) at age 19.
    • Current Texas state and US American Teen-age record holder in the squat at 425.0 kg (936.75 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since 1991
  • Collegiate Level
    • Current Texas State Collegiate Record holder in the squat at 425.0 kg (936.75 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since 1991 (best in America as well but not registered as such)
  • Junior Level (20–23 years)
    • Current Texas State Junior Record holder in the deadlift at 385.6 kg (850.0 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since 1995 (best in America as well but not registered as such)
  • Senior Level (24+ years)
    • Current Texas State Record holder in the squat at 433 kg (954 lbs), the deadlift at 410.5 kg (905 lbs) and the total at 1060 kg (2337 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since 1995
    • Former All-time raw (unequipped) squat World Record holder at 430.0 kg (948.0 lbs) (drug-tested as well as non drug-tested) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) from July 16, 1995 to October 29, 1995
    • Former All-time raw (unequipped) squat World Record holder at 432.5 kg (953.5 lbs) (drug-tested as well as non drug-tested) in SHW class from October 29, 1995 to June 7, 2010** (+regardless of weight class until November 4, 2007***)
    • Former All-time raw (unequipped) deadlift World Record holder at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) (drug-tested as well as non drug-tested) in SHW class from July 16, 1995 to May 23, 2010**** (+regardless of weight class until July 4, 2009*****)
    • Current All-time drug-tested raw (unequipped) squat World Record holder at 432.5 kg (953.5 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since October 29, 1995
    • Current All-time drug-tested raw (unequipped) deadlift World Record holder at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) in SHW class only since July 16, 1995
    • Current All-time drug-tested raw (unequipped) Powerlifting Total World Record holder at 1060.0 kg (2336.9 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since October 29, 1995
    • Current All-time American Record holder in the raw deadlift at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) (drug-tested as well as non drug-tested) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class) since July 16, 1995
    • Current American Record holder in the deadlift at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) (drug-tested as well as non drug-tested) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since July 16, 1995
    • Current All-time US National Championship Record holder in the deadlift at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) (drug-tested as well as non drug-tested) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since July 16, 1995
  • Federation Records
    • World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation (WDFPF) World Records
      • Current WDFPF World Record holder in the squat at 432.5 kg (953.5 lbs), the deadlift at 392.5 kg (865.3 lbs) and the total at 1060 kg (2336.9 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since October 29, 1995 (categorized as "open equipped", despite performed in singlet&knee sleeves only/without suit)
    • U.S.A. Powerlifting (USAPL) US American Records
      • Current USAPL US American Record holder in the deadlift at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since July 16, 1995
      • Current US National Championship Record holder in the deadlift at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) in SHW class (+regardless of weight class and equipment) since July 16, 1995

• Special Powerlifting Honors
  • As an 18-year-old high school senior, Mark is called "The World's Strongest Teen-ager" by the Los Angeles Times in April 1990 for winning The National High School Powerlifting Championships and setting teen-age lifting world records in the squat 832 lb (377 kg) and total 2,033 lb (922 kg).
  • Mark Henry was voted in the All-time Top 25 All-Mens US Powerlifting Nationals Team in 2007: To commemorate the 25th Anniversary USAPL Mens Nationals, a list of the top 25 powerlifters, who have made the biggest impact on the Mens Nationals, has been created: The "USAPL Silver Anniversary Mens Nationals Team". Mark Henry is the only member with just two wins, but in those two wins he left all speechless. His 903 DL in 95 is still unsurpassed in the USAPL. He also had two 900+ lb. squats. Most impressive is that in two outings his average margin of victory was 179 lbs. and it was done raw.
  • Mark Henry is the only human in history who has not only squatted more than 900 lbs without a squat suit, but also deadlifted more than 900 lbs raw.
  • Mark Henry is the only human in history to have squatted more than 900 lbs without a squat suit and deadlifted more than 900 lbs raw in one and the same powerlifting meet.
  • Mark Henry's 430.0 kg (948.0 lbs) raw squat and 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) deadlift, done on July 16, 1995 is the highest raw "squat-pull-2-lift-total" (squat+deadlift=1851.9 lbs) ever lifted in a competition. (Andrei Malanichev's 430.0 kg (948.0 lbs) squat and 400.0 kg (881.8 lbs) deadlift = 1829.8 lbs on October 22, 2011 being the 2nd highest ever.)
  • Mark Henry does not only hold the greatest all-time drug-tested raw (unequipped) Powerlifting Total in history at 1060.0 kg (2336.9 lbs), but also the second greatest in history at 1050 kg (2314.8 lbs).
  • Mark Henry's 432.5 kg (953.5 lbs) unequipped squat is currently the 4th highest squat ever performed without a squat suit in an official competition (open or drug-tested) (stand: 8-26-2012).
  • Mark Henry's 1060.0 kg (2336.9 lbs) unequipped total is currently the 5th highest total ever lifted without supportive equipment in an official competition (open or drug-tested) (stand: 8-26-2012).

* incomplete

** surpassed by Robert Wilkerson (SHW class) of the United States with a 975 lbs raw squat with knee wraps on June 7, 2010 at the Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF) Nationals (open competition, not drug-tested) as the all-time raw world record in the SHW class

*** surpassed by Sergiy Karnaukhov (308-pound-class) of Ukraine with a 970 lbs raw squat with knee wraps on November 4, 2007 as the all-time raw "regardless of weight class" world record

**** surpassed by Andy Bolton (SHW class) of the United Kingdom with a 953 lbs raw deadlift on May 23, 2010 (open competition, not drug-tested) as the all-time raw world record in the SHW class (+regardless of weight class)

***** surpassed by Konstantin Konstantinovs (308-pound-class) of Latvia with a 939 lbs raw deadlift without a belt on July 4, 2009 (drug-tested competition) as the all-time raw "regardless of weight class" world record

Weightlifting

• Olympic Games
  • Olympic Games team member representing USA at the Olympics 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, finishing 10th place in SHW division at age 21
  • Team Captain of the Olympic Weightlifting team representing USA at the Olympics 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing 14th in SHW division due to back injury at age 25

• Pan American Games
  • Silver Medalist in the Olympic weightlifting Total in SHW (+108) division at the Pan American Games 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina at age 23
    • result: total - 804 pounds
  • Gold Medalist in the Snatch in SHW (+108) division at the Pan American Games 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina at age 23
    • result: snatch - 391 1/4 pounds, setting an American record
  • Bronze Medalist in Clean and jerk in SHW (+108) division at the Pan American Games 1995 in Mar del Plata, Argentina at age 23
    • result: clean and jerk - snatch412 3/4 pounds

• North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands (NACAC) Championships
  • 1st place in North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands Championships 1996 in SHW (+108 kg) division

• U.S. National Weightlifting Championships
  • 1st place in U.S. National Junior Weightlifting Championships 1991 in SHW (+110 kg) division at age 19
    • results: total: 326.0 kg - snatch: 156.0 kg / clean&jerk: 170.0 kg
  • 4th place in U.S. Senior National Weightlifting Championships 1991 in SHW (+110 kg) division at age 19
    • results: total: 325.0 kg - snatch: 150.0 kg / clean&jerk: 175.0 kg
  • 3rd place in U.S. Senior National Weightlifting Championships 1992 in SHW (+110 kg) division at age 20
    • results: total: 365.0 kg - snatch: 165.0 kg / clean&jerk: 200.0 kg
  • 1st place in U.S. Senior National Weightlifting Championships 1993 in SHW (+108 kg) division at age 21
    • results: total: 385.0 kg - snatch: 175.0 kg / clean&jerk: 210.0 kg
  • 1st place in U.S. Senior National Weightlifting Championships 1994 in SHW (+108 kg) division at age 22
    • results: total: 387.5 kg - snatch: 172.5 kg / clean&jerk: 215.0 kg
  • 1st place in U.S. Senior National Weightlifting Championships 1996 in SHW (+108 kg) division at age 24
    • results: total: 400.0 kg - snatch: 180.0 kg / clean&jerk: 220.0 kg
    • Mark Henry was voted as the #1 outstanding lifter of the championships

• U.S. Olympic Festival Championships
  • 1st place in U.S. Olympic Festival Championships 1993 in SHW (+108 kg) division at age 22
  • 1st place in U.S. Olympic Festival Championships 1994 in SHW (+108 kg) division at age 23

• USA Weightlifting American Open Championships
  • 2nd place in the American Open Weightlifting Championships 1991 in SHW (+110 kg) division at age 20
  • 1st place in the American Open Weightlifting Championships 1992 in SHW (+110 kg) division at age 21

• RECORDS
  • Junior US American record holder (+110 kg) in the Snatch at 162.5 kg, Clean and jerk at 202.5 kg, and Total at 362.5 kg (1986–1992)
  • Senior US American record holder (+108 kg) in the Snatch at 180.0 kg, Clean and jerk at 220.0 kg, and Total at 400.0 kg (1993–1997)

Strength athletics

• Arnold Classic
  • Arnold Strongman Classic - Winner 2002 at age 31: After only 4 month's training Mark Henry takes first prize in one of the most prestigious annual strongman events, the so-called "SUPER BOWL" of weightlifting, out-muscling some of the best in worldwide Strongman athletics including the #1ranked strongman in the world and World's Strongest Man competition winner of 2001 Svend Karlsen, World Powerlifting Champion of 2000 and 2001 Andy Bolton and World's Strongest Man winner of 2006 Phil Pfister. Henry won competition, setting a new world record in the Apollon's Axle in the process. Henry deadlifted 885 lbs for 2 easy repetitions and was the only competitor able to clean and press the Apollon's Wheel overhead 3 times.
  • Winner of the $1000 Thomas Inch dumbbell challenge at the Arnold Strongman Classic 2002, by lifting the dumbbell to the level of his chest
  • Fourth man in history to clean and press the Apollon's Wheel (a non-revolving 365 lb barbell with a 2 inch thick handle) overhead.

• First man in history to one-hand clean and push press the "unliftable" Thomas Inch dumbbell (172 lbs; 2.47" diameter handle), writing strength athletics history on June 22, 2002 in New Jersey - Mark was the first man in history, who was able to one-hand clean it from the floor to shoulder's height and then press it to arm's length. Tom Black, who covered the event for the Cyberpump website, called the lift “the best documented feat of all the legendary performances and perhaps the most spectacular feat of strength ever performed.” Though many have tried, only one man in history has yet been able to repeat this feat. The most difficult part is not to one-hand press it, but to clean it from the floor with one hand, because of the grip strength it requires.

• Mark Henry is crowned "The Second Strongest Man That Ever Lived" – according to Flex Magazine May, 2008: In a Top Ten List of the strongest men of all time called "Strength in Numbers", published by Flex Magazine, Mark Henry came in second only to the legendary 6 time Arnold Strongman Classic winner Zydrunas Savickas, who was voted #1. Henry was given the honors for his world class performances in powerlifting, weightlifting and strongman despite minimal training and exceptionally young age, as well as for his accomplishment of still holding the highest combined weightlifting/powerlifting total in history to this day. Henry surpasses even all-time great strength legends such as 3 time World's Strongest Man competition winner Bill Kazmaier, legendary Paul Anderson and Louis Cyr as well as 5 time World's Strongest Man winner Mariusz Pudzianowski.

• International Sports Hall of Fame
  • International Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 2012): Mark Henry is honored as one of the world’s greatest athlete legends in sports history for his extraordinary career as a lifetime drug-free strength prodigy in powerlifting, weightlifting and strongman setting record marks in all three disciplines. He is inducted in 2012 together with fellow hall-of-famers Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cory Everson, Jack LaLanne, James Lorimer and Randy Couture.

Professional wrestling

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2011)
  • PWI ranked him #9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2012
• World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
  • WWF European Championship (1 time)
  • ECW Championship (1 time)
  • World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  • Slammy Award for “Holy $#!+ Move of the Year” (2011) – Big Show and Mark Henry implode the ring after Henry performed a superplex on him at Vengeance

See also

• List of strongmen
• List of professional wrestlers billed as "World's Strongest Man"

References

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External links

• Official website
• WWE profile
• Mark Henry - The Strongest Man That Ever Lived (article by Ben Tatar)
• Mark Henry's impressive achievements over the ropes by Katie Raymonds on WWE.com
• Mark Henry at IMDb
• International Sports Hall of Fame: Mark Henry featured in pictures and Acceptance Speech video clips
• Powerliftingwatch of all-time powerlifting records, including Mark Henry's
• Video: Mark Henry at the Arnold Strongman Classic 2002 (introduction+Apollon's Wheel+Inch dumbbell)
• Video: Mark Henry lifting the "unliftable" Thomas Inch Dumbbell as the first man in history
• Video: Mark Henry wins the 1995 USAPL (ADFPA) National Powerlifting Championships and deadlifts 903 lb

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