Rating The Champ: Mark Henry

May 1, 2020
4 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former World Heavyweight Champion, Mark Henry.

1996

Vs. Jerry Lawler (IYH 10: Mind Games) *1/2

1998

W/ The Nation vs. Shamrock, Johnson, Chainz, Skull & 8-Ball (No Way Out of Texas) **1/2
W/ The Nation vs. Faarooq, Shamrock & Blackman (Unforgiven) *
Vs. Vader (Fully Loaded) 3/4*
Vs. The Rock (Judgment Day) *
Vs. New Age Outlaws vs. The Headbangers – WWF Tag Team Championship (Survivor Series) *1/4
W/ D’Lo Brown vs. Val Venis & The Godfather (Rock Bottom) 1/2*

1999

W/ D’Lo Brown vs. Owen Hart & Jeff Jarrett – WWF Tag Team Championship (St. Valentine’s Day Massacre) *
W/ D’Lo Brown vs. Kane & X-Pac – WWF Tag Team Championship (Over the Edge) **3/4
Vs. D’Lo Brown – WWF European Championship (Unforgiven) *
W/ Gangrel, Venis & Blackman vs. Bulldog & Mean Street Posse (Survivor Series) 1/2*

2000

Vs. Viscera (No Way Out) DUD

2003

W/ Team Bischoff vs. Team Austin (Survivor Series) ****1/4
Vs. Booker T (Armageddon) *

2006

Vs. Kurt Angle – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) 1/2*
Casket: Vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 22) *1/4
Vs. Kurt Angle (Judgment Day) **3/4

2007

Lumberjack: Vs. Kane (One Night Stand) 1/2*
Vs. The Undertaker (Unforgiven) DUD
W/ Big Daddy V vs. CM Punk & Kane (Armageddon) *1/2

2008

Vs. Kane vs. Big Show – ECW Championship (Night of Champions) *1/2
Vs. Tommy Dreamer – ECW Championship (The Great American Bash) 1/2*
Vs. Matt Hardy – ECW Championship (SummerSlam) DUD
Championship Scramble – ECW Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/2
Vs. Matt Hardy – ECW Championship (No Mercy) ***
W/ Team Orton vs. Team Batista (Survivor Series) ***
Belfast Brawl: Vs. Finlay (Armageddon) *

2009

MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania XXV) ***1/4
Championship Scramble – ECW Championship (The Bash) **1/2
W/ MVP vs. JeriShow – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (Breaking Point) **1/4
W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Bragging Rights) ***1/4
W/ Team Kofi vs. Team Orton (Survivor Series) ***1/2

2010

Tag Team Gauntlet Match (Extreme Rules) DUD
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
Tag Team Turmoil – WWE Tag Team Championship (Night of Champions) **

2011

Vs. Big Show (Money in the Bank) **
Vs. Sheamus (SummerSlam) ***1/4
Vs. Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4
HIAC: Vs. Randy Orton – World Heavyweight Championship (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
Vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Vengeance) ***1/2
Vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) 3/4*
Chairs: Vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) 1/2*

2012

Steel Cage: Vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) *1/2
W/ Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy (WrestleMania XXVIII) **