Mark Henry

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Mark Henry in 2020

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Data
Ring name Mark Henry
Additions to names The World's Strongest Man
Sexual Chocolate
height 190 cm
Fighting weight 166 - 187 kg
birth June 12, 1971
Silsbee , Texas
Announced from Silsbee, Texas
debut September 22, 1996
retirement 15th January 2018

Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971 in Silsbee , Texas ) is an American powerlifting , weightlifter , strongman and wrestler for the WWE wrestling organization . Henry appeared there on their weekly television shows as well as at major events.

Private life

Henry lives in Austin , Texas with his wife, son, and daughter . He is the cousin of former football player Kevin Lerell Henry.

Career in weight training

Henry began his athletic career as a powerlifting and weightlifter . In weightlifting he was two-time participant in the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996 and silver, gold and bronze medalists at the Pan American Games in 1995. Henry was also a three-time US champion (1993, 1994 and 1995), American Open winner 1992, two-time US Olympic Festival Champion (1993 and 1994) and North American and Caribbean Champion ( NACAC ) 1996. In 1996 he set three US weightlifting records.

As a powerlifting fighter, he was world champion of the World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation (WDFPF) (1995), two-time US champion (USAPL) (1995 and 1997) and raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift . He is currently the WDFPF world record holder in the squat, deadlift and total as well as the American record holder in the deadlift in the USA Powerlifting League (USAPL) since 1995.

In 2002 he took first place in the first Arnold Strongman Classics , one of the most prestigious annual strongman competitions. He was able to defeat the crème-de-là-crème of international strongmen, such as the 2001 World's Strongest Man winner Svend Karlsen, the 2006 World's Strongest Man Phil Pfister and the world powerlifting champion and world record holder Andy Bolton.

Wrestling career

World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (since 1996)

Nation of Domination and Sexual Chocolate (1996-2000)

At the age of 25, Henry made his debut with the World Wrestling Federation in the summer of 1996 after signing a ten-year contract. He defeated Jerry Lawler in his first match at Pay-Per-View In Your House: Mind Games .

On August 23, 1999 he received the (now discontinued ) WWE European Championship as part of a storyline from Jeff Jarrett as thanks for his help in winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the European Championship at SummerSlam . However, he had to give up the title just under a month later.

Ohio Valley Wrestling and Feud against Batista (2000-2006)

Henry's lack of wrestling training led to World Wrestling Entertainment WWE 2000 sending him to Ohio Valley Wrestling's own junior league. In 2002 he took a break from wrestling for several months in preparation for the Arnold Strongman Classic . After his return, he made a few small appearances, which, however, remained without major fuss.

On March 1, 2004, Henry's quadriceps ruptured while exercising . After surgery and subsequent recovery, he played again shows at Ohio Valley Wrestling from February 2005.

In December 2005, Henry returned to SmackDown! back and feuded against the then World Heavyweight Champion Batista . When Batista had to take a break due to an injury, Henry fought against Kurt Angle for the title, which had been declared vacant, according to the storyline . On July 15, 2006 at Saturday Night's Main Event , Mark Henry suffered a serious knee injury in a 6-man tag team match and had to take several months off and end the feud with Batista.

Feud against The Undertaker and ECW Champion (2007-2010)

ECW Champion Henry, with Atlas in 2008.

From mid-February 2007 he appeared again in the development league Ohio Valley Wrestling. On May 11, 2007 he returned with an attack against Undertaker and feuded against him.

On June 25, 2008, the WWE moved him to the Supplemental Draft for the Tuesday program ECW . Four days later he was able to prevail at the PPV Night of Champions in a Triple Threat Match against Big Show and Kane and thus became the new ECW Champion . From then on, Tony Atlas was assigned to him as a manager. On September 7, 2008 he had to surrender the title at Unforgiven to Matt Hardy .

On June 29, 2009, Henry switched to the Monday show RAW , without Atlas, where he was mainly involved in feuds for the WWE Tag Team Championship with MVP as a partner. In the second season of WWE NXT , he served as a pro for Lucky Cannon.

World Heavyweight Champion and Hall of Pain (2011-2014)

Mark Henry at Elimination Chamber 2013 .

On April 25, 2011, Henry was moved to the SmackDown grid by the WWE Draft . After a brief feud, Henry won the World Heavyweight Championship at the Night of Champions event on September 18, 2011 from Randy Orton .

At the major event WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2011 on December 18, 2011 , he lost the title to Big Show . From May 2012 to February 2013, Henry was sidelined due to an injury.

Occasional appearances and induction into the Hall of Fame (since 2015)

After he had hardly been used in the months before, Henry announced his career in wrestling at the end of August 2017. However, he did not consider a final match to be ruled out and wants to continue working with the WWE.

On April 6, 2018, Henry was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame .

Titles and awards

Wrestling

World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry at the press conference for Tribute to the Troops 2011 .

Weightlifting

  • Olympic games
  • Pan American Games
  • American championships
    • 1st place at the 1991 US Junior Championships in super heavyweight (+110 kg)
    • 4th place at the 1991 US senior championships in super heavyweight (+110 kg)
    • 3rd place at the US senior championships in 1992 in the super heavyweight division (+110 kg)
    • 1st place at the US senior championships in 1993 in the super heavyweight division (+108 kg)
    • 1st place at the US senior championships in 1994 in super heavyweight (+108 kg)
    • 1st place at the US senior championships in 1996 in super heavyweight (+108 kg)
  • North American and Caribbean Championships (NACAC)
    • 1st place at the 1996 North American and Caribbean Super Heavyweight Championships
  • 'US Olympic Festival Championships
    • 1st place at the US Olympic Festival Championships 1993 in super heavyweight (+108 kg)
    • 1st place at the US Olympic Festival Championships 1994 in super heavyweight (+108 kg)
  • USA Weightlifting American Open Championships
    • 2nd place at the American Open Weightlifting Championships 1991 in super heavyweight (+110 kg)
    • 1st place at the American Open Weightlifting Championships 1992 in super heavyweight (+110 kg)
  • Records
    • American junior record holder (+110 kg) in snatch (162.5 kg), "transfer and push" (202.5 kg) and weightlifting duel (362.5 kg) (1986–1992)
    • American senior record holder (+108 kg) in snatch (180.0 kg), "transfer and push" (220.0 kg) and weightlifting duel (400.0 kg) (1993–1997)

Powerlifting

  • Participation in championships - high school level
    • 2 times 1st place in the Texas State High School Powerlifting TEAM Championships (in Division I under Silsbee High School)
    • 1st place in the 1988 Texas State High School Powerlifting Championships super heavyweight
    • 1st place in the 1989 Texas State High School Powerlifting Championships super heavyweight
    • 1st place in the 1990 Texas State High School Powerlifting Championships super heavyweight
    • 1st place in the 1990 American high school powerlifting championships in the super heavyweight division at the age of 18
    • Results: Total - 922 kg (377.5 / 227 / 317.5) - 2033 lbs (832/501/700)
  • Participation in championships - Juniors & Seniors level
    • 1st place at the International Junior Championships (20-23 years) in 1991 in the super heavyweight division at the age of 20
    • 2nd place at the Men's USPF US Seniors' Super Heavyweight Championships in 1990 at the age of 19
    • 1st place at the ADFPA (USAPL) US American Super Heavyweight Championships 1995 at the age of 24
      • Results: Total - 1050 kg (430.0 / 210.0 / 410.0) / 2314.9 lbs (947.9 / 462.9 / 903.9) raw with bandages
    • 1st place at the WDFPF (drug-free league) world championships in 1995 in the super heavyweight division at the age of 24
      • Results: Total - 1060 kg (432.5 / 235.0 / 392.5) / 2336.9 lbs (953.5 / 518.1 / 865.3) raw with bandages
    • 1st place in the USAPL US Super Heavyweight Championships in 1997 at the age of 26
      • Results: Total - 1020 kg (410/225/385) - 2248.7 (903.9 / 496.0 / 848.8) raw with bandages
  • Records *
    • Senior Level (24+ years)
      • Texas State record holder in the squat with 432.5 kg, in the deadlift with 410 kg and the total with 1060 kg in the super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class) since 1995
      • Former raw world record holder in the squat with 432.5 kg (953.5lbs) in super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class) from October 29, 1995 to December, 2010 **
      • Former raw world record holder in the deadlift with 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) in super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class) from July, 1995 to July, 2008 ***
      • Current raw world record holder in drug-tested meets in the squat with 432.5 kg (953.5lbs) in super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class) since October 29, 1995
      • Current raw world record holder in drug-tested deadlift meets at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) super heavyweight since July, 1995
      • Current raw world record holder in drug-tested meets with a total of 1060.0 kg (2336.9 lbs) in super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class) since October 29, 1995
      • Current raw American record holder in the deadlift at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class) since July, 1995
    • League records
      • World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation (WDFPF) world records
        • Current WDFPF world record holder in the squat with 432.5 kg (953.5 lbs), in the deadlift with 392.5 kg (865.3 lbs) and in total with 1060 kg (2336.9 lbs) in the super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class and equipment) since October 29, 1995 (categorized as "open equipped", but only in singlet and bandages)
      • USA Powerlifting (USAPL) American records
        • Current USAPL US deadlift record holder at 410.0 kg (903.9 lbs) super heavyweight (+ regardless of weight class and equipment) since July, 1995
  • special awards
    • As an 18-year-old high school senior, Mark Henry was named "The World's Strongest Teen-ager" by the Los Angeles Times in April 1990 : Henry won the US High School Powerlifting Championships, breaking world powerlifting records for youngsters in the squat with 377 kg (832 lb) and a total of 922 kg (2033 lb).
    • Mark Henry was elected to the "All-time Top 25 All-Mens US Powerlifting Nationals Team" in 2007 : To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the USAPL National Championships, a list of the top 25 powerlifters who have ever competed in the championships was drawn up: The "USAPL Silver Anniversary Mens Nationals Team".
  • incomplete
    • surpassed by Andrey Malanichev from Russia on December 19, 2010
      • surpassed by Konstantin Konstantinovs from Latvia in July 2009

Strongman

Mark Henry at Arnold Classic 2017 .
  • 1st place at the Arnold Strongman Classic 2002
    • Fourth man in history who was able to move the "Apollon's Axis" (a 365lb non-rotating barbell with a 2 inch thick handle) off the floor and then lift it over his head.
  • First man in history who could move the " Thomas inch dumbbell " (172 lbs; 2.47 ″ handle diameter) with one hand off the floor and then lift it over his head (June 22, 2002) Tom Black, who spoke about the event wrote for the Cyberpump website, called lifting the dumbbell "the best documented feat of all the legendary performances and perhaps the most spectacular feat of strength ever performed."
  • In its May 2008 issue, the bodybuilder magazine Flex named Henry the “second strongest man who ever lived” , ahead of strongman and powerlifting legend Bill Kazmaier. Only the six-time Arnold Strongman Classic winner Žydrūnas Savickas surpassed Henry in the "Strength in Numbers" list .
  • International Sports Hall of Fame
    • International Sports Hall of Fame (Class of 2012): Mark Henry was honored with ISHoF membership in 2012 for his short but extraordinarily successful career as a powerlifting athlete, weightlifter and strongman. Together with Arnold Schwarzenegger , Cory Everson , Jack LaLanne , James Lorimer and Randy Couture , he is a member of the "Class of 2012".

Personal records

  • Powerlifting
    • Squats: 432.5 kg (953.3 lbs) raw with bandages
    • Bench press: 265 kg (585 lbs)
    • Deadlift: 410.0 kg (903.9lbs) raw
    • Total: 1,107.5 kg (2,442.2lbs) raw with bandages
  • Weightlifting battle
    • Tear: 180.0 kg (396.8 lbs)
    • "Transfer and push": 220.0 kg (485.0 lbs)
    • Total: 400.0 kg (881.8 lbs)
  • Combined records
  • official weightlifting total + official powerlifting total = super total :
    • 400.0 kg + 1060.0 kg = 1460.0 kg / 881.8 lbs + 2336.9 lbs = 3218.7 lbs

→ Currently the highest super total of all time (since 1996)

  • five official top scores from each weightlifting discipline combined: snatch + "transfer and push" and squat + bench press + deadlift = five-lift combined total:
    • 180.0 kg + 220.0 kg + 432.5 kg + 235.0 kg + 410.0 kg = 1477.5 kg / 396.8 lbs + 485.0 lbs + 953.5 lbs + 518.1 lbs + 903.9 lbs = 3257.3 lbs raw with bandages

→ Currently the highest "5-lift total" of all time (since 1996)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mark Henry in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  2. ^ A b Shelley Smith: Heavy Duty: Weightlifter Mark Henry is a prodigious prodigy. In: Sports Illustrated. July 15, 1991, p. 1 , accessed May 12, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Mark Henry Bio . World Wrestling Entertainment . Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g John M. Milner, Oliver, Greg: Mark Henry . In: Slam! Sports . Canadian Online Explorer . Retrieved March 20, 2009.
  5. ↑ a b Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hickoksports.com
  6. ↑ a b http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/92AmOpen.htm
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Mark Henry official Internet Presence (bio) . Mark Henry. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / markhenry.tv
  8. ↑ a b http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/9397AMRecords.htm
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Mark Henry'S powerlifting statistics (incomplete) on allpowerlifting.com, accessed September 21, 2012
  10. ↑ a b c Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usaplnationals.com
  11. ↑ a b World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation World Records all weight classes (July 2012) (look for World Men EP 145 + class) ( MS Excel ; 489 kB) Retrieved on September 30, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in Web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wdfpf.co.uk  
  12. ↑ a b c http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/american
  13. ↑ a b c Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usaplnationals.com
  14. ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.usaplnationals.com
  15. ↑ a b c Ben Tatar: Mark Henry - The Strongest Man That Ever Lived . Critical Bench. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
  16. ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.markhenry.tv
  17. ^ History Of The European Championship - Mark Henry . World Wrestling Entertainment . August 23, 1999. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
  18. ↑ Mark Henry def. Randy Orton (New World Heavyweight Champion) . World Wrestling Entertainment . September 18, 2011. Archived from the original on September 16, 2012. Retrieved on September 20, 2011.
  19. ↑ (...) Mark Henry resigned (...). wrestling-point.de, September 1, 2017, accessed on September 2, 2017 .
  20. ↑ a b Oliver Greg: Mark Henry: Two Time Olympian . In: Slam! Sports . Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
  21. ↑ a b c d Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metabolicdiet.com
  22. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/w8lift.htm
  23. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/91NatJrs.htm
  24. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/91SrNats.htm
  25. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/92SrNats.htm
  26. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/93SrNats.htm
  27. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/94SrNats.htm
  28. ↑ a b c d http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/96SrNats.htm
  29. ^ Austin Murphy: At The Us Olympic Festival . In: Sports Illustrated . August 9, 1993. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  30. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/91AmOpen.htm
  31. ↑ http://www.lifttilyadie.com/Results/1992AMRecords.htm
  32. ↑ http://www.thspa.us/Documents/Team%20Champions.xls
  33. ↑ a b c http://www.thspa.us/Documents/MultiYear%20Champions.xls
  34. ↑ a b c Shelley Smith: Heavy Duty: Weightlifter Mark Henry is a prodigious prodigy. In: Sports Illustrated. July 15, 1991, p. 2 , accessed May 12, 2014 .
  35. ↑ a b c THE SIDELINES: Texas Teen Lifts Top Weights . In: Los Angeles Times . April 23, 1990. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  36. ↑ http://www.goheavy.net/records/viewrecordset.aspx?recordsetguid=d318abf7-c38c-4487-8590-9e8dc5015cda
  37. ↑ http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/14229
  38. ↑ a b http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/11186
  39. ↑ a b c d e Johnny Vasquez: Men's All-time Raw World Records . powerliftingwatch.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  40. ↑ 900 Pound Deadlift Hall of Fame . powerliftingwatch.com. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  41. ↑ http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/17462
  42. ↑ http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/11830
  43. ↑ video: 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic (introduction + Apollon's Wheel + Inch dumbbell) . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  44. ↑ a b http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/IGH/IGH0703/IGH0703k.pdf
  45. ^ A b Mark Henry lifting Thomas Inch Dumbbell at the 2002 AOBS Dinner . Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  46. ↑ a b Mark Henry - Strength in Numbers . Flex magazine . Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  47. ↑ a b Strength in Numbers . Flex magazine . Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 25, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.flexonline.com
  48. ↑ Mark Henry . International Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  49. ↑ International Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2012 . International Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 15, 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Henry, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henry, Mark Jerrold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American weightlifter and wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Silsbee , Texas