MASSIVELY underrated as a strongman!! The “gimmick” was no bullshit, he was a freak of nature!! 💪

@mulltothree4375

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah guy could dunk a basketball at his size.

@tomisthehebitch

3 жыл бұрын

@@mulltothree4375 I know 😂 takes some athlete to do that

@fingersTitan

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in 80s England watching Worlds Strongest Man every year religiously and still do to this day and WWF.. Mark Henry came along and it irked me everytime I had to hear him being called Worlds Strongest Man when he never entered it. The Arnold isn't recognised outside the USA.. A kids version of Worlds to Europeans.. It still is. Shame he never tried it.. He could of used it legit instead of a gimmick.

@think7220

Жыл бұрын

@@fingersTitan The reigning WSM winner lost to mark Henry at that Arnold classic. And the WSM for that year had yet to be held, so it’s not like the guy was just a previous winner, he was the REIGNING champ

@winward3

3 ай бұрын

@@fingersTitan Mark still holds the world record for drug free unassisted Deadlift, Squat and Clean if im not mistaken lol. Been 30 years. Guy was absolutely a freak. And natural. The gimmick wasnt bs at all.

The fact that he could dunk a basketball at his size and weight showed how much of a freak of nature he was/is. Not just strong, but athletic as hell and resilient too.

It's crazy to think how far Mark Henry could have got if he had solely focused on strength his entire career

@bouttobreak12

3 жыл бұрын

He'd have been a monster, up there with eddie, thor, Brian, Z and the guys for sure. what gets me is he's supposedly clean his entire career

@theteddy1487

3 жыл бұрын

@@bouttobreak12 definitely wasn't clean. Almost all arhletes claim to be for fear of being stigmatized or discredited

@cfields8507

3 жыл бұрын

@@theteddy1487 he was tested during the Olympics and came back clean.

@theteddy1487

3 жыл бұрын

@@cfields8507 because he cycled like anyone on gear. You're gullible if you actually think he was clean

@Nick-ow3vk

3 жыл бұрын

@The Teddy he was clean the entire time. He left the sport because it was so many guys on PED’s he felt like he was being cheated. He has said this many times over the years

Mark Henry never peaked. Imagine what he could have done if he had.

Honest, humble, not interested in claiming anything he couldn’t do. Mark gave credit to his peers as deserved. Class act!!

He wasn't called "the strongest man in the world" he was called "the world's strongest man" & he was definitely worthy of his reputation.

The pure explosiveness that Mark cleaned and pressed that bar with, incredible, and keep in mind at this point he had been retired from strength sports for several years (unless you count WWE as a strength sport). I know he spent some time training to prepare for this competition because his job was on the line but still just imagine what kind of crazy things Mark could have done if he continued to train and compete full time in Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Strongman throughout the late 90s and the 2000s, I feel he would have set many more records that might still stand to this day.

@robskovira5626

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie hall sure as hell would not have been the first to pull 500 kilos

@saltyone5778

2 жыл бұрын

@@robskovira5626 agreed

@dr.floridamanphd

2 жыл бұрын

@@robskovira5626 I’m not sure. Mark held the record at 403.5kg or 903 pounds. Raw with wraps. Eddie was using every gimmick possible and it damn near killed him. I’m not saying Mark wouldn’t have been able to go beyond 403kg but he wouldn’t have been able to do 500.

@dr.floridamanphd

2 жыл бұрын

He may have been retired from strength sports but he never stopped training. On one WWE event (I can’t remember which one) he pulled two semi trucks. Granted this was still very early in his career as a pro wrestler but he hadn’t quit training at that level.

One of the smartest men in the wrestling business! He was able to get some SWEET deal contracts out of the WWE!

@nomercy4life

2 жыл бұрын

Hope so he deserves it

And he didn't even catch the bar on his clavicles. He just caught the weight on his wrists! Fucking nuts!

@SlaughterhouseJTV

3 жыл бұрын

Bro I noticed the same shit that’s fucking crazy

@chriswelcome8102

2 жыл бұрын

Shoulders* you'd break your damn clavicles with this thing

he's already pulling 950 back in 02 .. thats insane.

@elberggaenorme5044

3 жыл бұрын

Above the knee deadlift

@angrybear2332

2 жыл бұрын

The first 900 deadlift from the floor in competition was done in 1983 by Dan wouliber from ohio

@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj0

2 жыл бұрын

Look up Doyle kennady dead lift

@domls1317

Жыл бұрын

Look up Andrew Bolton

@jt1899

Жыл бұрын

He was hitting 815 as a senior in highschool

Brotherhood, such a blessing. I hope I’m as blessed as he is for the same type of love. Even when you’re feeling angry. Being shown that people actually loved him and cheered for him. A blessed man that just so happens to be strong.

I think Mark still drives the Hummer he won from this.

So many people have no idea how strong this man was and still is. Also a great guy! A true legend

Perhaps the only PED-free Arnold strongman winner and the strongest PED-free man of all time

@angrybear2332

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@MonkeyThreeThousand

10 ай бұрын

Why do people keep saying this? He isn't natural

Everything I've ever seen about Mark is that he is one of the nicest people you will ever meet

@JB-xh5mc

2 жыл бұрын

I met him as a kid a long time ago at an H.E.B.(A grocery store) in Austin Texas. He was as big as the entire isle... I walked up to him unwavering and said, "You're Mark Henry!" He said,"Yes I am little man" and shook my hand with a smile. A genuinely classy human being. One of my fondest memories.

You forgot to mention that during Mark Henry's hummer push, they forgot to take the E-brake off and he still won the event.

@SlaughterhouseJTV

3 жыл бұрын

You’ve got to be fucking joking that’s insane 😂

@nomercy4life

2 жыл бұрын

It had to happen to the black guy huh

@mrraven7445

2 жыл бұрын

High school we had a similar even to that but instead a team of 4 pushed a fire truck. We were the first ones up and spent our 1 min trying to move it and we couldn’t. Guy forgot to take it off park. They let us go again but we were all gassed by then and lost that event.

@theteddy1487

2 жыл бұрын

@@SlaughterhouseJTV proof?

@WhirlwindHeatAndFlash

2 жыл бұрын

@@theteddy1487 Not needed. This is the internet. You can just make up random sh. on the spot and never have to actually provide any evidence at all. Just saying it with conviction is enough.

Wow this was an amazing piece. Thanks a lot BarBend!

"It might sound arrogant..." Nah. I feel like arrogance is un-earned confidence, and Mark Henry has clearly earned it.

@Ipherix

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eli1993. no

Thoroughly enjoyed this video! I enjoyed it SO MUCH, in fact, that I gave it a GREAT, BIG, HUMONGOUS "thumbs up" and subscribed to the channel and also clicked onto the bell icon to receive all of the notifications. Thank you ever so much for making this terrific video. Please keep up the wonderful work.

Mark Henry brought me here. ✊🏻💪🏻🙏🏻💙

Literally no strongman ever or since has cleaned the Axle bar off the ground to their chin like that, especially for 3 reps he's a living legend

@angrybear2332

2 жыл бұрын

Wrong , misha koklaev did.

@gman2419

2 жыл бұрын

@@angrybear2332 also a full clean without stopping at chest on the 385 lb log. For reps

@flamezoidtron

2 жыл бұрын

@@angrybear2332 wrong, your mom did

One amazing testament to Henry's strength was during his wrestling career For those unfamiliar, a press slam is just what it sounds like, you press your opponent over your head (usually with their cooperation) and either slam them immediately or hold them up a few seconds before slamming them. This was a staple of most of the stronger wrestlers, and they'd regularly press guys 220-300 lbs. Mark Henry press slammed 'Big Van Vader; a 6'5, 430lb former center for the L.A. Rams, and a powerlifter himself.

The brotherhood...love it.

@nopenope5035

2 жыл бұрын

Thats alot of strength sports man.

The brotherhood.. Hell yea.

I loved mark henry in wrestling and always love hearing him tell stories

Mark Henry is the strongest NATTY lifter of all time and many of his records still stand.

@TheWolvesCurse

3 жыл бұрын

his 5 lift super total is still the highest for 25 years now.

@rorycreane7581

2 жыл бұрын

As natty as rich piana or mike o hearn or brad Castleberry

@dr.floridamanphd

2 жыл бұрын

@@rorycreane7581, the reason Mark left Olympic weightlifting was because he couldn’t compete against guys who were dirty. Mark Henry has always competed as a natural and he’s proud of that. Not only that but he’s a country boy. His momma would’ve whipped his ass if he was on drugs.

@Termitegrrn

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.floridamanphd I hope your right.

@lightspamorochi766

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.floridamanphd bro 😂😂 you don't shoulder press 400+ and break a goddamn metal chain with your bare hands natty. It ain't happening.

how he cleaned it right to shoulders with a double over hand grip. jesus

@dannyb1979

3 жыл бұрын

That's because back then straps were unheard of and everyone had to/should have trained their grip and train it properly Now it's a forgotten art and straps are relied on far too much. Personally I think they should be removed from the sport; more so the Fig 8 straps, they IMO just take the piss!

@abiola82

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannyb1979 what would you recommend to improve grip strength, I just started going to the gym a few months and I am making good progress, I deadlift without straps or a belt because I don't think I need them yet.

@dannyb1979

3 жыл бұрын

@@abiola82 Don't use straps at all; that's a starter. Also do plate pinches, buy something like the Blue Fat Grips, or even the Fat Gripz Extreme, maybe a Rolling Thunder and/or pinch block etc Even deadlifting and doing rows on an axle bar; overhand will work massively towards your grip

@abiola82

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannyb1979 thanks for the advice

@dannyb1979

3 жыл бұрын

@@abiola82 No worries; as I've always advise 'just pick stuff up'. Don't think about it; just do it . Do all deads overhand where you can, no thumb and then when grip starts to weaken, use your thumb etc. Hook grip is also a good one to learn, its a fantastic grip but it does hurt when the bar starts to get heavier

I love seeing some of the other strongmen clap seeing Henry dominate the apollon wheel

Just discovered about this man and I'm really impressed, to beat guys like Karlsen and Pfister at their own game is impressive! At that time Samuelsson was also an impressive strongman, such a shame they didn't invite him

@antoniocenteno1483

3 жыл бұрын

He did got invited i belive but many guys turned down cause they where not sure it was worth it and try to focus in solething else. Boy they got that wrong, huh?.

@anindohowlader8377

2 жыл бұрын

his static strength wasn’t good Of Samuelson

@angrybear2332

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

When I first saw Mark Henry in the WWF I thought it was all a gimmick but this dude is as strong as a rhino. Only man since Thomas Inch to clean and press the inch dumbbell. 173 pound dumbbell that is extremely thick. He cleaned and pressed it with one arm.

It's sad that the WWE didn't make it rather clear that when they say he is the "world's strongest man"... they actually mean it! they could have done that so easily. But instead it just seemed like a gimmick, because they didn't tell anyone that they're actually being serious. So strange. They brought him to the WWE for that very reason (cutting his incredible strength career short), and they didn't properly utilise it. They could have gotten some other strong guy and gave him the same title, and it would have been no different as far as the fans knew. Also fucked up his credibility, because the WWE is about stories and larger than life characters and stretching the facts, like their heights. So it instantly seems made up, when the WWE says he is the strongest man in the world. Very strange. Over 99% of wrestling fans who know Mark Henry, would be surprised when they hear his strength record (especially once they see the context of why it was all so impressive, as far as age, the competition, disciplines, the records at the time).

@feynmanschwingere_mc2270

Жыл бұрын

100% facts. In fact, MANY consider Mark Henry to be the strongest human ever. Dude STILL has several records that still stand despite all the steroids.

One thing that bothers me some about this legend, is just that I’ve seen all types of videos and podcasts with body builders and strongmen champs discussing other legendary guys. I’ve never really ever seen many discussing the legend and records of Mark Henry. You can find all the wrestlers talking about how incredible this guy was. Sadly it’s hard to find the current bodybuilder guys giving Mark Henry his well deserved recognition. I mean there’s a few mentions of him I’ve come across, but nowhere near what is deserved. Mark is an absolute legend. Loved being able to watch his whole career!

I hope Vince McMahon gave him a big, big, big raise or something like that.

@braddorcas9363

3 жыл бұрын

He already had a big contract. He was given a fat contract coming out of the olympics. Eventually the WWE soured on him a bit and gave him shit gimmicks hoping he'd just quit and leave the contract but Mark perservered through and kept collecting them cheques. And eventually he grew into the legend he became. It's probably why they gave him that ultimatum of "you better win this or you're done" considering how well he was being paid for being so green when given the contract.

I'm surprised they don't have more footage of this. Crazy in an age when it's so easy to do.

Definitely the comradery is what drew me to the sport.

Amazing doc, long live Mark Henry

He is the STRONGEST HUMAN TO EVER LIVE. Seriously. Dude is a super-freakish human being. Strongest man ever.

Nice video 👍 thank you

This man was deadlifting 950lbs in 2002, with no gear, while not training. W...T...F

That was good. glad I found tour channel.

Mark Henry, you are an amazing human being

Kaz still looked huge at the first Arnold's

Dude was an absolute beast

12:45 that's o some degree still there today. one of the reasons why i love this sport. you want to see the limits of the human body broken and overcome. everyone in this sport wants to see records falling and people succeeding. of course there's some beef between some athletes every now and then, but that might also just be there to create more interest and drama around these comoetitions. you know who i'm talking about. the respect and sportsmanship between the athletes overall in this sport is honorable and admirable.

When they showed the strongman and they panned to mark he looks like he's ready to go all out such an amazing athlete who has a lot of explosive power

Mark Henry has strategy!!!

So true! Who remembers the dudes/dudettes/teams that came in second place?

Mark henry is awesome!!!

Love to you Mark. Much respect

Great strength he has 💪

He had been wrestling for years by then. Crazy.

one of the most natural gifted people we will ever see true silverback strength. so lets just appreciate we actually get to see this

That's My Guy. The Strongest Man On Earth 🌎 ❤

Strongman definitely is a different kind of sport. Where others are all Me vs Everyone, or My Team vs Everyone, strongman feels more like Us vs The Human Body from the athletes. All of the guys stand there and cheer eachother on and scream and jump and get excited when another guy does something incredible, even if it means they just got beat on the lift. All of them know the insane physical toll and effort it takes to be at that level, and push human strength beyond imagination. They're all on the same team against human potential.

I’ll subscribe to you because this is an awesome video

Mark is an all round class act

Can we take a moment to acknowledge how big Kaz looked in 2002 jesus (5.48)

Not only a strong man……but a smart man. Respect.

Good for Vince to challenge mark and for him to raise to the occasion and soar

A little disappointed you didn’t give Phil credit for winning WSM and just called him a finalist.

@freakied0550

3 жыл бұрын

At the time of this competition, Pfister had yet to win one, so it's historically accurate in that context.

@richardgreer459

3 жыл бұрын

freakied0550 yeah but he called him a 3 time WSM Finalist and he also hadn’t achieved that accolade yet in 2002. All he had to say was Phil Pfister “a future WSM champion in his own right” *edit I’m wrong on this

Mark Henry is most underatted he had no ceiling could've set log records yoke and so many more

Mark Henry as legit as you get

The strongest man to compete in clean events

iwould have liked to see mark henry go against brian shaw, eddie hall and the mountain to see who was the strongest. in their primes of course

@dr.floridamanphd

2 жыл бұрын

Eddie, Brian, and Thor are all on various PEDs. Thor has openly admitted to using steroids in the past. Mark has always been clean. That’s a bit of an uneven playing field, but it would still be amazing to watch all of them in their prime compete against one another at the Arnold.

I wish I grew up on mark Henry as a strongman rather than wrestling.

I was there for that one

Mighty Mark✔️💪👑💯💝

Legend.

The best part is all his records in high school to current have been CLEAN!!! NO Drugs and NO Steroids

@MonkeyThreeThousand

10 ай бұрын

No

This video is great!

I still remember how he legit broke that padlock. I was like "that was real! "

Kaz was enormous!

Mark Henry is a legend, there will always be a never ending debate of if he was natural or not but honestly the man is a freak nonetheless

Mark Henry should have been a Dlineman in the NFL.

The strongest NATURAL man in this world, since the late great Louis Cyr. A legend.

Arnold classic has definitely not eclipsed the worlds strongest man. Not even close

@aleksis1808

3 жыл бұрын

Well... I really enjoy the ASC over WSM... The only thing that keeps WSM going is it name I guess

@antoniocenteno1483

3 жыл бұрын

Let´s see *Arnolds* : Heavier events: Done Tougher comp: Done More price $: Done Hummer: Done Innovating events: Done Push the limits of strenght: Done More prestigious: Done No controversy: Done No fixed comps: Done Live: Done Bigger crowd: Done *WSM* Has "strongest man" on the name: Done Squats: Done That´ll be all

@steveo3287

3 жыл бұрын

@@antoniocenteno1483 The name is everything though. Mark Henry may have been the strongest Man in the world but technically he hasn't won the world's strongest Man so can he say he's WSM. Everyone knows it. Only fans know of Arnold classic.

@AA-tq7dm

3 жыл бұрын

It's all opinion. I grew up watching WSM in the 90s and loved it but in my opinion the ASC is the better show. Athletes are treat better and are also paid much more and you guarantee the best of the best in the final because of the qualifying they have. At WSM you often see guys perform badly in the heats that could place very well in the final with events. Getting 50 or so grand for winning what you say is the top show is an absolute joke. It has the name,that's literally it but regardless, if we want Strongman to grow. We NEED multiple top shows for these athletes, it's not all about WSM, anyone who wants good things for the sport will accept that.

@holypoop88

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveo3287 mariusz pudzianowski has the most wins in WSM; however he could never win the Arnold... even the years he won WSM. Arnold Classic is the true test of strength

I learned something

Cool🔥👍

Why haven't they used Mark Henry in Movies ??? This Dude is phenomenal .

Mark henry was up there definitely but you can’t rule out the absolute animal Zydrunas Savickas. Mark had a lot of potential but not many compete with Zyndrunas.

@tomkazmierczak8864

2 жыл бұрын

Pudzianowski

@curedham2963

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomkazmierczak8864 yea he was a beast as well

7:14 "that is what i do "

raw

What a freak 💪🏽

950lb deadlift damm

"Sampson" took lifting lessons Mark Henry

Modern Day Sampson!!

Terry Todd taylor made it for henry to win it. He was allowed to train on the equipment. No one else was permitted to.

@dr.floridamanphd

2 жыл бұрын

Negative, ghost rider. They were all told what the events were and what the weight ranges would be. Mark just trained at a higher level.

3:13 those are some strong pants

Henry was Dr. Todd's protege. The various events at ASC were designed by Todd and Henry had practiced these very events under Todd's supervision. Rigged? No, but Mark clearly had a big advantage compared to Svend and the other athletes in 2002!

@feynmanschwingere_mc2270

Жыл бұрын

Svend and company all hold Henry in the highest regard, they all say he was/is the strongest.

Legend, I remember when Rey Mysterio had the belt and he faced Mark Henry ( non tile ) Mark won come on WWE - HOF

his balls told him all that ?? respect.

He was not going to fired for not winning. But nice promo Mark.

I am Herniating just watching this...

He’s the first ASC champion a big difference from WSM title. A very far stretch for him to call himself a world’s strongest man.

@AA-tq7dm

3 жыл бұрын

He beat the reigning WSM in this very comp so not really too far a stretch.

@adgcih1689

2 жыл бұрын

@@AA-tq7dm that years wsm got destroyed the year after.

While I agree this was impressive him saying “I was the worlds strongest man” isn’t true. The strongman competitors save themselves specifically for worlds strongest man contest every year. More than likely these guys were gassed and weren’t in 100% shape for this lesser competition. He was competing with guys at their 80%.

imagine if Mark Henry took juice

@dr.floridamanphd

2 жыл бұрын

He’d be bench pressing triple-wide trailers if he did that 😂

@MonkeyThreeThousand

10 ай бұрын

He did

Too bad giant live wasn't a thing in his era seems like that's exactly what he would want to compete in

Some people would of went bankrupt bidding back yonder lol

Fuck Kaz was staunch

They wanted to test raw strength but had a contest for reps? That's endurance testing lol