5 Times WWE Superstars lost their cool backstage

Big Show (left); Brock Lesnar (right)
Big Show (left); Brock Lesnar (right)

#3 WWE Chairman Vince McMahon's prank on Mark Henry gone wrong

Mark Henry and Vince McMahon
Mark Henry and Vince McMahon

WWE Hall of Famer and 'World's Strongest Man' Mark Henry once got pranked by WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. The incident took place during a dark match after SmackDown in 2011. Henry was told that he will have a match against Sin Cara. He kept standing in the ring but Sin Cara never came out. A furious Mark Henry went backstage and started destroying things.

"I jump through the ropes. I come to the back and it's a ghost town! Nobody's there, and I just start destroying it, tearing s--- down, pulling the lights down, and punching the walls. Just — Darth Vader's---. I wanted everything to melt. And I go down the hallways and I kick Vince's door open and he's gone. Started calling Vince, 'Man, I quit, this is the last time. Nobody ribs me, I'm a grown man.' ... Vince calls, 'Man, why did you get so bent out of shape about that, we just playing around.' I was like, 'Man, I don't deserve that. I love this business and I respect you, and I feel like I opened myself up for you to disrespect me. Obviously, you don't respect me and you damn sure don't fear me, so we don't need to talk no more.' He was like, 'Listen, I'm sorry.' He was really remorseful and sorry." (h/t WrestlingInc)

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WWE Chairman Vince McMahon apologized to Henry for this prank. However, it was this incident that ultimately inspired his 'Hall of Pain' gimmick leading to him winning the World Heavyweight Championship at WWE Night of Champions 2011 later that year.

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Edited by Kaushik Das
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