4 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon personally fired and 4 he hired

#1 Vince McMahon hired Mark Henry

Anybody who has heard Mark Henry’s WWE story will know that he initially hung up on Vince McMahon because he did not believe that the person on the other end of the phone was really the WWE Chairman.

Once Henry realized that he was legitimately speaking to Vince McMahon, he agreed to have a meeting with his future boss in Stamford, Connecticut.

The Olympian explained to WWE's website that he was considering joining an NFL team after representing the USA as a powerlifter at the 1996 Olympics, but Vince McMahon had other ideas.

"He [Vince McMahon] said, ‘Well I want you to think about pro wrestling.’ I was just in shock. I didn’t think it was even possible. I didn’t know how it worked. That’s when we created the first developmental system. It was me and The Rock."

Henry signed a 10-year WWE contract worth $250,000 per year in 1996 and he went on to perform as an in-ring competitor until 2017.

Nowadays, the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame inductee talks about the current product on his Busted Open Radio show, while he has also worked for WWE as a backstage mentor.