Mark Henry confirms he threatened to kill WWE legend during a backstage incident; claims he was the victim

Mark Henry was a fearsome personality during his time in WWE, and he once threatened a legend during a backstage incident and said that he would kill him. The legend in question is none other than Shawn Michaels.

Michaels had quite the reputation for being a bully during his younger days in WWE. It was then that he, along with the Kliq, bullied Henry. Adding to that, there was also a misunderstanding.

The former AEW star has now explained what happened during that incident. On Busted Open Radio, he revealed that he had threatened to "kill Michaels and everybody like him." The World's Strongest Man went on to say:

"I was like 'You don't want to be messing with me. If you thought that the guys standing behind you are going to protect you, you just wait. Watch how they cut and run when they get hit.' Oh man. But you know what man? Everybody loved that, because they look at it like 'Wow, Mark Henry turned into a bully.' I wasn't a bully, I was protecting myself. I was the victim. And Shawn...truly apologized to me. He said 'Hey man. I was in a bad place. And I'm sorry.'” [H/T Wrestling Inc]

Mark Henry lauds Shawn Michaels for apologizing

In the same podcast, Mark Henry lauded Shawn Michaels for apologizing and said that what he did at the time meant a lot to him.

He also said that he learned a lot from the WWE Hall of Famer.

"You know big...how about the apology and the respect as a peer, being better than what actually happened? Because we've all made mistakes. And to get forgiveness...bro, there's nothing else on this earth better than repentance and to be able to go to somebody and say 'Hey, ain't no way around it. I did you wrong, I'm sorry. I hope you can find it in you one day to forgive me.' So...Shawn is one of the people I learned the most from. There's nobody in the history of wrestling that's sold better than Shawn Michaels," he said. [H/T Wrestling Inc]

It is great to see the two stars totally bury the hatchet of the misunderstanding they had all those years back. It also goes to show how much of a changed man Shawn Michaels is.