Mark Henry

 


Mark Jerrold Henry[17] (born June 12, 1971)[4] is an American former powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator/analyst, coach, and talent scout.[18] He is best known for his 25-year career in WWE.

He is was a two-time WWE world champion, a two-time Olympian (1992 and 1996)[2][19] and a gold, silver, and bronze medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995.[4] As a powerlifter, he was WDFPF World Champion (1995)[8] and a two-time U.S. National Champion (1995[9] and 1997[8]) as well as an all-time raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift.[1] Currently, he still holds the WDFPF world records in the squat, deadlift and total[20][21] and the USAPL American record in the deadlift[22][23][24] 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,[25] as well as the greatest raw deadlift by an American citizen.[22]

In weightlifting, Henry was a three-time U.S. National Weightlifting Champion (1993, 1994, 1996),[11] an American Open winner (1992),[14] a two-time U.S. Olympic Festival Champion (1993 and 1994)[1] and a NACAC champion (1996).[4] He holds all three Senior US American weightlifting records of 1993–1997.[26] In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic.[4]

Since joining the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in 1996, he became a one-time WWF European Champion and a two-time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008,[27] and WWE's World Heavyweight Championship in 2011.[28] First winning the ECW Championship, he became only the fourth African-American world champion in WWE history (after The Rock, Booker T, and Bobby Lashley).

In April 2018, Henry was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018.[29]

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