Mark Henry won National High School Powerlifting Championships in teenage which made him flash the headlines.
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Mark Jerold Henry is a famous wrestler, weightlifter, and a power lifter. Henry was a big fan of wrestling right from childhood. Andre was his favourite whom he followed a lot. Henry also played football during his higher school days but had an injury during that time. Henry had got the first lift from his mother when he was in 10 years old. He was studying at Silsbee High School, where he made a world record of 270 kg squat at that age. His interest then grew in this field.
Mark Henry won National High School Powerlifting Championships in teenage which made him flash the headlines. He was thrice Texas champion before finishing school. Henry is a very strong and dynamic personality. But wrestling and powerlifting is a decent career that needs the right practice and discipline and also the right technique. This can be done only with correct training. At the Texas championship, he was noticed by Terry Todd who was a professor at the University of Texas and also a weight lifter. He then suggested Henry join Austin and learn proper power lifting. This is here Henry was groomed and targeted many more championship trophies. He has his own records of power lifting, weight lifting, gym squats and much more. Currently, Henry is attached with WWE and an official wrestler on the channel. His consistent efforts and work have made him a big success.
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| Name | Mark Jerold Henry |
| D.O.B & Age | 12 June, 1971 & 50 years |
| Height | 1.93m |
| Weight | 160KG |
| Occupation | Professional wrestler |
| Professional Debut | 1996 |
| Wife | Jana Perry |
| Professional Name | Mark Henry |
At the age of 24, Henry made his first appearance on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) programming on the March 11, 1996 episode of Monday Night Raw, where he press slammed Jerry Lawler, who was ridiculing Henry while interviewing him in the ring. After Henry competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the WWF signed him to a ten-year contract. Trained by professional wrestler Leo Burke, his first feud in the WWF was with Lawler.
ECW Championship (1 time)
World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
WWF European Championship (1 time)
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2018)
| MacGruber | 2010 |
| A Haunted house 2 | 2014 |
| The Flinstones | 2015 |
| Incarnate | 2016 |
Henry has also kept his life private and away from the mainstream media. Jana Perry Henry is the current wife of Mark Henry.
Henry spoke about how he was as surprised as anybody when he decided to leave WWE because he thought he would be a WWE lifer: “When I retired, I thought I was going to be an employee of WWE. At some point, I was gonna be somebody that had an influence on the business. I was like, I want to be an executive.
In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic.
Mark Henry is known as The World’s strongest man in WWE. He is an ex- Olympic weightlifter who broke many records in weightlifting and powerlifting. One of Henry’s most impressive feats of strength was his ability to pull two tractor traitors. At the same time, broke the world record.
