10 Genius Ways Wrestlers Survived WWE Humiliations

2. Mark Henry Rationalises WWE Silliness

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There's no way Mark Henry should've made it to that World Title win in 2011. After all, he'd been booked to admit that having sex with his sister was a regular hobby. Big 'Sexual Chocolate' was also a sex addict generally who impregnated pensioner Mae Young...with a human hand. The dude was booked to oblivion.

Henry had the last laugh, man.

How did he put up with all of that sh*t? In interviews, Mark laughed off the crap and justified it as acting. He didn't take anything personally, because it wasn't the real-life Mark Henry who was doing any of these ridiculous things - it was a fictional TV character.

That mindset likely kept Mark sane. Then, when the time was right, he showed what he was really capable of as a performer. Few had to try and rationalise Vince McMahon's apparent need to humiliate talent more than Henry, but he came through the other end by viewing it strictly as entertainment.

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