10 WWE Wrestlers Who Came From Other Sports

Despite what WWE may say, Mark Henry has never officially held the title of "World's Strongest Man". He was pretty close though: before turning his hand to professional wrestling, the Texan earned his keep as one of America's most accomplished weightlifters, representing the US in both the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, while claiming gold in the Pan-American games in 1995.

With a host of dead-lift records to his name, Henry is one of few wrestlers who can genuinely claim to have reached the top of both his chosen fields - although, in the case of wrestling, it took him considerably longer to do it. WWE didn't begin pushing the Olympian as a legitimate force until the mid-2000s, prior to which he was burdened with the unfortunate 'Sexual Chocolate' gimmick.