1 00:00:04,404 --> 00:00:06,273 This is where the magic happened right here. 2 00:00:08,575 --> 00:00:11,345 Oh my God, this place still look exactly the same. 3 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,882 Barnes, who's Barnes? 4 00:00:14,948 --> 00:00:16,350 This is a Henry locker. 5 00:00:21,955 --> 00:00:24,925 I was able to come in here and do something that very few 6 00:00:24,992 --> 00:00:26,727 people have ever done. 7 00:00:27,594 --> 00:00:29,196 Do things that nobody ever done. 8 00:00:30,397 --> 00:00:33,066 From that point I felt, man, 9 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:34,501 I'm different, I'm special. 10 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:39,373 When you come from poverty and now you live in gated 11 00:00:39,439 --> 00:00:42,342 communities with million dollar houses. 12 00:00:42,442 --> 00:00:44,745 People see you and they judge you by that. 13 00:00:45,312 --> 00:00:47,714 They don't know that house that I grew up in. 14 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:49,750 They don't know this. 15 00:00:50,584 --> 00:00:53,720 They had every advantage to be better than me. 16 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:56,256 And they weren't. 17 00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:03,463 - The World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry. 18 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:04,965 - There was a lot of people in the locker room that doubted 19 00:01:05,032 --> 00:01:07,467 Mark that wanted to test Mark. 20 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:09,369 - This isn't the Olympics. 21 00:01:09,436 --> 00:01:10,504 This isn't weightlifting. 22 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,874 - Mark Henry wanted to prove that he could be just as good 23 00:01:13,941 --> 00:01:15,709 of a wrestler as he was a weightlifter. 24 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:22,950 - I'd like to welcome all of you to the Hall of Pain. 25 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:25,152 - You know, African American kids seeing someone like 26 00:01:25,218 --> 00:01:27,354 Mark Henry, that was huge. 27 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:30,624 I've always viewed myself as being The World's Strongest Man. 28 00:01:30,624 --> 00:01:31,792 Now, I get a chance to prove it. 29 00:01:32,626 --> 00:01:34,761 Mark Henry breaking history. 30 00:01:35,395 --> 00:01:37,631 - He puts his mind to be the best at everything. 31 00:01:38,065 --> 00:01:40,400 - Mark had a great idea of what his gifts were. 32 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:41,468 - High five 33 00:01:41,468 --> 00:01:43,270 - I love his ability to evolve. 34 00:01:43,270 --> 00:01:44,504 - I am very proud of you. 35 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:47,608 Just shows you where there's a will, there's a way. 36 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:51,111 - Just good to know where you came from. 37 00:01:55,549 --> 00:01:58,352 And know what you did mattered. 38 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:18,005 I was born in a little small town called Silsbee, Texas. 39 00:02:19,039 --> 00:02:20,907 June 12th, 1971. 40 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:26,313 I'm one of those kids that grew up in poverty, 41 00:02:26,380 --> 00:02:28,949 but didn't know that I was poor. 42 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:34,588 My mother, she always tried to make it peaceful for us at home. 43 00:02:35,989 --> 00:02:41,595 Man, my mom was arguably the best cook in Southeast Texas. 44 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:44,865 Uh, my mom, uh, cleaned houses, 45 00:02:44,865 --> 00:02:47,501 and cooked meals in people's house. 46 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:49,202 And that's what she did for a living. 47 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:52,105 I mean, she didn't make a lot of money, but she felt fulfilled 48 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:55,308 because she was always doing what she loved. 49 00:02:55,375 --> 00:02:57,644 And that's cooking for other people and seeing 50 00:02:57,711 --> 00:02:59,513 the smiles on their face 51 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:01,882 when they tasted her food, they would go, 52 00:03:01,948 --> 00:03:04,217 "Oh my God, Miss Barbara." 53 00:03:04,317 --> 00:03:07,287 And she would just start smiling and rubbing her hands together 54 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:09,456 like that was her passion. 55 00:03:09,556 --> 00:03:12,993 And I learned at an early age, like, you need 56 00:03:13,060 --> 00:03:14,494 to do what you love. 57 00:03:16,263 --> 00:03:18,698 - Let's salute the strongest men in the world, 58 00:03:18,799 --> 00:03:20,067 Vasily Alekseyev. 59 00:03:21,902 --> 00:03:29,009 - Vasily Alekseyev was the first lifter that I ever saw, and I 60 00:03:29,076 --> 00:03:32,312 just loved the fact that people threw roses at him and they 61 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:36,483 revered him and they loved on him, and I wanted that. 62 00:03:36,550 --> 00:03:40,087 I figured that that came by being the strongest guy. 63 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:44,324 So, um, that's what I-I worked for my whole life. 64 00:03:45,859 --> 00:03:50,797 My mother bought the 225 pounds concrete weight set. 65 00:03:50,864 --> 00:03:53,967 And that's what me and my brother started on. 66 00:03:55,068 --> 00:04:00,507 - Man, I was strong, but my brother was absolutely awesome. 67 00:04:01,308 --> 00:04:03,143 - Andre a little bit upset now I think, ooh. 68 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,479 - As a little kid watching wrestling, 69 00:04:05,545 --> 00:04:07,547 it just identified with me. 70 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:08,548 - Oh. 71 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:09,483 - Oh. 72 00:04:09,549 --> 00:04:11,485 - Body slamming 300 pounds. 73 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:14,087 - Me and my brother, we would go outside and wrestle 74 00:04:14,154 --> 00:04:17,657 in Miss Price's yard, the lady across the street from us. 75 00:04:17,758 --> 00:04:21,828 There was a guy named Ricky Dixon who was a grown up. 76 00:04:21,895 --> 00:04:27,167 Ricky was probably 20, 25 at the time and I was probably like 12. 77 00:04:27,701 --> 00:04:29,503 It got to the point where Ricky was trying to break everybody 78 00:04:29,603 --> 00:04:34,141 up, and he pushed me down and he was like, "Hey, back up. 79 00:04:34,241 --> 00:04:36,276 You know, there's a new sheriff in town." 80 00:04:36,343 --> 00:04:37,344 He's doing this whole shtick. 81 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:41,248 And I was like, "Don't push me like that again." 82 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:43,784 And my brother said, "Do something." 83 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:47,320 - It takes him forever to get mad, 84 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:50,924 but once he's upset. 85 00:04:50,991 --> 00:04:52,526 - And I grabbed Ricky. 86 00:04:52,592 --> 00:04:55,095 And man, before you knew it, he was off his feet and body 87 00:04:55,195 --> 00:05:00,000 slammed on the ground and everybody was like. 88 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:01,835 "I see you, Mark," like that. 89 00:05:01,902 --> 00:05:03,003 And it just felt good. 90 00:05:04,938 --> 00:05:06,273 - Mark always had a smile on his face. 91 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:08,508 He would laugh and he would giggle. 92 00:05:08,575 --> 00:05:10,143 He was tender hearted. 93 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:12,145 But when you pushed him in a corner, now leave him alone 94 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:14,080 because that bear is going to come out fighting. 95 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:19,820 - Boy, there's a lot of trouble happened in these hallways. 96 00:05:21,021 --> 00:05:22,789 I tried to be good, though. 97 00:05:23,356 --> 00:05:24,391 I was trying. 98 00:05:25,425 --> 00:05:27,394 - He would tell people to leave him alone. 99 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:29,462 I mean, they were always agitating him. 100 00:05:29,529 --> 00:05:31,198 And he told this one kid. 101 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:33,166 And he kept on and on and on. 102 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:36,403 And the next thing I know, Mark is throwing him on the lockers. 103 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,572 So, I'm sitting there trying to get him off the lockers, 104 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:39,873 and he turns around and tells the kid, 105 00:05:39,873 --> 00:05:40,874 "She won't be here next time." 106 00:05:40,941 --> 00:05:42,709 I went, "Oh, Lord." 107 00:05:42,776 --> 00:05:46,012 But that was just him getting pushed, you know, to his limit. 108 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:50,250 I think that a lot of things was going on in his life. 109 00:05:50,917 --> 00:05:52,219 He was growing very fast. 110 00:05:54,054 --> 00:05:56,356 - I was a troubled kid. 111 00:05:57,057 --> 00:05:58,358 I was very big. 112 00:05:58,425 --> 00:06:03,029 I-I mean, just at ten years old, I was 225 pounds. 113 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:05,365 If it was big, 114 00:06:05,432 --> 00:06:07,567 if it was black, 115 00:06:07,634 --> 00:06:10,003 if it was derogatory. 116 00:06:10,070 --> 00:06:12,105 Uh, that's what I got called. 117 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:14,407 Uh, I was Fat Albert. 118 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:16,810 I was Magilla Gorilla. 119 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:21,381 Uh, but the worst of everything is, you know, I was later found 120 00:06:21,481 --> 00:06:27,954 out to have dyslexia, and the kids would call me retard. 121 00:06:28,288 --> 00:06:30,590 Bro, like, that's the trigger word for me. 122 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:33,426 That's the word that'll get you smashed. 123 00:06:36,863 --> 00:06:44,237 Which led to me in middle school being put in juvenile detention. 124 00:06:44,604 --> 00:06:46,573 Uh, because of violent outbreaks. 125 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:49,009 They call it The Box. 126 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:51,278 You know, you get in trouble, you go to The Box. 127 00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:53,713 Sixth grade, seventh grade. 128 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,382 I kept fighting everybody. 129 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:59,986 - All kids are kind of finding themselves. 130 00:06:59,986 --> 00:07:03,623 You know, Mark was 350 pounds when he came into high school. 131 00:07:03,623 --> 00:07:05,158 The guy was strong. 132 00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:08,428 I don't think he knew how strong he was. 133 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:13,967 - Freshman year, Mark got moved to varsity and then his 134 00:07:14,034 --> 00:07:15,802 brother Pat, you know, 135 00:07:15,869 --> 00:07:18,071 "Come on, Mark, block him. Get him." 136 00:07:18,138 --> 00:07:20,473 And he's like, "I know what I'm supposed to be doing." 137 00:07:20,473 --> 00:07:24,744 They hike the ball and he took that whole defensive line out. 138 00:07:25,512 --> 00:07:29,382 So he started getting little respect after that. 139 00:07:32,419 --> 00:07:34,788 This room still smells exactly the same. 140 00:07:36,256 --> 00:07:37,757 The smell of iron. 141 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,326 The smell of blood. 142 00:07:40,427 --> 00:07:44,197 Craig McGallion, who was the strength coach at the time. 143 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:50,870 He was like, Mark Henry, "hey, you, uh, you got a past of 144 00:07:50,937 --> 00:07:54,040 getting in trouble and all of that." 145 00:07:54,107 --> 00:07:57,110 He was like, "It ends today." 146 00:07:58,044 --> 00:07:59,946 He said, "You can be special. 147 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:02,115 I'm not talking about Silsbee special." 148 00:08:03,350 --> 00:08:05,685 He said, "People will know you all over the world. 149 00:08:07,387 --> 00:08:08,788 We just want you to stay out of trouble." 150 00:08:10,623 --> 00:08:12,058 Boy saved me. 151 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,663 I remember that first meet, you know, the first competition, 152 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:18,565 and he just ran away with it. 153 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:22,435 I just saw a different Mark, 154 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:25,271 but he had that attitude, you know, like, you know, 155 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:26,473 I'm the [bleep] now. 156 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:28,541 So he took it and ran with it. 157 00:08:29,676 --> 00:08:33,713 - The first year that Silsbee went to state, we won state. 158 00:08:33,780 --> 00:08:37,117 You know, we went-we went to state and walked it. 159 00:08:37,217 --> 00:08:40,920 - He started flourishing and got more and more and more. 160 00:08:41,588 --> 00:08:43,590 - I totaled over 2,000 pounds, 161 00:08:44,491 --> 00:08:47,460 squatted 832 pounds, 162 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:52,065 three time state champion, three time National champion. 163 00:08:52,065 --> 00:08:56,069 Man, it felt good to be in the newspaper every week like man 164 00:08:56,069 --> 00:08:59,639 Mark Henry the strongest kid in the world. 165 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:04,077 Nice little flat top fade right there. 166 00:09:05,712 --> 00:09:07,881 When you do the right thing, you get the right rewards. 167 00:09:12,052 --> 00:09:13,319 - In the late 80s, 168 00:09:13,386 --> 00:09:16,356 we had heard that at the state powerlifting meet, there was 169 00:09:16,423 --> 00:09:19,526 going to be this kid from Silsbee, Texas, and they thought 170 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:21,795 he was really going to do something big. 171 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:25,698 And sure enough, he came out and squatted over 800 pounds that 172 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:28,401 day as a high school student. 173 00:09:28,468 --> 00:09:30,236 I mean, I'd never seen anything like it. 174 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:34,107 I ended up in the Guinness Book for about 15 years, and Sports 175 00:09:34,207 --> 00:09:37,010 Illustrated and other people called me, you know, strongest 176 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:39,212 woman in the world and things like that. 177 00:09:39,746 --> 00:09:42,449 I was married to Terry Todd, who was a pioneer in the sport of 178 00:09:42,515 --> 00:09:46,553 powerlifting and also coached a number of athletes. 179 00:09:47,153 --> 00:09:50,623 Mark was so natural an athlete and also so explosive that 180 00:09:50,690 --> 00:09:53,026 he was ideally suited for weightlifting. 181 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:57,197 Although he was much too old to really be considered as an 182 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:59,632 Olympic weightlifter, if he had been in Bulgaria, they would 183 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:02,402 have had him lifting weights when he was ten. 184 00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:05,238 But Mark potential was just unbelievable. 185 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:08,408 On the way home, Terry just said, "I just think we ought 186 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:09,876 to try to help him." 187 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:14,547 - Jan and Terry came to my house and explained to my mom that 188 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:17,484 yeah, Mark, he can go to college and play football. 189 00:10:17,550 --> 00:10:19,319 He can be another football player. 190 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:21,521 But Mark is the best in the world at something. 191 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:26,192 She said, "Well, you know, I'll let him come up there 192 00:10:26,259 --> 00:10:27,827 with y'all. 193 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:30,230 But he's a good kid. Don't mess him up." 194 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:33,833 And she meant it when she said that too. 195 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:36,669 Then, Terry was like, 196 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,905 "We want him to work to his potential, I think 197 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:42,075 that Mark could be the strongest person to ever lived." 198 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:46,412 [yelling] 199 00:10:47,780 --> 00:10:51,784 I had to make a transition first from powerlifting 200 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:53,820 to Olympic lifting, 201 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,756 which are completely different things altogether. 202 00:10:57,223 --> 00:11:02,061 Olympic weightlifting requires athleticism, flexibility. 203 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:05,598 You're pulling weight at a high rate of speed. 204 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,934 - Whoa. 205 00:11:08,001 --> 00:11:09,836 Whoa, my God. 206 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:12,405 - You have to be able to control that. 207 00:11:12,472 --> 00:11:14,707 That was something that had to be taught. 208 00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:19,145 And it took about three years for most people to learn that 209 00:11:19,245 --> 00:11:22,549 art, and I was able to pick it up in nine months, 210 00:11:24,551 --> 00:11:28,788 because of my strength and make the Olympic team in 92. 211 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:34,661 I had to train so many hours and I was going to school at the 212 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:39,265 same time I was working at the YMCA. 213 00:11:39,265 --> 00:11:40,633 In my city, 214 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:44,504 they banded together and said, "Man, we don't want you to work. 215 00:11:44,604 --> 00:11:47,206 We just want you to focus on the Olympic Games." 216 00:11:48,141 --> 00:11:50,343 - It takes a whole community to raise a child. 217 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:53,212 A child need to know that it's love. 218 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:55,315 Mark know he's loved by the people in Silsbee. 219 00:11:56,115 --> 00:11:59,719 - It's undeniable how much that town, 220 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:03,222 means to him and how much he means to the town. 221 00:12:04,791 --> 00:12:06,859 ou know, whenever he would come back home. 222 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,228 When he showed up in town, the town shut down. 223 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:12,065 And still to this day, 224 00:12:12,065 --> 00:12:14,801 people trying to see Mark Henry, or talk to him. 225 00:12:15,301 --> 00:12:16,469 - 'Cause I'm just glad to see you man. 226 00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:18,571 I remember, you were about here. 227 00:12:18,638 --> 00:12:21,007 And walking like this. 228 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:24,410 - They all raised a little over $25,000. 229 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:28,715 They all raised that money for me to go to the games. 230 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:29,916 That place is special. 231 00:12:31,017 --> 00:12:36,155 I know it happens in other places, but it happened to me. 232 00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:40,793 In 92, I came in 10th place. 233 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:43,963 I still had more to prove. 234 00:12:44,397 --> 00:12:47,867 - He didn't do fabulously, but he was American Champion 235 00:12:47,867 --> 00:12:50,069 by that time, and he held most of the American records 236 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:51,771 in weightlifting. 237 00:12:52,405 --> 00:12:55,441 And the idea of going back to the Olympic Games in 96 was 238 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:56,909 a huge motivation for him. 239 00:12:57,910 --> 00:13:00,480 - I like to stop and talk, but I got an appointment with history. 240 00:13:01,948 --> 00:13:04,183 I was focused man. 241 00:13:04,250 --> 00:13:07,020 Oh my God, man, you don't know the fire that was lit under me. 242 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:14,627 This is Jana giving me static about making a mistake. 243 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:20,566 - I met Mark in 93, one of my best friends from childhood. 244 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:22,068 We were driving across the country and stopped 245 00:13:22,168 --> 00:13:24,103 in Colorado Springs. 246 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:27,473 - They stopped in at the Olympic Training Center to meet 247 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:28,408 a friend of mine. 248 00:13:29,542 --> 00:13:31,911 I come to Jair Lynch's door and I get ready to knock 249 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:33,146 and I hear two girls laughing. 250 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,149 And I stop and I'm like 251 00:13:36,215 --> 00:13:38,751 "Oh, this is a great moment. I finna to get 'em" 252 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:41,487 [door knocking] 253 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:44,223 - We hear this knock on the door, "Open up security." 254 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:45,158 And I'm like, 255 00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:46,993 "Oh my God, we're gonna get Jair kicked out." 256 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:51,064 I mean, it was scrambling, you hear me? 257 00:13:51,064 --> 00:13:54,867 She she she hid in the closet, to not get in trouble. 258 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:58,004 - I come out the closet, and I look at him and I'm like, 259 00:13:58,071 --> 00:14:01,674 "You're biggest human being, I've ever seen in my life." 260 00:14:02,141 --> 00:14:05,311 He was kind and he's fun. 261 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:06,112 And we were fast friends. 262 00:14:06,913 --> 00:14:10,116 But he would write me poems and sing. 263 00:14:10,183 --> 00:14:11,751 And I was like, "Yeah, this is the dude." 264 00:14:13,119 --> 00:14:16,322 - When you find somebody that you would like to spend the rest 265 00:14:16,389 --> 00:14:18,224 of your life with. 266 00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,026 You know, it was pretty damn cool. 267 00:14:21,761 --> 00:14:24,230 - Go inside, stay in there. 268 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:30,503 - To see him as an athlete was so much fun, and I remember him 269 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:33,906 calling me and he was like, "Jana, I think I'm gonna win 270 00:14:34,006 --> 00:14:35,408 at the Olympics." 271 00:14:36,242 --> 00:14:38,711 - Mark Henry just got the world record 272 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:42,582 at 800 pounds, exceeding the previous record by 7 pounds. 273 00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:50,556 - You haven't seen this in a long time. 274 00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:52,592 So this is your Barcelona jacket. 275 00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:54,560 That was your warm up top from 92. 276 00:14:54,627 --> 00:14:57,263 And I actually have a shirt from that contest. 277 00:14:57,797 --> 00:15:00,066 - I can't believe I was ever that wide. 278 00:15:00,066 --> 00:15:01,234 - You were wide. 279 00:15:01,300 --> 00:15:02,201 Can you see that? 280 00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:03,236 Like, look at that on you now. 281 00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:04,504 - Good Lord. 282 00:15:04,604 --> 00:15:07,707 - When I think about you and, like, proving how important you 283 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:11,144 were in the 1996 Olympic Games and how famous you are, 284 00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:13,813 it's these, you know, because like, this is one of their main 285 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,582 posters for the games, people they're really focusing 286 00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:19,118 on as their celebs. 287 00:15:19,185 --> 00:15:20,686 And you're not the diver over here, but- 288 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:21,521 - No. 289 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,588 - But you are over here. 290 00:15:22,655 --> 00:15:23,523 - Oh, wow. 291 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:24,557 - There you are. 292 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:29,796 After Barcelona, 293 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:31,798 we're just trying to figure out a way to, like, make him have 294 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:34,400 a nice life so that he can train and focus on the next Olympic 295 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:37,236 Games, which he wanted to do. 296 00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:40,473 Terry had the idea that they would go talk to Vince. 297 00:15:43,176 --> 00:15:47,146 Terry met Vince back when he was working on a long article that 298 00:15:47,246 --> 00:15:51,350 he did about Andre the Giant that ran in Sports Illustrated. 299 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:53,619 Terry called Vince and explained to him that there was this 300 00:15:53,719 --> 00:15:56,589 really unusual young man and that he'd been to the Olympic 301 00:15:56,656 --> 00:15:58,991 Games, and he loved the WWE. 302 00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:02,395 - Anytime you want some, you can get some. 303 00:16:02,929 --> 00:16:04,230 I ain't going nowhere. 304 00:16:05,064 --> 00:16:06,232 - Mark had a lot of charisma. 305 00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:08,768 Mark has a dynamic personality. 306 00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:11,003 Mark's smile lights up a room. 307 00:16:12,238 --> 00:16:15,441 Mark had dunked a basketball at 400 pounds. 308 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:20,413 Immediately, it was like, 309 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,516 "This guy's made for the WWE." 310 00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:29,789 From there, we sponsor Mark Henry's trip to the Olympics. 311 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:32,391 - Go ahead and get your gear on. 312 00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,261 - You know, I wore WWE merchandise. 313 00:16:35,361 --> 00:16:37,430 I wore the logo when I competed. 314 00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:43,502 It was pretty cool, man, to have the WWE be a sponsor. 315 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:49,108 - Vince agreed to support Mark for the next several years, 316 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,844 with really no obligations on Mark's part. 317 00:16:52,512 --> 00:16:54,347 Other than, 318 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:58,584 If at the end of the Olympic Games in 96 you want to wrestle, 319 00:16:58,651 --> 00:17:00,386 I want to ask you to come and talk to me. 320 00:17:01,921 --> 00:17:05,391 [yelling] 321 00:17:06,626 --> 00:17:09,896 - Seeing him lift like I don't know, it was 500 pounds. 322 00:17:09,996 --> 00:17:12,031 It was some heavy weight. 323 00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:14,667 And then lifting up his foot to showboat. 324 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:19,438 And I was like, "Oh, you've got that thing in you." 325 00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:23,743 - I was covering the 96 games in Atlanta, and I don't think there 326 00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:27,046 had been an American weightlifter who had generated 327 00:17:27,113 --> 00:17:31,484 this much excitement and anticipation in a generation. 328 00:17:32,552 --> 00:17:36,389 - Mark was a very likable presence. 329 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:39,759 He was the embodiment of the jolly big man. 330 00:17:39,825 --> 00:17:42,395 You know, he just seemed very good natured. 331 00:17:44,463 --> 00:17:48,868 - Mark became the de facto spokesman for the Olympic team. 332 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:51,070 He was all over the place. 333 00:17:51,671 --> 00:17:54,240 He got photographed by Annie Leibowitz. 334 00:17:55,074 --> 00:17:58,144 He was on every late night talk show. 335 00:17:58,244 --> 00:17:59,745 - How do you do 5000 calories a day? 336 00:17:59,845 --> 00:18:01,147 What does that mean? 337 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:02,515 - I love bacon and sausage, man, 338 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:03,582 - Right. 339 00:18:03,683 --> 00:18:06,285 - He did a lot of daytime shows like Oprah. 340 00:18:06,352 --> 00:18:08,354 - Oh my gosh. 341 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,356 Geez your big. 342 00:18:12,224 --> 00:18:13,426 - That's for you. 343 00:18:13,426 --> 00:18:15,428 You gotta taste the gumbo. 344 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:18,431 I was able to go and get a level of notoriety that very few 345 00:18:18,497 --> 00:18:20,433 people will get to have. 346 00:18:21,233 --> 00:18:24,904 But I tell people all the time that I competed in a sport that 347 00:18:25,004 --> 00:18:29,675 was corrupt, not making any excuses, but I was not going 348 00:18:29,742 --> 00:18:32,678 to trade my health for a gold medal. 349 00:18:35,181 --> 00:18:37,750 - The whole question of anabolic steroids was a big problem 350 00:18:37,750 --> 00:18:40,419 for Mark because Mark didn't use drugs. 351 00:18:41,187 --> 00:18:43,222 - Do you take performance enhancing drugs? 352 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:44,123 - No. 353 00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:45,124 - Have you ever? 354 00:18:45,191 --> 00:18:46,425 - No. 355 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:51,464 - And so in 96 in particular, there had been some weightlifter 356 00:18:51,464 --> 00:18:54,300 who had been banned by the IOC for drug use. 357 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,703 And so the next thing we knew, he was allowed in the contest. 358 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:01,674 The positive drug tests that show up. 359 00:19:01,674 --> 00:19:03,876 The penalties for those are really not enough 360 00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:05,277 to deter somebody. 361 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:07,646 And so for Mark, that was really disheartening. 362 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:13,386 - I'm hoping that the Federations of Lifting will get 363 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:15,321 rid of some of these guys that are dirty. 364 00:19:15,921 --> 00:19:17,623 It's like a slap in the face to me, 365 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:19,592 so I don't respect them at all. 366 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:27,633 The city of Atlanta, home of the Olympic Games. 367 00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:30,036 - Mark Henry USA. 368 00:19:31,470 --> 00:19:33,039 - I was focused, man. 369 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:34,874 I was there to compete. 370 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:40,479 The US team had not made a top ten finish in the Olympics 371 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:42,915 since like 1972. 372 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:55,594 I tore the muscle in between my ribs. 373 00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:57,963 I was like, "You know what, man? 374 00:19:58,030 --> 00:19:59,865 I'm going to lift anyway." 375 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,835 - Mark Henry had a great work ethic. 376 00:20:03,335 --> 00:20:05,604 He didn't have to perform, but he went out there and lift just 377 00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:07,873 enough to make the team place. 378 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,142 It shows a Mark Henry isn't just a great athlete. 379 00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:12,478 He's also a team player. 380 00:20:16,082 --> 00:20:17,783 - I cleaned it. 381 00:20:17,917 --> 00:20:21,187 It felt like lightning struck me when I jerked that way. 382 00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:29,462 I finished the competition. 383 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:32,431 And my team got the points 384 00:20:32,898 --> 00:20:34,433 And we came in 10th place. 385 00:20:35,835 --> 00:20:39,638 I'm the most proud of that of anything in my athletic career. 386 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,241 - He stood up. 387 00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:44,243 And I was proud of him because he didn't do drugs, 388 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:46,045 so he didn't try to cheat. 389 00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:50,149 He'd rather finish 10th and lose, then to cheat and win. 390 00:20:50,583 --> 00:20:53,719 He wasn't scared to speak up against things that are wrong. 391 00:20:57,423 --> 00:20:58,624 - Tamás Aján 392 00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:03,629 He told me in Atlanta,"Hey, you got to stop talking about drugs 393 00:21:03,696 --> 00:21:04,864 and weightlifting. 394 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:07,266 You're going to get the sport kicked out of the Olympics." 395 00:21:07,333 --> 00:21:09,435 And I told him, I said, "No, you getting the sport kicked 396 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:11,036 out of the Olympics." 397 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:14,473 And I knew from after that conversation that I was never 398 00:21:14,540 --> 00:21:16,609 going to do weightlifting again. 399 00:21:19,912 --> 00:21:23,549 - You can't make a living in many Olympic sports. 400 00:21:24,517 --> 00:21:25,718 - There's Carrie. 401 00:21:25,784 --> 00:21:27,953 - People may admire the competitors, and they may pay 402 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:30,790 close attention to almost anything that's under the banner 403 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:34,527 of the Olympics, but you can't make a living at it. 404 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:38,464 So if a guy like Mark Henry is going to make a living, 405 00:21:38,464 --> 00:21:41,367 especially with the Olympics being a springboard in terms of 406 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:43,903 their notoriety and popularity. 407 00:21:44,003 --> 00:21:48,107 - The World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry. 408 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,843 - Then the place to go is into professional wrestling. 409 00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:56,115 - Yeah. 410 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:02,221 The closing ceremonies, baby. 411 00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:06,058 As soon as I left the Olympic games. 412 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:09,461 Terry Todd acted as my manager. 413 00:22:10,663 --> 00:22:12,298 He said, we're going to go to meet Vince. 414 00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:16,001 They want to talk to you about being a full time wrestler. 415 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:18,470 I didn't even know that that was possible. 416 00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:21,106 But Vince had bigger plans than I did. 417 00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:26,545 He is the newest member to our family, 418 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:30,850 The World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry. 419 00:22:34,053 --> 00:22:37,556 - I signed a ten year multi-million dollar deal, 420 00:22:37,623 --> 00:22:40,226 but the one thing that was different is I had the first 421 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:42,061 guaranteed contract. 422 00:22:42,161 --> 00:22:44,163 Whether I succeeded or not, you know, I was going to get 423 00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:49,335 paid the money we negotiated and no wrestler had that. 424 00:22:49,401 --> 00:22:50,769 - Look out. 425 00:22:52,471 --> 00:22:55,841 - I think Mark was in the neighborhood of $250,000 a year 426 00:22:55,908 --> 00:22:57,209 for the ten year deal. 427 00:22:57,876 --> 00:23:02,081 Mark Henry was the first major developmental contract that we 428 00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:03,449 ever did in this company. 429 00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:07,219 The feeling was, if Mark could come in to our world, and 430 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:12,925 adapt that it was limitless what Mark Henry could do. 431 00:23:12,992 --> 00:23:14,960 - Oh wait a minute. It's a backbreaker. 432 00:23:15,027 --> 00:23:16,061 It's a backbreaker. 433 00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:16,962 - Ring the bell. 434 00:23:17,029 --> 00:23:18,364 [bell ringing] 435 00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:19,832 - The match was so much fun. 436 00:23:20,466 --> 00:23:24,770 On television in a pay per view when I had no wrestling 437 00:23:24,837 --> 00:23:27,273 experience whatsoever. 438 00:23:27,339 --> 00:23:30,075 I thought, man, I had died and gone to heaven man. 439 00:23:31,644 --> 00:23:33,712 - So in Mark's head Mark was already there. 440 00:23:35,114 --> 00:23:36,215 "I'm a star. 441 00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:38,617 You know, these other guys were working all this time, 442 00:23:38,717 --> 00:23:40,286 and they can't even get on the card. 443 00:23:40,352 --> 00:23:41,720 I'm featured. 444 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:43,222 Mark Henry, World's Strongest Man." 445 00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:49,061 - Well JR, I am here with the World's Strongest Man, 446 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:50,529 Mark Henry. 447 00:23:51,230 --> 00:23:55,167 - Most of the stars at the time had spent years and years in the 448 00:23:55,234 --> 00:24:00,306 territories, and they had to scratch and claw for every spot 449 00:24:00,406 --> 00:24:01,273 for every payday. 450 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:05,077 - Can you believe the strength of this human being? 451 00:24:05,144 --> 00:24:09,915 - And then for this guy who's not from the wrestling world to 452 00:24:09,982 --> 00:24:13,619 sign a mega contract, then be expected to perform 453 00:24:13,719 --> 00:24:15,587 at a high level? 454 00:24:15,587 --> 00:24:18,624 There was a lot of people in the locker room that doubted Mark 455 00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:20,793 that wanted to test Mark. 456 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:23,962 - Some guys are like, I could care less. 457 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:26,265 And then there's other guys that are like, "Man, why this guy? 458 00:24:26,332 --> 00:24:27,700 This guy hasn't even taken a bump. 459 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,601 He's getting a ten year deal?" 460 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,036 - This isn't the Olympics. 461 00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:33,972 This isn't weightlifting. 462 00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:35,974 - We didn't care where you were. 463 00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:37,009 We didn't care what you had done. 464 00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:40,145 We respected what you had done, 465 00:24:40,245 --> 00:24:41,847 but you had to prove yourself with us. 466 00:24:42,748 --> 00:24:45,584 Mark, I don't think, understood the business well enough 467 00:24:45,651 --> 00:24:47,553 to know what was given to him at the time. 468 00:24:50,055 --> 00:24:51,790 - I needed to learn. 469 00:24:51,857 --> 00:24:53,025 Learn to take bumps. 470 00:24:53,025 --> 00:24:54,226 Learn to run the ropes. 471 00:24:54,293 --> 00:24:57,763 All the fundamental things that young wrestlers have to learn. 472 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:04,036 So I moved to Stamford, started training with Doctor Tom. 473 00:25:04,403 --> 00:25:06,672 - The idea was in 1996, 474 00:25:06,739 --> 00:25:10,809 to have a training system in place where we could 475 00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:13,145 start training guys with potential. 476 00:25:14,146 --> 00:25:18,083 I was fortunate enough to be picked and chosen to come in and 477 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:22,321 do that with Mark Henry and a young Dwayne Johnson. 478 00:25:23,389 --> 00:25:24,256 - We came up together. 479 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:25,624 We starved together. 480 00:25:25,691 --> 00:25:27,126 We were working out in the ring at that time 481 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,560 in Stamford, Connecticut. 482 00:25:28,627 --> 00:25:30,596 Mark Henry was coming out of the Olympics. 483 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:34,166 He was legitimately one of the strongest men in the world. 484 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:38,470 - And then Dory Funk Jr came in with a Funking dojo, 485 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:40,105 and we started that crew. 486 00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:46,745 Mark Henry versus Dwayne. 487 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:47,913 - Tom realized 488 00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:51,717 that being in aerobics sport that wrestling is 489 00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:54,720 and me being a weightlifter and powerlifter, which is an 490 00:25:54,787 --> 00:25:57,322 anaerobic sport that I was going to have 491 00:25:57,389 --> 00:25:58,657 to start training different. 492 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:02,127 - You know, the strongman and lifting was very different 493 00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:03,328 than wrestling. 494 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:04,663 And he was humbled. 495 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:06,031 And then he had to grow and learn. 496 00:26:07,733 --> 00:26:09,334 - Oh, so we started training different. 497 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:10,969 And then puttin in the reps 498 00:26:18,744 --> 00:26:22,314 - I kept getting hurt because I didn't know what I was doing. 499 00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:24,082 There was a setback of me 500 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:26,518 tearing the ligaments and breaking my ankle. 501 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:29,555 I didn't want to fail. 502 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:33,158 on top of the fact that I didn't want to let everybody down. 503 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:37,596 - You know, when you have such huge expectations put on you, 504 00:26:37,663 --> 00:26:39,832 it magnifies the pressure. 505 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:45,671 - In the beginning, Mark was resting on his laurels, when in 506 00:26:45,671 --> 00:26:49,608 reality it was the company that put him in that position. 507 00:26:49,675 --> 00:26:52,478 We needed to see whether or not this investment was going 508 00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:53,679 to work out for us. 509 00:26:56,248 --> 00:26:58,884 - A lot of the wrestlers thought that there was a level 510 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:02,287 of arrogance that hadn't paid any dues. 511 00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:06,592 I got a lot of heat from wrestlers about that contract. 512 00:27:07,993 --> 00:27:11,663 I got hazed, you know, you call it ribbing and having a good 513 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:14,266 time, but it wasn't fun for me. 514 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:18,103 - Somebody had messed with him, and it's crazy as that sounds, 515 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:20,973 World's Strongest Man, but just about everybody gets picked 516 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:22,407 on at some point. 517 00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:26,512 - I went through it with one of the wrestlers over joking and 518 00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:30,082 ribbing, and I got mad and I told him that I was going 519 00:27:30,148 --> 00:27:32,551 to hurt him when I healed up. 520 00:27:32,618 --> 00:27:36,188 And Bret Hart just happened to know about that situation. 521 00:27:36,188 --> 00:27:39,324 And he said, "You know what, man, come to Calgary. 522 00:27:39,391 --> 00:27:42,160 There's a lot you need to learn, not just about wrestling, but 523 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:44,296 but the culture of wrestling. 524 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:45,898 And you need to learn how to coexist in the locker room." 525 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:51,703 - I don't think anyone 526 00:27:51,803 --> 00:27:53,705 disputed the value of guys like, Mark Henry. 527 00:27:54,907 --> 00:27:56,808 It's a really complicated business. 528 00:27:56,875 --> 00:27:59,678 Sometimes mentally, emotionally, physically. 529 00:28:00,913 --> 00:28:02,848 - You could tell that he really wanted to learn, 530 00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:04,049 like he was trying to soak everything up. 531 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:12,391 - He was really conscious of getting better. 532 00:28:12,457 --> 00:28:13,559 He wanted to learn right. 533 00:28:16,295 --> 00:28:18,630 - A lot of the reason that I'm still in wrestling is because of 534 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:22,834 Bret Hart, and I befriended his brother, Owen. 535 00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:26,838 To be able to hang out with him and him tell me what I did right 536 00:28:26,905 --> 00:28:29,608 and what I did wrong and what I need to do better. 537 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:31,843 The pure power of the man, 538 00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:34,513 woo, I'm a legend in my own time, baby. 539 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,916 I came back and they could see the growth. 540 00:28:39,418 --> 00:28:41,486 - Mark Henry broke his ankle in training, 541 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,021 has rehabbed the ankle, has come back, 542 00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:44,156 got himself in great shape. 543 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:48,427 - It's been a very long road for Mark Henry. 544 00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:53,865 - Well, after all of the training that I did with Dwayne 545 00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:57,836 Johnson, you know, we started talking about working together. 546 00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:01,073 - The Rock is in the ring. 547 00:29:01,139 --> 00:29:03,108 Mark Henry, the newest member of the Nation in the ring. 548 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:07,813 - The Nation of Domination is made up of superstars like D'Lo 549 00:29:07,879 --> 00:29:14,353 Brown, The Godfather, the Rock and Ron Simmons AKA Farooq. 550 00:29:15,387 --> 00:29:16,588 - The Nation, 551 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,256 we were rock stars. 552 00:29:18,657 --> 00:29:22,227 We were militant black guys that wanted to take over 553 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:22,995 professional wrestling. 554 00:29:23,662 --> 00:29:27,299 It was good television. 555 00:29:27,399 --> 00:29:31,270 Through the Rock's tutelage and all he did for me, 556 00:29:31,336 --> 00:29:33,705 I thought it was even more special 557 00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:36,241 to get master's class from Ron Simmons. 558 00:29:36,308 --> 00:29:37,643 - Go ahead and tell him, Mark 559 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:38,710 - Now that I'm a member of the Nation- 560 00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:39,711 - Just hold it right there. 561 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,513 You're not a member until I say you're a member. 562 00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:42,814 Then you can talk. 563 00:29:42,881 --> 00:29:45,284 Now, he has some mat skills, which has given him 564 00:29:45,350 --> 00:29:46,952 the versatility that he needs. 565 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:49,321 And I think that's one of the reasons why they did want 566 00:29:49,388 --> 00:29:50,389 to put him with us, 567 00:29:50,389 --> 00:29:52,324 oo it would take some of the pressure off him, 568 00:29:52,391 --> 00:29:56,428 and at the same time learning the process of everything. 569 00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:58,263 Tag team wrestling, singles wrestling, 570 00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:00,666 character, and it was a good fit. 571 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,468 - Aww this nation five members strong. 572 00:30:03,568 --> 00:30:04,870 - Look at this. 573 00:30:04,936 --> 00:30:06,705 - I wouldn't have been the wrestler that I am today 574 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,240 without Ron Simmons. 575 00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:11,343 I thank my lucky stars of being in the Nation. 576 00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:15,280 - This was known as the Attitude Era. 577 00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:20,018 WWE superstars were pushing the boundaries further than they had 578 00:30:20,118 --> 00:30:21,753 ever been pushed before. 579 00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:27,326 - The Rock is going to lay the smackdown on your candy ass. 580 00:30:27,392 --> 00:30:30,429 - After the Nation of Domination, Mark Henry being 581 00:30:30,429 --> 00:30:33,865 the strongman was not going to be enough to make 582 00:30:33,932 --> 00:30:35,600 Mark Henry a star. 583 00:30:37,102 --> 00:30:40,272 - I told Vince that I want to call myself Sexual Chocolate 584 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:42,708 and he busted out laughing. 585 00:30:42,808 --> 00:30:43,842 He said "No." 586 00:30:45,110 --> 00:30:47,913 And I'm like,"Vince, you said you wanted us to entertain. 587 00:30:47,913 --> 00:30:49,648 Like, I want to entertain." 588 00:30:53,585 --> 00:30:54,319 - We are- 589 00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:55,220 - I'm nervous. 590 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,222 - Oh, a little flot. 591 00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:58,290 This is nervous. 592 00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:03,195 - Hi, we're spinning. 593 00:31:03,261 --> 00:31:07,833 - I told Vince that I had this idea for a character, 594 00:31:07,899 --> 00:31:09,868 and the character didn't have to win. 595 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,871 Chyna, hey baby. 596 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:14,606 The character had to woo the women. 597 00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:16,274 - Just get this over with, Mark. 598 00:31:16,341 --> 00:31:17,242 - Your flowers. 599 00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:18,510 And Vince was like, 600 00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:24,049 "Listen, we-we spent a lot of money on you." 601 00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,317 - Here we go, let's try one more. 602 00:31:26,151 --> 00:31:28,186 - We want this to be a success. 603 00:31:28,186 --> 00:31:30,622 And I said, "It will be a success." 604 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:33,225 You're going to be thanking me by the end of the night. 605 00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:36,228 Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea. 606 00:31:36,828 --> 00:31:38,630 Woo. 607 00:31:38,697 --> 00:31:39,664 - Mark was a charmer. 608 00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:44,636 Mark loved the ladies and the ladies loved Mark. 609 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:46,705 Sexual Chocolate was born. 610 00:31:47,873 --> 00:31:49,241 - Sexual Chocolate. 611 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:50,308 - He loves the ladies. 612 00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:53,879 - It was really a joke at first. 613 00:31:53,945 --> 00:31:55,447 We would drive around and laugh at Mark Henry 614 00:31:55,514 --> 00:31:56,915 and go, "Hey Sexual Chocolate." 615 00:31:56,982 --> 00:31:58,517 Word of that got back to the office. 616 00:31:58,617 --> 00:31:59,618 And the next thing you know. 617 00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:01,520 Mark took it to a whole different level. 618 00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:04,322 - Sexual Chocolate 619 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:05,791 We're ready for you. 620 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:09,127 - As much as 621 00:32:09,194 --> 00:32:12,430 my children were under direct orders to turn off the TV, 622 00:32:13,999 --> 00:32:16,568 soon as Sexual Chocolate came on the airwaves. 623 00:32:17,102 --> 00:32:18,270 - Oh yeah. 624 00:32:18,703 --> 00:32:20,806 - Sexual Chocolate was dynamic. 625 00:32:20,872 --> 00:32:22,874 - I'm the kind of chocolate that melts in your mouth, 626 00:32:22,941 --> 00:32:23,909 not in your hand. 627 00:32:24,876 --> 00:32:26,144 - Oh my God, that character. 628 00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:28,046 We love Sexual Chocolate. 629 00:32:28,113 --> 00:32:28,947 - Suck it. 630 00:32:29,047 --> 00:32:31,483 - Mark came under the Attitude Era 631 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:33,285 - Come on girl, let's go. 632 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:34,619 - It was a crazy time. 633 00:32:36,321 --> 00:32:37,189 - What in the world? 634 00:32:37,255 --> 00:32:38,790 - You could just do anything you want. 635 00:32:38,790 --> 00:32:39,825 - Oh my God. 636 00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:42,761 - To watch him have fun and use his big personality. 637 00:32:43,662 --> 00:32:46,264 It was easy for him to do because he's naturally that. 638 00:32:46,264 --> 00:32:48,500 He's really kind of naturally Sexual Chocolate, I think. 639 00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:51,770 - Baby, are you ready yet? 640 00:32:51,837 --> 00:32:54,873 - Oh, sweetheart, here I am, your Valentine. 641 00:32:54,873 --> 00:32:55,907 - Ah. 642 00:32:56,007 --> 00:32:57,075 - Oh Lord. 643 00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:58,310 - Oh boy. 644 00:32:58,410 --> 00:32:59,478 - The storyline of Mae Young should have told anybody. 645 00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:02,214 Mark is willing to stretch the envelope. 646 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,315 He embraced it. 647 00:33:04,916 --> 00:33:06,618 - How could you not laugh? 648 00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:10,155 There's this big 400 pound black guy soaked in sweat, you know. 649 00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:11,323 [moaning] 650 00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:13,358 and there's Mae Young smoking a cigar like she done 651 00:33:13,425 --> 00:33:14,359 wore his ass out. 652 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:17,929 - Is all your sexual tension relieved now? 653 00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:19,297 - Oh, I'm so spent. 654 00:33:19,397 --> 00:33:21,900 - It may be juvenile humor, but I thought it was fantastic. 655 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:24,002 - I'm a sex addict. 656 00:33:24,069 --> 00:33:27,973 The creative team during that time, they were on their game. 657 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:32,277 I get on base more times than Mark McGwire 658 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:33,745 and Sammy Sosa together. 659 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,916 I never came up with one of those sagas. 660 00:33:37,916 --> 00:33:41,786 They kept trying to outdo each other and out top each other. 661 00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:45,490 I was willing to 100% wholeheartedly pour my soul 662 00:33:45,557 --> 00:33:46,758 into that character. 663 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:52,664 Sexual Chocolate got over and it's still right now, one of the 664 00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:54,833 greatest gimmicks, I think ever. 665 00:33:57,002 --> 00:33:58,803 - Sexual Chocolate, he hangs out with those babes. 666 00:33:59,905 --> 00:34:01,873 - I don't think his mother liked it too well. 667 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:05,510 Matter of fact, I know she didn't, but you know. 668 00:34:06,578 --> 00:34:10,315 - A little discipline on the way for baby Mark from Mama Henry. 669 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:11,750 - She got him by the ear. 670 00:34:11,850 --> 00:34:13,018 - How embarrassing. 671 00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:25,063 - Around that time, my mother was really, really sick, and- 672 00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:29,200 Uh, I did my best to try to be there for her as much 673 00:34:29,267 --> 00:34:31,036 as I could. 674 00:34:31,102 --> 00:34:37,776 Um, with, uh, you know, the cancer that she had, and- 675 00:34:37,842 --> 00:34:41,246 There was about a month stretch where I was in the hospital. 676 00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:44,015 She would be like, "You need to get out of here. 677 00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:47,919 Like, go do something I'm- I'm not going nowhere." 678 00:34:47,986 --> 00:34:49,120 I'm like "All right mom." 679 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:54,759 I get a call from my cousin Regina, and she was like, 680 00:34:54,826 --> 00:34:59,030 "Hey, uh, you might want to come back to the hospital. 681 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,365 Your mom passed." 682 00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:03,735 My mom on the end. 683 00:35:03,802 --> 00:35:05,036 She had her glasses on. 684 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:06,004 She'll take them off. 685 00:35:06,071 --> 00:35:07,772 Trying to be cute now. 686 00:35:12,944 --> 00:35:14,946 My mom passing away. 687 00:35:15,046 --> 00:35:18,316 I mean, it was the worst thing that had ever happened to me 688 00:35:18,383 --> 00:35:22,554 in my life at that point because she was my cheerleader. 689 00:35:25,390 --> 00:35:28,593 She was my reason for 690 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:30,595 being the guy that I became. 691 00:35:41,072 --> 00:35:42,240 I was depressed. 692 00:35:42,307 --> 00:35:46,144 I was in a emotional state that I had never been in before. 693 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,615 I'm in a time of mourning. 694 00:35:50,682 --> 00:35:54,552 And it didn't help none that people were calling me out. 695 00:35:55,553 --> 00:35:58,990 - There's only one strongest man in the world. 696 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:00,191 He's Mark Henry. 697 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:02,761 - One of the strong men said. 698 00:36:02,827 --> 00:36:04,996 "Why is Mark Henry calling himself the World's 699 00:36:05,063 --> 00:36:06,564 Strongest Man? 700 00:36:06,631 --> 00:36:08,967 He don't compete in World's Strongest Man." 701 00:36:10,368 --> 00:36:14,205 Them bastards knew that I was the Michael Jordan of lifting. 702 00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:21,913 It was their only chance to poke the bear because they knew that 703 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:24,482 the bear was in a different territory. 704 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:29,587 I called Vince and I told him I was like, "Listen, um, 705 00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:30,989 I'm a little bit pissed. 706 00:36:30,989 --> 00:36:33,458 You know, I want to compete again." 707 00:36:33,558 --> 00:36:37,829 And Vince said, "Well, do you think you can win it?" 708 00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:40,298 And I got angry and I told him, "Yeah, I can win it, 709 00:36:40,398 --> 00:36:41,900 I'm going to win it." 710 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,168 And he said, 711 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:46,471 "Well you're putting your career on the line, because we don't 712 00:36:46,471 --> 00:36:49,841 have a place for the second strongest man." 713 00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:53,311 Now I got the pressure of 714 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:54,679 if I lose, I'm gonna lose my job. 715 00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:08,426 Show you where I grew up in my mom's house, 716 00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:13,465 which, you know, I own that property, but 717 00:37:13,531 --> 00:37:16,601 I haven't probably have't done as great a job as I needed to 718 00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:18,036 to keep it up. 719 00:37:22,607 --> 00:37:23,641 This is it, man. 720 00:37:25,477 --> 00:37:27,312 The basketball goal is still up. 721 00:37:31,683 --> 00:37:32,750 But, this is it. 722 00:37:36,621 --> 00:37:39,190 You look and you see, like, all of the experiences 723 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:40,792 that happened. 724 00:37:42,427 --> 00:37:44,429 This magnolia tree, 725 00:37:44,496 --> 00:37:47,098 me and my brother and my mom planted that 726 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,601 when I was probably, 727 00:37:50,869 --> 00:37:53,271 6 or 7 years old. 728 00:37:56,875 --> 00:37:59,644 You know, it's just a lot of memories, you know? 729 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:03,515 I don't want to tear it down because every dollar she ever 730 00:38:03,515 --> 00:38:05,283 made, she put into 731 00:38:06,151 --> 00:38:07,619 uh, building this house. 732 00:38:08,753 --> 00:38:11,990 You know, I have cousins that, you know, do real estate 733 00:38:12,056 --> 00:38:13,191 they like, 734 00:38:13,191 --> 00:38:16,794 "hey, Mark, you want us to fix it up and rent it out?" 735 00:38:16,861 --> 00:38:20,698 Um, no. 736 00:38:20,798 --> 00:38:23,935 I don't want to rent it because then I would have to like 737 00:38:24,002 --> 00:38:27,205 basically rebuild it, which would require me 738 00:38:27,272 --> 00:38:28,573 tearing it down. 739 00:38:30,275 --> 00:38:34,712 Every idea requires me making a decision to, you know, 740 00:38:34,712 --> 00:38:35,880 move this house. 741 00:38:38,149 --> 00:38:43,388 And-and I just can't. 742 00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:45,290 Fix myself to do that. 743 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:51,830 When I'm able to deal with it is when something will be done. 744 00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:57,435 - Barbara Jean was amazing. 745 00:38:57,435 --> 00:39:01,406 Mark adored her and understood the enormous sacrifices that she 746 00:39:01,472 --> 00:39:06,077 went through to support him and Patrick, and gone way too soon. 747 00:39:06,144 --> 00:39:08,079 And it left a big hole for him. 748 00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,081 It left a really big hole. 749 00:39:13,218 --> 00:39:16,955 - The only thing that I could do to take my mind off 750 00:39:17,021 --> 00:39:21,025 how much pain I was in was put my headphones on 751 00:39:21,092 --> 00:39:22,160 and go to the gym. 752 00:39:23,428 --> 00:39:28,766 I wanted to show them that I was who I was known to be. 753 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:34,872 And I told Terry that I wanted to compete in Strongman. 754 00:39:34,872 --> 00:39:38,209 And uh he said, "Well, I mean, we have a contest that we're 755 00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:42,513 putting on in Columbus, Ohio at the Arnold Classic." 756 00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:45,884 - This is a fitness expo that we have every sport possible 757 00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:48,820 that has anything to do with strength or with fitness 758 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:49,587 or endurance. 759 00:39:49,654 --> 00:39:50,788 All of those things. 760 00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:52,490 - On your mark, and get set 761 00:39:52,557 --> 00:39:53,491 [whistle blows] 762 00:39:53,558 --> 00:39:56,461 [yelling] 763 00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:59,197 - It's not your functional, normal strength training, 764 00:39:59,264 --> 00:40:01,666 your Olympic lifting, your squat, bench, deadlift. 765 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,203 You have to move around all these crazy different objects, 766 00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:06,971 and the whole aspect of it is finding 767 00:40:07,038 --> 00:40:08,973 out who the strongest human being is. 768 00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:10,708 - You can do it, Mark. 769 00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:11,910 Come on. 770 00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:15,446 - It was awesome to get back to working with Terry. 771 00:40:15,513 --> 00:40:16,281 [yelling] 772 00:40:16,347 --> 00:40:17,215 - Yes. 773 00:40:17,282 --> 00:40:18,349 - You got it, you got it, you got it. 774 00:40:18,449 --> 00:40:22,086 - It was the best medicine that I could have gotten. 775 00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:25,223 That was when I realized that, you know, 776 00:40:25,323 --> 00:40:26,691 I needed some counseling. 777 00:40:29,027 --> 00:40:32,597 Getting all of that negativity and the ill will that was 778 00:40:32,664 --> 00:40:34,432 in my heart out. 779 00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:38,036 I had to forgive myself for the things that I had done 780 00:40:38,036 --> 00:40:39,404 and said in my life. 781 00:40:42,874 --> 00:40:45,310 And I had to forgive God. 782 00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:47,545 for taking my mother from me. 783 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:53,551 There was a lot of messed up stuff going through my head 784 00:40:53,551 --> 00:40:54,752 at that time, 785 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,021 and I appreciate the help. 786 00:41:01,092 --> 00:41:01,826 Gotta work, man. 787 00:41:01,893 --> 00:41:02,994 They don't- 788 00:41:03,061 --> 00:41:06,631 They don't just give out them Strongman titles. 789 00:41:06,631 --> 00:41:07,632 You gotta earn them. 790 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,236 Imma just go ahead and go to the heaviest dumbbell they got. 791 00:41:17,942 --> 00:41:19,777 - So in Mark's case, he had never competed 792 00:41:19,844 --> 00:41:22,513 in a Strongman contest. 793 00:41:22,580 --> 00:41:24,949 He actually was not in lifting shape. 794 00:41:25,049 --> 00:41:26,851 You know, being on the road doesn't make you stay 795 00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:28,720 in competitive shape. 796 00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:32,590 And so we didn't really know if he would win it or not. 797 00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:35,126 - They're saying that Mark Henry shouldn't call himself the 798 00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:37,729 World's Strongest Man unless he was. 799 00:41:37,795 --> 00:41:40,898 You can't mess with a guy that's that strong and doesn't know 800 00:41:40,998 --> 00:41:42,100 how strong he is. 801 00:41:46,004 --> 00:41:47,505 - I'm training like a wild man. 802 00:41:49,474 --> 00:41:54,112 Because I just want to prove to these guys that not only was I 803 00:41:54,112 --> 00:41:59,350 better than them, but there was a reason for me not being there 804 00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:00,485 in the first place. 805 00:42:00,551 --> 00:42:01,953 And that reason was wrestling. 806 00:42:02,754 --> 00:42:07,158 I took on another life to make means for myself and 807 00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:09,827 to get kicked like they kicked me, 808 00:42:09,894 --> 00:42:11,262 now, I wanted blood. 809 00:42:11,362 --> 00:42:12,797 I wanted them to know who I was. 810 00:42:16,634 --> 00:42:18,836 - We have literally eight of the 811 00:42:18,903 --> 00:42:22,974 strongest men on the face of the planet as we staged the 812 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:27,512 first annual Arnold Strongman competition. 813 00:42:27,512 --> 00:42:29,547 - I'm not going to let nothing stop me. 814 00:42:29,647 --> 00:42:31,516 I want to be able to go down in history as being 815 00:42:31,516 --> 00:42:33,751 somebody that's done something. 816 00:42:33,751 --> 00:42:36,187 That nobody's ever done. 817 00:42:36,254 --> 00:42:37,355 That's going to happen this week. 818 00:42:38,356 --> 00:42:40,091 - That big hunk of metal right there, 819 00:42:40,158 --> 00:42:43,194 it's 365 pounds. 820 00:42:43,261 --> 00:42:47,465 - Them Apollon Wheels, fixed train axle, 821 00:42:47,532 --> 00:42:49,500 three inches in diameter. 822 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:50,535 You can't grip it. 823 00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:53,971 You can't put straps on it. 824 00:42:54,038 --> 00:42:56,808 It'll break both of your wrists. 825 00:42:57,508 --> 00:43:01,012 And I love that because I didn't want help. 826 00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:07,318 - Which of these strongmen today are going to take these 827 00:43:07,385 --> 00:43:09,086 wheels and put them overhead? 828 00:43:10,421 --> 00:43:11,422 [yelling] 829 00:43:19,564 --> 00:43:20,498 - Woo. 830 00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:22,967 Hadn't been done in 50 years. 831 00:43:23,634 --> 00:43:27,405 Mark Henry literally bent over to the ground, grabbed 365 832 00:43:27,472 --> 00:43:30,975 pounds with both hands, went like this and went like this. 833 00:43:31,042 --> 00:43:33,077 And I was just like, "What the-" 834 00:43:34,912 --> 00:43:37,114 - Now, only four men in history to that this thing overhead. 835 00:43:39,317 --> 00:43:41,319 Two times by Mark Henry. 836 00:43:41,385 --> 00:43:42,553 Breaking history. 837 00:43:43,754 --> 00:43:46,157 - There's so much that goes into it. 838 00:43:46,224 --> 00:43:48,192 and he just made it look like a paperweight. 839 00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:52,196 - Down. 840 00:43:52,263 --> 00:43:53,798 Three times. 841 00:43:53,865 --> 00:43:55,366 Such an incredible feat of strength as we've never 842 00:43:55,433 --> 00:43:57,768 seen before. 843 00:43:57,835 --> 00:44:01,172 - It was an unbelievably historic moment and it also 844 00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:04,308 demonstrated how amazing he was. 845 00:44:05,743 --> 00:44:09,146 It's one of those moments that people still talk about. 846 00:44:09,247 --> 00:44:12,150 It was by far the highlight of that contest. 847 00:44:16,354 --> 00:44:22,226 - I was so angry that my mom was gone, but I had a wristband that 848 00:44:22,293 --> 00:44:25,396 had my mom's name on it. 849 00:44:35,473 --> 00:44:37,441 - This is our final competitor. 850 00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:38,576 - Let's stay in first. 851 00:44:41,712 --> 00:44:43,014 I gotta do it under 20 seconds. 852 00:44:45,316 --> 00:44:47,985 - He has dedicated this performance to his mother 853 00:44:47,985 --> 00:44:49,787 who recently passed. 854 00:44:49,787 --> 00:44:51,222 He feels that she's watching him, 855 00:44:51,322 --> 00:44:53,124 she's with him. 856 00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:53,758 - Here we go. 857 00:44:53,824 --> 00:44:54,825 - Let's go. 858 00:44:54,892 --> 00:44:56,360 - This is one of the mosrt difficult events ever. 859 00:44:56,427 --> 00:44:58,362 Grab that 800 plus pounds, 860 00:44:58,429 --> 00:45:02,833 and head up the ramp with it. 861 00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:05,036 - Mark Henry. 862 00:45:05,102 --> 00:45:09,473 - You're looking at the strongest man. 863 00:45:12,076 --> 00:45:15,212 - Nobody on the planet 864 00:45:15,279 --> 00:45:16,948 could have beat me that day. 865 00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:19,350 I was invincible that day. 866 00:45:23,588 --> 00:45:27,792 It was about proving who I was and who I became. 867 00:45:29,694 --> 00:45:31,796 Legitimately the strongest man on Earth. 868 00:45:31,862 --> 00:45:32,964 That's what I'm talking about. 869 00:45:37,435 --> 00:45:39,337 Still the man. 870 00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:45,209 I told you when I was 18 years old, 871 00:45:45,276 --> 00:45:47,612 "Am I strong enough to be in one of your movies?" 872 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:49,347 And you said, "How much did you lift?" 873 00:45:49,447 --> 00:45:50,514 And I said, "740." 874 00:45:50,514 --> 00:45:52,116 You said, "Not yet." 875 00:45:52,283 --> 00:45:53,718 Well, I'm the strongest man in the world now. 876 00:45:53,784 --> 00:45:56,721 - I know, I know, you know, something really unbelievable. 877 00:45:56,787 --> 00:45:58,623 what you can do just shows you 878 00:45:58,723 --> 00:45:59,991 where there's a will, there's a way, 879 00:46:00,057 --> 00:46:00,725 - There is a way. 880 00:46:00,791 --> 00:46:02,593 - And I'm very proud of you. 881 00:46:03,628 --> 00:46:07,798 - I think now the guys understand that he's somebody 882 00:46:07,865 --> 00:46:10,635 who could have competed at their level if he'd wanted to stay 883 00:46:10,701 --> 00:46:14,005 in it, but he already had a better gig. 884 00:46:15,306 --> 00:46:20,077 - My mom was helping me again, you know, she gave me life 885 00:46:20,077 --> 00:46:21,078 more than once. 886 00:46:21,646 --> 00:46:23,547 She gave me life at birth. 887 00:46:23,648 --> 00:46:25,316 And she gave me life again- 888 00:46:32,223 --> 00:46:33,190 in my career. 889 00:46:38,229 --> 00:46:43,334 Making his return the newly crowned World's Strongest Man, 890 00:46:43,401 --> 00:46:45,202 Mark Henry. 891 00:46:46,437 --> 00:46:50,808 - After about six months away, Mark Henry returned to the WWE 892 00:46:50,875 --> 00:46:54,245 with a new level of confidence and credibility. 893 00:46:55,079 --> 00:46:58,115 - I was back as the World's Strongest Man 894 00:46:58,182 --> 00:47:00,451 in wrestling again. 895 00:47:00,518 --> 00:47:03,421 And legitimately the strongest man on Earth. 896 00:47:03,521 --> 00:47:06,190 - Well, I can't wait to see what this is all about. 897 00:47:06,190 --> 00:47:09,760 This is that-that feat of strength of Mark Henery 898 00:47:09,827 --> 00:47:13,998 - Mark's embracing the feats of strength. 899 00:47:14,065 --> 00:47:16,967 Kind of gave him a different attitude and gave him 900 00:47:17,034 --> 00:47:18,803 a newfound confidence. 901 00:47:18,869 --> 00:47:21,038 - He's gonna back up against that wall. 902 00:47:21,105 --> 00:47:24,442 He's going to hold this big black ass limo in place for 30s. 903 00:47:26,210 --> 00:47:29,146 - There were challenges literally every week 904 00:47:29,246 --> 00:47:30,281 they have in the locker room. 905 00:47:30,348 --> 00:47:31,916 "Oh, yeah. Can you do this?" 906 00:47:31,982 --> 00:47:33,050 - Kid is an animal man. 907 00:47:33,117 --> 00:47:34,518 He's strong as an ox. 908 00:47:34,585 --> 00:47:36,520 - Can you believe Mark Henry is doing this? 909 00:47:36,587 --> 00:47:39,390 - "Oh, yeah. Can you do that?" 910 00:47:39,457 --> 00:47:42,226 [yelling] 911 00:47:42,226 --> 00:47:43,661 - That's what I'm talking about. 912 00:47:43,761 --> 00:47:44,662 That's what I'm talking about. 913 00:47:44,762 --> 00:47:47,465 - There were some things that we had Mark do. 914 00:47:47,565 --> 00:47:50,434 One of them was was rolling a, uh frying pan. 915 00:47:51,502 --> 00:47:55,806 Now, when we did it, asked Mark, 916 00:47:55,873 --> 00:47:57,475 "Okay, what kind of pan do we get?" 917 00:47:57,541 --> 00:48:01,812 - Of course, in the process, the ribbin started again. 918 00:48:01,879 --> 00:48:05,149 Vince just knew that, you know, he going to get a big kick out 919 00:48:05,249 --> 00:48:08,586 of seeing me get angry. 920 00:48:08,652 --> 00:48:12,356 And one of the feats of strength not working. 921 00:48:12,423 --> 00:48:16,193 So he had them go out and get this frying pan. 922 00:48:16,260 --> 00:48:19,630 - They brought out an iron skillet. 923 00:48:19,697 --> 00:48:21,365 I said, well, what's the deal here? 924 00:48:21,432 --> 00:48:26,437 They said, well, no, we're going to use this with Mark. 925 00:48:26,504 --> 00:48:28,072 What-what the hell are you talking about? 926 00:48:28,172 --> 00:48:29,306 - See this pan. 927 00:48:29,406 --> 00:48:32,476 - Bet is that you can't bend it. 928 00:48:32,543 --> 00:48:33,477 - Hey, man, wait a minute. 929 00:48:33,544 --> 00:48:34,278 What's wrong with you? 930 00:48:34,278 --> 00:48:35,246 Can't nobody do- bend it. 931 00:48:35,312 --> 00:48:38,449 - I saw the red light, and I was standing 932 00:48:38,516 --> 00:48:41,786 in front of it with this pan and 933 00:48:43,521 --> 00:48:45,790 when I first started to try 934 00:48:45,790 --> 00:48:47,758 It wouldn't It just wouldn't bend. 935 00:48:49,994 --> 00:48:54,031 And I remember looking up and seeing everybody's faces start 936 00:48:54,098 --> 00:48:57,468 to turn to each other like, "oh man, this is embarrassing." 937 00:48:58,035 --> 00:49:00,237 And, 938 00:49:00,237 --> 00:49:05,109 man, I cranked back down on that thing and I the metal screamed 939 00:49:05,209 --> 00:49:06,277 it was just like- 940 00:49:07,878 --> 00:49:11,949 uh iron bending sound that I had never heard in anything that 941 00:49:12,049 --> 00:49:13,851 I've bent in my hands before. 942 00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:20,191 [grunting] 943 00:49:20,191 --> 00:49:27,731 Fear of failure just was too much for me. 944 00:49:27,798 --> 00:49:29,066 - Is that the world's strongest man or not? 945 00:49:29,066 --> 00:49:32,236 - It is bsolutely impressive. 946 00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:34,171 When I watch that, and believe me, 947 00:49:34,238 --> 00:49:39,176 I had a new found respect for his ass, okay? 948 00:49:39,243 --> 00:49:40,878 - Oh my God. 949 00:49:40,878 --> 00:49:42,246 - He- look at that he did it. 950 00:49:42,313 --> 00:49:44,748 - I can't believe he did it. 951 00:49:44,849 --> 00:49:47,351 - Oh my God. 952 00:49:47,351 --> 00:49:49,353 - I can't believe it. 953 00:49:51,388 --> 00:49:54,758 - So around that time we started thinking about, 954 00:49:54,825 --> 00:49:56,927 you know, having kids. 955 00:49:56,994 --> 00:49:59,797 And I said, "Well, I'm waiting on the right woman 956 00:49:59,864 --> 00:50:02,099 to propose to me." 957 00:50:02,199 --> 00:50:05,669 And she was like "Oh, stop it. Nobody's proposing to you." 958 00:50:05,769 --> 00:50:07,238 I said, "Well, if you want to marry me, you have 959 00:50:07,238 --> 00:50:09,440 to propose to me." 960 00:50:09,506 --> 00:50:13,811 And, um, of course, that didn't go off very well. 961 00:50:13,878 --> 00:50:16,480 I ended up doing the proposing and we got married. 962 00:50:18,048 --> 00:50:22,019 - We got married at Jan and Terry Todd's beautiful estate, 963 00:50:22,119 --> 00:50:24,288 and it was time. 964 00:50:24,355 --> 00:50:26,490 And then he's like, "Are we going to have some babies? 965 00:50:26,557 --> 00:50:27,758 Let's go." 966 00:50:27,825 --> 00:50:34,932 - Jacob was born October 12th, 2005, and Joanna was born 967 00:50:34,999 --> 00:50:37,534 December 30th, 2010. 968 00:50:38,035 --> 00:50:40,004 I don't know if I've ever loved anybody 969 00:50:40,070 --> 00:50:42,273 like I love those kids. 970 00:50:45,876 --> 00:50:47,278 - Mark is an amazing dad. 971 00:50:48,779 --> 00:50:49,880 And he's just proud. 972 00:50:50,915 --> 00:50:51,849 - Yeah. 973 00:50:51,916 --> 00:50:53,117 Yeah. 974 00:50:54,518 --> 00:50:55,953 - And so he wants to be the daddy. 975 00:50:56,654 --> 00:50:57,554 Like I want to be the dad. 976 00:50:57,621 --> 00:50:58,622 I want to be in the stands. 977 00:50:58,722 --> 00:51:00,024 I will help you out. 978 00:51:00,591 --> 00:51:03,661 - You just got to feel it like, come off those three fingers. 979 00:51:03,761 --> 00:51:05,029 Woop. 980 00:51:05,095 --> 00:51:06,830 And we just got to practice. 981 00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:07,631 There you go. 982 00:51:08,799 --> 00:51:11,635 It's been great watching the kids succeed in sports. 983 00:51:14,905 --> 00:51:18,042 But they also realize that they come from it. 984 00:51:18,108 --> 00:51:19,877 On defense you did good. 985 00:51:19,944 --> 00:51:21,478 - Defense was better. 986 00:51:21,545 --> 00:51:22,513 - Oh my gosh. 987 00:51:22,580 --> 00:51:24,415 - I'm still getting the offense together. 988 00:51:24,481 --> 00:51:26,984 He wants me to be the best and I want to be the best. 989 00:51:27,084 --> 00:51:29,286 So for it to come from him, it means a lot to me. 990 00:51:29,353 --> 00:51:32,723 - And at the end of practice, when you're tired and you don't 991 00:51:32,790 --> 00:51:37,227 want to do it, that's when you practice stuff like that. 992 00:51:37,227 --> 00:51:41,131 - He's one of the best coaches I've ever had, 993 00:51:41,198 --> 00:51:42,266 and he's a great dad. 994 00:51:46,870 --> 00:51:50,975 - I was always in awe of him being that strong. 995 00:51:54,044 --> 00:51:58,082 One time I was arm wrestling my hand against his pointer finger, 996 00:51:58,148 --> 00:52:02,019 you know, and I still lost if he can beat me in arm wrestling 997 00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:04,955 with his pointer finger, like that's a whole other level. 998 00:52:06,624 --> 00:52:09,560 I see my dad as an inspiration 999 00:52:09,626 --> 00:52:14,231 and definitely brings the whole family joy to see him 1000 00:52:14,231 --> 00:52:15,466 in his element. 1001 00:52:17,067 --> 00:52:18,969 - On a scale of 1 to 10, how hard was this compared 1002 00:52:19,036 --> 00:52:20,337 to everything else? 1003 00:52:20,404 --> 00:52:22,640 - This is about like a 900 pound squat. 1004 00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,509 - Okay, what do you think about the hair, y'all? 1005 00:52:25,609 --> 00:52:27,077 - Uh, I don't hate it 1006 00:52:27,077 --> 00:52:28,045 - I loved it. 1007 00:52:29,246 --> 00:52:32,216 I've had at least 50 to 100 people in my life 1008 00:52:32,282 --> 00:52:33,183 come up and go, 1009 00:52:33,283 --> 00:52:36,520 "Hey, how did you do that?" 1010 00:52:36,587 --> 00:52:38,989 Like, "I went, I went home and I tried to lift 1011 00:52:38,989 --> 00:52:40,824 my mom's Ford Taurus." 1012 00:52:45,029 --> 00:52:47,031 - I love that, I love that. 1013 00:52:47,097 --> 00:52:48,799 I love Ron hugging you. 1014 00:52:48,866 --> 00:52:50,634 Oh, my gosh, it's so sweet. 1015 00:52:50,634 --> 00:52:52,636 - Somebody's doing something inhuman like this. 1016 00:52:52,636 --> 00:52:54,238 There's going to be fans that are going to be like, 1017 00:52:54,238 --> 00:52:55,239 "Nah, what is he going to do next week? 1018 00:52:55,305 --> 00:52:56,407 I want to go to see that." 1019 00:52:57,875 --> 00:52:59,076 - Yeah, Here we go. 1020 00:52:59,143 --> 00:52:59,910 Here we go. 1021 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:01,278 Walk that, walk that dog. 1022 00:53:01,278 --> 00:53:02,279 There you go. 1023 00:53:02,346 --> 00:53:04,448 - He's had these different seasons of his career. 1024 00:53:04,515 --> 00:53:05,115 - Who's the strongest man? 1025 00:53:05,115 --> 00:53:05,749 - Me. 1026 00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:06,450 - Who's the man. 1027 00:53:06,550 --> 00:53:07,518 - Me. 1028 00:53:07,618 --> 00:53:09,353 - At that time, like we did the strongman gimmick. 1029 00:53:09,420 --> 00:53:12,122 We did the Sexual Chocolate. 1030 00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:14,892 You know, I think they were trying to figure out, like, 1031 00:53:14,958 --> 00:53:16,126 "What we do with Mark next?" 1032 00:53:17,795 --> 00:53:22,766 - Here's this charismatic, 400 pound World's Strongest Man. 1033 00:53:22,833 --> 00:53:28,038 That you know has the ability to be a mega star. 1034 00:53:28,038 --> 00:53:29,673 He's got "it." 1035 00:53:29,673 --> 00:53:31,208 We just got to get "it," out of him. 1036 00:53:35,479 --> 00:53:37,114 - That brings back some memories. 1037 00:53:37,114 --> 00:53:39,283 - Talk about old school. 1038 00:53:40,317 --> 00:53:43,053 - At a certain point, I think fans started to feel like they 1039 00:53:43,120 --> 00:53:49,393 had seen everything Mark Henry had to offer, and I think WWE 1040 00:53:49,393 --> 00:53:52,129 was under the impression that they had gotten almost 1041 00:53:52,196 --> 00:53:56,433 everything they could out of Mark Henry, and that's why 1042 00:53:56,433 --> 00:53:59,870 his career starts to kind of slow down. 1043 00:54:01,638 --> 00:54:05,709 - The "Hey Kool-Aid Era" is what I called it. 1044 00:54:05,809 --> 00:54:09,279 Where I was wearing red and it wasn't, you know, 1045 00:54:09,346 --> 00:54:11,615 I wasn't being really serious and mean. 1046 00:54:16,353 --> 00:54:21,425 Vince wanted to, you know, make me angry and push the envelope. 1047 00:54:21,525 --> 00:54:25,028 And Vince McMahon played a practical joke on me 1048 00:54:25,095 --> 00:54:26,063 that went bad. 1049 00:54:28,999 --> 00:54:32,236 - After SmackDown had gone off the air. 1050 00:54:32,302 --> 00:54:36,840 Mark Henry was headed to the ring for a non-televised match. 1051 00:54:36,907 --> 00:54:39,009 Customary in the WWE. 1052 00:54:42,846 --> 00:54:43,814 - Here's how that started. 1053 00:54:44,715 --> 00:54:47,084 Vince sent him out to the ring by himself. 1054 00:54:47,151 --> 00:54:49,319 And so when Mark got down to the ring, 1055 00:54:49,386 --> 00:54:50,888 he was just down there by himself. 1056 00:54:50,954 --> 00:54:52,756 But nobody never comes out. 1057 00:54:54,825 --> 00:54:56,860 - Just because they wanted to poke the bear. 1058 00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:02,399 They leave Mark Henry standing in the ring with nothing to do. 1059 00:55:03,267 --> 00:55:05,002 - If you want somebody to come out here, 1060 00:55:05,068 --> 00:55:06,837 bring somebody out of here. 1061 00:55:06,904 --> 00:55:08,005 I paid my dues. 1062 00:55:08,071 --> 00:55:10,174 I don't need this bull. 1063 00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:12,176 Where's the microphone? 1064 00:55:14,211 --> 00:55:15,612 - And he was given the microphone. 1065 00:55:17,514 --> 00:55:18,715 - I suggest you hand me- 1066 00:55:20,951 --> 00:55:22,085 - And the microphone wasn't on. 1067 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:25,022 - You want me to get fired? 1068 00:55:25,122 --> 00:55:26,790 That's what y'all doing? 1069 00:55:27,224 --> 00:55:28,926 - He was so angry. 1070 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:30,794 And then they were like, "Mark, it's over." 1071 00:55:31,628 --> 00:55:33,564 - We would like to thank you all for being a part of this 1072 00:55:33,630 --> 00:55:34,798 evening's event. 1073 00:55:34,865 --> 00:55:36,767 We certainly hope that you enjoyed yourselves and looking 1074 00:55:36,834 --> 00:55:40,037 forward to coming back here sometime in the near future. 1075 00:55:40,103 --> 00:55:41,138 Thank you. 1076 00:55:47,678 --> 00:55:49,079 - Now I'm pissed. 1077 00:55:50,981 --> 00:55:53,850 I just felt that it was- it was a disrespect, 1078 00:55:53,917 --> 00:55:58,155 not just to me as a man, but to the business. 1079 00:55:58,222 --> 00:56:00,123 Like, we don't play in the ring. 1080 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:01,892 I don't play, man. 1081 00:56:01,959 --> 00:56:04,194 That's my office. 1082 00:56:04,261 --> 00:56:06,830 - He got so [bleep] mad out there, man. 1083 00:56:06,830 --> 00:56:09,833 Uh, until everybody that was in the gorilla position up there 1084 00:56:09,833 --> 00:56:12,202 with Vince and everybody left, they didn't even want to be up 1085 00:56:12,269 --> 00:56:14,972 there when Mark came back, okay? 1086 00:56:15,505 --> 00:56:16,707 - I come to the back. 1087 00:56:16,807 --> 00:56:17,708 It's a ghost town. 1088 00:56:17,808 --> 00:56:19,776 Nobody's there. 1089 00:56:19,843 --> 00:56:22,479 And I just start destroying and tearing [bleep] down 1090 00:56:22,546 --> 00:56:26,216 and pulling the lights and punching the walls and just 1091 00:56:26,283 --> 00:56:28,485 Darth Vader [bleep]. 1092 00:56:28,552 --> 00:56:30,087 I just wanted everything to melt. 1093 00:56:31,989 --> 00:56:33,590 - It made him so mad. 1094 00:56:33,590 --> 00:56:37,361 Once he gets to that thing and I try to don't get him there 1095 00:56:37,427 --> 00:56:39,162 because as a child he got there. 1096 00:56:39,229 --> 00:56:41,064 Thus he was at juvie. 1097 00:56:41,164 --> 00:56:43,634 - Mark, wanted to destroy Vince McMahon. 1098 00:56:44,434 --> 00:56:48,872 But that's the night that Vince actually saw the real 1099 00:56:48,972 --> 00:56:50,007 Mark Henry come out. 1100 00:56:52,509 --> 00:56:54,678 - Vince just told him, "That's what I want. 1101 00:56:54,678 --> 00:56:55,879 That, you see how you are now? 1102 00:56:55,879 --> 00:56:57,948 That's what I want." 1103 00:56:58,048 --> 00:56:59,950 - And after that- 1104 00:57:00,083 --> 00:57:04,388 I portrayed that anger and hatred that I had when I came 1105 00:57:04,454 --> 00:57:08,325 from the ring as a character. 1106 00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,829 - Mark Henry just fury and anger 1107 00:57:12,829 --> 00:57:14,564 like we've never seen before. 1108 00:57:14,898 --> 00:57:19,236 - That's when he really, uh, felt like he was in control of. 1109 00:57:19,303 --> 00:57:20,938 You know who he really was. 1110 00:57:21,004 --> 00:57:22,472 - What does this do? 1111 00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:27,911 Now it don't don't nothing. 1112 00:57:28,011 --> 00:57:33,016 I was angry and it was real. 1113 00:57:33,083 --> 00:57:35,652 And, everybody's out here trying to get 1114 00:57:35,719 --> 00:57:37,087 in the Hall of Fame. 1115 00:57:38,989 --> 00:57:43,293 Every last one of those people I will put in the Hall of Pain. 1116 00:57:44,661 --> 00:57:49,433 - The Hall of Pain is by far my favorite Era of Mark Henry, 1117 00:57:49,433 --> 00:57:52,536 and I think that's when Mark Henry really came into his own 1118 00:57:52,602 --> 00:57:54,204 as a WWE superstar. 1119 00:57:55,238 --> 00:57:56,139 - Look out. 1120 00:57:56,206 --> 00:57:57,774 - Oh my God. 1121 00:57:57,841 --> 00:57:59,676 - He had to remind us. 1122 00:57:59,676 --> 00:58:03,747 The fact that you're still in one piece is my choice. 1123 00:58:04,681 --> 00:58:05,615 - He's got a switch. 1124 00:58:05,682 --> 00:58:08,585 You know, when that switch goes off 1125 00:58:08,685 --> 00:58:10,153 you're going to get mowed over. 1126 00:58:10,587 --> 00:58:11,788 - Oh my God. 1127 00:58:11,788 --> 00:58:13,223 - Wow 1128 00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:15,192 - You fire him up and that's what everybody wants to see. 1129 00:58:15,192 --> 00:58:18,929 They want to see that the nice guy is great and everything, 1130 00:58:18,996 --> 00:58:22,232 but you want to see that darker side where he's just- 1131 00:58:22,299 --> 00:58:23,567 he's unpredictable. 1132 00:58:25,035 --> 00:58:26,069 - I don't get no respect. 1133 00:58:26,169 --> 00:58:27,971 Ain't nobody gonna get no peace 1134 00:58:28,038 --> 00:58:29,773 around here as long as I'm doing this. 1135 00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:34,010 - I think he finally understood how to channel anger. 1136 00:58:34,077 --> 00:58:36,079 How to become a mean dude. 1137 00:58:37,914 --> 00:58:41,952 - Mark wanted to be the man, and in doing so, 1138 00:58:41,952 --> 00:58:44,688 finally that light bulb clicked. 1139 00:58:44,755 --> 00:58:48,992 To where Mark was willing to find that aggression inside of 1140 00:58:49,059 --> 00:58:52,162 him and be able to bring it out in the ring. 1141 00:58:52,229 --> 00:58:57,334 Mark Henry became that guy that we were looking for in 1996. 1142 00:58:59,870 --> 00:59:03,974 - When you're loving something, it's not work. 1143 00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:05,709 I didn't feel like I was working. 1144 00:59:07,711 --> 00:59:08,678 I was just living. 1145 00:59:11,715 --> 00:59:16,186 The next thing I knew, I was in a World Championship match. 1146 00:59:16,286 --> 00:59:19,723 - You only get one chance to be great in this business. 1147 00:59:19,790 --> 00:59:22,392 Mark Henry is going to have to take it tonight. 1148 00:59:22,392 --> 00:59:23,827 - Mark Henry. 1149 00:59:23,894 --> 00:59:26,029 A world's strongest slam. 1150 00:59:26,096 --> 00:59:28,198 Mark Henry, Mark Henry. 1151 00:59:28,265 --> 00:59:31,601 Mark Henry is the World Champion. 1152 00:59:38,008 --> 00:59:40,877 - To me, winning the title was special. 1153 00:59:40,877 --> 00:59:42,179 It meant a lot to me. 1154 00:59:42,813 --> 00:59:44,281 We're all working for each other. 1155 00:59:44,347 --> 00:59:47,918 We're working for that validation from our peers, 1156 00:59:47,984 --> 00:59:52,722 and I love the fact that my peers thought that I was worthy, 1157 00:59:52,789 --> 00:59:54,791 that they thought that I was good enough. 1158 00:59:55,659 --> 01:00:01,164 - Mark takes a huge amount of pride in what he does. 1159 01:00:01,231 --> 01:00:05,035 I think that kind of solidified for him that, you know, 1160 01:00:05,102 --> 01:00:07,037 he really had arrived. 1161 01:00:07,037 --> 01:00:09,639 Uh, I was really proud of him. 1162 01:00:09,639 --> 01:00:14,077 - The 15 year odyssey is over, Mark Henry 1163 01:00:14,144 --> 01:00:19,683 is World Champion and all doubters and cynics be damned. 1164 01:00:22,786 --> 01:00:25,789 - The emotion that came out of Mark that night that he won was 1165 01:00:25,789 --> 01:00:29,192 absolutely incredible, because that's the real Mark. 1166 01:00:29,192 --> 01:00:32,529 And he-he knew how hard he had worked to get to this point. 1167 01:00:32,596 --> 01:00:34,965 And he finally proved it to everybody. 1168 01:00:35,031 --> 01:00:37,200 - I'm going to be the most dominant 1169 01:00:37,267 --> 01:00:40,637 champion of all time. 1170 01:00:40,637 --> 01:00:41,638 - Oh, I lost it. 1171 01:00:41,705 --> 01:00:42,739 I lost it. 1172 01:00:42,806 --> 01:00:43,907 Jacob lost it. 1173 01:00:44,007 --> 01:00:45,208 It was fun. 1174 01:00:45,275 --> 01:00:47,244 And I was proud of him. 1175 01:00:49,846 --> 01:00:51,114 Isn't that awesome? 1176 01:00:54,484 --> 01:00:56,319 - I love the people's faces. 1177 01:00:57,587 --> 01:00:58,355 - Yep. 1178 01:00:58,421 --> 01:01:01,024 [laughing] 1179 01:01:01,124 --> 01:01:02,225 - They did not expect that. 1180 01:01:02,325 --> 01:01:04,361 They didn't expect it, mhm. 1181 01:01:05,495 --> 01:01:06,763 - Wow you can feel it. 1182 01:01:06,830 --> 01:01:08,198 - You could feel it, mhm, 1183 01:01:08,265 --> 01:01:13,470 - I welcome all of you to the Hall of Pain. 1184 01:01:15,205 --> 01:01:18,642 And I'm just sitting there thinking to myself like. 1185 01:01:18,708 --> 01:01:21,077 "Man, I'm World Champion." 1186 01:01:21,077 --> 01:01:21,978 - It's so dope. 1187 01:01:22,045 --> 01:01:23,713 "I cannot believe this." 1188 01:01:23,780 --> 01:01:26,616 Everything felt like- 1189 01:01:28,218 --> 01:01:29,886 like it all had came together. 1190 01:01:29,953 --> 01:01:30,987 - Yeah, I was going to say- 1191 01:01:30,987 --> 01:01:33,690 - Like, man, what a- what an unbelievable ride. 1192 01:01:38,261 --> 01:01:39,129 - From Silsbee, Texas, 1193 01:01:39,196 --> 01:01:43,366 He is the World Heavyweight Champion. 1194 01:01:43,433 --> 01:01:49,039 The World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry. 1195 01:01:49,039 --> 01:01:50,607 - Man, I- 1196 01:01:50,674 --> 01:01:53,210 I hope this ring is reinforced. 1197 01:01:53,276 --> 01:01:54,010 - Look out 1198 01:01:54,077 --> 01:01:54,711 - Oh my- 1199 01:01:54,811 --> 01:01:56,913 Oh my Lord. 1200 01:01:57,013 --> 01:01:58,448 You got to be kidding me. 1201 01:01:59,516 --> 01:02:02,485 - Mark has a really strong desire to do well, 1202 01:02:02,552 --> 01:02:05,355 to exceed people's expectations. 1203 01:02:06,056 --> 01:02:09,025 - Mark Henry is still the World Champion. 1204 01:02:09,826 --> 01:02:15,232 - My spirit in my career helped validate the title. 1205 01:02:15,232 --> 01:02:18,668 I feel like I helped the title and the title helped me. 1206 01:02:18,768 --> 01:02:20,203 - Mark Henry is more confident than he's ever been 1207 01:02:20,270 --> 01:02:21,571 in his career. 1208 01:02:21,638 --> 01:02:24,774 - This is World Heavyweight Champion. 1209 01:02:24,841 --> 01:02:28,478 It meant the world to me to be champion because of the way 1210 01:02:28,478 --> 01:02:30,580 that my kids looked at it. 1211 01:02:30,647 --> 01:02:34,484 and not just my kids, but all kids. 1212 01:02:36,686 --> 01:02:39,389 And, I wanted people that look like me to be proud. 1213 01:02:40,924 --> 01:02:42,592 - Mr. Henry, 1214 01:02:42,592 --> 01:02:44,361 - How you doing? 1215 01:02:45,228 --> 01:02:48,798 You got a responsibility to people that look like you. 1216 01:02:48,865 --> 01:02:50,734 To go out and set a standard, 1217 01:02:53,069 --> 01:02:54,771 and not mess it up. 1218 01:02:55,872 --> 01:02:57,207 And I took that to heart. 1219 01:02:57,874 --> 01:02:58,875 - Thank you. 1220 01:02:58,942 --> 01:03:00,477 - You're welcome. 1221 01:03:00,477 --> 01:03:01,978 - Mark had already did the work. 1222 01:03:02,045 --> 01:03:04,481 Young African American kids seeing someone like 1223 01:03:04,481 --> 01:03:08,985 Mark Henry could grow up and aspire to be like a Mark Henry. 1224 01:03:09,085 --> 01:03:10,654 That was huge. 1225 01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:13,790 - Mark is such a good ambassador because you can't help 1226 01:03:13,790 --> 01:03:14,958 but love the guy. 1227 01:03:15,025 --> 01:03:16,393 You get in the room with him, you can't help but love him. 1228 01:03:17,994 --> 01:03:19,429 - I love you Mark Henry 1229 01:03:19,429 --> 01:03:20,664 - Well thank you very much. 1230 01:03:20,764 --> 01:03:22,432 The thing is really not about us. 1231 01:03:22,499 --> 01:03:24,668 It's more about them. 1232 01:03:24,768 --> 01:03:28,471 And just to see them smile, they get the same reaction out of me. 1233 01:03:33,276 --> 01:03:34,711 - Confidence is very important, 1234 01:03:34,811 --> 01:03:37,514 and I see him when he was talking to young people. 1235 01:03:37,614 --> 01:03:40,583 He talks to them about being secure in themselves. 1236 01:03:40,684 --> 01:03:45,622 - I hope that every last one of you respect each other. 1237 01:03:45,722 --> 01:03:47,757 - And then he'll laugh with them and he'll joke with them. 1238 01:03:47,824 --> 01:03:48,958 - You look at me and you say, 1239 01:03:49,025 --> 01:03:51,795 "Man, that dude, 400 pounds ain't nobody bullying him." 1240 01:03:53,229 --> 01:03:55,832 Well, you would be surprised. 1241 01:03:55,899 --> 01:03:58,768 - Mark became a really big part of the WWE's 1242 01:03:58,835 --> 01:04:00,270 anti-bullying campaign. 1243 01:04:01,371 --> 01:04:03,440 - He doesn't like injustice, so he's the one who stands up 1244 01:04:03,440 --> 01:04:05,475 for the bullied. 1245 01:04:05,542 --> 01:04:08,078 And so what's been hard for Mark is watching 1246 01:04:08,078 --> 01:04:10,113 Jacob and Joanna be bullied. 1247 01:04:10,747 --> 01:04:11,815 - You all right. 1248 01:04:11,881 --> 01:04:12,849 You'll get it. 1249 01:04:14,150 --> 01:04:16,953 - Being a child of the world's strongest man puts an extra 1250 01:04:17,020 --> 01:04:19,823 pressure on the kids to do well. 1251 01:04:20,757 --> 01:04:22,025 - People expect so much from you. 1252 01:04:23,193 --> 01:04:27,364 People wouldn't see me for who I was as a person, 1253 01:04:27,430 --> 01:04:29,833 and he really helps me with that. 1254 01:04:30,834 --> 01:04:33,636 - You got a target because you Mark Henry kid. 1255 01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:36,639 You got to be ready for that and know that it's coming. 1256 01:04:36,706 --> 01:04:39,075 It's inevitable. 1257 01:04:39,142 --> 01:04:40,243 - You've gone through bullying. 1258 01:04:40,310 --> 01:04:41,678 Jacob's gone through bullying. 1259 01:04:41,678 --> 01:04:45,315 And I've definitely gone through bullying, too. 1260 01:04:45,315 --> 01:04:49,853 - They're going through some things that the schools need to 1261 01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:52,522 do a lot better about. 1262 01:04:52,589 --> 01:04:56,192 - In my class, this boy called me a gorilla 1263 01:04:56,259 --> 01:05:00,630 and it was terrible. 1264 01:05:00,697 --> 01:05:05,235 I went to a teacher and I told her it almost seems like they 1265 01:05:05,301 --> 01:05:06,669 didn't believe me. 1266 01:05:06,770 --> 01:05:09,205 - The people at the school, they don't- 1267 01:05:09,272 --> 01:05:12,842 they don't realize what I went through and what other people 1268 01:05:12,909 --> 01:05:15,612 that I know have gone through. 1269 01:05:15,678 --> 01:05:17,180 I got picked on a lot. 1270 01:05:17,247 --> 01:05:19,149 And, you know, I retaliated. 1271 01:05:19,249 --> 01:05:22,752 I'm teaching my kids to handle it differently than I did. 1272 01:05:22,819 --> 01:05:25,989 - We asked, how can we keep you safe? 1273 01:05:25,989 --> 01:05:28,958 Because my concern for you now, what did dad do? 1274 01:05:29,025 --> 01:05:29,793 - Dad had to fight. 1275 01:05:29,859 --> 01:05:31,594 - I probably would have wild out. 1276 01:05:31,661 --> 01:05:33,596 - And I'm not going to fight. 1277 01:05:33,663 --> 01:05:36,766 And I'm starting to feel better now that I'm not in such 1278 01:05:36,833 --> 01:05:39,369 a bad environment. 1279 01:05:39,436 --> 01:05:42,839 - We are here to share that with to for us to give 1280 01:05:42,839 --> 01:05:44,374 you some direction. 1281 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:47,877 Just not feeling like you're alone in the matter. 1282 01:05:47,944 --> 01:05:51,281 I've enjoyed every minute of the relationship 1283 01:05:51,281 --> 01:05:53,016 we have with our kids. 1284 01:05:55,285 --> 01:05:58,087 - I don't know if we could have done a better job. 1285 01:06:00,657 --> 01:06:02,292 They are tough as nails. 1286 01:06:04,994 --> 01:06:06,596 Good. 1287 01:06:07,430 --> 01:06:08,932 And that's after a workout. 1288 01:06:11,134 --> 01:06:12,602 - Aight Jo. 1289 01:06:12,669 --> 01:06:15,438 - At the end of the day, they've taken those 1290 01:06:15,505 --> 01:06:20,443 negatives and made positives like we raised them to. 1291 01:06:21,211 --> 01:06:22,412 - Done. What's my time? 1292 01:06:22,478 --> 01:06:23,279 - 11 seconds. 1293 01:06:23,346 --> 01:06:24,681 - There you go. 1294 01:06:25,281 --> 01:06:26,850 [yelling] 1295 01:06:26,916 --> 01:06:29,953 [laughing] 1296 01:06:29,953 --> 01:06:31,721 - So good. 1297 01:06:31,788 --> 01:06:34,557 - Wait till your grandmama see that. 1298 01:06:36,926 --> 01:06:39,362 I love being an ambassador for 1299 01:06:39,429 --> 01:06:40,997 the sport that I love so much. 1300 01:06:42,699 --> 01:06:46,336 But I was missing being at home. 1301 01:06:47,370 --> 01:06:52,075 I didn't get to see my kids compete, and I wanted to be 1302 01:06:52,141 --> 01:06:54,811 closer to them, and I couldn't do that wrestling. 1303 01:06:55,645 --> 01:06:58,681 I went in Vince's office and I said, "My body's beat up. 1304 01:06:58,748 --> 01:07:01,551 My kids cry when I leave." 1305 01:07:01,551 --> 01:07:05,722 - Mark kept playing with the idea of retiring, but he loves 1306 01:07:05,788 --> 01:07:07,991 professional wrestling like he didn't want to retire. 1307 01:07:07,991 --> 01:07:10,927 - I remember when my dad was talking about he was like, 1308 01:07:10,994 --> 01:07:12,996 "You know, I think I'm going to come home." 1309 01:07:13,463 --> 01:07:14,797 - Well, wait, wait, wait, look at this. 1310 01:07:14,864 --> 01:07:17,834 There has been rumors running rampant over the past 24 hours 1311 01:07:17,901 --> 01:07:21,237 after cryptic messages that perhaps Mark Henry is going 1312 01:07:21,237 --> 01:07:22,372 to retire tonight. 1313 01:07:25,642 --> 01:07:28,411 - The things that last in Sports Entertainment are the things 1314 01:07:28,478 --> 01:07:30,446 that make people believe. 1315 01:07:33,349 --> 01:07:38,588 - Well, Mark Henry the World's Strongest Man 1316 01:07:38,588 --> 01:07:40,990 and the rumors have been running rampant over the past 24 1317 01:07:41,057 --> 01:07:44,160 hours that Mark Henry is here tonight to retire. 1318 01:07:44,227 --> 01:07:45,395 - I don't think that is a rumor. 1319 01:07:45,461 --> 01:07:46,996 Those are his boots he's putting down. 1320 01:07:48,564 --> 01:07:49,465 - That's the old cliche. 1321 01:07:49,566 --> 01:07:52,936 Hanging up the boots. 1322 01:07:53,002 --> 01:07:55,371 I tell you, if the rumors are true, this man right here, 1323 01:07:55,438 --> 01:08:00,877 Mark Henry, has accomplished a lot of things here in the WWE. 1324 01:08:03,212 --> 01:08:04,414 - John, I want you to stay. 1325 01:08:05,715 --> 01:08:08,351 There's sumpin I want to tell you. 1326 01:08:08,351 --> 01:08:12,188 I want to tell the boys and the girls in the back. 1327 01:08:12,255 --> 01:08:13,423 And all of y'all. 1328 01:08:16,993 --> 01:08:21,464 - I'm at home watching TV, crying like a damn baby 'cause 1329 01:08:21,564 --> 01:08:24,367 he didn't tell me he's retiring. 1330 01:08:24,434 --> 01:08:27,270 - To my beautiful wife, Jana. 1331 01:08:27,370 --> 01:08:30,773 I think you'll see more of me than you want to. 1332 01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:33,076 - You didn't tell me about the retirement speech. 1333 01:08:33,142 --> 01:08:33,843 I cried. 1334 01:08:33,910 --> 01:08:35,278 Jacob cried. 1335 01:08:35,278 --> 01:08:36,713 - I'm texting him like, 1336 01:08:36,813 --> 01:08:37,614 "I can't believe it, man. 1337 01:08:37,680 --> 01:08:38,481 Good luck. 1338 01:08:38,548 --> 01:08:39,315 Go out there tonight. 1339 01:08:39,315 --> 01:08:40,149 Enjoy this. 1340 01:08:40,249 --> 01:08:41,084 Take it in." 1341 01:08:41,150 --> 01:08:44,153 - But I stand before you a proud, 1342 01:08:45,955 --> 01:08:47,924 proud, man. 1343 01:08:47,991 --> 01:08:50,360 - I was just shattered. 1344 01:08:50,426 --> 01:08:51,327 This is a good guy, 1345 01:08:51,394 --> 01:08:54,330 and it's way too soon for him to walk away. 1346 01:08:54,397 --> 01:08:58,334 - I respect all the people that work for this company because I 1347 01:08:58,401 --> 01:09:00,937 know how difficult it is. 1348 01:09:01,004 --> 01:09:02,338 - Mark was authentic. 1349 01:09:02,405 --> 01:09:03,840 He was real. 1350 01:09:03,906 --> 01:09:05,675 And- 1351 01:09:05,675 --> 01:09:08,444 Vulnerable and genuine. 1352 01:09:08,511 --> 01:09:09,412 And he's dressed up. 1353 01:09:09,479 --> 01:09:10,613 He's not usually dressed up like that. 1354 01:09:10,680 --> 01:09:13,349 Like it all kind of made sense. 1355 01:09:13,449 --> 01:09:16,986 - To my son Jacob, to my little girl, Joanna, 1356 01:09:17,086 --> 01:09:20,089 who cries when I leave home. 1357 01:09:20,156 --> 01:09:22,191 Baby, I'm coming home. 1358 01:09:22,191 --> 01:09:26,062 [crowd cheers] 1359 01:09:26,162 --> 01:09:27,730 - I was trying to figure out how am I going to wrap this up? 1360 01:09:27,797 --> 01:09:30,800 What am I going to say about about this man and his career? 1361 01:09:30,867 --> 01:09:32,969 How can I do Mark Henry justice? 1362 01:09:33,036 --> 01:09:34,637 And obviously I didn't have to 1363 01:09:34,637 --> 01:09:36,272 [laughing] 1364 01:09:36,372 --> 01:09:36,973 - Wait a minute. 1365 01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:37,940 - What? 1366 01:09:38,007 --> 01:09:40,243 Oh, my God. 1367 01:09:44,414 --> 01:09:46,215 - I think I called him a mother- 1368 01:09:46,282 --> 01:09:48,451 I was like "Dude, you could have warned me." 1369 01:09:49,619 --> 01:09:51,554 - Biggest double cross I've ever seen. 1370 01:09:51,554 --> 01:09:55,792 - I went from tears of confusion to anger and I was like. 1371 01:09:55,792 --> 01:09:56,826 "All right, you got me. 1372 01:09:56,926 --> 01:09:58,327 That's-that's messed up." 1373 01:09:59,095 --> 01:10:02,231 - I got a lot left in the tank. 1374 01:10:02,231 --> 01:10:03,466 - That's what this is all about, man. 1375 01:10:03,566 --> 01:10:05,668 Being able to, like, take people on a ride 1376 01:10:05,768 --> 01:10:08,171 and make them believe, right? 1377 01:10:08,237 --> 01:10:12,075 I can't imagine how swerved everybody else felt. 1378 01:10:12,075 --> 01:10:14,077 - I want that son of a bitch. 1379 01:10:14,077 --> 01:10:15,978 You got me. 1380 01:10:16,045 --> 01:10:18,915 I called him and told him what a good angle, brother. 1381 01:10:18,915 --> 01:10:20,216 That was poetry 1382 01:10:20,283 --> 01:10:21,751 That was beauty. 1383 01:10:21,751 --> 01:10:23,486 - And that'll be mine soon. 1384 01:10:24,187 --> 01:10:26,355 - Mark put on a performance that was so good we were talking 1385 01:10:26,422 --> 01:10:28,991 about it now, a decade later. 1386 01:10:28,991 --> 01:10:31,360 - That's, what I do. 1387 01:10:34,097 --> 01:10:37,767 When I think of the retirement speech, 1388 01:10:37,834 --> 01:10:43,406 I think about how real that speech was because I originally 1389 01:10:43,473 --> 01:10:47,310 wanted to retire, but once again, I went in there in the 1390 01:10:47,410 --> 01:10:49,312 office and talked to Vince. 1391 01:10:49,412 --> 01:10:52,148 He said,"We need you in this business." 1392 01:10:52,248 --> 01:10:54,684 And I came out with a three year deal. 1393 01:10:57,420 --> 01:11:02,391 It was so special to get the love and respect from the fans, 1394 01:11:02,458 --> 01:11:04,827 but it took another year and a half 1395 01:11:04,927 --> 01:11:08,164 of me still wrestling. 1396 01:11:08,231 --> 01:11:12,034 at a high level and being able to say, without a doubt, 1397 01:11:12,101 --> 01:11:13,402 I've done enough. 1398 01:11:15,238 --> 01:11:18,474 - Mark would never retire, ever, if he didn't have to. 1399 01:11:20,877 --> 01:11:25,148 But the body starts to, you know, not be faithful to you. 1400 01:11:25,248 --> 01:11:26,849 So it was hard for him. 1401 01:11:26,916 --> 01:11:28,384 Moving on was hard. 1402 01:11:34,357 --> 01:11:35,091 - You ready? 1403 01:11:35,158 --> 01:11:35,792 Y'all gonna start with the first. 1404 01:11:35,858 --> 01:11:36,559 We gonna hang down. 1405 01:11:36,626 --> 01:11:38,194 Stretch hamstrings. 1406 01:11:39,996 --> 01:11:43,166 Oh, man, woo. 1407 01:11:43,232 --> 01:11:47,003 The whole point of doing this is to get your body ready to do 1408 01:11:47,069 --> 01:11:51,207 something explosive, because athletes move suddenly. 1409 01:11:51,274 --> 01:11:55,845 If your body is not stretched out and pliable, it will tear. 1410 01:11:55,912 --> 01:11:57,880 Oh, man. 1411 01:11:57,880 --> 01:11:59,649 Woo. 1412 01:11:59,715 --> 01:12:02,084 On Sunday, you got a call on Jesus. 1413 01:12:02,151 --> 01:12:03,553 Woo. 1414 01:12:03,553 --> 01:12:04,654 I don't lift nothing heavy. 1415 01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:08,157 I do my workout, and some days I can, 1416 01:12:08,224 --> 01:12:09,392 some days I can't. 1417 01:12:09,392 --> 01:12:11,327 My body just don't feel right, 1418 01:12:11,394 --> 01:12:12,562 Go. 1419 01:12:12,662 --> 01:12:15,331 But I feel more at home, more comfortable with myself when I'm 1420 01:12:15,398 --> 01:12:17,200 working with young people. 1421 01:12:17,266 --> 01:12:20,570 I'm trying to help build a human into being something better. 1422 01:12:20,636 --> 01:12:22,805 That's the best. There's no greater feeling. 1423 01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:28,177 I've been blessed to be a World Champion in three sports. 1424 01:12:28,244 --> 01:12:32,248 But a lot of people consider me crazy because 1425 01:12:32,315 --> 01:12:34,717 I did everything the hard way. 1426 01:12:34,784 --> 01:12:36,485 I didn't cheat. 1427 01:12:36,552 --> 01:12:37,954 Wouldn't even take no drugs. 1428 01:12:38,020 --> 01:12:41,424 We got God, our family and our teammates. 1429 01:12:41,524 --> 01:12:44,393 When I say that, I hope to live to see somebody break my 1430 01:12:44,393 --> 01:12:46,629 records, I mean it. 1431 01:12:46,629 --> 01:12:47,230 Family on three. 1432 01:12:47,296 --> 01:12:47,864 One, two, three. 1433 01:12:47,964 --> 01:12:49,465 ["family"] 1434 01:12:49,565 --> 01:12:52,802 Because I know how much work that person put in to being able 1435 01:12:52,868 --> 01:12:55,204 to beat what I did. 1436 01:12:57,173 --> 01:13:00,509 - Congratulations to Mark Henry, the latest inductee into 1437 01:13:00,610 --> 01:13:04,046 the WWE Hall of Fame. 1438 01:13:04,113 --> 01:13:08,651 - Man, I wrestled in this building probably 50 times. 1439 01:13:08,718 --> 01:13:14,357 The Hall of Fame meant a lot to me because I feel a sense of 1440 01:13:14,423 --> 01:13:16,926 accomplishment and validation 1441 01:13:16,993 --> 01:13:17,994 from my peers. 1442 01:13:18,628 --> 01:13:20,429 I'm gonne be crying like a little baby. 1443 01:13:20,429 --> 01:13:22,365 - I know, man, you will. 1444 01:13:23,833 --> 01:13:24,967 - Stop it. 1445 01:13:25,001 --> 01:13:27,036 Oh 1446 01:13:27,036 --> 01:13:29,672 Oh. 1447 01:13:29,772 --> 01:13:31,407 - I love you, man, get over it. 1448 01:13:31,474 --> 01:13:34,176 That night was one of the biggest nights of his life. 1449 01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:36,279 That meant a lot to him. 1450 01:13:36,345 --> 01:13:37,046 - Congrats man. 1451 01:13:37,113 --> 01:13:38,581 - Thank you bro. 1452 01:13:38,648 --> 01:13:41,017 - The highest honor he could achieve was to be recognized 1453 01:13:41,117 --> 01:13:42,852 worthy enough to be in the Hall of Fame. 1454 01:13:42,918 --> 01:13:45,354 Handsome. 1455 01:13:45,354 --> 01:13:48,157 - You got a smile, you know, you got a smile. 1456 01:13:57,500 --> 01:14:01,604 [crowd chants "You deserve it."] 1457 01:14:01,671 --> 01:14:02,838 - Thank you. 1458 01:14:04,106 --> 01:14:08,244 - Seeing him appreciated for all the work that he had done, 1459 01:14:08,311 --> 01:14:10,179 I was star struck. 1460 01:14:10,246 --> 01:14:12,515 - I'd like to thank my beautiful wife, Jana. 1461 01:14:12,615 --> 01:14:14,483 My little girl, Joanna. 1462 01:14:14,550 --> 01:14:17,653 My son Jacob, who's over there dressed up like me. 1463 01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:18,654 With my tie on. 1464 01:14:18,721 --> 01:14:20,089 - Oh, my God. I'm so cocky here 1465 01:14:20,156 --> 01:14:22,591 Oh my God. 1466 01:14:22,591 --> 01:14:27,029 - I know I wasn't at home as often as I would have liked to. 1467 01:14:27,096 --> 01:14:32,535 But I was doing that so you can have more than I had. 1468 01:14:38,974 --> 01:14:41,711 But before I go, there's just one more thing I need to do. 1469 01:14:42,912 --> 01:14:45,081 Oh God. 1470 01:14:45,147 --> 01:14:46,549 The lyin ass jacket. 1471 01:14:46,649 --> 01:14:48,517 [laughing] 1472 01:14:48,584 --> 01:14:51,153 - That's what the boys referred to it as. 1473 01:14:51,220 --> 01:14:54,790 Some of y'all might think that I have a lot left in the tank. 1474 01:14:56,158 --> 01:14:57,393 And you're right. 1475 01:15:00,096 --> 01:15:01,163 Nah I'm just playing, y'all. 1476 01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:02,398 I'm just playing. 1477 01:15:04,834 --> 01:15:06,736 - It was hard for him to transition out. 1478 01:15:06,802 --> 01:15:08,037 It's hard not to be on the road. 1479 01:15:08,104 --> 01:15:10,239 I think it's hard not to walk through the curtain. 1480 01:15:10,306 --> 01:15:14,110 So we have to think about, like, what do you want to do next? 1481 01:15:14,276 --> 01:15:17,580 - Welcome- 1482 01:15:17,646 --> 01:15:20,282 to Busted Open 1483 01:15:20,349 --> 01:15:24,186 - Dave LaGreca and my tag team partner, Mark Henry. 1484 01:15:24,286 --> 01:15:26,155 Mark, how the hell are you? 1485 01:15:26,155 --> 01:15:28,124 - New York city. 1486 01:15:28,190 --> 01:15:31,394 Top of the world, man. 1487 01:15:31,394 --> 01:15:33,362 - I asked him, did you ever want to do radio? 1488 01:15:33,996 --> 01:15:35,631 Because I think you would be perfect for it. 1489 01:15:35,631 --> 01:15:37,600 And he actually said it was always a dream 1490 01:15:37,666 --> 01:15:39,769 of his to be on air. 1491 01:15:39,835 --> 01:15:43,005 - I'm still tied in my heart to the WWE and contractually 1492 01:15:43,072 --> 01:15:47,476 I work crew and talent and I just have an eye for talent. 1493 01:15:47,476 --> 01:15:48,577 - You do? 1494 01:15:48,644 --> 01:15:50,613 - I see it and I'm like, listen, this person could do it. 1495 01:15:50,679 --> 01:15:52,314 They have it. 1496 01:15:52,415 --> 01:15:53,048 Come on now. 1497 01:15:53,115 --> 01:15:54,083 Push yourself. 1498 01:15:54,150 --> 01:15:55,785 Keep it movin, keep it movin. 1499 01:15:55,885 --> 01:15:58,087 It's a hard life, but it's worth it. 1500 01:15:58,154 --> 01:16:01,791 - I think you look at the WWE roster right now and you see 1501 01:16:01,791 --> 01:16:04,026 a lot of the influence of Mark Henry. 1502 01:16:06,595 --> 01:16:09,198 - I started doing CrossFit and 1503 01:16:09,265 --> 01:16:11,867 Mark Henry commented on one of my photos. 1504 01:16:11,967 --> 01:16:15,070 It was a big deal that Mark Henry was reaching out to me 1505 01:16:15,171 --> 01:16:17,206 saying that he saw something in me. 1506 01:16:17,273 --> 01:16:19,275 He opened the doors for me. 1507 01:16:19,375 --> 01:16:23,612 Uh, E-S-T has arrived. 1508 01:16:23,679 --> 01:16:25,881 - You know, when you have someone like Mark Henry 1509 01:16:25,881 --> 01:16:27,116 backin your name. 1510 01:16:27,116 --> 01:16:29,752 - Look at the power. 1511 01:16:29,752 --> 01:16:31,954 - I have to follow through with this. 1512 01:16:31,954 --> 01:16:33,556 I have to prove that he was right. 1513 01:16:33,622 --> 01:16:35,991 - We have a new champion. 1514 01:16:37,026 --> 01:16:40,062 - The Monster Among Men, Braun Strowman. 1515 01:16:40,162 --> 01:16:42,431 - There is no Braun Strowman without Mark Henry. 1516 01:16:42,431 --> 01:16:44,133 I mean, it's that simple. 1517 01:16:44,200 --> 01:16:48,671 Mark took a shot on this kid that no one else ever did. 1518 01:16:48,771 --> 01:16:51,540 And, uh, put his name on the line. 1519 01:16:51,607 --> 01:16:54,043 Man, I'm not going to get emotional about this right now. 1520 01:16:54,110 --> 01:16:57,847 Uh, he put his name on the line for me. 1521 01:16:57,913 --> 01:17:01,083 Uh, because he saw something in me, and he paid 1522 01:17:01,150 --> 01:17:02,751 for my plane ticket. 1523 01:17:02,818 --> 01:17:04,286 He went to Vince and said, "You need to look at this kid. 1524 01:17:04,353 --> 01:17:06,188 He's got something." 1525 01:17:07,790 --> 01:17:10,993 - A 335 pound Frog Splash. 1526 01:17:10,993 --> 01:17:12,795 - You have got to be kidding me. 1527 01:17:12,795 --> 01:17:16,465 - I feel like a proud papa actually. 1528 01:17:16,565 --> 01:17:18,968 I feel like they're my kids. 1529 01:17:19,034 --> 01:17:21,437 What I look for is when the people walk in the room, 1530 01:17:21,504 --> 01:17:24,440 and you go, "Oh my God, who is that?" 1531 01:17:24,507 --> 01:17:26,442 They have an energy. 1532 01:17:26,509 --> 01:17:28,377 That's who I want to make wrestlers. 1533 01:17:28,444 --> 01:17:30,212 That's what Vince did with me. 1534 01:17:36,986 --> 01:17:41,824 - At a certain point, Mark Henry had gone through every challenge 1535 01:17:41,924 --> 01:17:46,629 that WWE had to offer, and I think that Mark got to a point 1536 01:17:46,629 --> 01:17:50,666 where he had to show what else he could do. 1537 01:17:51,233 --> 01:17:55,971 For the first time in years, a a new national wrestling 1538 01:17:56,038 --> 01:18:00,075 promotion was created, and all of a sudden, 1539 01:18:00,075 --> 01:18:03,812 Mark Henry was at a crossroads in his career. 1540 01:18:05,080 --> 01:18:08,884 - AEW wanted somebody to help teach the young people because 1541 01:18:08,951 --> 01:18:10,553 they're such a young company. 1542 01:18:12,354 --> 01:18:15,024 As much as I respected 1543 01:18:15,124 --> 01:18:16,559 Vince McMahon. 1544 01:18:20,829 --> 01:18:22,965 It was a hard decision. 1545 01:18:23,032 --> 01:18:25,568 But, you know, it was one I had to make for my family. 1546 01:18:27,803 --> 01:18:29,438 - It was sad. 1547 01:18:29,505 --> 01:18:32,441 It was sad for him because I'm going to tell you what, 1548 01:18:32,441 --> 01:18:34,643 he loves him some Vince McMahon. 1549 01:18:35,077 --> 01:18:37,780 That's who took a chance on him and who believed in him. 1550 01:18:39,348 --> 01:18:41,650 But sometimes you got to leave home to prove yourself. 1551 01:18:54,196 --> 01:18:58,634 - You work your ass off your whole life and you know you can 1552 01:18:58,634 --> 01:19:01,370 afford to take a day off every now and then, 1553 01:19:01,437 --> 01:19:03,038 and just enjoy yourself, 1554 01:19:03,105 --> 01:19:04,406 the family. 1555 01:19:05,207 --> 01:19:11,680 Um, you know, I've owned this place for over 20 years, and 1556 01:19:11,680 --> 01:19:14,516 it seemed like we the only ones to come to the park. 1557 01:19:14,516 --> 01:19:16,552 So it's kind of like the Henry Park man. 1558 01:19:16,619 --> 01:19:18,254 It's pretty cool. 1559 01:19:18,821 --> 01:19:21,590 We fish, like we just played with the dog, 1560 01:19:21,657 --> 01:19:25,194 walk the trails. 1561 01:19:25,260 --> 01:19:26,929 - I want to go paddle boating. 1562 01:19:26,996 --> 01:19:28,030 - Me too, 1563 01:19:28,030 --> 01:19:28,964 - I want to- 1564 01:19:29,031 --> 01:19:29,632 - Y'all go ahead. 1565 01:19:29,632 --> 01:19:31,567 Tell me how it was. 1566 01:19:32,735 --> 01:19:37,406 You know what I do find myself having a lot less time 1567 01:19:37,473 --> 01:19:39,875 in the day right now. 1568 01:19:39,975 --> 01:19:43,078 In a lot of ways, I'm busier than when I was wrestling. 1569 01:19:43,879 --> 01:19:46,015 I'm raising two kids with my wife. 1570 01:19:47,616 --> 01:19:51,487 I work in coaching and producing and 1571 01:19:51,553 --> 01:19:58,027 announcing in pro wrestling still, and- 1572 01:19:58,127 --> 01:20:00,829 I wouldn't have no other way. 1573 01:20:00,929 --> 01:20:03,599 Because I get to teach. 1574 01:20:04,233 --> 01:20:06,168 Not only do I get to teach, 1575 01:20:06,602 --> 01:20:09,672 I'm fundraising for my own events. 1576 01:20:09,772 --> 01:20:12,007 I'm doing something I never did before. 1577 01:20:18,447 --> 01:20:22,484 If I could go back in time and me be the representative of 1578 01:20:22,551 --> 01:20:26,789 weightlifting from the executive side to them and say, 1579 01:20:26,889 --> 01:20:28,957 "Guys, this is what I see." 1580 01:20:29,024 --> 01:20:31,493 Everything came out. 1581 01:20:31,560 --> 01:20:32,761 - Yeah? You're happy? 1582 01:20:34,163 --> 01:20:36,865 - This is what could happen if we do this. 1583 01:20:36,965 --> 01:20:38,033 And that's what I'm trying to do. 1584 01:20:38,133 --> 01:20:41,470 I got the opportunity to not do it for myself and for my 1585 01:20:41,570 --> 01:20:44,940 teammates, but do it for the other 1586 01:20:45,007 --> 01:20:46,842 teams that are coming along. 1587 01:20:47,576 --> 01:20:54,316 - Please welcome the big man himself, Mark Henry. 1588 01:20:57,486 --> 01:21:01,356 - I got away from weightlifting because of the corruption, 1589 01:21:01,423 --> 01:21:06,428 and now that the US is fighting and trying to make it better 1590 01:21:06,528 --> 01:21:09,198 than they got me, I'm on the team. 1591 01:21:09,264 --> 01:21:11,567 That's what I do. 1592 01:21:11,633 --> 01:21:13,936 - Mark has a lot of influence elsewhere and does a lot of real 1593 01:21:14,002 --> 01:21:18,440 good things and uses his identity and uh 1594 01:21:18,440 --> 01:21:21,043 his reaches for a lot of great stuff. 1595 01:21:21,477 --> 01:21:23,112 I respect all he's done in the weightlifting community, 1596 01:21:23,212 --> 01:21:25,280 all he continues to do for USA weightlifting. 1597 01:21:26,281 --> 01:21:28,650 - Now, I need to ask uh my friend Mark Henry 1598 01:21:28,717 --> 01:21:30,853 to come back to the stage and help me with something 1599 01:21:30,919 --> 01:21:34,690 we're doing tonight. 1600 01:21:38,127 --> 01:21:42,431 Each year, the United States Weightlifting Foundation 1601 01:21:42,498 --> 01:21:46,301 presents the Strengthening Humanity Award. 1602 01:21:46,368 --> 01:21:52,441 There was a unanimous vote for our friend Mark Henry 1603 01:21:52,508 --> 01:21:54,910 as this year's recipient. 1604 01:21:55,010 --> 01:21:56,044 How about that? 1605 01:22:02,351 --> 01:22:07,790 - When I joined the board of the US Weightlifting Foundation, 1606 01:22:08,524 --> 01:22:12,027 I was there to raise money that I didn't think that they were 1607 01:22:12,127 --> 01:22:13,595 going to give me an award. 1608 01:22:14,463 --> 01:22:15,998 Y'all suck. 1609 01:22:16,832 --> 01:22:21,537 I'm very proud that good work is being done, and I love them and 1610 01:22:21,603 --> 01:22:23,372 thank them for that. 1611 01:22:26,041 --> 01:22:28,777 I come from a little small place. 1612 01:22:28,844 --> 01:22:33,582 There's no reason that I should have been able to do all the 1613 01:22:33,649 --> 01:22:35,918 things that I've been able to do. 1614 01:22:36,985 --> 01:22:38,587 When it's not about me. 1615 01:22:40,756 --> 01:22:42,090 I'm stronger. 1616 01:22:42,958 --> 01:22:45,794 But I appreciate- 1617 01:22:45,794 --> 01:22:48,464 the coaching, 1618 01:22:48,564 --> 01:22:53,202 the uplifting. 1619 01:22:53,202 --> 01:22:59,842 I've had a lot of people in my life not believe in me. 1620 01:22:59,908 --> 01:23:02,077 And I have to thank all of those people. 1621 01:23:04,279 --> 01:23:06,014 Because it drives me. 1622 01:23:07,149 --> 01:23:10,152 - Mark Henry is the World Champion. 1623 01:23:12,788 --> 01:23:14,990 - You don't always get to see the good guy win. 1624 01:23:17,726 --> 01:23:18,994 You saw it tonight. 1625 01:23:19,061 --> 01:23:20,562 Thank you. 1626 01:23:25,968 --> 01:23:28,470 - Mark wants to leave a positive legacy. 1627 01:23:28,570 --> 01:23:30,138 Legacy is huge. 1628 01:23:30,205 --> 01:23:32,808 I think he's done a pretty darn good job, especially from such 1629 01:23:32,875 --> 01:23:34,142 meager beginnings. 1630 01:23:35,143 --> 01:23:39,081 Seeing his growth, it makes my faith stronger. 1631 01:23:40,682 --> 01:23:45,988 - They say pressure makes a diamond, 1632 01:23:46,088 --> 01:23:48,690 if it doesn't burst the pipe. 1633 01:23:48,757 --> 01:23:53,228 As a big brother and as a man, I am so proud of him. 1634 01:23:53,328 --> 01:23:56,999 - The World's Strongest Man, Mark Henry. 1635 01:23:58,066 --> 01:24:00,802 - Mark went from the guy who was being teased backstage, 1636 01:24:00,869 --> 01:24:04,339 whose life was made more difficult than it needed to be, 1637 01:24:04,406 --> 01:24:07,009 to being one of the most respected guys, 1638 01:24:07,075 --> 01:24:08,610 to being a leader. 1639 01:24:09,311 --> 01:24:11,847 - I love his ability to evolve. 1640 01:24:11,914 --> 01:24:14,016 His ability to take chances. 1641 01:24:14,082 --> 01:24:17,286 - You're looking at the strongest man. 1642 01:24:17,352 --> 01:24:20,756 - I think Mark had a great idea of what his gifts were. 1643 01:24:20,756 --> 01:24:22,891 I don't think he realizes how they might have 1644 01:24:22,958 --> 01:24:23,926 affected other people. 1645 01:24:24,660 --> 01:24:27,396 - Good luck to the athletes. 1646 01:24:27,396 --> 01:24:30,866 And let the games begin. 1647 01:24:33,035 --> 01:24:34,570 - One of the things that Mark should inspire 1648 01:24:34,636 --> 01:24:35,671 the younger talent 1649 01:24:35,771 --> 01:24:37,606 to say, "It's okay to be a star. 1650 01:24:40,275 --> 01:24:41,910 But don't forget where you came from." 1651 01:24:43,078 --> 01:24:45,080 - Our big boy from Silsbee, Texas. 1652 01:24:46,882 --> 01:24:53,088 - A kid from Silsbee who nobody ever expected to do the things 1653 01:24:53,155 --> 01:24:54,756 that I've done. 1654 01:24:54,823 --> 01:24:58,293 - Mark Henry a human demolition machine. 1655 01:25:00,262 --> 01:25:06,768 - My mother always used to say it takes a village of people 1656 01:25:06,835 --> 01:25:09,404 to raise one kid. 1657 01:25:09,471 --> 01:25:10,539 - Mark Henry. 1658 01:25:10,606 --> 01:25:11,807 - That's right. 1659 01:25:12,641 --> 01:25:14,176 I'm very proud of my career. 1660 01:25:16,912 --> 01:25:18,080 I feel accomplished. 1661 01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:22,918 - I am the living embodiment 1662 01:25:25,754 --> 01:25:26,888 of yes you can.