AEW have been successful in luring big name stars to the promotion for both in-ring and non-active roles. They don’t come much bigger than Mark Henry. The Olympian and wrestling legend walked out at AEW Double or Nothing to great applause. Henry looks set to be part of the team headlining the upcoming AEW Rampage show.
Another wrestling legend, Chris Jericho recently took some time out to talk about Mark Henry’s arrival and what it means for the locker room.
“I think any time we can have a guy with the experience of Mark Henry, both in the ring and outside the ring, it just helps our company. That’s one of the things we need, we needed very much when we first started. It was basically me and Dustin Rhodes and Dean Malenko as the guys who had some actual decades of experience on live TV.”
Speaking during the AEW Double or Nothing Media Scrum, Jericho was full of praise for Mark Henry, and the impact he would have on the locker room. The pair are old friends who go way back, having faced off against each other numerous times through the decades.
Mark Henry has recently spoken about his desire to have at least one more wrestling match, but only after he turns 50 later this month. With Paul Wight also signed as a part-time wrestler, there is every chance we could see them either team up or face off against each other. Either way, the younger talent in the AEW locker room just got a huge boost to their ongoing wrestling education.
