Should Mark Henry have a run with a world title before he retires?

[CM Steel]

The world's strongest man Mark Henry has beeb bring the ruckus lately ever since he was drafted to Smackdown as a heel. This could be the making of something? But like Booker T said last night on Smackdown on commentary. Mark Henry has been in the WWF/E since Bill Clinton was in office, and times running out for the world's strongest man. And I think we all know what Booker T meant by the comment.

Mark Henry has been through alot ever since joining the WWF/E back in 1996 when he had his first WWF/E match against Jerry "the King" Lawler. The Nation of Domination, Sexual Chocolate, Mae Young mothering a hand, being managed by Teddy Long. So Mark Henry's career has been through hell and back from the past 15 years. So with that being said the question is. Should Mark Henry have a run with a world title before he retires?

Because Mark Henry is too good of a wrestler to be remember as a former European champion and WWECW champion. Those title's aren't even around anymore!

 

[darbare]

Man....Mark Henry is just.....I dont even know what to say...something ia going on because this man has turned into a complete beast....He has finally managed to kick it up a notch.....he finally has that legit intidimation factor....I swear I almost feel uncomfortable when he comes out and says stuff to the crowd..I would totally buy him beating somebody like Orton in his curent state.. Hell if Swagger could have the reign that he did, then why not for Mark Henry....he has surpassed every other heel on Sd...forget about Sheamus or Christians lame ass whining heel turn...this man destroyed Big Show and Kane, and then some tech guy convincingly...I cringed in the good way lemme just say that....yea he deserves a world title easily

 

[Dagger Dias]

No he should not. Henry is a joke. They can call him the world's strongest man all they want but he will always be the world's strongest jobber and nothing more. No matter how much of a monster they try to portray him as. The run with the ECW Championship is the furthest he will ever get. I could see him getting built up only to get squashed by Orton because he is good as a jobber to the stars but would never be believable as a world champion. Besides, many others before him who were better retired without a world title run so why would Henry deserve it if they didn't?

 

[Blue Chipper]

Mark Henry seems like a loyal worker, a man who can play the big guy well, but his shortcoming are exposed in his lack of connection with the fans. I remember his run as a face on Raw. He would raise his arms in hopes to get a rise out of the crowd. It usually didn't go well and he eventually stopped doing it. So, when Mark can appear to be a legitimate main eventer to the fans, that's when we can begin questioning whether he deserves it or not.

 

[The Brain]

Mark Henry should only get a title reign if he gets over enough with his new character to warrant it. I am not a fan of giving a guy a “thank you reign” because he is at the end of a long career. It’s pretty common around here for people to want to reward a guy’s longevity with a title reign before he retires. I just don’t see the point in that. Why should Henry want a charity reign? If the company believes in him enough to give him the strap and build a main event program around him that’s great. I think it’s kind of patronizing to give him a short reign just because he’s winding down. Let’s say I put 20 years in a company and was never promoted but the boss made me honorary CEO on my last day. Sure it’s a nice gesture but what does it really mean? Is that an accomplishment I should be proud of? People always complain that the titles have lost their prestige over the years. Stop requesting so many different champions and the title will mean more.

 

[TheKylePractor]

Mark Henry is not believable as World Champ? a former Olympian in power lifting couldn't possibly be thought of as a champion in pro wrestling? Have you seen the man lately? He's been PLOWING over Smackdown's biggest and baddest. He's been made to look like a complete badass, and the fans are responding. I think he has more than enough credibility.

I would like to see him get a run as champ. The downside would be all your main event matches would turn into crap for a few months. I like Henry, but he hardly ever puts on a work-rate exhibition. That's alright though, not everyone can be Daniel Bryan. There's places on the card for people like Henry, and right now he's doing his job exceptionally well.

 

[king_kanyon]

Hell Yeah he should hes done alot for the wwe over the years. But I wouldn't use that as a factor I can onestly say I think hes a Good Power wrestler probably the best in wrestling right now. I like the way he talks and walks and his recent exploits has been Oh SHIIIIZNIT Material hes almost as hot as CM Punk in WWE. And I Think Long time fans would apretiate it. He's said hes self he is not going to go much longer and as a long time wrestling fan I would love it. But Ultimitly he's earned it with the work he has done in the last month. And I do belive hes believable as a world champ especialy if they let him dominate like a big man is supose to do. And Truley He Scares Me If their is one guy in wrestling you don't want to face it's Mark Henry Like Booker T said -My whole carier i tried to stay away from mark henry. Like they Don't F with an Angry black man and he is very black and very angry lately Give him the strap and watch him work I promise you he'll make everyone remember him. Its called hungry and he wants to eat. REMEMBER JBL what did you think he would do. So don't underestimate Mark Henry Like you did with JBL or like I did.

 

[MrrrEricB103]

Yes,I think Mark Henry deserves it, he has been as believable as ever lately as a dominant force and a legit strong man, why not? Smackdown is thin as it has been in a while on main event talent, he has obviously worked hard for Vince and Crew to put him in the position he is in right now and I think they are going to give him a run with the title.

 

[Peep]

I have to say pass, even with this latest push. At the end of the day, Mark Henry can only be one of two characters. The boring, no-reaction causing face he was on Raw or the dominant looking but still fan underwhelming "World's Strongest Man" he is now and has been in the past on SmackDown.

The only time I actually thought he deserved a even semi-legit title was when he was ECW Champion for a little while. Him be the top heel on SmackDown? I just don't buy it. He's been a trouble maker and a challenge for top guys in the past, but I just can't ever see him being on the same level as a world champion. There's a reason why in a long WWE career, he's only ever held two championships (ECW and European).

 

[FSWWE]

This is actually a good subject to think. Recently Mark Henry has been on a role and a good one, the crowd have noticed him for sure and he has been by far one of the most interesting characters recently.

He always was truly underrated, and we are seeing it now, and for me just for the dedication and the hard work, a Mark Henry World Title Run would be passable and also because his last matches hasn't been that awful (He actually sells very weel).

But in the general mind he deserves to be world champion as much as R-Truth, in other words he doesn't and NO i don't have a problem with Black Wrestlers.
If in 3 months Mark Henry still look like this or better, I wouldn't min a world title match at least...

 

[ipswichicon80]

No. I'm willing to bet in his 15 year WWE career Henry has not sold one ticket to a live event or one PPV buy. No doubt this "new" role(which he has done a couple of times before)suits him. However it suits him because it's getting over in segments not matches. I cannot think of 1 Mark Henry match I would like to re watch. Can any of the posters saying they want him as champion name a classic Henry match for me to change my view? Doubtful. Am sure he's a nice guy and am glad WWE have put him in the only role I've ever found him interesting in,but no he doesn't deserve a title run.

 

[JWGunslinger]

I'll say if he continues to sell this charecter well then I will actually say yes. If you asked me two months ago I would have said no chance in hell but somehow after a pointless 15 year career with the WWE Mark Henry has finally made himself relevant. I always thought it was weird the way Henry was used, he was a jobber who wasnt high on the totem pole(not even US title range) but whenever he made his way into a match with someone like Cena,Orton or any other top player they sold him as tough competition. However now he really is tough competition, he's got his physicality AND this new intensity that has made him one of the scariest opponents on Smackdown right now. Will Mark Henry wear the World Heavyweight title before his time in the WWE comes to an end? Very possible

 

[Jeff]

Why the hell not. Honestly the WWE title and the World Heavyweight Title don't really mean much to me anymore. Until they are merged into one title, in my opinion, they both lost what makes them special and that is the idea that whoever is holding it is the top dog in not just the company but all of wrestling.

Until that happens again, I could care less about the titles. I wouldn't mind seeing it on Henry just because of how loyal he has been with the company for all those years plus it would be nice to see someone other then the Orton holding it.

What they really need to do though is is merge the titles and make them mean something again. That would also make the IC and US Title mean something again too. If that ever happens...then no Henry shouldn't be champion.

 

[ipswichicon80]

Until that happens again, I could care less about the titles.

It's I couldn't care less. If you could care less then you must care a least a little! The titles despite WWE's poor booking do still mean something. Look how Christian talks about the WHC. He's obsessed with it. This gives it meaning. The WWE title? When Cena walks out the next night after being screwed out of the title with a big goofy grin on his face it makes it seem meaningless and the WWE title will remain so for me till he loses it.
On the subject of MH he's never drawn a dime and never will. Case fucking closed. And please stop butchering the language we gave you thanks.

 

[iwinulose]

mark henry, hit an all time high in his career when he went on this new heel rampage, really enjoying him on the mic and have been highly enjoying him crushing everyone in his path of destruction. if he keeps it up i expect to see him win a world title very soon, he would make a better champ then orton or cena for that matter. plus since he has been in the wwf/e for so long and done so much he deserves at least one major run with a world title, dont care which title it is wwe or the WHC belt, just get one of them on him.

 

[aboynameddirt]

No, he shouldn't. He might make a good filler for championship contender when there is no one else to choose from, but never an actual champion. He's boring in the ring, he has no charisma, he's just not cut out for the entertainment business. I respect him for sticking around so long and being loyal to the business, but as much as it sucks to say, he just doesn't have it.

 

[darbare]

Notcut out for the entertainment business? What effing show have you been watching? He got a holy s!it chant and threw a guy like 10 feet away....not cut out, your not fit to respond to topics if your just gonna act like a child and ignore the reality.....at this rate he is legit to take the title from Orton or any one for that matter....Look at one JBL....he was a tag wrestler forever...he was Bradshaw...the APA....they werent even the top tag team back in the day because they took a backseat to the Hardys and Dudleys and E&C...but yet he had a rebirth and showed he was one of the best on the mic.....just like JBL who wasnt the best wrestler, Mark is the same....for Gods sake if Khali can hold it, dammit Mark Henry can, convincingly

 

[H33LTurn]

Mark Henry isnt a believeable champion and I doubt WWE would risk one of their world titles with a guy who already has a foot out the door. He could be #1 contender or something, just to entertain the rivalry and give him a way to leave the company, but his glory days are past him and a title reign cant possibly be in his future. If they took the title away from Christian who was well off the Edge retirement boost, imagine what Vince would say if the idea of Henry even being champion is pitched to him.

 

[Peep]

Notcut out for the entertainment business? What effing show have you been watching? He got a holy s!it chant and threw a guy like 10 feet away....not cut out, your not fit to respond to topics if your just gonna act like a child and ignore the reality.....at this rate he is legit to take the title from Orton or any one for that matter....Look at one JBL....he was a tag wrestler forever...he was Bradshaw...the APA....they werent even the top tag team back in the day because they took a backseat to the Hardys and Dudleys and E&C...but yet he had a rebirth and showed he was one of the best on the mic.....just like JBL who wasnt the best wrestler, Mark is the same....for Gods sake if Khali can hold it, dammit Mark Henry can, convincingly

Really? Let's dissect this.

First of all, ANYONE who is overly impressed with Mark Henry's latest push has either not watched the WWE for very long or has serious memory loss problems. Give me highlights over his last couple weeks ever since responding to getting KO'd by the Big Show and they'll look identical to several other points in his career - all of which never lead to a world championship run unless you count his brief run as ECW champion.

To act like him becoming a world champion is imminent is horse crap. This is not the first time Mark Henry has been used in this fashion, but with how old he is - it could be the last. Just because your a monster and are destroying people, it doesn't mean you're about to get a world title run. Ask Kane how that works out (1 legit WHC run in 14 years, 1 ECW run and a 1 day WWF title reign).

And don't compare him to JBL. JBL was literally reinvented before becoming champion. Mark Henry hasn't been reinvented - this is just a rehash of all his heel runs over the past five years. JBL's top time was short, but he was a lot more over as a heel and a much more believable champion than Mark Henry will ever be.

Finally, Khali? Are you serious? That is a reason to support Henry getting a title run? HELL no. If anything, the God awful decision of putting the title on Khali is evidence that they shouldn't put it on someone like Henry. Why support what would be a huge mistake by pointing at another huge mistake that was made in the past? Khali is the lesson learned, not reason to give a "meaningless monster" a title run.

 

[#hamler]

Mark Henry was super over last time I watched Smackdown. I could definitely see a World Heavyweight Championship reign in his future. However, me personally, he does NOT deserve it. During his 15 or so years in the WWE, Mark Henry has put over very few talent - very few is putting it nicely. During his long career, Henry has stayed irrelevant longer than any other WWE Superstar in the company. Henry just doesn't strike me as someone to ever give a flying fuck about World Titles.

I often hear people say he's done a lot for the WWE, well...ummm like what? Henry had a job. He faced Undertaker at Wrestlemania 22. That there is good enough to say he did something with his career. Just because you're with a company for a while doesn't mean you deserve a World Title reign. Especially when you've done shit during your career. Henry should be happy with recieivng a retirement match. As for a World Heavyweight Championship reign, he does not deserve it.

 

[FSWWE]

Mark Henry was super over last time I watched Smackdown. I could definitely see a World Heavyweight Championship reign in his future. However, me personally, he does NOT deserve it. During his 15 or so years in the WWE, Mark Henry has put over very few talent - very few is putting it nicely. During his long career, Henry has stayed irrelevant longer than any other WWE Superstar in the company. Henry just doesn't strike me as someone to ever give a flying fuck about World Titles.
I often hear people say he's done a lot for the WWE, well...ummm like what? Henry had a job. He faced Undertaker at Wrestlemania 22. That there is good enough to say he did something with his career. Just because you're with a company for a while doesn't mean you deserve a World Title reign. Especially when you've done shit during your career. Henry should be happy with recieivng a retirement match. As for a World Heavyweight Championship reign, he does not deserve it.

I had to reply to that Hamler.
Look loyalty is a hard thing to get nowadays and Mark Henry was loyal for his entire career, I doubt that he gets a good wage in the WWE (compared to the other guys) and he still never left to be a World Champion in TNA or whatever.
He did made a lot of things, he was part of NoD and then he turned in Sexual Chocolate that in my eyes was pretty funny, after that he was sent 2 years to OVW to improve his skills and when he returned he was named the World Strongest Man and he did had a lot of feuds with top players like Chris Jericho and Christian then another injury, back again to be part of that stable leaded by Teddy Long, do you remember? The anti-racism one xD in that time he had a brief feud with Goldberg and HHH, after that he had that feud with Booker T that I still remember, then another injury.
Then he had some feuds with Angle and finally with Undertaker at WM22.
After that I think he did won against Mysterio when he was Champion and injury, but i'm not sure. He attacked Undertaker and had a small feud with him and after that he just went down in the ranks, but still pretty good accomplishments if you ask me.

I know that he isn't the best wrestler of the world, not even the best guy on the mic but he does deserve it, but every time he had a push he managed to get a injury, sadly for him.
He deserve it, more than Christian if you ask me, but then again Christian in the recent year has proven a lot, which makes me glad

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I would like to see him get a run as champ. The downside would be all your main event matches would turn into crap for a few months.

Well surely that is reason enough not to give him the World Title? If you can't have a good wrestling match then you should be nowhere near a wrestling title, no matter how intimidating you are.

The title should be saved for the best in the company, giving it to people as long-service awards would just end up with them meaning less and becoming even less prestigious when they are now.

Mark Henry is doing well right now, but that doesnt mean he should have the title. If he can improve in the ring, then maybe. But if he doesnt, there is no way he should have the belt just because he has been there a long time.

 

[#hamler]

I had to reply to that Hamler.

Oh yay!

Look loyalty is a hard thing to get nowadays and Mark Henry was loyal for his entire career, I doubt that he gets a good wage in the WWE (compared to the other guys) and he still never left to be a World Champion in TNA or whatever.

Why must it be loyalty? It was a job. I'm pretty sure if I had a job that got me some exposure, paid me higher than other jobs and provided benefits and whatnot, I would stay there too. Chavo was loyal, hell Matt Hardy was loyal, doesn't mean they are deserving of Championship reigns.

He did made a lot of things, he was part of NoD

An irrelevant part of NoD. The group could have survived without him.

and then he turned in Sexual Chocolate that in my eyes was pretty funny,

Santino is pretty funny too. I wouldn't give him a World Title.

after that he was sent 2 years to OVW to improve his skills and when he returned he was named the World Strongest Man and he did had a lot of feuds with top players like Chris Jericho and Christian

I can honestly say I don't remember these two feuding with Henry which makes it more than likely a casual fan won't remember either.

then another injury,

Injury prone? That's certainly not good.

back again to be part of that stable leaded by Teddy Long, do you remember? The anti-racism one xD

This was fun. Although I remember Teddy being a way better manager with Jazz.

in that time he had a brief feud with Goldberg and HHH, after that he had that feud with Booker T that I still remember,

Again, BRIEF. Still nothing worth noting except a few irrelevant feuds that meant nothing.

then another injury.

Whoa again?

Then he had some feuds with Angle and finally with Undertaker at WM22.
After that I think he did won against Mysterio when he was Champion and injury, but i'm not sure. He attacked Undertaker and had a small feud with him and after that he just went down in the ranks, but still pretty good accomplishments if you ask me.

This is where Henry got good. WM22 was where Henry did the only relevant thing in the WWE by wrestling The Undertaker in a somewhat good match at Wrestlemania. Henry should be proud of that. But there is no way he desrves a title reign after accomplishing so little in the WWE.

I know that he isn't the best wrestler of the world,

Far from it.

not even the best guy on the mic

Far from that too.

but he does deserve it,

Because he was loyal right?

but every time he had a push he managed to get a injury, sadly for him.
He deserve it, more than Christian if you ask me, but then again Christian in the recent year has proven a lot, which makes me glad

More than Christian? Ugh different thread, different time. Look, Henry is super over right now. If Henry were somehow to win a World Championship, I wouldn't really have a problem. But Henry hasn't really made much of his 15 year career which does mean he's not worthy of a title reign. He doesn't deserve it.

 

[TimAH]

I dont get the loyalty thing. Loyalty to what? A job that paid him more than any other job he would have had? I doubt any other wrestling companies where beating down his door to get the guy to their organization for the past decade. Looks like hes on a nice run now. If it currently makes sense to give him the belt, he should have it, but loyalty should not play any role in that decision.

 

[Derf]

Right now he's going through a gimmick change, which is why his charecter is on fire. He was always a heal before on Smackdown and ECW, and was only recently a face on RAW. I don't want to say he should or shouldn't have a run. I could definatly buy his current gimmick holding the title, but only if he stays on fire for a few more months. I'd rather see him in a main event feud before casting a surefire vote, but right now, dispite his entire career, I think he could pull it off, as long as it was on Smackdown.