Mark Henry found being stuck in the casket in his WrestleMania 22 match with The Undertaker a traumatic experience.
The World’s Strongest Man battled The Deadman in a casket match at the event. As expected, The Undertaker won the bout, keeping the streak alive by locking Henry in a casket, going 14-0 at WrestleMania.
However, Henry found the whole experience incredibly traumatic. Mark Henry spoke with The Undertaker about the match on the Six Feet Under podcast.
He revealed that he suffers intensely from claustrophobia, and did not want to go in the casket at all. Mark Henry said that he didn’t break during his 8 minutes and 47 seconds (yes, he counted) locked inside the box as he waited for the post-match segment to end.
“I could die tomorrow and people are going to remember that I was in a main event match at WrestleMania over anything—Olympic World Championships, World’s Strongest Man.” Mark Henry told The Undertaker. “They’re going to be like, ‘Remember when he was in the main event with Taker at WrestleMania 22.’.”
“That was one of the most traumatic matches I ever had. Not only was it the greatest going, but I’m claustrophobic. I didn’t want to go in that box. I was in there for 8 minutes and 47 seconds, and I remember all the way down to the last second. When I heard the lightning strike, I was like, ‘Okay, okay,’ and then it was another four minutes before they pushed me through the curtain.”
“In the back, they opened it, and I jumped out, didn’t even touch the sides, and ran up the ramp. That was the only way I could breathe. I don’t think I breathed the whole time I was in there. I get claustrophobic watching movies of people.”
