Mark Canterbury Mark Canterbury ( March 16 , 1964 ) is an American professional wrestler , best known for his stint in the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Henry O . Godwinn . Career History . Canterbury trained under George South and the Italian Stallion before debuting in 1989 under the ring name " Mean " Mark Canterbury . He quickly formed a tag team with Dennis Knight who would be wrestling as Tex Slazenger while Mark Canterbury donned a mask and became known as The Master Blaster . In October 1992 , the duo began wrestling for World Championship Wrestling , with Canterbury adopting the ring name Shanghai Pierce but keeping the mask . The two were known as the Texicans . They remained with the promotion until 1994 . In the mid 1994 , Canterbury joined the World Wrestling Federation , where he was renamed Henry Orpheus Godwinn and given the gimmick of an Arkansan pig farmer who carried a bucket of " slop " to the ring , which he would throw upon his opponents . Canterbury was originally a heel , and assisted the Million Dollar Corporation on several occasions . However , when the leader of the Corporation , Ted DiBiase , was asked on an episode of " WWF Action Zone " whether or not Canterbury was a member of the Corporation , DiBiase instead insulted Canterbury . This inspired Canterbury to turn face by " slopping " DiBiase , and led to a brief feud between Canterbury and Corporation member Sid . Godwinn engaged in a feud with the aristocratic Hunter Hearst Helmsley . The feud culminated in December 1995 in an " Arkansas Hog Pen match " that Helmsley won . After the match , however , Godwinn tossed Helmsley into the slop , much to the blueblood ' s distaste . In 1996 , Canterbury was reunited with Knight , who had been renamed Phineas I . Godwinn . The duo were portrayed as being cousins and were collectively known as The Godwinns . This face team was managed by Hillbilly Jim . They started a feud with the Bodydonnas where Phineas had a crush on Sunny and signed her as their manager . Eventually , she turned on them costing , them their WWF Tag Team Championships . The Godwinns then feuded with the now heel team The Smoking Gunns , in losing efforts . In 1997 after a botched Doomsday device from the Road Warriors , the Godwinns began a heel turn , dropping Hillbilly Jim as a manager and picking up Uncle Cletus . They then started a feud with the Legion of Doom in which they tried to break Hawk ' s neck . They won the tag titles a second time from the Headbangers . They later dropped the titles to the Legion of Doom . After the losing match , they attacked and fired Cletus . The Godwinns had a short feud with the returning Quebecers but started to fade after that . In 1997 , in a match between The Godwinns and the Legion of Doom , Canterbury suffered a cracked C7 vertebrae when the Legion of Doom botched a Doomsday Device . He was advised by doctors to rest for 15 weeks , but returned to the ring in less than eight weeks . In 1998 , Canterbury entered Brawl for All , a shoot - fighting tournament held by the WWF . He lost in the first round to Bradshaw . Later that year , the Godwinns dropped their pig farmer gimmicks and became " Southern Justice " , the bodyguards of Tennessee Lee . Six months later , Canterbury herniated his C7 vertebrae and pinched a spinal nerve , necessitating spinal fusion surgery . This came as a result of him returning to the ring too early after his neck injury . He eventually left the WWF and retired , due to the neck injury suffered in 1997 . In September 2006 , Canterbury wrestled several tryout matches with World Wrestling Entertainment . On September 15 , 2006 , WWE announced that he had been signed to a contract . He debuted in Deep South Wrestling on November 30 as a tag partner of Ray Gordy . Gordy was known as Cousin Ray and they both reformed The Godwinns . However , since both Gordy and Drew Hankinson went to the SmackDown ! brand , Godwinn ' s role remained uncertain . On May 19 , the Wrestling Observer reported that Canterbury had been released from his developmental contract . Canterbury has not appeared at any indy shows since his release . Mark is currently married to his wife , Michelle and enjoying family life .