Mark Henry to retire?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

"Father time is undefeated"

Not retiring he is trolling

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I think you owe me a apology

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

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.

What an amazing actor Mark Henry is!

Love how Bull owned Crimey haha!

How does it feel Crimey? HOW DOES IT FEEL?

Bull wrote:

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

I think you owe me a apology  

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.

mark is right your all just puppets

sjh5678 wrote:mark is right your all just puppets

you're*

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Always trust Bull!

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

I was well and truly suckered!!!

Henry just utter genius!

It was fantastic...

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...

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

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

I'm pretty sure its filler.

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

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

He's moved to Hong Kong for 6 months.

Convenient

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

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

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

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.