True or False: Mark Henry Should be Top Heel on Raw

[Little Jerry Lawler]

Bam Bam Bigalow could do fucking moonsaults, its not like all big men have to wrestle in a specific style, and Big Show had a good run as the extreme giant ECW champion, hell I even remember a time when masked Kane was a monster heel before being a jobber to the stars, the difference being that unlike Henry he can put over a decent match.

He was ECW's Khali, and I don't believe either of them should have ever held the top spot on their respective brands. Now I don't see him doing anything, except maybe kayfabe injure a few people.

If I had my way I'd job him to Hornswoggle...

Luckily you don't have your way.

Mark Henry can be the top heel on RAW. You're not going to see Henry do a moonsault or a Swanton bomb and if you're looking for that from a 400-lb guy, then you need to put glasses on. People hate on Henry because he is slow and boring but that is what a heel's job is supposed to be. His ECW title reign was the best arguably since Big Show's. He will fit the monster role better than Show and Henry doesn't need any mic time because he can let his actions in the ring speak for himself.

 

[Chris in SC]

Top Heel? No. But he could be better than he is now. Heels and faces that are 'over' are story tellers. Henry has no story. Here's a way to move him up some:

Remember about 4-5 months ago when there was a promo or two on ECW where Henry was disrespecting Atlas in the locker room? Giving him grief about not having his bag in the right place or something. Basically treating Atlas like crap for a few weeks, then that potential angle disappeared.

Bring that back, have Henry turn on Atlas. Go on about how Atlas has been holding him back with his incompetence as a manager etc. Then have him steamroller some mid to upper mid-carders. Now his story is the man with something to prove. Not a great story, but we're not trying to create Chris Jericho here.

He could then be in the upper mid-card with a IC/US title feud. But NOT against Mysterio. David v. Goliath has been overdone with Rey. With him booked as monster heel, whoever beats him would need to show off some strategy/tactics/real ring work.

Basically give Henry some legitimacy by always having him destroy mid-carders. Now when a mid-carder beats Henry, he is elevated to the lower part of the upper card.

Or just send him on to future endeavors because WWE is over populated with monster heels.

 

[Rusty]

False. Henry has absolutely no track record to justify him being top heel. Every time he goes against a top face he's lost. It would be the same issue as when JBL was pushed as top heel on Smackdown four years ago. It failed becauise he came out of nowhere and no one bought it. Henry's in ring work is below average at best. If you don't believe me, watch his neverending, I would say feud but that implies he won sometime, fights with Taker. Taker could do nothing with him and Taker could get decent matches out of the fat ass called Yokozuna. Henry has no gimmick. He's strong. That's not a gimmick, it's a nickname. Absolutely no on Henry as top heel. A jobber to the stars and little more.

That's pretty much what I was thinking.

I did predict that Mark Henry would be drafted to Raw in the 2009 Draft. It never happened, and it did confuse me a little. There's not a lot he can do on ECW anymore. However, I would still say that Henry moving to Raw would be a good idea, on one condition. And that condition is that he isn't the very top babyface on Raw. Not only does he not deserve the spot, but some young guns really have a chance to shine here. Randy Orton, Matt Hardy and The Miz are all fairly young and they should get the spotlight this year on Raw. The Big Show is a good heel, but he's been around for a long time now.

It's time for the young guns to shine, and would someone buy Mark Henry as the Raw top heel over somebody like Randy Orton? We already have veterans on Raw such as Triple H, Shawn Michaels and The Big Show. Having too many veterans in the main event eventually bores people. But no harm could be done by sending the big man to Raw to put over some mid-carders, especially guys like MVP and Mr Kennedy.

The fact remains, Henry doesn't have a lot of credibility and he therefore shouldn't be given a huge role. Instead, let the young guns take the spotlight. After all they are the ones they will be carrying this company when all these veterans leave. And it won't be long before they eventually retire. The WWE might as well start now by giving the young guns more air time.

 

[BrammaBull]

Mark Henry just lacks so much charisma and talent to be the top performer its unreal.

 

[Hyorinmaru]

I'm goingto say false due to his lack of charisma. He's a good big man and an OK heel but the only reason he gets any heat is becasue people just don't like seeing him in a match. Unless he gets a manager that will talk for him he would never break into the main event because he doesn't have the charisma factor that all great Main Eventers, Heel or Face, have. Henry will be a jobber to the stars until the day he retires.

 

[Pimpin]

Definitely false.

Henry just doesn't have the ring work & couldn't carry a feud with a plastic bag. He can't work the stick & the type of heat he gets ain't the heat that Jericho, Orton & Edge get. The heat he gets is the go away, we don't wanna see you type of heat. I personally think that he should have already been canned cause he lacks in most areas, but he will probably still be around cause he is after all Vince's wet dream & we all know how he likes his men big.

 

[WunNightStan619]

Hell no! He has not the mic skills or the ablitity to put on a great match. Dont get me wrong, im actually a fan of Mark Henry. He's big strong guy and is the king of the squash match (along with Umaga). However he lacks some key components that would make him a top heel. To be a top guy, u gotta have some type of marketability, which he has none. Hw just wouldnt go over with the crowd. If anything, ppl boo him cuz they dont wanna see him period as face or a heel. If anything, he should stay as a top heel on ECW (aka mid card heel)....but at the end of the day, he's just not that entertaining unless he is killing sum rookie half his size

 

[Davey McBoy]

False.
Mark Henry debuted so long ago that Jake the Snake was still officially active and has yet to 'get it' so to speak. He can't talk, he can only make the simplest of spots look believable, his notable fueds, and I use that term very generously, number a total of around 2, both of which were based around that fact that he was a huge man who acted vaguely mean with a 'deer in the headlights' look constantly on his face. His only other memorable angles were non wrestling ones from over a decade ago, all of which involved him trying to get his sexual chocolate allover some questionable love interests.

We still have him on our TVs because he does have experience so its one less big awkward fucker to train, Vince will always use his huge guys regardless of workrate and to be fair his size alone can be enough to keep a mid card angle going if he has the right opponent.

Actually I forgot his most famous opponent. The steel cage, more specifically the door that was so strong it had to have been a rib.

 

[Coco]

I love Henry and this gets a big true from me. The man has been criminally underused since 2006 and knows how to play the big man role as good as anyone not named Big Show or Umaga. Majorly underrated by most is also his charisma and ability to convey what a bad motherfucker he is. I love the idea of him being a top heel anywhere. He doesn't even need a manager.

Oh, and not even main eventer should need to wrestle for 20. Especially not one with Henry's character.

 

[Ushiku]

He will fit the monster role better than Show and Henry doesn't need any mic time because he can let his actions in the ring speak for himself.

What actions have you been watching? He's slow, he has a limited move set, and if Hayes hadn't called him a ****** he'd never have gotten close to being ECW champion for as long as he was.

Some people just get titles because there's a wrinkle in the game plan, like Morrison with the Benoit tragedy, Khali with the top heels being out of action on SmackDown, and Henry being given a large on air apology for racism backstage.

Big Show is better in the ring and can actually cut a half decent promo given the chance, Henry can do neither.

If Henry is to progress it'd be good for him to have a huge fall out with Atlas to draw some heat, and then actually let his actions in the ring do the talking with decent mid card matches rather than just squashing Jamie Noble or a local jobber.

 

[rfstudios]

People don't hate Mark Henry because he's a good heel. They hate him because he's boring and not very good at wrestling due to the fact that he's a big blob. Does anyone expect a good match out of Batista/Henry? Cena/Henry? HHH/Henry? Show/Henry?

hhh vs henry was actually not half bad and i would be very interested in cena vs henry,but no henry should not be a main event heel on either big show

 

[Nero89]

he could go back to ecw and be a monster there again and there top heel again but not on raw. hes just another monster. no way he can out-heel orton

 

[z99zazn]

First off, let me start by saying that there is no way in HELL that you should expect all superheavyweights to be able to do moonsaults just because Bam Bam could. That is absolutely amazing. So that is an absolutely horrible point by whoever the hell said that.

But as for the thread, no, I really don't think he should or could be the top heel on Raw. They've given Henry tries in the main event before like with Kurt Angle at the Royal Rumble, and I don't think it worked too well. He's a monster, just like Khali, Kane, Kozlov and Umaga. They squash absolutely anyone on the lower mid card or jobbers. But when you put them against a quality opponent, they may get an early win to look like they can contend, but ultimately will lose. I personally like his position on ECW, IF they use him right, and that's a big if. IMO Swagger should be the top heel on ECW for quite some time, and they have other options. Christian is absolutely great as a heel, and I'm pretty sure they'll make him the top heel after awhile. Finlay is a better heel to me too. Don't get me wrong, he's nothing special, but his character fits a lot better as a heel brawler. Henry is hands down more exciting and cooler than Kovloz, but you know how WWE is with him. So there's potential for Henry to get in a couple of ECW championship matches on PPV before the next draft, and I think we should all be okay with that. But making him the top heel on Raw, I really don't see. I mean, they have Randy Orton, Triple H (Who they hopefully turn heel at least one more time, because he's a lot more believeable as a heel), Matt Hardy, MVP (Same as Trips), just to name a few. If not Raw, SD would be an okay option behind Edge and Jericho. But I ultimately believe his best option is to be one of the top guys on ECW.

 

[Deexter Jorgan]

I say true, the fact is Henry is one of the best guys on ECW, he made an impact and obtsined a good singles push, he gets the best heat out of most of the heels in the wwe, he is big bad and looks scary, the fact is he should be promoted and if given the chance i could see him main eventing on one of the two major shows sooner then later IMO.

 

[golden miz]

I say true, the fact is Henry is one of the best guys on ECW, he made an impact and obtsined a good singles push, he gets the best heat out of most of the heels in the wwe, he is big bad and looks scary, the fact is he should be promoted and if given the chance i could see him main eventing on one of the two major shows sooner then later IMO.

wow? he has a god singles push and gets the most heat? Every fued he was in he brought down either the ecw title or the person he was fueding against. He doed not get more heat then 3 former 2008-09 ecw guys. The miz, mat hardy (post heel turn), morison (well diffrent kinda heat) all gets more heat then him. I really think that he is a solid mid carder at best. He looks scarry really, he looks gross and looks like he shit out a cat backstage. Any star that his best memory is inpregnating mae youngwith a hand you havea problem. How can you see someone main eventing like him. Sure he gets heat but people on ecw the C show gotten more heat then him. I'm sorry but I can only say that kahli and umanga and jbl(tghg) has or had worse in ring performnce the last five years who spent more then 2 years in the wwe. I just really cant see your argument, honestly i thnk that richard simmons could put on a better match then him given the opprutunity and sure as hell he will have muc more heat then him

 

[Adel_hamra]

i could see henry as a major heel, major not as in top but like knowx and kane last year, they are big, strong bully people but never win...that is how i see henry, bullying people but loosing most of the times

 

[Chill]

Henry's a decent heel imo but he just shouldn't be the top heel on RAW. He doesn't have the personality for one imo...I mean it's either Henry or Orton and there is no comparison. Secondly, he isn't capable of performing to the level of the top heels in the biz, a la Edge, Jericho, Orton etc and so in that sense he is very out of place. Henry's fine as a monster heel on ECW but that is it...I would push Umaga for example before Mark.

 

[Adel_hamra]

i gave this issue more thinking and i came up with smg, henry wouldn't make is as a top heel by his own, the way i look at it and the only way he can fit in the ME as a top heel is by being part of a stable where he's not the leader, but the re-enforcer/powerhouse...as for him being by his own or let alone being on ME isn't enough coz face it, i think the great khali, hornswaggle and the divas have more potential than henry so that is why he wouldn't make it on his own