Mark Henry expands on why his time with WWE came to an end.
'The World's Strongest Man' made his debut for All Elite Wrestling at the Double Or Nothing pay-per-view in May 2021, which shocked many fans who thought that Henry would serve in a backstage capacity for WWE for the remainder of his wrestling career.
In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Henry spoke about WWE not wanting to hire him on the executive side and how he knew he could make a difference in that department.
“I mean, all things come to an end, but I did not think they would not hire me, being that I knew the things that I knew. Sometimes I guess that can be a bad thing, people don’t want to know here the bodies are buried [laughs]. From a business standpoint, I wanted a position in the office because I didn’t want to wrestle anymore and they wouldn’t hire me because I didn’t have the experience on the corporate side or the business side or the executive side, however you wanna phrase it. I was not given that opportunity. Getting wrestlers ready to go, I can do that as good as anybody that’s doing that. The difference between me and anyone else, is that I can also work the room. Whenever their was upfront events, corporate outings, things of that magnitude, they always sent me because they knew I was gonna put on a good face for the company, I was well respected for my career. What people didn’t know is, god gave me vision and a sense of the sermon. I can see where a wrestler can make it or not and there’s people that aren’t in the wrestling business, I see them and I go ‘Wow, they’d be a great wrestler.’ Not that I’m saying ‘Oh, look at me’, I’m saying ‘Look at my ability to recognize talent.'"
Henry then went on to recall the moments that he discovered Apollo Crews, Rich Swann, & Braun Strowman. This led to Henry noting that he can turn a good talent into a great talent.
"When I see people, I just know what I know. I don’t teach you how to wrestle, we got coaches that do that and agents that do that and guys that have wrestling schools. I don’t teach you how, I teach you why, when to do it, where to put it. Those are the things that make you great. You can be good, but I’m gonna make it great.”
In a previous recent interview, Henry praised Jamie Hayter and Willow Nightingale. Fans can learn more here.
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