Henry's separation and dissolution of the monasteries was much earlier than any official switch to Protestantism. Henry considered himself still Catholic and was Catholic in all but allegiance to the Pope. He didn't intend to Protestantise England, but his desire to marry Nan Bullen and fund his various spending sprees set in motion a number of unintended consequences. He should have paid more attention to the advisers his son was consorting with. That was where the real change began.
I also enjoyed the reference to Anne Boleyn as the "google-eyed whore".
In 1537 it was not yet clear if Lutheranism would blow over quickly like Utraquism or if it would persist for centuries like Donatism.
Henry thought he could pick and choose the bits of the new heresy he liked (the divine right of kings, lay investiture, divorce) and keep the bits of the old ways he still liked (polyphony, sacramentals, requiem Masses, etc.) while rejecting anything that was not to his personal taste.
He didn't realize that by making his own personal tastes paramount he had thoroughgoingly adopted the central tenet of Lutheranism.
So while he did not think he was a Protestant, his attitude was entirely Protestant.