Marc Mero

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Marc Mero
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Ring name(s) Johnny B. Badd
Mark Merro
Marc Mero
"Wildman" Marc Mero
"Marvelous" Marc Mero
Billed height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Billed weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Born July 9th, 1960
Buffalo, NY
Resides Orlando, Florida
Trained by Ray Rinaldi
Debut 1991
Retired 2006

Marc Mero (born July 9th, 1960) is a retired American professional wrestler, who worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and World Championship Wrestling as Johnny B. Badd, and in the World Wrestling Federation as "Wildman" Marc Mero, "Marvelous" Marc Mero, and simply Marc Mero.

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[edit] Career

Prior to his involvement with wrestling, Mero was a champion amateur boxer. He was a three-time winner of the Golden Gloves competition held in New York, before deciding to give up boxing and proceed with a career in professional wrestling.

He debuted in 1991 for World Championship Wrestling as Marc Mero, a jobber wrestler. He was soon repackaged as Johnny B. Badd a gimmick loosely based on early rock star Little Richard. He wore a feather boa to the ring and was initially managed by Teddy Long. His bigger feuds were against Lord Steven Regal, "Stunning" Steve Austin, and Arn Anderson. He eventually got rid of Long, the makeup and the boa but kept the name and won Kimberly Page's freedom from Diamond Dallas Page, as well as the WCW Television Title.

After objecting to several proposed storylines because of his faith as a born-again Christian, Mero had a falling out with WCW Vice-President Eric Bischoff in early 1996. Mero signed with the WWF, debuting at WrestleMania XII as "Wildman" Marc Mero. His wife Sable would later valet for him.

In the latter part of the summer in 1996, Ahmed Johnson had to vacate the WWE Intercontinental Championship because of a serious kidney injury. As a result, the WWF held a tournament to decide a new champion. Marc Mero would defeat Faarooq Asad to become the new Intercontinental Champion. This would be peak of Mero's success in the WWF.

After missing several months with an injury, he returned with the new persona of "Marvelous" Marc Mero, a boxer. Mero became jealous of Sable's fan following and wanted her out of the WWF. At Over the Edge, he defeated Sable with a small package, which resulted in her leaving the WWF for a short time. After he dropped Sable as his valet, Jacqueline became his manager.

After Sable quit the WWF and filed a $110 million lawsuit against the company over allegations of sexual harassment and unsafe working conditions, Marc was dropped from WWF programming. His later release from WWF was a part of the out-of-court settlement reached between Sable and the WWF. Marc retired from wrestling to manage Rena's career as an actress and celebrity-for-hire.

Marc & Rena Mero were divorced in 2003. Mero made sporadic appearances as Johnny B. Badd for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, including pay-per-view appearances, but has since departed from the company and is retired.

He currently owns a gym in Altamonte Springs, FL called Marc Mero Body Slam 407 678-BODY where he uses his "High Intensity Training" technique to help others lose weight and get in shape. www.marcmerobodyslam.com

He is friends with local Orlando Radio Show the Monsters in the Morning on WTKS Real Radio 104.1

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Finishing and signature moves

[edit] Nicknames

  • "Wildman" Marc Mero
  • "Marvelous" Marc Mero
  • Johnny B. Badd

[edit] Previous managers

[edit] Quotes

  • "Nobody can beat the Marvellous one!"
  • "I'm a Badd man!"
  • "I'm so pretty!"
  • "That's the kiss that don't miss! I'm pretty and he's ugly!"
  • "Its Five Knuckle Shuffle Time!"
  • "It's TKO time!"

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) ranked him # 264 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
  • PWI's Rookie of the Year (1991)
  • 1991 Rookie of the Year
  • 1995 Most Improved Wrestler

[edit] Trivia

  • Mero has a brother who was a WCW jobber under the name of Tony Vendetta and in his early teen years, Mero dreamed of playing in the NHL with the Buffalo Sabres.
  • Mero's favorite NFL team is the Buffalo Bills.
  • He was one of the first contributors to the Rec.Sport.Pro-Wrestling usenet newsgroup.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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