Mark Henry

Mark Jerrold Henry[4] (born June 12, 1971)[2] is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment performing on its ECW brand. He is also a 1992 Olympian[1] and winner of the Arnold Schwarzenegger Strongest Man Contest.[5] Since wrestling in WWF/E, he has become a one time European Champion and is recognized by the company as a one time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008.[6]Henry was billed as the "World's Strongest Man" after he qualified for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Weightlifting Competition, where he finished tenth in the super heavyweight class.[5] At the 1995 Pan American Games Henry won a gold, silver and bronze medal, and a year later, he became a North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands champion.[5] After the WWF sponsored Henry in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he was signed to a ten-year contract, an anomaly in pro wrestling. Trained by Leo Burke, his first feud in the WWF was with Jerry Lawler who had some harsh words for Henry on a Monday Night Raw in March. At SummerSlam 1996, Henry came to the aid of Jake Roberts who was suffering indignity at the hands of Lawler. His first television wrestling match was at In Your House: Mind Games on September 22, 1996, where he defeated Lawler.[5]