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Mark Henry (born June 12, 1971 in Silsbee, Texas) is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the WWE Friday Night SmackDown! brand. He also is a former 1992 Olympian and winner of the Arnold Classic Strongman competiton.

Career

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 superheavyweight class. 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 Stu and Bret "The Hitman" Hart, he debuted at In Your House X in on September 22, 1996, defeating Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Henry joined the Nation of Domination in 1997, where he was allied with The Rock. After that faction disbanded, he became allied with D-Lo Brown, with whom he formed a tag team. During a match at SummerSlam 1999 between D-Lo and Jeff Jarrett for the WWF Intercontinental Championship and WWF European Championship (both held at the time by D-Lo), Henry turned on D-Lo and helped Jarrett win the match and the titles. The next night, Henry was given the European title by Jarrett.

Henry gained notoriety with the nickname "Sexual Chocolate", the name taken from a fictional funk band in the movie Coming to America. After this, Mark Henry was seen on television romancing WWF women from Chyna to Mae Young as part of the gimmick. He feuded with Viscera during this time as part of a storyline where Viscera big splashed Mae Young while she was carrying Henry's child, Young would go on to give birth to a hand. Along with this, Henry was made part of various other embarrassing and infamous storylines, including performing sexual actions with a man in drag (unbeknownst to Henry at the time) the admission that he was a sex addict, and that his first sexual experience was with his sister.

In 2000, Henry was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to improve his conditioning and skills. Later that year, he went on hiatus from wrestling to concentrate on weightlifting, and on February 23 2002, he won a strongman competition, during the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio, claiming a $75,000 Humvee as his prize.

Henry returned to the WWF the next month and was sent to the Smackdown! brand, where his "feats of strength" gimmick met with little success. He was used sporadically on WWE television during 2002, and was sent back to OVW for more training. He also had a brand new look, with his hair grown out and braided.

In August 2003, Henry returned to WWE television on the RAW roster, where he found some success as a member of "Thuggin' and Buggin," an all African-American heel stable led by Theodore Long. During that time, Henry was involved in a brief program with World Heavyweight Champion Bill Goldberg
when former champion, Triple H
, put a bounty on Goldberg's head. In February 2004, Henry underwent surgery following a shoulder injury. While training for his comeback in OVW, Henry suffered a torn quadricep muscle. Henry was utilized by WWE as a public relations figure during his recovery.

After yet another rehabilitation stint in OVW, Henry returned to WWE on November 28, 2005, in a dark match for RAW. His planned involvement at Taboo Tuesday was scrapped after "Stone Cold" Steve Austin walked out of a program with "The Coach" Jonathan Coachman
.

During an episode of SmackDown! taped on December 27, Henry interfered in a WWE Tag Team Championship match, helping MNM defeat Rey Mysterio
& then-World Heavyweight Champion, Batista
, for the titles. As a heel, Henry had seeming joined with MNM and would be managed by Melina
. A week later on SmackDown! Henry got in the face of the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista
, and would go on to interfere in a steel cage match between MNM and the team of, Rey Mysterio & Batista, helping MNM to retain their titles. Mark Henry then had another match with Batista at a live event where Batista recived a severely torn tricep that required surgery, forcing him to vacate his title. On the January 10, 2006 edition of SmackDown!, Henry was involved in a battle royal for the vacated World Heavyweight Championship. He was finally tossed out by RAW superstar, Kurt Angle, who won the title.

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