MADCAP Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I remember him have a decent match with Vader. I believe he press-slammed him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The Angle series in '06 is the first time I remember thinking that Henry was really good, and then he had that '08 that put him over the top and the Hall of Pain run that's probably my second favorite main roster run for anyone outside of Daniel Bryan in the last seven or eight years. He was trained by the great Leo Burke (from the Maritimes!) IIRC, so it's no shock that he eventually got it and became awesome. In retrospect, that match against John Cena at MitB for the WWE Championship is probably his swan song in terms of great matches. Man, it was so good. My WWE MotY for 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just watched Vader vs Henry. It was a fun little hoss match with both guys beating the crap out of each other. I wish it went a little longer and but I thought the DQ ending established Henry as a force to be reckoned with. Vader at the end of his WWE run showed more motivation then I would have expected out of him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just read that Sunny is wearing her WWE Hall OF Fame ring in her upcoming adult film. I wonder how Vince will feel about that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 .oh god, I just can't stand the damn slow counting and those shitty sounds the fans make.. Barbaro Cavernario is the best! <3 I'll take random air horns going off over fans chanting 'we are awesome' every day of the week and twice on Sundays. We are agreed on the second point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The only thing that ever topped "We Are Awesome" in terms of "Jesus Christ this is why I hide being a fan of wrestling" behavior was "We deserve it". Followed by the Full Sail crowd trying to shit on this giant moment for all the people they've been watching for 2 years because they were greedy and childish fucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Just read that Sunny is wearing her WWE Hall OF Fame ring in her upcoming adult film. I wonder how Vince will feel about that lol. Followed by............. And concluding with.......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Mark Henry had a really, really good match with Terry Funk in 98 on Raw. Don't have an exact date, but worth tracking down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I know early Henry gets shit on but I liked him a lot as a guy that just did slams and splashes. Terry Funk was the best worker in 1998 WWF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Mark Henry had a really, really good match with Terry Funk in 98 on Raw. Don't have an exact date, but worth tracking down. This is like 99% Terry Funk being a senile bastard. Holy crap! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw6rtc_1998-06-01-kotrqm-mark-henry-vs-terry-funk_sport Vince does his best to ruin the match but Funk AIN'T HAVIN' IT. 5 minute mark... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Mark Henry had a really, really good match with Terry Funk in 98 on Raw. Don't have an exact date, but worth tracking down. It's on the Network, and yeah, it's a blast. Funk does an Asai Moonsault that's about as graceful as you can imagine 54 year old Terry Funk can pull off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Here's another early Mark Henry match I found that was fun and high impact and the brawl at the end was fun too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxZwRKT36nY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Mark Henry had a really, really good match with Terry Funk in 98 on Raw. Don't have an exact date, but worth tracking down.This is like 99% Terry Funk being a senile bastard. Holy crap!http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xw6rtc_1998-06-01-kotrqm-mark-henry-vs-terry-funk_sport Vince does his best to ruin the match but Funk AIN'T HAVIN' IT. 5 minute mark... That match was way more fun than I had even hoped. Henry is green as gooseshit but Funk leads him along well. I popped for the "Al Issacs Sucks" sign at the beginning as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Watched the Resurrection of Jake Robert doc. Pretty heartwarming story and the physical transformation of Jake and Hall is wonderful to see but the movie is a little infomercially at times and there's a sense of the performative about it. Basically, it's exactly what you think a DDP documentary would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 What the hell ever happened to Al Isaacs anyway? He seems like someone that might make for a fun podcast guest if anyone could track him down, even if just to get to the bottom of who kept feeding him the "Yokozuna's joining the Hart Foundation" rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I still have that Raw taped somewhere. Terry completely nuking his hip/legs on the rail is just insane. That year he was 53 years old, and he's still wrestling eighteen years later. Incredible. Poor Terry's luck with people catching him on his moonsaults. Cactus, Onita, and some others didn't in FMW which he bitched about in his book, and then the Wall did the same thing. He must've forgot about Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 What the hell ever happened to Al Isaacs anyway? He seems like someone that might make for a fun podcast guest if anyone could track him down, even if just to get to the bottom of who kept feeding him the "Yokozuna's joining the Hart Foundation" rumor. He's a touring stand up comic and teaches improv somewhere in New York. He sold Scoops in the late 90s/early 2000s and ekind of quietly left "the scene". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 The Angle series in '06 is the first time I remember thinking that Henry was really good, and then he had that '08 that put him over the top and the Hall of Pain run that's probably my second favorite main roster run for anyone outside of Daniel Bryan in the last seven or eight years. He was trained by the great Leo Burke (from the Maritimes!) IIRC, so it's no shock that he eventually got it and became awesome. In retrospect, that match against John Cena at MitB for the WWE Championship is probably his swan song in terms of great matches. Man, it was so good. My WWE MotY for 2013. This. I'm amazed that run didn't establish him as a bona-fide main eventer from that point on but I guess with constant injuries niggling away and wanting to quit a long time ago it makes sense why he wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 In regards to Mark Henry - I know for me that the ultimate "Holy Fuck I love this guy" moment - was when he came out and was supposed to rip the cage door off except they forgot to gimmick the door/chain. So everyone was all LOL!!! LOOK HOW STUPID HENRY LOOKED!!!! and I was all "Umm... motherfuckers - he ended up legit ripping the door off" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Yeah, it LOOKED stupid at first, but he ripped a fucking chained door cleanly off! Never fuck with Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I would like to see a gif of this if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buy Me a Burrito Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I'd rather watch Henry's retirement promo/angle thing with Cena than any CM Punk promo or match ever. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor-ASDF Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 I would like to see a gif of this if possible. The VQ is terrible but here is the video. See the description and comments to reinforce my point http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x11k2r_mark-henry-fights-a-steel-cage_sport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I vividly remember that, and the same thought process: Why were people joking about this, he tore it open legit! That brief run hanging with MNM was a blast. The battle royal where Angle won the belt after Batista forfeited it was incredible, and Henry was reason 1A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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