ghd56 Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 Those of us who attended the dinner last Saturday witnessed quite a spectacle when Mr.Henry cleaned and jerked the INCH dumbell. Personally I think he was good for a triple. What about you guys? It was great to finally meet some of my gripboard members also. Aside from meeting Rich Sorin, I think Heath stole the show with his near mashing of the Phantom 4. Awesome. John DiStano (formerly JD58) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neal Bates Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 John, I was not present when the feat was performed(dangit) but I saw the WWE footage last night. All I can say is I was shocked at the ease with which Mark jerked the Inch replica. After watching the clean part of the lift I was expecting to see a very slow press. Yeah RIGHT! You're guess of a triple might even be a little conservative. But who knows? I know one thing, Mark Henry is AWESOME! Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Say Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 I don't know about Mark Henry, but I'm sure Apollon or Goerner could have done that. Could Mark Henry have lifted the 4 big blockweights as Apollon did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sybersnott Posted June 29, 2002 Share Posted June 29, 2002 I liked what he did after the lift... he picked it up again in his left hand (like it was a suitcase or something), and casually stode over to the honorees table and put it down like it was a glass of water!! I had to take it off (with two hands) when someone commented that it might roll off the table and fall on somebody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 I have pasted a section from an email recived here this am re the replica Inch. 'He tried the one Mark lifted and feels that there were flats shaved into the handle. He said it had a very strange feel and that it was somewhat smaller'. Any thoughts or comments? I find it all very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotGrip Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 It was the only Inch replica I ever had the opportunity of attempting to lift. If there was some modification, it wasn't enough to carry 5 of the 6 CoC's at the grip table (as well as everyone else who tried it) to even break it off the ground. The only people who did get it up were Richard Sorin and John Wood, both of which I've seen pictures of them lifting it beforehand. If it was different, it wasn't different enough for anyone to notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGuy Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 There is a rumor being spread by the sour grapes lobby that the Inch replica was in fact an inflated balloon filled with helium and that it lifted itself. Surely John Woods whose father owns the original and who handled the replica used, would have been in the best position to notice anything odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobsterone Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 I don't know why the comments were made and given that its still a fat handled 172 pounds... Never-the-less its from a good source. If, however, several CoC's tried and didn't notice any flats it may just be sour grapes - whatever??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wood Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Shortly after Mark Henry's outstanding feat, I photographed and picked up the Inch replica that Mark actually used. It felt, at least to me, that the handle was not quite the same as other replicas that I have been in contact with. I felt it was 172 lbs. or very close to it but I did not see anyone weigh or measure it at the dinner. My feeling is that any modification made (if any) in no way affected the lift by Mark Henry. The Inch bell replica that was shown in the second picture on Juggernaut's site, that was featured on WWE Smackdown Thursday night, was not lifted by Mark Henry at the dinner -John Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Piche Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 I don't know why the comments were made and given that its still a fat handled 172 pounds... Never-the-less its from a good source. If, however, several CoC's tried and didn't notice any flats it may just be sour grapes - whatever??!! Read Heath's post. There's no "IF" about it. And, I think we can trust what John says! Geez. Sounds like BIG TIME sour grapes to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 John Wood, I suspect, has had his hand envelope more Inch replicas than has anyone on this planet. He also knows the feel of the original Inch. We should pay heed to his conclusions. All of this could have been avoided if someone had bothered to invent a scale and a tape measure before the occasion. Where is technology when you need it? A simple situation is confounded because basic weights and measures were bypassed. How absolutely professional ( In the WWF sense, oops, the WWE sense.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amaury Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 Like many I feel very sorry about all this nitpicking ! One thing is certain: nobody, except Bill Kazmaier, ever succeeded to lift an inch replica overhead before, and that's what matters to me. Moreover i'm sure that with some more training Mark HENRY would be able (and perhaps is he already able) to lift ANY Inch replica overhead (heavier or lighter than the one he used). I feel relieved now CONGRATULATIONS TO MARK HENRY FOR THAT AMAZING FEAT ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roark Posted July 1, 2002 Share Posted July 1, 2002 If nitpicking had been in place regarding the times Thomas Inch 'lifted' the bell on 'hundreds' of occasions, we would now be celebrating Mark's effort for what it truly is, the inaugural clean and push press, one handed, with a 172 replica. Kaz's lift, and Pfister's lift, though splendid, were continentals, not cleans (to nitpick). And the difference, for those of you who seem to be cloudy on the matter is this: Take a plate loaded dumbell with a regular size handled and put on your limit one hand continental amount of weight. Now put it down and clean the same amount. Night and nit-picking day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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