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#1 Mark Henry
The Dungeon is known for having produced some of the best technical wrestlers of all time. One man that is definitely not famed for his mat wrestling skills, though, is Mark Henry. However, "The World's Strongest Man" did spend time in The Dungeon - and credits it for some of the success he would have later in his career.
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The former two-time Olympian was sent to Canada to train with the Hart Family after a disagreement with Shawn Michaels in 1997. Speaking on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's podcast last year, Henry told of the progress he made whilst at The Dungeon.
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I was up there for nine and a half months. Training everyday. Every morning in the ring. Four hours a day. And then Owen introduced me to his dad Stu Hart. I would leave Bret’s house where the gym was and drive over to the Hart’s house and wrestle in the basement in The Dungeon. Stu started teaching me wrist locks and hand holds. Stu was a master in wrist locks and hand holds. He was like, ‘With your strength, you could do things to people that would be illegal. Wrestle like that. I want you to put people in holds that look like you’re going to pop them.’ That’s when a light switch came on and I started to wrestle like that…I felt like after nine months I understood what it was to be a wrestler. They should have done that to me first before putting me in the locker room with seasoned wrestlers.”
From The Hart Dungeon to the WWE Hall of Fame
Henry obviously learned much whilst at The Dungeon and returned to the company with a new attitude. Henry was a fixture in the WWE locker room for more than a decade afterwards and his years of loyal service finally paid off when Henry become the World Heavyweight Champion in 2011.
Having officially announced his retirement from in-ring competition in 2017, Mark Henry was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame a year later. Henry may be a surprising trainee of The Dungeon - but he was ultimately a very successful one.
