Mark Henry made his All Elite Wrestling debut at the 2021 AEW Double or Nothing. Henry did the commentary for AEW Rampage for a few weeks. Later, he was involved in the company’s AEW Together project along with Jake Roberts, and Paul Wight.
On the Busted Open Radio, the WWE Hall of Famer said that his contract with All Elite Wrestling expires on May 28th. Henry said that he was happy and proud about his time in AEW. Henry also said that he and Tony Khan mutually agreed not to renew the contract.
“My contract with AEW is set to expire tomorrow, the 28th. I wanted to address that matter. Tony Khan said at the press conference that he was very happy and proud of what we did together, and I feel the exact same way. I appreciate everything that happened at AEW with Tony Khan and the Khan family. I had a great experience, and I do feel like it’s time for me to take more time to handle TheMarkHenry.com and the Remarkable brand and focus that attention on what my next steps are, and I’m not going to be renewing my deal. It’s a mutual thing.”
Henry said that he had nothing but positive things to say about AEW. Henry added that he will take some time to focus on outside projects and will come back to pro wrestling.
“If I can’t dedicate 100% of myself, then it’s only fair for both parties to end the relationship on a positive note. Like I said, it’s been nothing but positive. I’ve done my best to help as many people as I’ve could. There are still some things that I wanted to help with that I didn’t get to finish, but those people have my phone number, and anytime that they need to call me, I’m available for them. I am not leaving pro wrestling. What I’m saying is that I’m going to take some time to work on some projects, and I’m going to come back again in full force because that’s what I do.”
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