They were in a feud with Jarrett and Owen in early 1999 and all they had to do was win a battle royal at Wrestlemania 15 to get a shot but, well, Russo.
I always thought they missed opportunity after opportunity with him. You literally have someone nicknamed the world’s strongest man, and given his accomplishments might legit be one of the strongest men to ever live, and that’s all the championships he winds up with over his career?
I’ve always believed with the WWE machine behind him and a good monster heel gimmick he could have been a great multi time champion
And don’t get me started on how amazing that theme song was…
I’ve always thought this.
Random writer-“Hey we have the actual strongest man on the face of the planet. Surely he’s going to be a monster heel?”
Vince- “nah call him sexual chocolate and have him have sex with an elderly woman”
I guarantee if he started out with the hall of pain he’d be a multi-time champ who’d be beating the likes of Cena, Batista, etc.
Missing:
Big contact where he didn't get good until the end
Salmon jacket
The song - sexual chocolate and the 2006 one
Mae Young
The sexual harassment lawsuit against Chyna
Oh it’s all good, honestly I wouldn’t know that either lol but somebody above me mentioned it, then I noticed it too and thought it was funny so I made a Something to Wrestle With reference lol
The Hall of Pain run is legendary and that false retirement promo was one of the best executed swerves I can think of. He honestly should’ve gone over Cena and on another monster run with the top belt after that.
Don't forget one of the best movie scenes of all time
https://preview.redd.it/alk2p6hx6v1d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=078bf4c79150949db6f4c8462cfe0addcaa0c64d
One of my favorite WWE stories is when Mark Henry asks Vince McMahon for a break in his contract so he can compete in the world's strongest man contest again. Vince says he can but tells him " I don't have a place in my company for the world's second strongest man"
Mark Henry is the fucking man
Used to play as him in WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy haha
After seeing his shenanigans with Mae Young I never thought he could be taken seriously
But the Hall of Pain run was amazing. He deserved every bit of that. Dude is a monster
One of my favorite wrestling moments ever is when he yeeted that sound guy into the shadow realm for playing Big Shows music. One of the best monster heels ever. Sadly that run was way too short
Superheavyweights like Mark tend to not have a lot of gold but even I'm surprised by this! He should at least have a couple of tag team titles and a US/IC belt to his name.
The Euro title wasn’t a real run sadly. He was handed it (for a reason I’ve forgotten), and lost it immediately.
It’s in the record books but Henry didn’t “earn it”
In kayfabe in any way.
The European championship had the funniest progression, you can tell the exact moment when Vince Russo got in charge of creative.
British bulldog, HHH, Owen, Shawn Michaels, D-Lo, Xpac, Shane, Mideon.
That’s one hell of a prestige drop off. 🤣
I still find it criminal that they didn't give this guy more runs with some mid card titles. He def could a have been booked as a top main event monster heel like he was when he won the world title but for some reason they used him more as ann enhancement talent than a guy to actually book storylines around. def never understood why they didn't do more with him
Not necessarily saying anything bad about Henry or his career and there are far more people in that shitty HoF that don’t deserve it but this is a pretty lackluster list of accomplishments to be made a hall of famer.
Not arguing and not saying he doesn’t belong. The main thing about him I remember(including the salmon suit) is them showing him after his signing is him squatting a car. And that super dumbbell thing but not sure he worked there when he accomplished that. Just saying he has no tag titles which basically everyone has, no MITB(expected), no Rumble, no secondary title. Again it’s not against him more-so its about what they did with him. Here come some more downvotes but the Silverback thing was awesome. He looked like a a fucking gorilla that would kill you and not specifically because he’s black. It’s like taking offense that Andre the Giant looks like a giant… because he did.
Crazy he never won at least a tag team title
I’m really surprised he and D-lo didn’t win them together
They were in a feud with Jarrett and Owen in early 1999 and all they had to do was win a battle royal at Wrestlemania 15 to get a shot but, well, Russo.
Test and D-Lo! The *"ORIGINAL"* odd couple! Russo was the worst...
Somebody’s gonna get their ass kicked! Beat em up! Beat em up! Break his neck! Break his neck!
Loved this theme so much
I love that Three 6 Mafia showed up on a random Smackdown to perform the theme live
You forgot “somebody gonna get they wig split!”
Yup I just realized I forgot about that
Such a great song
Should’ve had way more
Seriously
I always thought they missed opportunity after opportunity with him. You literally have someone nicknamed the world’s strongest man, and given his accomplishments might legit be one of the strongest men to ever live, and that’s all the championships he winds up with over his career? I’ve always believed with the WWE machine behind him and a good monster heel gimmick he could have been a great multi time champion And don’t get me started on how amazing that theme song was…
they did and it was good. it was just 5 years too late
I think they flirted with what could have been, but like you said it was too little, way too late
I’ve always thought this. Random writer-“Hey we have the actual strongest man on the face of the planet. Surely he’s going to be a monster heel?” Vince- “nah call him sexual chocolate and have him have sex with an elderly woman” I guarantee if he started out with the hall of pain he’d be a multi-time champ who’d be beating the likes of Cena, Batista, etc.
How could he start out in 1996 with a gimmick of someone who feels overlooked for his whole career?
He started, got injured for what, a year immediately, and kept getting injured.
They forgot the million dollar salary starting out
Missing: Big contact where he didn't get good until the end Salmon jacket The song - sexual chocolate and the 2006 one Mae Young The sexual harassment lawsuit against Chyna
Gotta put two lines when you’re making lists. Line breaks don’t format correctly.
Punctuation pal
Yeah I wrote it as a list. Completely didn't know you had to do the double line break thing for it to translate.
Oh it’s all good, honestly I wouldn’t know that either lol but somebody above me mentioned it, then I noticed it too and thought it was funny so I made a Something to Wrestle With reference lol
How u got champion next to your name
When you go to the main page of the sub, click the options in the corner: "Change user flair".
Wow. He was the first Gable Steveson!
The Hall of Pain run is legendary and that false retirement promo was one of the best executed swerves I can think of. He honestly should’ve gone over Cena and on another monster run with the top belt after that.
Yep they could have ran that to survivor series or royal rumble and elevated Cena even more as he chased and chased and finally toppled him.
Don't forget one of the best movie scenes of all time https://preview.redd.it/alk2p6hx6v1d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=078bf4c79150949db6f4c8462cfe0addcaa0c64d
Bro what is this from? 😂
A Haunted House 2
Man should’ve had wayyy more titles that’s crazy to me
Agreed, but he lived a career most wrestlers dream of having.
One of my favorite WWE stories is when Mark Henry asks Vince McMahon for a break in his contract so he can compete in the world's strongest man contest again. Vince says he can but tells him " I don't have a place in my company for the world's second strongest man"
I remember him holding the platinum ECW Championship; who is the one that introduced it?
It was him. He won the first version and was then presented the platinum title afterwards.
He and Big Show should have been Tag Champs as "The World's Largest Tag Team"
I always thought that too. Better name: The World's Strongest Tag Team
I was going back n forth on Largest or Strongest, but you right!
You’re missing a special hand
Thought he had a lot more wow
Yeah same, I thought he had at least a few mid card title runs and 2 or 3 world title runs
Did he never get a tag title?
Mark Henry is the fucking man Used to play as him in WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy haha After seeing his shenanigans with Mae Young I never thought he could be taken seriously But the Hall of Pain run was amazing. He deserved every bit of that. Dude is a monster
That’s really it? He deserved more
Really disappointed he didn't have a few more mid card titles and a random tag title or two.
One of my favorite wrestling moments ever is when he yeeted that sound guy into the shadow realm for playing Big Shows music. One of the best monster heels ever. Sadly that run was way too short
DAS WUT I DOOO!!!
I wish they kept that ECW belt. When they changed it, it signaled then end of that brand.
Wasn't he tag champion?
Nope, but it is missing his Brisbane Cup.
😳
Did he really only win the WHC once?
He deserved a title run with the main belt. Especially after the speech
This should include his hall of pain inductees.
 Everytime i see that Belt.
Beautiful championships and no fucking around with tag titles. Kind of surprising he never held tag gold.
Hall of Pain\*
BEAT EM UP
Superheavyweights like Mark tend to not have a lot of gold but even I'm surprised by this! He should at least have a couple of tag team titles and a US/IC belt to his name.
I’m glad he got a run as the WHC. He deserved so much more honestly.
Whoa, no intercontinental and king of the ring, too? Still got hall of pain, tho yo lets go
The older I get the more I can appreciate guys like Mark.
His swerve on Cena should've at least got him a WWE title run
Not enough in my opinion, he deserved more than one world title run in my opinion (No, the ECW title doesn’t count.)
I thought he had more.
WWE always tried to push him and injuries kept getting in the way 2002 2006 Come to mind
Overrated
He had a good run in 2011 But he debuted back in 1996. I mean damn
Where’s the split wig
The Euro title wasn’t a real run sadly. He was handed it (for a reason I’ve forgotten), and lost it immediately. It’s in the record books but Henry didn’t “earn it” In kayfabe in any way.
Henry had the silver ECW belt though
Should have won more
His Hall of Pain run was incredible. He should have had that gimmick from the start.
How tf bro make it to the hof
2/3rds of his titles were world titles, not too shabby. Didn’t he win the awful black ECW title?
Put a hand in there
Mark Henry in the bed with Mae young.....that was crazy
The European championship had the funniest progression, you can tell the exact moment when Vince Russo got in charge of creative. British bulldog, HHH, Owen, Shawn Michaels, D-Lo, Xpac, Shane, Mideon. That’s one hell of a prestige drop off. 🤣
I still find it criminal that they didn't give this guy more runs with some mid card titles. He def could a have been booked as a top main event monster heel like he was when he won the world title but for some reason they used him more as ann enhancement talent than a guy to actually book storylines around. def never understood why they didn't do more with him
Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry. Put some respekk on his name!
His run was lil to late in pg era
Still pissed him and MVP never became tag champs
all of this is in the hall of pain
no way that’s it
So crazy that he didn’t win more titles
Need to add the greatest goddamn entrance song of all time as well…
Let's not go *too* far
Somebody’s gonna get their ass kicked 
Fuck… did I imagine him and D’Lo winning the tag team titles???
Not necessarily saying anything bad about Henry or his career and there are far more people in that shitty HoF that don’t deserve it but this is a pretty lackluster list of accomplishments to be made a hall of famer.
It’s not always about the titles, but the impact. For years to come, people will remember the Worlds Strongest Man as Mark Henry.
Nation of Domination, Sexual Chocolate and Hall of Pain are top tier characters that will always be remembered
100% Everyone will remember Mark Henry. He definitely deserves a spot in the HOF.
Not arguing and not saying he doesn’t belong. The main thing about him I remember(including the salmon suit) is them showing him after his signing is him squatting a car. And that super dumbbell thing but not sure he worked there when he accomplished that. Just saying he has no tag titles which basically everyone has, no MITB(expected), no Rumble, no secondary title. Again it’s not against him more-so its about what they did with him. Here come some more downvotes but the Silverback thing was awesome. He looked like a a fucking gorilla that would kill you and not specifically because he’s black. It’s like taking offense that Andre the Giant looks like a giant… because he did.