Marc Mero is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under his real name and with World Championship Wrestling and NWA Total Nonstop Action under the ring name Johnny B Badd.
59 Facts About Marc Mero
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Today, Marc Mero contributes much of his time to the nonprofit organization he founded in 2007, Champion of Choices.
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Marc Mero won the WCW World Television Championship three times during the course of his career before departing the company due to creative differences in 1996.
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Marc Mero's parents divorced when he was eight years old, with his mother supporting him and his two siblings by working two jobs.
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At the age of 12, Marc Mero began playing hockey, eventually becoming his league's Most Valuable Player.
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In 1973, Marc Mero's family relocated to Liverpool, New York, where Marc Mero played for the Mid State Youth Hockey League.
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At age 15, Marc Mero began playing for the Syracuse Stars Junior Hockey Team.
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Marc Mero began playing football in his senior year at Liverpool High School, with his team winning the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Title under the tutelage of future University of Central Florida coach George O'Leary.
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Marc Mero went on to win four New York State titles, including the New York Golden Gloves tournament.
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Marc Mero intended to become a professional boxer, but his career was sidelined after his nose was broken in an accident.
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Marc Mero briefly pursued a bodybuilding career, placing third in the Mr New York State bodybuilding contest.
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In 1990, Marc Mero decided to become a wrestler, traveling to Tampa, Florida to train under the Malenkos.
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Marc Mero debuted in 1991 in the Floridian Sun Coast Professional Wrestling promotion.
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Several months after his FSCPW debut, Marc Mero attended a World Championship Wrestling television taping and was given a tryout, losing to Doom in a squash match.
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Marc Mero appeared with WCW as an enhancement talent for several months.
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Marc Mero competed in his first match on the May 1,1991 episode of WorldWide, where he was defeated by Sid Vicious.
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Marc Mero was eventually signed to a contract by booker Dusty Rhodes.
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Marc Mero was initially a villain and managed by Teddy Long.
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Marc Mero debuted at the inaugural SuperBrawl pay-per-view, on May 19,1991, where he was introduced as Long's newest client.
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Marc Mero put his lip stickers on the faces of his defeated opponents after matches.
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Marc Mero feuded with Page and his teammate Scotty Flamingo and the two competed in a series of televised and non-televised matches throughout 1992, including a boxing match on the November 18 Clash of the Champions XXI, which Flamingo won in the third round after Page filled Flamingo's boxing glove with water.
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At Starrcade, Marc Mero's team lost in their Lethal Lottery match after Marc Mero knocked Jack out with a Tutti Frutti.
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Marc Mero faced Jack in a match on the January 13,1993 Clash of the Champions XXII, where he lost.
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Marc Mero was randomly paired with Brian Knobbs in a Lethal Lottery at the Battlebowl pay-per-view, where Badd's team won to qualify for the Battlebowl battle royal.
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Marc Mero eliminated Rip Rogers before being eliminated by Paul Orndorff.
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Marc Mero was booked to beat Regal for the title at Fall Brawl to gain his first singles championship in WCW.
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Marc Mero continued to be in Badd's corner and the rivalry with Page continued.
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Marc Mero left the company because he strongly objected to the ongoing angle with Kimberly Page.
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Marc Mero debuted in WWF as a fan favorite at WrestleMania XII, on March 31,1996, where he rescued his wife, Rena "Sable" Mero from Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
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Marc Mero made his in-ring debut, the following night on Monday Night Raw, where he defeated Isaac Yankem DDS.
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Marc Mero defeated Helmsley in his pay-per-view debut at In Your House 8.
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Marc Mero defeated Owen Hart in the quarter-final, the following week on Raw, but lost to eventual winner Stone Cold Steve Austin in the semi-final at King of the Ring.
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Marc Mero faced Goldust in a losing effort at the SummerSlam pay-per-view.
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Marc Mero successfully defended the title against Goldust, with the assistance of Mr Perfect at In Your House 10.
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Marc Mero dropped the title to rival Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the following night on Raw after Perfect goaded Mero into defending the title against Helmsley and hit him with a steel chair.
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Marc Mero led a team of Jake Roberts, The Stalker and newcomer Rocky Maivia against Helmsley, Crush, Goldust and Jerry Lawler in a four-on-four elimination tag team match at Survivor Series.
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Marc Mero was eliminated by Crush but his team won the match.
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Marc Mero faced Helmsley for the Intercontinental Championship at In Your House 12, where Marc Mero won by count-out.
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Marc Mero was eliminated by the eventual winner Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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Marc Mero debuted a new finishing move, TKO to win his match against Miguel Perez, Jr.
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Marc Mero began a slow turn as a villain after becoming jealous of the fan following Sable had acquired in his absence and wanting her out of the WWF.
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Marc Mero promised to retire if he did not win the match.
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Marc Mero wrestled one final time at the United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view Capital Carnage, where he teamed with Jacqueline as a reluctant partner against Sable and Christian in a losing effort.
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At the time, Marc Mero had three years remaining on his contract, with a guaranteed salary of $350,000.
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Marc Mero subsequently did not wrestle for 18 months due to various nagging injuries and a shoulder surgery.
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Marc Mero opted not to return to WCW on a full-time basis due to his physical condition at the time.
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In 2001, Marc Mero returned to wrestling in the short-lived X Wrestling Federation along with Rena Marc Mero.
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In 2004, Mero began wrestling for NWA Total Nonstop Action reprising his Johnny B Badd character.
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Marc Mero debuted in TNA on the October 2,2004 episode of Xplosion, where he participated as a fan favorite in a tag team match with Russ Rollins against Rod Steele and Bruce Steele, which Badd's team won.
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Marc Mero appeared with the company sporadically throughout late 2004 and early 2005.
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Marc Mero competed at the company's first monthly pay-per-view Victory Road, where he participated in an eight-man tag team match, which his team won.
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Marc Mero made his last appearance in TNA at the pre-show of the Final Resolution pay-per-view on January 16,2005, where he was paired with Sonny Siaki in a tag team match against The Naturals, which Naturals won.
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In 1994, Marc Mero married Rena "Sable" Greek, adopting her daughter from a previous marriage.
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Marc Mero married for the second time in 2009, to Darlene Spezzi; the couple divorced in 2019.
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In July 2007, Marc Mero stated that he required a heart valve transplant.
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Marc Mero had announced that he was prepared to undergo heart surgery in November 2014, however tests revealed that his enlarged heart had shrunk.
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In June and July 2007, Marc Mero commented on the Chris Benoit murder-suicide, appearing on numerous cable news programs and criticizing both the wrestling industry and World Wrestling Entertainment.
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In interviews, Marc Mero produced a list of 25 wrestlers with whom he had wrestled and who had since died, calling for greater regulation of the wrestling industry.
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On July 15,2007, Marc Mero attended the memorials of Nancy and Daniel Benoit in Daytona Beach, Florida.