Mark Henry Confirms AEW Never Planned for In-Ring Return

Mark Henry’s debut at the AEW Double Or Nothing pay-per-view in 2021 was a significant moment for the company but he ultimately never got to do a lot of things there. In fact, Henry has now revealed that AEW never had plans for him to wrestle at all.

The World’s Strongest Man previously confirmed he would not be re-signing with Tony Khan’s company and since then, he would make an unexpected appearance on the August 12th edition of Monday Night RAW.

While speaking with Donnie DaSilva and Jimmy Korderas on their Huge Pop podcast, Mark Henry, who spent the last three years of his career with All Elite Wrestling in a behind-the-scenes role, mentioned that there were never any discussions about him wrestling for the company.

”No (there were no talks of me competing for AEW). I’m an old, beat-up man. I’m not trying to have nobody whoop my ass.”

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Mark Henry had previously stated that he wanted to wrestle in AEW and even made it clear that he did not rule out having a match in AEW. Regardless, that ship has clearly sailed and Henry is more than happy with his current role outside AEW.

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