Mark Henry believes fans and wrestlers “jumped to conclusions” over Avery Styles’ “paying his dues” controversy last month.
The controversy began after Arik Cannon criticized Styles for not helping with ring and chair setup at GCW shows. Wrestlers from the independent scene, retired performers and active WWE talent have since weighed in on the situation.
Speaking to Clutch Points in a new interview, Henry said he viewed the incident as a learning experience rather than focusing on the negativity.
“I thought that people jumped to the conclusion. You gotta remember that these are kids, and that they’re young, and sometimes you, you tend to wanna do what you wanna do rather than what’s good for everyone, and sometimes you don’t know what’s good for you to do. So I don’t harp on the negativity. I just look at it as it should be a learning experience, and that everybody should go from the ‘I’m sorry,’ to, ‘Now let’s do better,’”
Mark Henry discusses Avery Styles joining TNA
Henry also addressed Styles signing with TNA, saying that Avery “needed TNA.” He described the move as an important opportunity for the young wrestler to prove himself in front of a larger audience.
“I thought it was good. I’m always glad to hear that a wrestler got a job, because that means that they’re gonna be used, that they’re gonna get a chance to prove in front of an audience that they are worthy of the attention that they get. I think they’ll be happy with him because he’s athletic. He comes from pro wrestling. He’s a legacy kid, so people automatically gonna wanna see him just so they can compare him to his father. That’s just human nature. He’s gonna have every opportunity to prove that he is his father’s son. And everybody that’s not legacy, that’s one element that they don’t have, so, you know, he’s got an advantage, Avery Styles needed TNA. It’s like getting a brand new car. And the last car you had, you barely could make it one block without it overheating, and you have to raise the hood and pour water in it to cool it off. Like, now It’s brand new. So you have a new place to drive around and show everybody what you’re worth,”
Elsewhere in the interview, Mark Henry discussed nepotism in professional wrestling.
