This article is about the American professional wrestler. For the Canadian professional ice hockey player, see Marc Moro.
Marc Mero
Mero in 2013
Born
(1960-07-09) July 9, 1960 (age 63) Buffalo, New York, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s)
Sable
(m. 1994; div. 2004)
Darlene Spezzi
(m. 2009; div. 2019)
Children
1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Johnny B. Badd[2] "Wildman" Marc Mero[2] "Marvelous" Marc Mero[2]
Billed height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[3]
Billed weight
235 lb (107 kg)[3]
Billed from
Syracuse, New York (as Marc Mero in WCW) Macon, Georgia (as Johnny B. Badd in WCW) Buffalo, New York/Jungles (as "Wildman"/"Marvelous" Marc Mero in WWF)
Trained by
Boxing: Ray Rinaldi[2] Wrestling: Boris Malenko[2] Dean Malenko[2] Joe Malenko[2]
Debut
1990[2]
Retired
2006[4]
YouTube information
Channel
Marc Mero
Years active
2008–present
Genres
Motivational speaker
Mental health
Subscribers
140 thousand[5]
Total views
45.1 million[5]
Last updated: May 3, 2023
Marc Mero (born July 9, 1960)[6] is an American retired professional wrestler and amateur boxer, as well as a motivational speaker. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under his real name and with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and NWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA TNA) under the ring name Johnny B. Badd. Today, Marc Mero contributes much of his time to the nonprofit organization he founded in 2007, Champion of Choices.[7]
Mero was heavily pushed as a mid-carder as "Johnny B. Badd" in WCW during the early 1990s. He won the WCW World Television Championship three times during the course of his career before departing the company due to creative differences in 1996. He would then compete in WWF under his real name, making his debut at WrestleMania XII and going on to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship. He would then feud with his wife Sable before departing in 1999. Mero's last mainstream appearance was in NWA TNA, where he wrestled sporadically in the mid-2000s.
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^ abShields, Brian; Sullivan, Kevin (2009). WWE Encyclopedia. DK. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-7566-4190-0.
^Buehring, Tom. "Pro-Wrestler Finds Victory Outside of the Ring". The Christian Broadcasting Network. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^ ab"About Marc Mero". YouTube.
^Hornbaker, Tim (2012). Legends of Pro Wrestling: 150 Years of Headlocks, Body Slams, and Piledrivers. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-61321-075-8. Born: July 9, 1960
^"Marc's story in his own words". Archived from the original on 2009-04-17.
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bout, but was forced to withdraw due to an injury sustained in training. Mero was advanced to the next round. 2 Drozdov advanced as Road Warrior Hawk was...
the debuting MarcMero backstage. The interview was interrupted by Hunter Hearst Helmsley, resulting in a brawl between Helmsley and Mero. The seventh...
part of the storyline, he took his aggressions out on her. The debuting MarcMero – her real-life husband – came to her rescue, starting a feud between...
Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Jerry Lawler, Jim Neidhart, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and MarcMero. On May 28, 1996, Garner faced Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) during...
joined forces with Jacqueline Moore, who had just ended her alliance with MarcMero, to form the Pretty Mean Sisters (P.M.S.). They later formed an alliance...
attacked her partner MarcMero and had to be separated by referee Tim White. The match began with Christian hip tossing and dropkicking Mero, from which he...
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