Mark Henry on Trick Williams: ‘He makes me want to wrestle again’
Mark Henry says watching Trick Williams gets him so fired up that he feels like wrestling again.
Henry and Jonathan Coachman discussed Williams during a recent episode of Busted Open Radio, with Henry saying he “talks the talk” and “walks the walk.”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve felt like coming back to wrestling,” Henry said. “This dude walking to the ring gets me fired up. He makes me want to wrestle again. That’s the effect that Trick had on me.”
When asked what he sees in Williams that brings out that reaction, Henry responded:
“It’s the energy and the smugness. Like, the dude’s got it. He talks the talk, he walks the walk, he’s got the look.”
Coach then mentioned Williams reminds him of an early version of The Rock, to which Henry agreed.
Williams has been placed in top WWE SmackDown storylines immediately upon becoming a full-time member of the roster. He defeated Rey Fenix on the January 9 episode from Berlin, beat Matt Cardona to qualify for the Saturday Night’s Main Event four-way on the January 16 show from London, and then headlined the January 23 show in Montreal against Damian Priest, in a bout that went to a no contest.
A clip of Henry talking about Williams is available below.
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