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Mark Henry praises Pat McAfee angle on SmackDown: “I’m excited for WrestleMania even more than I already was”

Aaron Rift

As seen during the April 3rd 2026 edition of WWE SmackDown, Pat McAfee was revealed as Randy Orton’s mystery phone caller after he attacked WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. While speaking on Busted Open Radio, WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry praised the segment…

“Nobody expected Pat McAfee to be the one telling Randy, ‘take over.’ A lot of the hardcore old school wrestling guys, they keep saying stuff like, ‘I used to watch back in the Attitude Era. I used to watch when guys looked like they would just beat you up just for looking at them. The days of big, burly, middle-aged men wrestling is over. That’s why our business is soft now.’

That’s what Pat McAfee is saying. ‘I want to bring back that part of wrestling, the toughness, the aggressiveness. We’re a little too PG.’ That’s what Pat McAfee is saying. He wants to help change it.

I want change. I love the fact that there’s somebody else that wants change. And sometimes in order to have change, you got to ruffle a few feathers. And so far it looked like everybody’s feathers are a little bit ruffled. What Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes are heading towards is going to be Attitude Era-esque.

I’m excited. I’m excited for WrestleMania even more than I already was.”

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