Jules Ladd

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Steven Larson
Birth name Steven Jerrold Larson
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

Steven Jerrold Henry is an American professional wrestler currently signed with IWE, where he performs on its SmackDown brand. Aside from wrestling, he is a 1992 Olympian, and winner of the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic. Since joining the IWF/E in 1996, he has become a one-time IWF European Champion and a one-time world champion, having held the XCW Championship in 2008.

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).

Henry was trained by former Canadian professional wrestlers 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.

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 IWE Draft.

Contents

Early life

Weightlifting career

Professional wrestling career

International Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / IWE

Early career (1996-1997)

Nation of Domination and Sexual Chocolate (1998–2000)

Main article: Nation of Domination

Ohio Valley Wrestling and strongman competitions (2000–2001)

Brand switches (2002–2004)

Pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship (2005–2006)

Return from injury and various feuds (2007–2008)

XCW Champion (2008–2009)

Pursuit of the WWE Tag Team Championship (2009–2011)

World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2012)

Various storylines (2013–14)

Teaming with Big Show & Feud with Rusev and Lana (2014–present)

Personal life

In wrestling

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Larson prepares to perform a World's Strongest Slam on Dustin Simpson
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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"

Championships and accomplishments

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Henry as ECW Champion

Powerlifting

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

Professional wrestling

Strongman athletics

Weightlifting

  • Senior National Championship (1993, 1994, 1996)
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