Mark Henry says Vince McMahon was the one different one that knew he wasn’t retiring in 2013.
On June 17, 2013, Mark Henry famously entered the ring in a salmon-coloured go well with to ship a tearful promo telling the group it was time for him to retire from the ring and spend time together with his household. However, in a now iconic swerve, ‘The Worlds Strongest Man’ shocked viewers by slamming John Cena and coming after the WWE Championship. The section had a real emotional influence on anybody who watched on, and it’s now been revealed that it wasn’t simply followers that had been saved in the dead of night about Henry’s standing.
Appearing on Nailz Knows, Mark Henry revealed that even his spouse believed he was legitimately retiring, with Vince McMahon the one different one that knew it was an angle.
“My wife thought I was really retired. I ain’t tell nobody. People were mad at me, Big Show wanted to fight me. Nobody knew but me and Vince. Cena didn’t know until he (handed him the WWE Championship). He tried to give it to me, then I said ‘No, you’ve got to earn that.’ When I handed it to him, he jumped down and somebody talked to him. I remember seeing him go from crying, to him over there smiling like ‘Son of a bitch, you got me.’ I got a voice message from Big Show on my phone, ‘I’m sitting on my couch crying, you son of a bitch. When I see you, Imma punch you in your teeth. My wife was sitting here watching me cry over your ass!’ It’s the best message I ever got.”
-Mark Henry
Henry went on to problem Cena for the WWE Championship at Money within the Bank 2013. Unfortunately for the previous World Heavyweight Champion, he wasn’t in a position to come away with the gold, however the feud with the now 17-time world champion has caught within the minds’ of followers virtually 13 years later.
The 54-year-old formally retired following WrestleMania 33, together with his Hall of Fame induction going down the next 12 months (though he stepped out of retirement for the Greatest Royal Rumble). After that, Henry made sporadic on-screen appearances for WWE earlier than becoming a member of AEW as an announcer between 2021 and 2024.
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