Viewers of “WWE Uncooked” this previous Monday had been handled to a well-known face within the viewers: that of WWE Corridor of Famer Mark Henry. Together with his AEW contract expired, Henry was as soon as once more free to seem for the corporate the place he spent greater than twenty years. Final Could, Henry revealed that he wouldn’t be renewing with Tony Khan’s firm, the place he had served as a coach, mentor, and occasional commentator. Now a veteran of each locker rooms, Henry was capable of supply perception into the variations between the 2 on “Busted Open Radio.”
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“The WWE has a bonus as a result of they’ve expertise and time on their aspect,” Henry mentioned. “AEW’s a younger firm, and it must have the screws tightened nonetheless. And a few choices must be made: who’s gonna run the present? And the way quickly are you able to get to work? As a result of quite a lot of occasions issues are left hanging within the stability too lengthy. And stuff finally ends up not getting finished. After which there’s the afterthought: ‘Oh s***, we gotta go do that. We begin in 20 minutes.’ It is too late by then.” “The World’s Strongest Man” first joined AEW in 2021, after expressing a need to be taught extra of the manager aspect of the enterprise, a possibility he mentioned he was not afforded in WWE as a result of lack of expertise. Khan was capable of give Henry that chance.
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Lately, Henry seems to be targeted on readying his son Jacob for the world of wrestling. Jacob Henry, who not too long ago signed a developmental take care of WWE, appeared alongside his father on “Uncooked,” the place each acquired an enthusiastic response. No phrase on whether or not the previous “Sexual Chocolate” will probably be fulfilling a extra everlasting position behind the scenes at WWE, or if his look was merely a one-off in his residence state of Texas.
