For decades Vince McMahon was the person in charge of WWE and throughout his run he worked with many different wrestlers including former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry and Vader.
During a recent appearance on Huge Pop with Donnie DaSilva and Jimmy Korderas, Mark Henry recalled that Vader didn’t want to make it easy for him when it came time for Henry to press slam him. According to Henry this led to Vader getting fired from the company.
“Brother, go back and look at me and Vader. Vader was 417 pounds and they listed him at 450. He felt like he was 450. Brother, that was rough. Moving weight. It’s not a barbell. It was awkward.
No. No (Vader was not helping me out when it came to press slamming him). He didn’t wanna do it, God rest his soul, and… I feel bad because he’s not here to defend himself and I would say this even if he was alive, because I know he would understand.
But he didn’t want me to press slam him. So he intentionally dead-a***d me, and then Vince (McMahon) told him, ‘We’re gonna do it again tomorrow and if you don’t go up tomorrow, you’re fired,’ and we were in San Diego and I pressed him and then when I put him down, I came to the back, walked through Gorilla, ‘Thank you Mark. Good job. Leon, come here.’
I see him crying. Vince fired him anyway on the spot. Because he sabotaged the show the day before. He just wanted him to come back the next day and do what he wanted him to do. Don’t mess with the old guy… and the thing is I don’t blame him, but he did hire him back. It was a punishment.”
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