Can you believe that Mark Henry has been in the WWE for 20 years? Mark Henry defeated Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler at In Your House 10: Mind Games on September 22nd 1996. Since that day he has had an incredible career, from the Nation of Domination, to Sexual Chocolate to winning the World Heavyweight Championship.

Henry recently sat down with WWE.com for an interview on the 20th anniversary of his career in WWE. Below are some highlights.

Henry on what he tries to teach the younger talent of the WWE locker room:

“I explain to them the culture of the locker room. That’s the foremost thing you have to learn. To respect, to honor the people that came before you, and don’t talk so much. [And] listen. Learn how to humble yourself, and be able to take advice and not feel like you know everything. Once you can do those two things, you open yourself up for the psychology lessons, because people think that our business is being able to flip, jump, catch and all that. It’s really psychology-driven. Sometimes [it’s] simple psychology — big vs. small, fast vs. slow, good vs. evil. But then, it takes an unbelievable turn where – with your movements and your looks and your eyes and actions – you have to be able to tell people what they usually use words for” (Source: WWE).

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What young guys he took under his wing:

“There have been several. Daniel Bryan was one that I take a lot of pride in saying I saw him on the independent scene and told him what his future was going to be before he started here. He just laughed and looked at me like, “OK, I’m just happy to be here.” [Laughs] I said, “No, brother, don’t be happy to be here. You gotta take the initiative to be what I’m telling you that you could be.” Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston … To sit here and say I had a hand in [their careers] is awesome, but I can’t take credit for the work. I can only say I saw something in that person, and did my best to try and help” (Source: WWE).

The full interview is at the link above from WWE!

Mark Henry sounds like an intelligent guy who should get involved in maybe an agent role after he officially retires. Love the messages that he is trying to teach guys.