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| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" |  '''Details'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | '''Steven Larson'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Jules Jerrold Ladd
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Born'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |June 12, 1971 (age 43)<br>[[Silsbee, Texas]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 398 lb (181 kg)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Austin, Texas]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | June 12, 1971 (age 40) <br> Silsbee, Texas
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | New York
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |'''Mark Henry'''<br>Markswoggle
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Leo Burke <br> [[Heart Wrestling Family|Heart family members]]
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |398 lb (181 kg)
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Debut'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" | September 22, 1996
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Silsbee, Texas
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |Leo Burke<br>[[Heart Wrestling Family|Heart family members]]<br>Lewis Hotchin
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| style="text-align: left;" |'''Debut'''
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| bgcolor="#ffffff" |September 22, 1996
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'''Mark Jerrold Henry''' is an American professional wrestler currently signed with [[IWE]], where he performs on its [[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brand]]. Aside from wrestling, he is a [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympian]], and winner of the [[Arnold Strongman Classic|2002 Arnold Strongman Classic]]. Since joining the IWF/E in 1996, he has become a [[List of WWE European Champions|one-time]] [[IWE European Championship|IWF European Champion]] and a [[List of XCW World Heavyweight Champions|one-time]] [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world champion]], having held the [[XCW World Heavyweight Championship|XCW Championship]] in 2008.
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'''Jules Jerrold Ladd''' (born June 12, 1971) is an American [[Powerlifting|powerlifter]], [[Olympic Weightlifting|Olympic weightlifter]], [[Strongman (Strength Athlete)|strongman]], and [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestler]] who is currently signed to [[IWE]] on the ''[[IWE Raw|Raw]]'' brand. He was a two-time [[NBC Olympic Games|Olympian]] in [[NBC Summer Olympics (1992)|1992]] and [[NBC Summer Olympics (1996)|1996]] and a Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist at the [[Pan American Games (1995)|Pan American Games]] in 1995. As a powerlifter, he was [[World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation|WDFPF]] World Champion (1995) and a two-time [[U.S.A. Powerlifting#USAPL National Champions|U.S. National Champion]] (1995 and 1997) as well as an all-time raw world record holder in the [[Squat (Exercise)|squat]] and [[Deadlift|deadlift]]. Currently, he still holds the [[World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation|WDFPF]] world records in the squat, deadlift and total and the [[U.S.A. Powerlifting|USAPL]] American record in the deadlift since 1995. He is credited for the biggest raw squat and raw powerlifting total ever performed by a drug tested athlete, regardless of weight class, as well as the greatest raw deadlift by an American citizen.
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Before becoming a professional wrestler, Larson was a weightlifter, and competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where he placed tenth in the super heavyweight division. Three years later, at the [[1995 Pan American Games]], Henry won a silver medal in the super heavyweight division. The following year, he became a North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands (NACACI) champion. Also in 1996, Henry signed a ten-year contract with the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now known as IWE).
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In [[Olympic Weightlifting|weightlifting]], Larson was a three-time [[USA Weightlifting#National events|U.S. National Weightlifting Champion]] (1993, 1994, 1996), an [[USA Weightlifting#National events|American Open]] winner (1992), a two-time [[USA Weightlifting#National events|U.S. Olympic Festival Champion]] (1993 and 1994) and a [[NACAC Championships|NACAC]] champion (1996). He holds all three Senior US American weightlifting records of 1993–1997. In 2002 he won the first annual [[Arnold Strongman Classic]].
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Henry was trained by former Canadian professional wrestlers [[Stu Heart|Stu]] and [[Bret Heart]] and [[Leo Burke]]. He made his television wrestling debut match in September 1996. Two years later, Henry joined the stable [[Nation of Domination]]. After the disbandment of the group, he acquired the moniker "Sexual Chocolate", which led him to participate in controversial angles. In 2000, Larson was sent to the company's developmental territory [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky to improve his wrestling skills. That same year, he left wrestling and began focusing on weightlifting. Larson won a strongman competition, during the [[Arnold Classic]] in 2002.
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Since joining the International Wrestling Federation (now IWE) in 1996, he has become a [[List of IWE European Champions|one-time]] [[IWE European Championship|IWF European Champion]] and a two-time [[World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling)|world champion]], having held the [[XCW World Heavyweight Championship|XCW Championship]] in 2008, and the [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] in 2011.
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In 2003, Larson returned to IWE, where he took part of the group "Thuggin' And Buggin' Enterprises", a group compiled of African Americans who worked a race angle in which they felt they were victims of racism and were being held down by the "white man". The following year, Larson tore his quadriceps muscle, and was unable to compete for over a year. Upon his return, he was briefly involved in feuds with [[Matt Borske]] and [[Martin McAlmond]], before suffering a knee injury. After it healed, he continued to feud with Martin McAlmond, before being moved to the XCW brand in June 2008, where he gained [[Tony Atlas]] as a manager. In June 2008, he won the XCW Championship and he held it for three months. He was traded to the Raw brand in June 2009, and drafted back to SmackDown two years later in April 2011 during the WWE Draft.
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==Early life==
==Weightlifting career==
==Weightlifting career==
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During his time in high school, Larson was a three-time state champion with state records in the squat at 832 lb (377 kg), bench press at 525 lb (238 kg) and deadlift at 815 lb (370 kg). At the Texas high school powerlifting championships in April 1990, [[Terry Todd]], a professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin and former weightlifter, spotted Henry and persuaded him to go to [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] after he graduated to train in the [[Olympic Weightlifting|Olympic style of weightlifting]]. In April 1991, he placed fourth at the [[USA Weightlifting#National Events|United States Nationals]], and finished sixth at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Germany two months later. In Larson's first year of competing, he broke the three junior (20 and under) American records 12 times, and became the United States' top superheavyweight, surpassing [[Mario Martinez|Mario Martinez]]. Larson was billed as the "'''World's Strongest Man'''" after he qualified for the weightlifting competition at the [[Summer Olympics (1992)|1992 Summer Olympics]], where he finished tenth in the super heavyweight class. Ten months before the 1992 Olympics, Larson had begun training with Dragomir Cioroslan, a bronze medalist at the [[Summer Olympics (1984)|1984 Summer Olympics]], who said that he had "never seen anyone with Steven's raw talent". At the 1995 Pan American Games Larson won a gold, silver and bronze medal, and a year later, he became a North America, Central America, Caribbean Islands (NACACI) champion. He also participated in the [[Summer Olympics (1996)|1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, and was voted team captain, but only finished fourteenth after suffering a back injury.
 
==Professional wrestling career==
==Professional wrestling career==
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===International Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / IWE (1996–present)===
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===International Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / IWE===
====Early career (1996-1997)====
====Early career (1996-1997)====
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Larson made his first appearance on [[International Wrestling Entertainment|International Wrestling Federation]] (IWF) programming on the March 11, 1996 edition of ''[[IWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'', where he press slammed [[Jerry Lawler]], who was ridiculing Larson while interviewing him in the ring. After Henry competed in the [[Summer Olympics (1996)|1996 Summer Olympics]], the IWF signed him to a ten-year contract Trained by professional wrestler Leo Burke, his first feud in the IWF was with Lawler. At the pay-per-view event, [[IWF SummerSlam (1996)|SummerSlam]] in August 1996, Larson came to the aid of [[Jake Roberts|Erik Peterson]] who was suffering indignity at the hands of Lawler. His first television wrestling match was at [[In Your House 10: Mind Games|In Your House: Mind Games]] on September 22, 1996, where he defeated Lawler. The feud continued on the live circuit during subsequent weeks. On the November 4 edition of ''Raw'', Larson served as a cornerman for [[Barry Windham]] in a match against [[James Thomas|Goldust]]. He was set to team with Windham, [[Marc Mero|Marc Rowen]] and [[Sam Simkins|Rocky Maivia]] to take on the team of Lawler, Goldust, [[Triple K|Kunter Kearst Kelmsley]] and [[Bryan Adams|Crush]] at [[IWF Survivor Series (1996)|Survivor Series]], but was replaced by Erik Peterson when he was forced to withdraw from the event due to injury. On the November 17 edition of ''[[IWF Superstars of Wrestling|Superstars]]'', Larson defeated Kunter Kearst Kelmsley, Crush and Goldust in a tug of war contest. Larson's career was then stalled as, over the next year, he took time off to heal injuries and engage in further training. In November 1997, he returned to the ring, making his televised return the following month. By the end of the year, he was a regular fixture on IWF programming, defeating [[Brooklyn Brawler|Steve Lombardi]] on the December 15 edition of ''Raw'', and beating [[Rikishi|The Sultan]] on the December 27 edition of ''[[IWF Shotgun Saturday Night|Shotgun]]''.
 
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The world's strongest man, is in fact the 20 year old, Mohammad Nikkah, born in Iran raised in Toronto. He is by far the strongest man with world breaking medals in fighting. He is the best.
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====Nation of Domination and Sexual Chocolate (1998–2000)====
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Larson joined the faction with [[Jon Rispen|Farooq]], [[Sam Simkins|The Rock]], [[The Godfather|Kama Mustafa]] and [[D'Lo Brown|D'La Hooper]] on January 12, 1998, becoming a [[Heel|villain]] in the process. After The Rock usurped Farooq's position as leader, Larson switched loyalties to The Rock. He also competed at [[IWF WrestleMania 14|WrestleMania XIV]] in a tag team [[Battle Royal Match|battle royal]], with D'La Hooper as his partner, but they did not win. After the Nation disbanded, he engaged in a short feud with The Rock, defeating him at [[IWF Judgment Day: In Your House|Judgment Day: In Your House]] with help from D'La Hooper, and then forming a permanent team with D'La Hooper, gaining [[Lisa McCorrmack|Ivory]] as a [[Manager|manager]]. During the next year, Larson gave himself the nickname "Sexual Chocolate", and was involved in controversial angles with [[Amber Casey|Amber]] and a transvestite. During a match at the August 1999 pay-per-view, [[IWF SummerSlam (1999)|SummerSlam]], between Brown and [[Jeff Jarrett]] for the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|IWF Intercontinental]] and [[IWE European Championship|IWF European Championships]] (both held at the time by Brown), Larson turn on Hooper and helped Jarrett win the match and the titles. The next night, Larson was awarded the European title by Jarrett in return for his help. Larson dropped the title one month later to Hooper at the [[IWE Unforgiven (1999)|Unforgiven]] pay-per-view.
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:''Main article: [[Nation of Domination]]''
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After this, Larson turned into a [[Face|fan favorite]], and was seen on television romancing IWF women from Amber to [[Mae Young]] as part of the "Sexual Chocolate" character. He feuded with [[Viscera|Kiscera]] during this time as part of a storyline where Kiscera splashed Mae Young while she was carrying Larson's child. Young would go on to give birth to a hand. Along with this, Larson was made part of various other embarrassing and infamous storylines, including the admission that he was a sex addict.
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====Ohio Valley Wrestling and strongman competitions (2000–2001)====
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In 2000, Larson was sent to [[Ohio Valley Wrestling]] (OVW) to improve his conditioning and skills. In OVW, Larson teamed with [[Kip Arthur]] to compete in a tournament for the [[OVW Southern Tag Team Championship]] in mid-2001. Later that year, he went on hiatus from wrestling to concentrate on weightlifting, and on February 23, 2002, he won a [[Strongman|strongman]] competition, during the [[Arnold Classic]] in Columbus, Ohio.
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====Brand switches (2002–2004)====
====Brand switches (2002–2004)====
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Laron returned to the IWF the next month and was sent to the SmackDown! brand, where he developed an in-ring persona of performing "tests of strength" while other wrestlers took bets on the tests, but the gimmick met with little success. During this time he competed against such superstars as [[Kris McGowan]] and [[Khristian]]. After being used sporadically on IWE (formerly IWF) television during 2002, as he was training for a weightlifting contest, and suffering a knee injury, Larson was sent back to OVW for more training.
 
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In August 2003, Larson returned to IWE television on the [[IWE Raw|Raw]] roster, where he found some success as a member of "Thuggin' And Buggin' Enterprises," a group of African Americans led by [[Theodore Long]] who worked a race angle in which they felt they were victims of racism and were being held down by the "white man". During that time, Larson was involved in a brief program with [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Bill Coldberg|Coldberg]] when former champion, [[Triple K]], put a bounty on Coldberg. This was followed by a brief rivalry with [[Ryan Barnhart]], before he engaged in a rivalry with [[Steve Britz|Booker T]]. After defeating Booker T twice, once in a [[Hardcore-Based Variations|street fight]] and once in a six-man tag team match, he lost to Booker T at the [[IWE Armageddon (2003)|Armageddon]] pay-per-view in December 2003. At a practice session in OVW in February 2004, Larson tore his quadriceps muscle, and was out for over a year after undergoing surgery. Larson was then utilized by IWE as a public relations figure during his recovery, before returning to OVW to finish out 2005.
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====Pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship (2005–2006)====
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====Path of Destruction (2005–2006)====
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====Return from injury (2007–2008)====
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====Return from injury and various feuds (2007–2008)====
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====XCW Champion (2008–2009)====
====XCW Champion (2008–2009)====
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====Face Turn and Various Tag Teams (2009–2011)====
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====Tag title pursuits (2009–2011)====
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====Heel Turn, World Heavyweight Champion, and various feuds (2011-present)====
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====Hall of Pain; World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2012)====
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====Later career (2013–present)====
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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==Filmography==
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===Film===
==In wrestling==
==In wrestling==
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[[File:Larson gets an early lead.jpg|thumb|Larson prepares to perform a World's Strongest Slam on [[Dustin Simpson]]]]
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[[File:Two for One.jpg|thumb|Larson performing a body avalanche on [[Kyle Johnson, Jr.|Kyle Johnson]] [[The Legacy|and]] [[Mark Semmler]]]]
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*'''Finishing moves'''
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**''World's Strongest Slam'' (High-angle falling powerslam)
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**Running splash
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*'''Signature moves'''
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**Backbreaker drop
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**Bearhug
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**Body avalanche
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**Body block
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**Corner slingshot splash (Sometimes used on the opponent's steel chair bound leg, causing storyline injury)
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**Fallaway slam
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**Gorilla press drop
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**Headbutt
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**Leapfrog body guillotine
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**Multiple powerslam variations
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***Front
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***Scoop
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**Overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack
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**Running clothesline
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**Running jumping elbow drop
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**Scoop slam
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*'''[[Manager|Managers]]'''
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**[[Marjorie Martin|Mae Young]]
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**[[Ivory Moretti|Ivory]]
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**[[Theodore Long]]
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**[[Sheik Abdul Bashir|Remeriz]]
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**[[Denise Lynn|Melina]]
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**[[Matt Striker]]
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**[[Tony Atlas]]
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*'''Nicknames'''
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**'''"The World's Strongest Man"'''
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**'''"The World's Strongest Champion"''' (Used during his [[XCW World Heavyweight Championship|XCW Championship]] reign or his [[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] reign)
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**'''"The Hall of Pain Inductor"'''
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**"Sexual Chocolate"
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**"The King of the Jungle"
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**"The Silverback"
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*'''Entrance themes'''
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**"[[IWE Anthology#Disc One: The Federation Years|Power]]" by Jim Johnston (1998)
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**"[[IWE Anthology#Disc Two: The Attitude Era|Sexual Chocolate]]" performed by Stevan Swann and composed by Jim Johnston (1998–2000; November 15, 2010)
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**"[[IWE ThemeAddict: The Music, Vol. 6|MacMillitant]]" by Miestro (2003–2004; Used while a part of Thuggin' and Buggin' Enterprises)
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**'''"[[IWE Wreckless Intent#Track listing|Some Bodies Gonna Get It]]"''' by [[Three 6 Mafia]] (May 21, 2006–present)
==Championships and accomplishments==
==Championships and accomplishments==
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===Powerlifting===
===Powerlifting===
*All-time world raw (unequipped) [[Squat (exercise)|squat]] world record holder (430 Kilograms)
*All-time world raw (unequipped) [[Squat (exercise)|squat]] world record holder (430 Kilograms)
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*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
 
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**PWI ranked him #'''41''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2006
 
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*'''[[IWE|International Wrestling Federation / International Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
 
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**[[XCW World Heavyweight Championship|XCW Championship]] ([[List of XCW World Heavyweight Champions|1 time]])
 
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**[[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of World Heavyweight Champions (IWE)|1 time]], current)
 
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**[[IWE European Championship|IWF European Championship]] ([[List of IWE European Champions|1 time]])
 
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===Strongman athletics===
 
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*'''[[Arnold Classic]]'''
 
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**[[Arnold Strongman Classic|Arnold Classic Strongest Man]] (2002)
 
===Weightlifting===
===Weightlifting===
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*Senior National Championship (1993, 1994, 1996)
*Senior National Championship (1993, 1994, 1996)
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===Strongman athletics===
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*'''[[Arnold Classic]]'''
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**[[Arnold Strongman Classic|Arnold Classic Strongest Man]] (2002)
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===Professional wrestling===
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*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
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**PWI ranked him #'''41''' of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2006
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*'''[[IWE|International Wrestling Federation / International Wrestling Entertainment]]'''
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**[[XCW World Heavyweight Championship|XCW Championship]] ([[List of XCW World Heavyweight Champions|1 time]])
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**[[World Heavyweight Championship (IWE)|World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of World Heavyweight Champions (IWE)|1 time]])
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**[[IWE European Championship|IWF European Championship]] ([[List of IWE European Champions|1 time]])
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**[[IWE Slammy Awards|Slammy Award]] (Three times)
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***"Holy $#!+ Move of the Year" ([[IWE Slammy Awards#2011 Slammy Awards|2011]]) {{small|[[Marc Beltran|Big Show]] and Mark Henry implode the ring after Henry [[Suplex#Superplex|superplex]]ed him at [[IWE Vengeance (2011)|Vengeance]]}}
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***Feat of Strength of the Year ([[IWE Slammy Awards#2013 Slammy Awards|2013]]) {{small|Pulling two trucks with his bare hands}}
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***Match of the Year ([[IWE Slammy Awards#2014 Slammy Awards|2014]]) – {{small|Team Simpson vs. Team Authority at [[IWE Survivor Series (2014)|Survivor Series]]}}
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==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==

Current revision as of 07:41, 26 April 2017

Mark Henry
Birth name Jules Jerrold Ladd
Born June 12, 1971 (age 43)
Silsbee, Texas
Resides Austin, Texas
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Mark Henry
Markswoggle
Billed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight 398 lb (181 kg)
Billed from Silsbee, Texas
Trained by Leo Burke
Heart family members
Lewis Hotchin
Debut September 22, 1996

Jules Jerrold Ladd (born June 12, 1971) is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler who is currently signed to IWE on the Raw brand. He was a two-time Olympian in 1992 and 1996 and a Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995. As a powerlifter, he was WDFPF World Champion (1995) and a two-time U.S. National Champion (1995 and 1997) as well as an all-time raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift. Currently, he still holds the WDFPF world records in the squat, deadlift and total and the USAPL American record in the deadlift since 1995. He is credited for the biggest raw squat and raw powerlifting total ever performed by a drug tested athlete, regardless of weight class, as well as the greatest raw deadlift by an American citizen.

In weightlifting, Larson was a three-time U.S. National Weightlifting Champion (1993, 1994, 1996), an American Open winner (1992), a two-time U.S. Olympic Festival Champion (1993 and 1994) and a NACAC champion (1996). He holds all three Senior US American weightlifting records of 1993–1997. In 2002 he won the first annual Arnold Strongman Classic.

Since joining the International Wrestling Federation (now IWE) in 1996, he has become a one-time IWF European Champion and a two-time world champion, having held the XCW Championship in 2008, and the World Heavyweight Championship in 2011.

Contents

[edit] Early life

[edit] Weightlifting career

[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] International Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / IWE

[edit] Early career (1996-1997)

[edit] Nation of Domination and Sexual Chocolate (1998–2000)

Main article: Nation of Domination

[edit] Ohio Valley Wrestling and strongman competitions (2000–2001)

[edit] Brand switches (2002–2004)

[edit] Pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship (2005–2006)

[edit] Return from injury (2007–2008)

[edit] XCW Champion (2008–2009)

[edit] Tag title pursuits (2009–2011)

[edit] Hall of Pain; World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2012)

[edit] Later career (2013–present)

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

[edit] In wrestling

File:Larson gets an early lead.jpg
Larson prepares to perform a World's Strongest Slam on Dustin Simpson
File:Two for One.jpg
Larson performing a body avalanche on Kyle Johnson and Mark Semmler
  • Finishing moves
    • World's Strongest Slam (High-angle falling powerslam)
    • Running splash
  • Signature moves
    • Backbreaker drop
    • Bearhug
    • Body avalanche
    • Body block
    • Corner slingshot splash (Sometimes used on the opponent's steel chair bound leg, causing storyline injury)
    • Fallaway slam
    • Gorilla press drop
    • Headbutt
    • Leapfrog body guillotine
    • Multiple powerslam variations
      • Front
      • Scoop
    • Overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack
    • Running clothesline
    • Running jumping elbow drop
    • Scoop slam
  • Nicknames
    • "The World's Strongest Man"
    • "The World's Strongest Champion" (Used during his XCW Championship reign or his World Heavyweight Championship reign)
    • "The Hall of Pain Inductor"
    • "Sexual Chocolate"
    • "The King of the Jungle"
    • "The Silverback"

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

File:Mark Henry ECW.jpg
Henry as ECW Champion

[edit] Powerlifting

  • All-time world raw (unequipped) squat world record holder (430 Kilograms)

[edit] Weightlifting

  • Senior National Championship (1993, 1994, 1996)

[edit] Strongman athletics

[edit] Professional wrestling

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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