Mark Henry, from the Olympics to World Heavyweight Champion

Mark Henry began his career in the WWE in 1996. Before entering the WWE, he competed in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Henry participated in weightlifting in the super-heavyweight competition. In 1996 he returned and was named team captain. He only finished 14th after suffering a back injury.

Henry signed a ten year contract with the WWE in 1996. His debut match was September 22, 1996 with Jerry "The King" Lawler. They battled at In Your House: Mind Games where he picked up the win. He had aligned with Rocky Maivia, Marc Mero, and Jake the Snake in his first year.

In 1998, Henry joined the Nation of Domination, led by Farooq. His allies were Kama Mustafa, D'Lo Brown, and Rocky Maivia, who was know known as The Rock. When the team over threw Farooq, and The Rock took over and renamed the group "The Nation," Henry remained. with the group.

After the Nation disbanded in the Fall of 1998, Henry and D'Lo Brown went on to become a tag team.

During the Summer of 1999, he and D'Lo Brown came so close to winning the tag team titles on multiple occasions, but came up short. When Brown became the Intercontinental and European Champion, Henry turned on him and costed him both titles in a match with Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett later awared Henry the European title for his help. That was his first taste of Championship Gold. He lost the title back to Brown a month later.

Later in the year, Henry was known being known as "Sexual Chocolate." During this time, he had brief romance with Chyna. He would later admit to being a sex addict. Apart of his sex addiction, Henry later impregnated Mae Young. Young would have a miscarriage after Viscera body splashed her.

In 2000, he was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling. He would not return to the WWE TV until 2002.

When he returned, he often displayed many reasons why he is the "World's Strongest Man." One night on Smackdown, Henry bent an iron pan using his raw strength.

In 2006, he engaged in a feud with the Undertaker. This led to the Undertaker challenging Henry in a casket match at WrestleMania. Many thought that Mark Henry could be the first to defeat the Undertaker at the biggest spectacle in sports entertainment. Henry came up short.

A year later, he would gain vengeance on the Undertaker. After The Undertaker and Batista engaged in an epic World Heavyweight Championship cage match, that ended in no contest, Henry would come down and beat the battered Undertaker into a bloody mess. This allowed Edge to cash in his Money in the Bank contract and win the title. After this match he and the Undertaker would feud which led to the Undertaker putting Henry out of commission briefly.

When he returned Tony Atlas became his manager. Atlas a former tag team champion with Rocky Johnson said that he could help lead Henry to success. At Night of Champions 2008 he faced Big Show and Kane and went on to win the ECW Championship.

Before winning the title, Michael P.S. Hayes, a member of the creative team and former member of the Fabulous Freebirds found himself in a verbal altercation with Mark Henry. During this time, it is said that Henry was offended by some of Hayes' comments. On of which Hayes indicated that he was more ni**er than Henry. Hayes was suspended. Many say that Hayes is a huge supporter of Henry and the fact is that he wanted Henry to be successful.

After Henry lost the title, he was left under the radar. In April 2011, he was drafted to Smackdown. The night of the draft, he attacked his teammate John Cena, who would later be re drafted to Raw. From that night on Henry promised that he would take any and everything that was in his way until he was the World Heavyweight Champion.

Henry's victims include but are not limited to, The Big Show, Kane, and even the sound man. At SummerSlam, he defeated Sheamus by count out when he slammed him through barricade. In the next few weeks, Henry won a battle royal on Smackdown that named him the number one contender for Randy Orton's World Heavyweight Championship.

Leading up to the match, Henry reminded everyone that he has been with the WWE for 15 years, and that there would be nothing that would stop him from winning the title. When the time came, Henry absolutely dominated Orton, and it was the World Strongest Slam that gave Henry his first World Heavyweight Championship.

Where Does Christian Go From Here

Like everyone all across the WWE Universe, I was extremely upset when Captiain Charisma lost the title to Randy Orton. I have said time and time again, that as a babyface, Randy Orton has become very stale. The type of personality he has, works better when he is a heel. He is the type to sneak up behind you and catch you off guard, spit in your face (literally) and then look in the ground and say, "that's why Im great." Yeah, you are really great when you attack someone when they are not looking. So when he became World Heavyweight Champion, even though it was probably the best match in the history of Smackdown, I was still upset. So where does Christian go from here?  Well I think with the crowd reaction he received when he won the title at Extreme Rules, he proved that he is a Main Eventer. But with randy being a face, and Christian chasing after the title, it almost is guranteed that Christian will become a heel. I cannot recall (comment if you can) a face-heel turn during a championship reign. In 2001, when he and Edge went seperate ways and he joined the Alliance, Christian was a great heel. With the match that he and Orton had on Smackdown, I think it will only get better with stipulations such as ladder matches, no disqualifications, etc. Remember that was the free show, imagine what they would give us if we have to pay for it. So my answer to the question is that I believe Christian will be a major player in the WWE for the upcoming year. I believe that he can be a main eventer at WrestleMania 28. Of course the stage is already set for The Rock vs John Cena. If Christian is the champion or challenger in the Smackdown Main Event, who will be his opponent? That remains to be seen

BDuBs Thoughts on Raw 5/2

Opening up with The Rock was great. I really liked him getting not only the arena, but also the country rallied behind the recent events involving the United States military. It was funny that he and Michael Cole had yet another interaction. Finally, everyone got what they have been waiting for, seeing Cole get Rock Bottomed. It was ironic that he had a Celtics jersey on, and the Heat rock bottomed the Celtics yesterday. The interactions with The Rock and the entire WWE locker room were great. The only thing is that it took away from the results from last night. If I did not see the pay-per-view, I would have been confused.
It would have been nice to see Morrison and R-Truth actually fight. However, this will definitely lead to a great match in the upcoming weeks.
I was happy to see Kharma come out again and destroy yet another real life "Barbie doll." This has been a great story from the beginning. And with Maryse being the victim, and Kelly Kelly watching in fear, it is only a matter of time before the entire divas locker room is destroyed.
Miz and Cenas rivalry is only begin to heat up. This has had a lot of distraction. Before it was Cena, Rock, and Miz, then Cena, Morrison and Miz. Now it almost seems like its heading to the one on one battle. It was disappointing as a Miz fan to see him get the three count, then the decision be reversed because the referee did not see the belt. I have never seen this happen. In the end Cena is still WWE Champion.
Later, Cena went to the back during one of Rocks many backstage celebrations, and indicated to the Rock that he would indeed hold the title until WrestleMania and that they would have the biggest WrestleMania match in history. This remains to be seen.
I was really impressed with Mason Ryan. I think he has potential. A lot of people see him as the next Batista, but a great point that was made was that Ryan is not as old as Batista, who is in his 40s.
Ending the show with the Rock was a great way to cap a great night. And then seeing Vince McMahon come out, really displayed the respect that The Rock has. Last but surely not least, seeing Mya come out was great for everyone, even those who are not wrestling fans. Overall this was a great episode of WWE Monday Night Raw, however, it was not the typical night after pay-per-view episode.

WWE Extreme Rules Post Thoughts.

Extreme Rules was the best Pay-Per-View I have seen by the WWE in years. I missed the Orton and Punk match, but from what everyone is telling me it was great. Kingston and Sheamus put on a very good match. When Sheamus first arrived, I thought he was pushed too fast, and I was not impressed. However, I saw that he had great matches with Kingston in the past, and Morrison. Kingston even looked aggressive in this match which really helps him a lot. This truly seemed like an extreme rules night and this in my opinion help set the night up for what we were about to see. When he leaped onto Sheamus to secure his victory, I was happy that I was treated to a great match.
Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio had a great match also. I thought that they had a potential show stealer at WrestleMania. This matched followed up very well. To see them go backstage seem like Vince McMahon meant what he said when he stated, "in order to move forward, we must go back a little" I had a feeling Rey would win this match, but I must say, he did not bore me with it.
Michael Cole and Jack Swagger vs JR and the King is not even worth writing about. For Cole to win again makes no sense at all.
Michelle McCool and Layla had a great match. Even with all the buzz around that McCool was leaving the WWE, she left giving the fans something to remember. Her and Layla actually went out and pull out everything. In the end, it was Layla winning and McCool leaving the WWE. As she got up, she was great by none other than Kharma. Formerly known as Awesome Kong in TNA, she came out and made a huge impact on the Divas division immediately. As if, being defeated by her former best friend Layla was not enough, Being driven straight to hell by a 200 pound behemoth put Michelle McCool in worse shape than she has ever been in her career. What was even better, a gang of WWE divas were in the locker room staring in awe as if they were all disturbed. Kharma in less than three minutes put the entire diva locker room on notice
Kane and Big Show defeating the Corre, being represented by Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson was no surprise. The fact that this was a lumberjack match was stupid. I understand that this was a filler match, just to give you a chance to catch your breath, but a lumber jack match?
John Cena vs John Morrison vs The Miz ended up being better than I thought. This is the fourth time this year that the Miz has been asked to live up to great matches that came before him. At the Royal Rumble it was the Ziggler-Edge match, Elimination Chamber, the Smackdown Chamber match, and WrestleMania it was The Undertaker-Triple H match. The Miz is one of my favorite superstars, therefore it was a big shock to me to see him lose the title. I really liked R-Truth coming out and interfering in this match. I think he and Morrison can put on some great matches. Perhaps they will be bouts for the number one contender?
Christian and Alberto Del Rios match in my opinion should have been the main event going in. The belt was vacated for goodness sakes. These two put all they had into this one. Del Rio really made up for his cold feet at WrestleMania. I thought the Step Ladder was really funny. When Del Rio was at the top of the ladder, I just knew he was going become champion, but the big surprise was seeing Edge come out in a Jeep, of all vehicles, and blow the horn to distract Del Rio which gave Christian time to rise above the occasion, knock Del Rio off and climb up to the top of the ladder, much as he did before, but unlike the rest, this time he would become for the first time in his career, World Heavyweight Champion. Seeing Edge out there and congratulating Christian on his big moment was like none other. I cannot wait to see how this will elevate Christian and his career in the WWE.

Finally The Rock has come back......Home!!!!

Last Nights Monday Night Raw felt like the attitude era. As soon as it was over, everyone was calling their friends yelling and screaming that the Rock is back.The Rock came out and stated. "finally... finally.... finally.... The Rock has come back to Anaheim, which means finally The Rock has come back to Monday Night RAW. Which means finally The Rock has come back home! This was one of those nights that will forever live in WWE history. First reaction for anyone would be, he is only back for a moment. However, he stated that he would not leave, and that he would be back for good, and that it was the fans that brought him back. 
Before the announcement, I was sitting there, thinking will they just hurry up and let us know that it is Justin Bieber. Throughout the entire show, they constantly hinted at a Pop-Rock artist. It also been confirmed that Bieber will be there, therefore I figured it was automatic. Funny thinking that, the Rock even stated that Vince wanted to use Bieber, but he stated that he would be back. I cannot wait until WrestleMania, this promises to be a great show. 

The Rock also stated that John Cena was running his mouth about him, and he would address him. Will this be the heel turn that everyone has waiting from for Cena, only time will tell.....

Sting coming to the WWE

Everyone knows that Sting is a free agent, and Vince would love to sign him so that he could induct him in this years Hall of Fame. I would love to see Sting inducted this year. Its all set for him, they are in Atlanta the home of World Championship Wrestling. But perhaps the WWE is not sure, therefore they are having Shawn Michaels headline this Hall of Fame class. I would love to see Booker T, Kevin Nash, and Arn Anderson be inducted into the Hall of Fame this year.

This is what Jim Ross said,  "Sting To WWE: “Amazing that some fans actually swear that there is going to be an Undertaker vs. Sting match this year at Wrestlemania 27 in Atlanta. I would be shocked if that occurred but at the same time everyone has the right to fantasize about dream matches that they personally want to see. I still say that there would likely be a large part of the WWE TV audience that only watches WWE that would have to become familiar with the Stinger’s body of work. Not that it couldn’t be done, it could, but that matter would have to be addressed.”