WWE Corridor of Famer Mark Henry just lately departed from his backstage function at AEW, leaving many followers and business insiders curious in regards to the causes behind his exit. Throughout an interview with the “Big Pop” podcast, Henry opened up about his frustrations with AEW, shedding mild on the circumstances that led to his departure.
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“Tightening the screws requires you to have the ability to break your device equipment out. So, there was some extent the place I noticed that I wasn’t there to tighten the screws. I used to be there for identify recognition and visibility, and that is a horrible place to really feel in case you’re a inventive,” Henry recalled. “I do not wanna come throughout — I am not whining and I am not complaining. I am stating the information … However proper now, everyone gonna be like, ‘Nah, Mark Henry simply mad and bitter.’ I am not mad and bitter.”
The “World’s Strongest Man” went on to disclose that he had taken a pay lower to hitch AEW, emphasizing his real need to contribute to the corporate’s progress and improvement.
“I went there as a result of I wished to get expertise being an govt and I wished to assist that firm flourish and assist these those who had been over there be higher than they had been,” Henry mentioned. “I used to be working for these excessive fives from guys and women coming again. After which there’s some unhealthy apples, and the unhealthy apples need to be disciplined. Oh, they’re disciplining folks now. However no person wasn’t getting suspended or disciplined after I was there. I do not bear in mind [that].”
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Regardless of his departure from AEW, Henry’s status as a expertise scout stays intact. His monitor report of figuring out and nurturing promising wrestlers is well-documented, and he continues to be revered within the business.
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