The Heel Turn: What's in store for Henry?

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A career-long goal was finally achieved for Mark Henry at Night Of Champions when he won the World Heavyweight championship for the first time ever. The "world's strongest man" has been a WWE superstar for 15 years, yet he has never held a championship belt. That changed last week when he brutalized Randy Orton and captured the title. Afterwards, Henry angrily declared that he was going to show all his doubters that he would be the most dominant champion ever. The following night on RAW, Henry would prove just how brutal and sadistic he can be by viciously attacking both J.R. and Jerry Lawler.

This makes me wonder what exactly the WWE has planned for Henry. Fifteen years without a championship is a long time. Could it be that Henry is thinking of retiring or is close to being released? After all, the biggest storyline of his career likely has to be the infamous segment where Mae Young gave birth to Henry's child, which in a weird twist turned out to be a rubber hand. Surely not one of the WWE's most shining moments.

Henry has been a very intimidating competitor throughout his time in the company, but never really rose above the midcarder level until now. A good idea would be to use his championship run as a way to elevate younger superstars to undisputed main event status. There are many suitable candidates who deserve pushes, Wade Barrett and Sheamus being just two of them. It would also make for an epic storyline that the fans could really get behind as the brutal heel champ Henry finally gets taken down by an up-and-coming challenger.

Over in Impact Wrestling, one of my predictions came true as Christopher Daniels turned against A.J. Styles and dropped him with a kick below the belt. This came after Daniels yet again taunted Styles with the fact that he pinned him a few short weeks ago. A violent feud between the former friends seems to be on the horizon, which could very well destroy the unity of Fortune forever. This would allow Immortal to breathe a little easier, as Fortune is their biggest threat currently, aside from Mr. Anderson and Sting.

Robert Roode is the numberone contender, and he will face Kurt Angle for the Impact championship at Bound For Glory. Roode could very well win the title for the first time ever that night, as Angle will soon probably be taking some time off to train for next year's Olympics. It would be an extremely well-deserved victory for Roode, since he has been with TNA since day one and is one of the guys responsible for helping to build the company. He will have to watch his back though, as Daniels could very well turn his attention from Styles to Roode.

One thing is for sure, if Fortune does collapse, someone needs to take up the fight against Immortal. The future of Impact Wrestling depends on it.