Mark Henry has shared how one of the most infamous moments of his wrestling career came from Vince McMahon’s attempt to crack a pun.
In 1999, Mae Young, who was in an on-screen relationship with Henry, gave birth to a hand in one of the Attitude Era’s most bizarre moments.
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Henry recalled asking McMahon for an explanation behind the segment. He said,
“That was Vince’s idea. And the explanation, because I asked. I was like ‘Man, why? Out of all the things, why the hand?’ And he said ‘I’m giving you a hand.’ I said ‘That’s so cheesy man.’ But that was his sense of humor. He liked that. He popped himself. And he laughed like…an evil laugh, like “AHAHAHAHA! AHAHAHAHA!'”
The angle was quickly dropped, but the Hand would appear during RAW’s 1,000th episode which occurred in July 2012.
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