Mark Henry to retire?

by **Crimey** Tue 18 Jun - 2:47

Mark Henry wrote:#raw #wwe I have spoke to my family and hope to talk to all of you fans tomorrow live from Grand Rapids. Guys Father Time is undefeated.

— TheMarkHenry (@TheMarkHenry) June 17, 2013

Looks like Mark Henry will be retiring on Raw. I am gutted about this, he's been one of the best heels in wrestling over the past two years and it's a shame that it took him so long to find the character to really be a success.

This is like when Batista decided to leave just as he finally got good.

by Ent Tue 18 Jun - 2:51

Has he even been that good lately? He's a fatty with a Head butt and a slam, then he shouts stuff that's bordering on gibberish?

Never understood the forum obsession with his run in the last couple of years.

by **Crimey** Tue 18 Jun - 2:52

He's been great, what he does is very simple I agree, but it always looks great and he's a very effective heel.

by GSC Tue 18 Jun - 2:57

Henrys great because hes simple. Hes a heel that simply wants to hurt people, as opposed to every other heel in the WWE currently. It works.

by CenaNuff Tue 18 Jun - 3:00

Sorry for being ignorant but am I missing something here, where does he indicate he will be retiring?

I have to say if he does it will be sad, I think the hall of pain gimmick really worked for him and I thought he should have won EC instead of Swagger a few months ago.

by Mr Video Man Tue 18 Jun - 3:00

it was a good heel character which suited him......he even had a heel theme for years. "beat him up, beat him up, break his neck, break his neck"

he hurt people and looked genuinely scary. yes it was simple but you knew what mark henry would do to people everytime he got into the ring.

by GSC Tue 18 Jun - 3:03

TheMarkHenry ‏@TheMarkHenry 16h
Whether you loved or hated me in my career.I was all ways there for you.i appreciate u all. Good or bad I will live forever with u the fans.

to boot.

by CenaNuff Tue 18 Jun - 3:04

Oh just looked at his twitter page and it looks 99% that he is retiring. Shame.

by **Crimey** Tue 18 Jun - 3:09

CenaNuff wrote:Sorry for being ignorant but am I missing something here, where does he indicate he will be retiring?

"Father time is undefeated"

by Bull Tue 18 Jun - 3:10

Not retiring he is trolling

by **Crimey** Tue 18 Jun - 3:14

Never mind everybody! Bull knows the truth, panic over.

by Guest Tue 18 Jun - 3:14

I'm with Bull in that it's a swerve.

by CenaNuff Tue 18 Jun - 3:44

Tbh I think Bull might have a point, after last night I was convinced Henry will come back and target Cena. They would have a filler match at MITB where Bryan will go over Orton and then be ready to face Cena at SummerSlam.

by x12x Tue 18 Jun - 4:12

Ent he's been amazing, he's one of the only heels that's booked like he isn't a coward...I like that his only motivation is to hurt people and he's good at it. When he was attacking Sheamus and people asked him why and he just said "because I can"...I thought that was amazing haha

by x12x Tue 18 Jun - 4:13

Also that promo for his appearance last night made me appreciate the world record thing he did a few weeks back with the lorries.

by NickisBHAFC Tue 18 Jun - 4:16

I heard a month or so ago they were planning on turning him face. But after seeing his recent return promos i thought he was remaining heel. Now these tweets about him retiring. Im so confused.

by Kay Fabe Tue 18 Jun - 4:27

I wonder if it'll be an outright retirement or a Flair like storyline that might take him to SummerSlam

by Guest Tue 18 Jun - 4:28

would WWE allow him to tweet this if it were true?

Surely it'll be a play, get a bit of sympathy from the crowd and then do something to garner mega heat

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Tue 18 Jun - 7:08

Henry hasnt been your weasel heel though, he doesnt play the crowd he just goes big or goes home. I hope he gets a long retirement process, MitB and then Summerslam or gets put out before MitB and looks like hes been retired meekly before returning near Summerslam and putting someone over there.

by Shot 21 LCFC Tue 18 Jun - 8:22

I hope he doesnt retire! One of the best heels of the last few years!!

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Tue 18 Jun - 8:26

I'd be a bit gutted, hes done wonders since the character change. His attitude is brilliant.

by Bull Tue 18 Jun - 19:18

Crimey wrote:Never mind everybody! Bull knows the truth, panic over.

I think you owe me a apology Wink

by Shot 21 LCFC Tue 18 Jun - 19:19

Im glad your right Bull, Henry is the man!!!

by MtotheC's Wrasslin Biatch Tue 18 Jun - 19:20

Bull wrote:
Crimey wrote:Never mind everybody! Bull knows the truth, panic over.

I think you owe me a apology

true that.

Looking forward to actually watching this show.
Sounds a lot better than the PPV did.

by TheCultOfPersonality Tue 18 Jun - 19:22

What an amazing actor Mark Henry is!

by Mr H Tue 18 Jun - 19:33

Love how Bull owned Crimey haha!

How does it feel Crimey? HOW DOES IT FEEL?

by **Hero** Tue 18 Jun - 19:44

Bull wrote:
Crimey wrote:Never mind everybody! Bull knows the truth, panic over.

I think you owe me a apology

by CenaNuff Tue 18 Jun - 20:23

Mark Henry was unbelievable last night. That acting would put some Hollywood stars to shame. I still knew what was coming but I went crazy when he gave Cena the WSS. THAT'S WHAT I DO.

by Mr Video Man Tue 18 Jun - 20:24

mark is right your all just puppets

by x12x Tue 18 Jun - 21:13

sjh5678 wrote:mark is right your all just puppets

you're*

by **Crimey** Tue 18 Jun - 21:16

Bull wrote:
Crimey wrote:Never mind everybody! Bull knows the truth, panic over.

I think you owe me a apology

I didn't say that you might not be right, I was speculating, you were asserting.

by **Hero** Tue 18 Jun - 21:18

It was though great to see in this modern day and age a moment like that which does draw the vast majority of people in.

by **Crimey** Tue 18 Jun - 21:24

I was fully pulled in by the promo, it was really well delivered and the attack was done with perfection, you just couldn't see it coming.

Favourite moment apart from the twist was "Not Mae Young, you dummy."

I wish Mark Henry had been like this for longer, he's gold.

by JamesLincs Tue 18 Jun - 21:51

i knew it! that was brilliant! i absolutely knew that was coming

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed 19 Jun - 0:37

Brilliant. Masterstroke by WWE and shows they do pay attention to the rumour mill sometimes. Shame it'll be a filler feud but the moment was worth it. Not sure where he goes after this defeat though.

by NickisBHAFC Wed 19 Jun - 1:27

Always trust Bull!

The Y2J return at the Rumble and now this!!!

by Guest Wed 19 Jun - 6:17

I was well and truly suckered!!!

Henry just utter genius!

by JoshSansom Wed 19 Jun - 7:13

It was fantastic... Smile

I do wonder if they will actually go for it as they did with Henry's WHC title reign and give him the victory. There could be a false finish at MITB and then a Henry victory at SS before a 2 - 3 month reign and then Cena would be able to regain the title for the run in to WM...

by MetalMotty Wed 19 Jun - 7:22

Have watched it now. Was fantastic. Had me sucked in and was working the crowd brilliantly

by x12x Wed 19 Jun - 7:42

Problem is can you see Cena dropping the title this soon? Also isn't Bryan heading for the title feud in the future?

by GSC Wed 19 Jun - 7:44

I'm pretty sure its filler.

by **Hero** Wed 19 Jun - 7:47

Why don't we just ask the oracle that is Bull?

by GSC Wed 19 Jun - 7:48

Did your completely made up friend that knows someone at United tell you that Hero? Whistle

by **Hero** Wed 19 Jun - 7:51

He's moved to Hong Kong for 6 months.

by GSC Wed 19 Jun - 7:58

Convenient Whistle

by **Hero** Wed 19 Jun - 8:03

Not really, I can't get any news off him now.

by CenaNuff Wed 19 Jun - 9:20

TheMarkHenry ‏[ltr]@TheMarkHenry[/ltr]20h
When I stop laughing at ALL of you I will send a proper tweet.

TheMarkHenry ‏[ltr]@TheMarkHenry[/ltr]6h
I'm still laughing . pic.twitter.com/6C3hnrIRTy

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA this man is a genius.

by Bull Wed 19 Jun - 9:23

Hero wrote:Why don't we just ask the oracle that is Bull?

by Mr Video Man Wed 19 Jun - 22:05

got to admit..........we were all fooled by him....pulled our strings like the puppets we are Wink

by x12x Wed 19 Jun - 22:13

I was in two minds...I kept saying to myself "something had to happen! something just has to happen!" and then as it went on I was starting to believe it, especially with his welling up and the "I'm not Mae Young dummy!" line...it felt real and then when he finally attacked I Marked for Henry...even if people saw it coming it still goes down as one of the best acting I've seen in WWE for a very very long time.

I have to say the whole show was pretty good...Raw really should be two hours though, I felt like that would have been the perfect end to the night.

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