The World’s Strongest Man Mark Henry recently departed from AEW. Now, Henry reflected on his run in AEW and the role he had during his tenure.
While speaking on the Huge Pop podcast, Henry shared what he thought his duties were in AEW before he joined the company, and what he felt after spending some time in the company.
“Tightening the screws requires you to be able to break your tool kit out. No (AEW did not give me a screwdriver to work with). So, there was a point where I realized that I wasn’t there to tighten the screws. I was there for name recognition and visibility, and that’s a horrible place to feel if you’re a creative and there’s people that do a good job that I like, they’re thinking and their thought processes.
“But even them, they don’t get to do all the things that they wanna do. Because it’s not their action figures being played with. So you have to do what you’re told. If I own a company, you best believe you better do what I ask you to do or you won’t work for me. So I get it. Go and get your check and go home. Do what you’re asked to do, handle your creative and you make a suggestion, don’t get the boo-boo face when you get told no.” [H/T POST Wrestling]
Mark Henry on the difference between Tony Khan and Triple H
During the same interview, Mark Henry shared what he thinks is the difference between Tony Khan and Triple H.
“Yeah, you’re wrong because it’s Tony’s company and Tony gets to do whatever he wants to do… You can make all the suggestions in the world. But if he don’t wanna do that, he’s not gonna do that. The same thing with Triple H running WWE. He’s the boss. But the difference is Triple H leans on the fact that he has brilliant minds around him and he’ll go, you know what? I think it would go better this way but we gonna do it your way to see, and when it works, ‘Aye man, good job. That was a good call. That’s a good call.’ When he messes up, ‘Uh, we should’ve did it my way,’ or, ‘I’m gonna let somebody else get a shot next time, at making a call.’ You’re still handing the pie different directions. You gotta do things on a timely manner too,” Mark Henry said.
Recently Mark Henry was spotted as an audience during an episode of Raw along with his son Jacob Henry.
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