10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (June 28)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Mark Henry Threatened To "Kill" Shawn Michaels

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Let's end with something slightly lighter.

When Mark Henry first broke into the wrestling biz, he didn't feel accepted. The Olympic strongman struggled to get along with some of his peers, and that included Shawn Michaels. The final straw came when HBK hid Mark's crutches after he'd broken his ankle. Furious, Henry threatened to "kill" Shawn.

Did we say "slightly lighter"? Oh well, so much for that. Upon hearing about the altercation, Vince McMahon pulled Henry into his office and said he couldn't go around saying thing like that. Firing back, Mark warned the boss that he wouldn't take any crap from anyone on the roster. Both agreed it was probably for the best that Henry heal up then spend some time away from the locker room.

Mark told this story on Steve Austin's podcast, and said he was sent to Canada for training a short while later. That's when Owen Hart introduced him to Stu and the elderly Hart showed Henry some submission holds he could use if anyone got funny with him in-ring.

What other big wrestling facts did you learn this week? Let us know down in the comments section below!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.