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L14M
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L14M asked in SportsWrestling · 1 decade ago

Mark Henry?

This may seem like the dumbest question ever but:

Is or was Mark Henry ever the strongest man in the world or is it just his gimmick

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  • 1 decade ago
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    He is a 1992 Olympian and winner of the Arnold Classic Strongman competition.

    Henry was billed as the "World's Strongest Man" after he qualified for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Weightlifting Competition, where he finished tenth in the super heavyweight class. After the WWF sponsored Henry in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he was signed to a ten-year contract, an anomaly in pro wrestling.

    In 2000, Henry was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to improve his conditioning and skills. Later that year, he went on hiatus from wrestling to concentrate on weightlifting, and on February 23, 2002, he won a strongman competition, during the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio, claiming a $75,000 Humvee as his prize.

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    sure he does should get a push, yet I would desire to grant the nod to wwe in this one. The triple possibility experience would desire to be Henry vs. Khali vs. Kane! yet while the two Henry or Kane merits a push it may definitely be Kane. He has held the call, yet bear in mind that he basically held the call for sooner or later and then lost it back to Stone chilly. He has performed plenty for the WWE and to basically be the champion for sooner or later is extremely insulting to a wrestler of his high quality. he's a substantial guy that would circulate and there are no longer too a lot of them around presently. i think of that it's going to be Kane vs. Henry after the great American Bash, yet they're going to the two supply the belt to Batista or save it on Khali. I hate the very incontrovertible fact that kane will probably under no circumstances have yet another stint as champ interior the wwe

  • 1 decade ago

    Mark Henry did break a record for the Dead Lift a while back, but since then his record has been broken. So at one point he adopted that name due to his record. Currently he is not "the worlds strongest man"

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    its just a gimmick, mark henry "the worlds strongest man" sound alot better than just mark henry, i remember when he was called "sexual chocolate" lol *shudders*

    edit: this is not a dumb question, i cant remember when this was ever asked.

    edit: wow i just googled that man and they calle him "hercules" lol, you wouldnt think he is strong by looking at him and just a normal obese guy but no he is damn strong lol.

    edit: wow that yao min is like 7'6, damn lol he dwarfs alot of the guys that are 6'7+ and they are not small guys either.

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  • He won the Strongest man competition

  • 1 decade ago

    It is a nickname based on his immense size, but has little or no bearing in fact.

    The Big Show, often billed as the World's Largest Athlete, doesn't live up to that moniker either (obvious example that top him include basketball star Yao Ming for height and many sumo wrestlers for weight).

  • 1 decade ago

    thats his gimmick, and i have a famous quote said by my mother on the subject of Mark Henry

    "ewwww, big sweaty black man!"

  • 1 decade ago

    Hussain Razazedeh is the world's strongest man.

    Mark Henry is not ,and never was.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    He was in the olympics ofr weight lifting and he didnt win.

    So he isnt the worlds strongest man.

  • 1 decade ago

    Before He got into wrestling He held that title once. Also right after that May Young storyline he entered the competition but

    lost.

    *Remember this the only dumb question is the one not asked.

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