"Mark Henry in NXT"- Wrestling fans hilariously react as WWE announces popular star's massive in-ring return

The wrestling world has jokingly compared a returning WWE Superstar to Hall of Famer Mark Henry on Twitter. The star in question is Odyssey Jones, who has been sidelined due to an injury since January 2022.

Since his debut on 205 Live, Jones has been compared to The World's Strongest Man. From his physique and on-screen presentation, several aspects of his character resemble the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion. He made his way to NXT as part of the 2021 Breakout Tournament. However, the powerhouse lost to Carmelo Hayes in the finals.

Due to a ruptured patellar tendon during a 205 Live dark match, Jones was forced to undergo surgery and thus was out of action for nearly ten months. Last week on NXT, Jones showed up in an SUV and offered Edris Enofe and Malik Blade a ride. Following that, WWE officially announced that Jones would be making his in-ring return on this week's episode of the Tuesday night show:

"Odyssey Jones returns to the ring tomorrow night on #WWENXT," WWE NXT tweeted.

Upon seeing the tweet, the wrestling world was in awe, assuming that the AEW personality had made his return to WWE.

"ngl thought this was Mark Henry, was boutta say holy s***," a fan tweeted.

Check out the full tweet here.

People also trolled the NXT Superstar based on his resemblance to the WWE Hall of Famer.

Some fans were impressed with Odyssey's first run in the company before his injury and were thus excited to see him back in action.

Mark Henry helped Odyssey Jones elevate his pro wrestling career

Odyssey Jones was a special guest on an episode of Corey Graves' After The Bell podcast. During the show, the NXT Superstar revealed that he was aspiring to be a pro footballer before signing with WWE. He trained for his football career while working as a security guard in overnight shifts.

Jones caught the attention of Mark Henry during the AEW personality's visit to a Jiu-Jitsu symposium in New Jersey. Henry was impressed with the upstart and helped Jones secure an opportunity to try out for WWE.

"Every year, Joe does a Jiu-Jitsu symposium in New Jersey. For some reason, Mark Henry went one time. Next thing you know, he was sending him pictures of me and him in the gym to Mark Henry (...) I’m getting a call from Canyon [Ceman] contacting me for a tryout, and you know, the rest is history,” Odyssey Jones said. [H/T Wrestling News.co]

WWE was seemingly building Jones to be the next Mark Henry. With Triple H now being the head of creative, only time will tell what's next for the upstart.

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