The Many Faces Of Mark Henry - Ranked From Worst To Best
7. The All-American
There was nothing particularly memorable about Mark Henry’s early days as a WWE superstar, but there was nothing offensively bad about them either. Debuting at the age of 24, Henry was a classic, All-American babyface blessed with incredible power. He wore a star-spangled singlet while wrestling, and debuted by press slamming Jerry Lawler, who had mocked him during an interview segment.
Henry was signed to a gigantic 10-year contract after competing at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and reignited his feud with Lawler by saving Jake Roberts from him at SummerSlam ‘96. Henry went on to defeat King at In Your House: Mind Games, with the feud continuing on the house show circuit afterwards, before Henry started working with the likes of Barry Windham and Goldust.
Having defeated Crush, Goldust, and Hunter Hearst Helmsley in a tug of war contest in November, Mark’s career started to stutter. A series of injuries forced some time away from television, and he also used this time sharpen-up his many in-ring deficiencies. He returned to action with little fanfare in November 1997, with the next major phase of his career starting just two months later.