Mark Henry Claims There Is No Wrestling War Between WWE & AEW

There is no war between WWE and AEW, according to Mark Henry. 

During a recent appearance on The Hall of Fame podcast, Henry explained his stance to Booker T and co-host Brad Gilmore, saying:

"There is no war. You know what the war is? The war is the ratings in your segment. Do people turn the channel to another channel when you're on? When Sexual Chocolate was on, they didn't turn the channel. When the World's Strongest Man and the Hall of Pain was on, they didn't turn the channel. You could put me up there with some of the best. When Booker T was King Booker, they didn't turn the channel. So that's where the war is. The war is in the segments and the individuals". 

Continuing, the 52-year-old outlined why neither promotion should want their television show to take place on the same night. 

"If I'm the WWE, I don't want to be on the same night as AEW because I want all the attention. If I'm AEW, I'm not gonna move my show to a day that WWE is on, unless I'm pre-empted. That's the whole point of AEW going to Tuesday, is because we had to. It wasn't like, 'Oh, we're gonna go there and piss in their cornflakes'. That isn't what we did. I'm telling you, it's not a war. A lot of the reason that things happen is because of programming notes and with the network. That's the only way that you should be in a conversation about going on the same channel. Everybody should have a…you got seven days a week," he said. 

Henry worked for WWE between 1996 and 2021, after which he joined Tony Khan's promotion. 

H/T Fightful