WWE: Why Mark Henry Should Squash the Big Show on SmackDown

I am not one of those WWE Johnny-come-lately Mark Henry fans. There are many of those around now and I look down upon them smugly. I have been a Mark Henry Mark (Gawd, I love that term) for many years now.

I have always said Henry was a better heel than face. Just look at his feud with Batista from a few years ago. So when he came out and attacked John Cena during the WWE draft months ago, I was ecstatic.

As a heel, he did more than I, or probably anyone thought possible. He worked with more passion than ever, his promos were intense and powerful and you really believed he was the man to stop Orton.

He didn't stop Orton. He obliterated Orton. It wasn't a fluke either, he won cleanly at two pay-per-views in a row.

Henry was finally the monster heel champion for which fans were longing. He looked unstoppable and didn't need to cheat to win. SmackDown television ratings were surging. His heel run was by the far best in the WWE since CM Punk's drubbing of Jeff Hardy when Hardy was leaving the WWE.

Henry's run was even better. He was putting everyone in his path in the hall of pain, including the Big Show.

That all changed when the Big Show returned from injury.

Henry and the Big Show had three confrontations prior to their ring-busting match at Vengeance. Big Show dominated all three encounters.

I was both stunned and angry at this. Henry worked harder than ever, and the WWE rewarded him by giving him the correct booking. Yet all of a sudden, Big Show arrives and makes him look weak? It made no sense as it negated much of what Mark had done to build himself up to that level.

I'm not an illogical super fan either. I understand why Big Show was given that push. WWE needed to make him look like a credible threat to Henry's title in order to sell pay-per-views by having some doubt put into the notion that Henry was going to retain the belt.

I get that. It still doesn't make it right. I would have had no problem with Big Show looking slightly stronger than Henry maybe two out of the three times they had confrontations, with the other being even up.

That way, Big Show looks like a credible threat, yet Henry doesn't lose much of his aura. Henry still looks strong, but not dominated.

That didn't happen and Henry looked vulnerable and weak throughout the build up for Vengeance.

They finally had their match at Vengeance and Big Show was a bit stronger throughout the contest. Henry eventually superplexed Show through the ring, ending the bout without a winner. Henry didn't need assistance leaving the ring, unlike Big Show, so he looked a bit stronger, however he was still battered and beaten.

Henry needs to put an end to the streak of him looking weak. He needs to come out and squash the Big Show on Smackdown tomorrow night.

The reason is simple: Big Show is irrelevant and barely above being worthless.

He is not champion or champion contender material. It is a slap in the face to Henry for having to essentially job to such an inconsequential wrestler.

WWE needs to do the right thing and have Henry dominate the next few encounters so his aura of invincibility returns. If they want to have this feud extend until the Survivor Series, fine. But they need to make Henry look stronger along the way. No more jobbing to a slug. Give Big Show a little build up before Survivor Series and then have Henry put the nail in his coffin by having him destroy the World's Biggest and Worst Athlete.