WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry was ‘very upset’ with Wade Barrett after he nearly injured them both in an almost costly mistake. The Preston-born star, who now serves as a commentator on SmackDown after winning the Intercontinental Championship five times during his in-ring career, admitted he was mortified after the unfortunate mishap shortly after debuting as the Nexus in 2010 . Speaking exclusively to Metro.
co.uk via AceOdds , he recalled: ‘Mark Henry, 400 pounds, fantastic human being, great performer, locker room legend, a guy that a lot of people looked up to as a leader and I was the new guy coming in and I had to go and have a match with Mark Henry. ‘Now my old finisher was called The Wasteland and it was a fireman’s carry where I’d kind of flip them off onto their back afterwards.
I was used to doing that against guys who were about at most 250, 260 pounds, something like that. ‘Mark Henry was way too big and I didn’t want to do it. But at the time management was insisting, “Here’s how you make a huge impact Wade, we need you to do this”.
“I don’t want to do it guys”. “Too bad, you have to do it.”‘ Despite Barrett, Henry and the producer for the match all being against it, the Englishman was forced to hoist the Worlds Strongest Man up on his shoulders during the bout.
‘We tried it during the day, it worked pretty well. And then we tried it in the match and it did not work well,’ he said, admitting it was almost disastrous. He added.
