Mark Henry Retiring – The End Of An Era
WWE Superstar Mark Henry, whom has been rumored to be retiring from the wrestling industry for quite some time now, revealed on Twitter this afternoon that he does in fact plan to retire tonight on RAW.
Henry tweeted The Rock, Snoop Dogg, Magic Johnson, Mike Epps, Jay Mohr and others on Monday afternoon, urging them to tune in to his retirement announcement tonight on RAW.
He also explained his decision, nothing that “father time” has caught up with him:
“Whether you loved or hated me in my career.I was all ways there for you.i appreciate u all. Good or bad I will live forever with u the fans. I found a place. “
“#raw #wwe I have spoke to my family and hope to talk to all of you fans tomorrow live from Grand Rapids. Guys Father Time is undefeated.”
“I know everyone wants answers,to emotional give me a few days.”
Henry has been a WWE superstar since 1996. Take a look at the following list of Mark Henry’s career accomplishments, courtesy of Wikipedia.com:
Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE. He was two times an Olympian in 1992 and 1996 and a Silver, Gold and Bronze Medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995.
As a powerlifter, he was drug-free World Champion (1995) and a two-time U.S. National Champion (1995 and 1997) as well as an all-time raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift. Currently, he still holds the WDFPF world records in the squat, deadlift and total and the USAPL American record in the deadlift since 1995. He is credited for the biggest raw squat and raw powerlifting total ever performed by a drug tested athlete, regardless of weight class, as well as the greatest raw deadlift by an American citizen.
In weightlifting, Henry was a three-time U.S. National Weightlifting Champion (1993, 1994, 1996), an American Open winner (1992), a two-time U.S. Olympic Festival Champion (1993 and 1994) and a NACAC champion (1996). He holds all three Senior US American weightlifting records of 1993-1997. In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic.
Since joining the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) in 1996, he has become a one-time WWF European Champion and a two-time world champion, having held the ECW Championship in 2008, and the World Heavyweight Championship in 2011.
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