Hall of Famer reveals that he lied to WWE about Bryan Danielson to help him get signed by the company

While appearing on The Undertaker’s Six Feet Under podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry commented on his role in Bryan Danielson aka Daniel Bryan getting signed by WWE…

“I didn’t train Bryan Danielson, I just saw Bryan on TV and said ‘hey y’all need to get this dude,’” Henry noted. “Because I saw a match he had and I was like ‘this dude is as good as people we’ve got in WWE’. And I lied, I told them he was like six feet tall because they wanted bigger guys, like 200 lbs, and Bryan’s 5′ 11” maybe. To have somebody that’s a Hall of Fame-calibre wrestler that you can hang your hat on is pretty damn cool.” (quote courtesy of F4WOnline.com)

In 2021, Henry told a different version of the story to BT Sports’ The Run-In…

“I had to lie to everybody’s face to get Daniel Bryan looked at. They wanted guys who were big and huge. And I said ‘this guy is like 6’1, 200 lbs. He can get it done. Then he got there and they were like ‘that guy’s not 6’1!’ And I said that he must’ve had lifts in his shoes.”

Mark Henry recalls lying about Bryan Danielson's height in order to convince WWE to sign him:

“I didn't train Bryan Danielson, I just saw Bryan on TV and said 'hey y'all need to get this dude', because I saw a match he had and I was like 'this dude is as good as people we've got… pic.twitter.com/99FQj7VenP

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