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How can "The Worlds Strongest Man" never have been WWE champion?

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#1 ·
Why the fuck has Mark Henry never been WWE champion?

He's the world's strongest man. There is no gimmick more deserving of being the champion in a wrestling company, than the world's strongest man. No gimmick more believable as the champion of a wrestling company, than the world's strongest man.

Fuck Vince.
 
#2 ·
Not saying Henry shouldn't have ever been WWE champ, but since when does one attribute mean someone deserves to be something?

Just cause someone can run real fast, does it mean he should play baseball? Or just because someone has good hand-eye coordination, does it mean they should play hockey?

If you watch sports, you'll see how many guys are just 1 thing, nothing else, and their overall success suffers. In baseball, one guy might be fast(and can steal bases), but if he can't even get on base to begin with, or can't even field, then there's really no point of being a fast guy at all.

Like I said, not saying Henry didn't deserve to be WWE Champ, but if only reason is cause of being "worlds strongest man", that's not really best of reasons. Just like in UFC, strongest guys in company don't always win the fights. Sure, WWE doesn't matter how strong someone is because it's all planned out, but still, should be considered similar concept.
 
#3 ·
His time came too late, I guess. With stars like Goldberg, HHH, Cena, Rock, Brock, Batista, Angle, Jericho, Taker, and HBK. Henry just played that character who if you beat him, it pretty much meant you overcame HUGE odds. I never expected to enjoy Henry's WHC reign as much as I did.
 
#8 ·
That.

Vince will hand the black guys the SmackDown title one time when they're like 40 years old to try to prove he isn't racist, but they have a glass ceiling in WWE, the top title is totally out of bounds. It's like being English in WWE but a little better because at least they get SOMETHING.
 
#6 ·
Why would you be more believable just because you are the strongest? That's hardly the one key component in fighting. Pudzianowski isn't a good fighter.

As for Henry he's just never made it to that top spot. What was more surprising is that he had never even been a world champ at all until a couple of years ago but his role was just that of being the obstacle to overcome.
 
#7 ·
At least he did win a world title. The WWE signed him back in 1996. He was always getting injured and to WWE's credit, they never gave up on him. They have always used him on TV. He actually got better as the years went on
 
#12 ·
I'm so sick and tired of reading stupid racist accusations.

Henry was never that good and there were always people a lot better than him.

That's why.
 
#16 ·
Have you seen Mark Henry for the past 16 years?

I'll say this. His World Title run a while back was not only the best run he ever had....it was the only good one. And even that was nothing cutting edge or new. They basically took the big man and actually had him win. It really wasn't that different from his runs in 2004 & 2006. The only change was that they had him win, so he came off as more credible.

Before that though, I remember shitty awful Henry that was around forever and ever and ever and ever and was always in line for big pushes and always either sucked or he always got hurt. Him being injury prone has been a massive problem as he always feels like he is one of those guys that always has a push cut short because he gets hurt. Again, this isn't a recent thing. It has been going on for most of his career. Now I guess you could say the same thing about Edge, but Edge was at least good! I missed Edge whenever he was off TV.

I don't think I can think of anybody that got as many chances as he did to get over. It really is one of the most peculiar cases in wrestling history.

Now when you look at Mark Henry's career, he was on the same roster as The Rock, The Undertaker, Steve Austin, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, Edge, Randy Orton, Mick Foley, The Big Show (he wasn't even the only big guy around!), Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Kane, & CM Punk, all while they were in their primes. Not to mention the roster of guys he was surrounded with like Carlito, Shelton Bejamin, Christian, and various others that had potential but didn't that big push in the end for one reason or another. Would you push Henry over those guys? Hell the only reason he got a World Title run in the first place is because there are two World Titles and that doubles the amount of World Title spots.
 
#19 ·
Because Mark Henry just isn't THAT great. I mean, I stopped watching WWE around 2005 or so and even then I was wondering why the fuck were they bothering with this guy. He seemed to make a 'big return' every couple of years and nobody gave a shit. Then in 2011 he finally gives it some welly and becomes the perfect heel monster. Sorry, but too little too late.

In fact, yeah what TripleG said. Another case for scrapping two world titles right there.
 
#24 · (Edited)
Kofi Kingston?
Booker T?
Bobby Lashley?
R Truth?

Im pretty sure Titus O´neill will soon get either the tag team title or in some time some other title.


It wasn´t because he was black.

1. He dont have IT for a wwe champ.
2. He´s rarely over with the crowd as both heel and face. It come a bit now when he was the whc champ, but before that nah.
3. He is not very talented in other areas other than being strong.
4. The competition have always been so much better: Goldberg, Bork Laser, Batista, HBK, Triple H, JBL, Cena etc.
5. Big Show is a far better big intimidating guy then Henry because Big Show have Charisma and can work that mic.
 
#31 ·
I was happy as hell when he got the WHC. The way the WWE title looks now, would you have took his HOP gimmick seriously?
I always felt Mark was a Smackdown guy, so when he had his run in 2011, he accomplished something big in WWE.
 
#33 ·
I will never understand why people get so upset when people suggest that racism could be involved in WWE. Stop living in a delusional bubble & realize race plays a factor in almost everything in life. Why is it so crazy to think Vince doesn't like the idea of a black carrying the companies title? Oh, because he gave it to The Rock? A lot of non-wrestling fans don't even know he's black. Its not exactly easy to tell by looking at him.

Not saying EVERY black wrestler was WWE Title material but come on, the fact that there has NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER been a black WWE Champion isn't just some coincidence.

In Henry case, I didn't think he was WWE Championship material until his heel push back near 05. He was a joke for a lot of his career. He was never really given the ball until his WHC reign in 2011. He could have pulled that run off 4-5 years before then.
 
#34 ·
Agreed.

Vince will hand the black guys the SmackDown title one time when they're like 40 years old to try to prove he isn't racist, but they have a glass ceiling in WWE, the top title is totally out of bounds.
Unfortunately this.

And to be fair prior to 2011, Mark henry's 2003 run is worth a mention, he came out looking dominant that year. And it's not Henry's fault what booking he was given prior to his breakout moment. Thankfully he was given a chance. Still maybe a little too late for him to hold the wwe belt now but never say never. And if his time has really passed like people keep saying.. :rolleyes:

Then I hope Big E can be a future wwe champion eventually.
 
#36 ·
Agreed.



Unfortunately this.

And to be fair prior to 2011, Mark henry's 2003 run is worth a mention, he came out looking dominant that year. And it's not Henry's fault what booking he was given prior to his breakout moment. Thankfully he was given a chance. Still maybe a little too late for him to hold the wwe belt now but never say never. And if his time has really passed like people keep saying.. :rolleyes:

Then I hope Big E can be a future wwe champion eventually.
Oh please no. Big E is going to have to pull some serious talent out of his ass if he's going to be in the main event. He looks good, that's it. And even then, he's a short dude.

As for people calling foul, WWE hasn't really had a talented black wrestler who was capable of being main event worthy!

Ahmed Johnson - Awful. Looked great, but he sucked in every other way.

Farooq - Talented guy, but he was in the latter stages of his career and was featured in a time of wrestling where proven draws like Austin and the Rock were stressed.

The Rest of the Nation - Godfather was horrible, don't deny it, he sucked. His Godfather gimmick saved him. Mark Henry sucked, until recently. Late bloomer. The Rock is half but he won the title, so kudos to him!

Booker T - Okay, I'll admit, WWE dropped the ball with this one. Badly.

Ezekiel Jackson - See Ahmed Johnson.

R-Truth - Old, TNA history, and WWE was leading to the CM Punk story, which ended up drawing more fans anyway.

Sweet Daddy Siki never wrestled for the WWE, the Big Cat Ernie Ladd was busy breaking racial barriers down in the South, God bless him, and Bobo Brazil was pushed as a singles star, but considering the legend they had as WWWF champion I can't blame them for not giving him the strap, Rocky Johnson retired early, Tony Atlas sucked in the ring, back when it mattered.

I don't blame Vince or WWE even back in it's older days. There was never anyone of legitimate talent to push.
 
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