MARK HENRY has revealed a moment when rival Brock Lesnar almost got fired from WWE.
Lesnar, 45, returned to the brand in 2012 after a career in MMA.
He is now regarded as one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time.
But Lesnar was nearly fired from the wrestling promotion, according to Henry.
In an interview with SportsKeeda, Henry recalled a shoot match with Lesnar.
A shoot match is an unplanned or unscripted fight during a wrestling event.
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Henry, 51, said his rival thought he was 'unbeatable' and ended up injuring him months.
He said: "He shot from about six feet away and went to my ankle and he put both hands behind my ankle and his shoulder in my knee, and hyper extended my knee.
"And I was out for like six to seven weeks. And I was just on the ground like, ‘oh my god’, and he was like ‘you’re hurt’.
"I was like, ‘damn, I can’t move and he was like, he’s like, ‘they’re gonna fire me.’ I said ‘no, they not gonna fire you, they gonna fire me.'”
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Henry added that the pair were able to laugh it off and put it behind them.
Henry had a 25-year career in WWE and retired in January 2018.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame and took on a backstage role after his retirement.
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