Marc Mero in the WWF | Wrestling With Wregret
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- First he was a Badd Man ... then he was a Wildman ... then he became MARVELOUS! Brian Zane takes a closer look at Marc Mero's career in the WWF, and how he may have actually been one of the most influential talents of the late 1990's!
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Mero's Wild Thing finisher was the first time I ever saw the shooting star press. In hindsight it shows how much WWE trusted him. Plus it was quite an athletic move for a man of his size.
@Hey Zeus Yeah, Mero was pretty solid in the ring and very athletic. I remember watching it like 😲
I prefer his version over Kidman's.... it looks more natural
@@Chris6869 Ironically his Shooting Star Press reminds me on Brock Lesnar's.
sable is into guys with SSP's
Marc Mero was making more money than Stone Cold and mankind at one point... INSANE
Will Cortez yep, mero has made more merchandise than stone cold but the texas rattlesnake, with his austin 3:16 shirt, outsold marc's merchandise big time
Funny thing. Mick Foley tells a story in his book "Have a nice day" where he had a meeting about potential merchandise for Mankind not long after his debut with the company. During the meeting, he saw everything the WWE of the time had invested in merchandising for Marc Mero and it was huge. During the same meeting, Stone Cold walked by and asked the marketing guy when they were planning to create some Stone Cold Steve Austin merchandise and the guy literally told Austin there was no plan to ever do that. I would've loved to see that marketing guy's face when the Austin 3:16 shirt came out.
Both Sable and Sunny eclipsed their respective mates and saw their own stock rise so strongly only to collapse as they believed their own hype. Sable also prevented Luna Vachon from even getting a brief reign as Women's Champ which is a shame! Sable wasn't meant to be a wrestler though I truly feel that she belongs in the WWE Hall of Fame.
I agree sunny is in the hall of fame why isn’t sable in it who was even more popular than sunny
Mark Mero was just the first signing after Hall and Nash left he didn't start the lucrative contracts he was just in the right place at the right time to be the first to sign one
Gilberg POP!!! 😎
Damn!
Enjoying Wrestling with Wregret before the hurricane comes... and sadly not Helms.
Be safe
@@truediva18 thanks
Good luck.
Same here man
STAND BACK
So Bart Gunn wasn't the only one that was burried by Butterbean
Yeah in a real fight people don't have dazed animations. XD
I remember Mero and Butterbean were supposed to have a blow off match at Wrestlemania. Since there boxing at DX IYH was panned. The feud was dropped. WWF then used Butterbean to kill Bart Gunn.
*buried
@@MrSavageRain bore-eed *
MM does incredible work as a speaker now, nothing he accomplished in the ring will ever compare to the lives he has saved in his post wrestling career 👍
True.. He visited my school about 10 years ago.. His story moved me, I ligit cried
A few years ago I saw him in a church in Kissimmee, Fl
He visited my school one time, and his story made me cry. It was THAT moving.
@@730F-Sport *legit
id sooner believe that Mark was responsible for the women's rev then Steph lol
Well He elevated Sable more than Steph elevated any wrestler...
Took the words right outta my mouth.
Nathan Russo He elevated Sable, and Sable elevated "other things."
That's hash.tag.women's.revolution please
@@shawdawg2852
Damn
Mero losing to Gillberg and leaving the company was one of my fist "I thought this was supposed to be fake" moments in wrestling. Mero never came back, and the pain that remained was real.
In fairness, Marc has mentioned before that he didn't care that he became a huge joke by the end of his WWE career, he was just happy to see Sable become the huge star she ended up becoming.
@RMM Radio by Christopher Drewes According to him they both felt it was time to get a divorce, and besides he ended up getting remarried as well so what's your point?
what a simp
@@TV247 apparently nothing since it appears that he deleted his comment 😂
It's no e to know that a career and a life didn't Detail after WWE got their hands on it. Plus if he and Sable separated amicably, that's another big plus, in my experience it's a very rare thing in divorces these days.
But it was a waste, they got divorced and Sable went to shit.
In hindsight, Marc Mero and Sable in the WWF felt like they were recapturing the charm of Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth.
Yes, they were and the same angle has been done multiple times with a controlling boyfriend jealous of his manager.
Probably would have gone that way eventually had they not left the company
Sable was his downfall
Mike Litoris that's such a shame tbh. Sable was so bland it almost hurt. Stephen hawking showed more emotion than sable ever did
Literally
#Sablebomb
And tearing his ACL was also his downfall
@Allen Clark i seen it didn't that cause him to hurt his back or was that another reason?
It's funny yesterday I watched your video of the Brawl for all again...the attitude era was really big on the midcard.
That's the one thing that Russo does that I like - making sure that everyone on the roster has something going on.
@@tmage23 Eventhough odds are it's a ____ on a pole match
Gave the midcard something to do.
Probably one of the good things of the Attitude Era: Everyone felt important in their own right, even if they weren't exactly at the top of the card.
Yep.. Now its all about Roman lames meanwhile everyone else drowns in a sea of meritocracy
I dunno, that Rocky Maivia guy had potential. Wonder what happened to him...
So did John Cena. Wonder whatever happened to him too.
Probably wrestling in some bingo halls
Husky Harris, where is he now?
He became a huge box office draw not only in the wwe but also in hollywood where he made multiple movies which are huge hits in the box office
@Michael Bandada You are one dense fuck.
Damn, Mero really has it all tho.
Guaranteed contract and ability to land a shooting star press perfectly.
Meanwhile, I guess you can say, Brock missed the "Marc".
He entered at the wrong Angle.
@@dylanogg347
😏. Well played. Get this guy a Main Event push, immediately, pal!
Marc was a pretty good wrestler.
megaman exe his matches in WCW were great
Ehhhhh he was decent,if he was working with right opponent a great athlete but an average at best wrestler!!!
he was a damn good wrestler but after that knee injury. he wasn't the same wrestler as he focused on his boxing skills and it didn't click with the fans.
megaman exe he came to my school today
When I heard of Marc Mero was in the episode Divas Gone Wild on The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW.
And without Marc Mero there would be no Sable in the WWF plus Jerry Lawker saying "PUPPIES"
Jerry Lawler didn't actually start the term puppies
Hey Zeus I meant us WWF/E fans wouldn't hear Jerry Lawler say "puppies and to you Hey Zeus I am sorry that I got Sunny and Sable mixed up and I am sorry to Alex Riley for mixing my facts
Marc Mero came to my middle school in Nowhere, East Texas back around '91 or '92 as Johnny Be Badd to tell us to stay off drugs. I had stopped following wrestling around that time (and never really watched WCW anyway), so I had no idea who he was. When I started watching WWF again in the late 90's, I saw Marc Mero and had no idea that was the same guy. It took me embarrassingly long to put it together. I was such a mark back then, so I never really got to appreciate people like him and Owen Hart because I hated their characters.
Well at least Marc Mero can say he banged Sable before Brock Lesnar did, The Beast got the sloppy seconds.
*43rds
@@pablowoods1848 43rd president
I've seen video of his motivational speeches, it's actually very inspiring, he had a rough career and his wife is with Brock Lesnar now, glad to see he could stay positive, wish you would have gave him a little more credit for that
Brock Lesnar's teeth are nubs. I'd say Mero won in the end.
I grew up knowing who Mero was because my father always loved to point out how he and Mero grew up together in the burbs outside of Syracuse NY, they met cleaning pools together. My dad and I watched the Brawl for All live (sadly) I will never forget him saying, "Watch Marc clean this guys fuckin' clock!"...
TBF your dad probably didn't knew Steve Blackman was a black belt martial artist Marc was a great boxer but the brawl of all was a weird hybrid of mma, bar brawling, and amateur wrestling all while wearing boxing gloves
Do you think you could do a retrospective on Snitsky in WWE?
If it means seeing some baby punting action, then he should absolutely do it.
I remember the exact moment I changed the channel from WWE and haven't watched it since. When Snitzky was feuding with rape Kane and he kicked their baby into the audience. I suddenly woke up and realized, why am i watching something I hate?
By all accounts WWE's just as bad these days. XD Thank god for NJPW.
"The death of Kane's baby that wasn't my fault. But the destruction I cause from here on in that will be ALL MY FAULT."
MLPFiMBrony2232 Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
No
planescaped NJPW sucks
Really never understood this utter obsession with Sable. Zero charisma, poor in the ring, couldn't talk and not even very attractive
MrNegativecreep07 it's because she had big boobs. That's literally all you needed to be popular as a woman in the attitude era
@@speedy932key4 She was the Pam Anderson of Wrestling
Vito Corleone exactly
BOOBS, bro, BOOBS.
MrNegativecreep07
Adult me agrees with you 100%
In 98-99 my adolescent hormone soaked wiener would have fought you for saying such blasphemous things.....
"A 21 year old Brock Lesnar sensed a new calling in life" LMAO!!
Ive seen some of his videos as a motivational speaker and he does seem like a down to earth guy. Not bitter and living his life as a positive influence. Good luck to him!
Mero and I actually went to the same high school (different decades, but same building).
El Hijo del Santo earned a diploma at my school in 2014 and I was studyng there during that year.
Virgil In WWE/WCW video
That would be a good one
*Wrestling Superstar Virgil
@@nofxceghxst9192 tell em hawk!
He came... he saw... he existed?
"Lonely Virgil" LOL
I hate Marc Maro for unleashing Sable upon the wrestling world. Gawd damn she was awful
@Hey Zeus she didnt bring ratings you smark fuck. Women dont draw.
@Alex Riley
Her charisma and talent.
Which was nonexistent.
@Hey Zeus
As for you, seriously? Insults?
Mmmkay lmao.
Kid.
Sable DID bring ratings. For whatever reason, well ok not “whatever reason” it was her huge fake boobs and it was the attitude era. The “Attitude Era” treated women like pieces of meat and the male audience of horny as hell 15 to 35 year olds ate it up
Marc mero came to my high school to spread “positivity”.. anyone else??
Kind of dope to chit chat with him and have him berate my group of friends for trying backyarding
Same
warrior jack Ultimate Warrior came to my High School when I was a freshman in 95 96
Savage Jesus Did you be a good Baby Jesus and listen to Messiah Mero? Or did you take all the Devil's good drugs?
He just came here today
I love the little digs at wwe's patting it's self on the back for the women's revolution.
@Hey Zeus because tna was doing way more for women's wrestling before wwe. Plus wwe is the one who turned women's wrestling into a joke in the first place.
@Hey Zeus Because women's wrestling was taken seriously everywhere BUT WWE for years!
Steve Austin sure did dabble in a lot of back stage politics 🤔
Yeah and also who would have Wrestler male who was beaten by his Wife
Austin at this time had spent 90% of his career in the bottom of the card, he wasn't taken ANY chances now that he was at the top.
Hard for you youngins to believe but Sable and that shitty powerbomb were far more over than anyone on the WWE roster today. I know it sounds crazy but it’s true.
More than Becky lynch? She can't even get booed.
Sable was more popular than Becky Lynch by far. She was more popular than any woman on the current roster other than Ronda.
Yeah Becky doesn’t come anywhere close to Sable’s popularity. Even if Becky is way more talented and, in my opinion, more attractive.
@@carybeweary7209 People that hate wrestling now knew who Sable was. She was mainstream celebrity popular.
the product was more over then overall.
Marc "Rubber Ducky" Mero, I like it.
Murc "Tutti Fruiti" Mero
Marc mero should have been a great one, but wwf f***ed it up, again.
Der Graueherr it wasn’t WWE’s fault, if you listened to pretty much anyone that worked with Vince at that time, he literally thought Mero was the next big star
Vince liking something doesn't mean he can't ruin it. Remember Drew McIntyre being the chosen one? Or Lashley? I've even read that they think Kevin Owens might be the next big star for their company and look at how they book him.
This is gonna be more depressing then the Zack Ryder video isn't it
Not really. He's doing well for himself as a motivational speaker, and as tragic as his downfall was, he was indirectly responsible for a LOT of positive change for the WWF from 96-99!
I saw Marc Mero in a house show two weeks before Brian Pillman died
Jackie was way hotter than Sable
AMEN! And Jackie, unlike Sable, could actually wrestle! Also, for whatever it's worth these days, there's a reason one of those two is in the HoF, and the other is not.
@@MiketheCabbie And it's because Sable sued Vince, I assume
Was? She still is. Black don't crack.
She still is super hot, she is prime milf material now.
Not necessarily. Sable sued, sure, but she then came back to the WWE as Vince's mistress. Also several other Hall of Famers had sued the WWE and were still admitted years later; Jesse Ventura and Ultimate Warrior being the first to immediately spring to mind.
There where 2 problems with Mero in the WWE.
firstly, vince wanted Johnny B. Badd, not Marc Mero. I personally can't blame him, because the gimmick was great in WCW.
secondly, which is the even bigger problem, his wife sable got most of the spotlight. It got even worse when he was for half a year. When he came back with Sable in his corner, the people only watch Meros matches because of her and nothing else.
But like you said, it's good to know that he is still in good health, which can't be said about most wrestlers in the last 20 years.
TBF, these 2 problems you can hardly blame on the man, as he was a solid hand, had a good attitude and did what was asked of him, to a fault.
But I'm also glad he's healthy and happy, and his wrestling run did a lot of good for the business as a whole, whether directly or not.
Marc Mero's theme was Awesome!
My Create-a-Wrestler theme on WWF Attitude
His one as Marvelous Marc Mero? I liked it a lot. There is a theme in WWE 2k18 that sounds very similar to it. His Wildman theme was the one Sable started using.
@@nataliecairns5518 Same here. Wicked theme!
Marc's and Shamrock's themes were pretty epic.
You might be the most consistently entertaining person I have ever watched in my 13 years of watching UA-cam (and previous years on Google Video). I appreciate you so much, my man.
I've always had a theory that the giant moments in life are always actually started by someone obscure.
Dude was a legit innovator with the moves he was pulling out in the 90s with flips n dips that we rarely saw on WWF TV.
I remember meeting Mero in 7th grade. They had posters up for his speech and I utterly marked out hearing about it, even if I knew barely anything about his career, the fact that he was a wrestler and in the attitude era was enough for me. He gave a good speech, took some pictures, including one with me, and took questions. I remember asking him "Ever wrestler Mick Foley?" because Mick was my obsession at the time. Although ever since then I keep thinking about shit I should've asked. He was a super cool dude, and I really think he deserved to be a main eventer.
"You could say Marc Mero started the Women's Revolution"
Brian Brian Brian...
You're tempting fate my dude.
Someone's gonna read this and book Ronda Rousey vs Mero or Bliss v Mero over "Who really started the Women's Revolution"
Nice to see SoCalVal doing great for herself
He should’ve took Rick rudes advice” if you want to keep your wife keep her out of the business “
Wasn't the Wildman gimmick/name used because little Richard was the Wildman of rock and roll? I always believed this to be the case. Because Vince couldn't use Johnny b badd.
I need to hear Jim cornettes opinion on sable 😂😂
Marc Mero Good worker but so underrated
Marc Mero will always be the little Richard look alike from wcw. But in wwe he was good. He was a good boxer could have gone professional.
He basically partied his skill away
@@godfather71190 so true
@@godfather71190 Don't we all wish that we lost our talents the same way?
@@FnRenner yes very true
I always thought he looked liked Little Richard! 😁
Hey, SoCalVal. 😍
"Johnny don't be bad, Johnny be Gay!" Brian Pillman is a legend!
Lol he is
I guess Pillman has always been a loose cannon
Mero and Pillman would have made a good tag team. Too bad it didn't work out for either one.
Marc Mero saved himself for being in the Chris Candido's Cuck Clubhouse, he was so close.
Only John Morrison is in there and maybe Sasha's husband will be there someday.
lmao @ the Sasha comment.
I love the little digs at wwe patting themselves on the back for the women's revolution.
@Wrestling With Wregret Hi Brian, will you ever do a play through of Def Jam Fight For NY?
Yooo that game was AMAZING.
@@tombstonejones9581 They are coming out with a new sequel.
Poor Mero, I actually liked the wildman gimmick a lot when I was 10. I’ll say this, the toy for his Marvelous gimmick was one of my favorites
Mero came to my school about two years ago and believe me it was one of the saddest and inspirational thing I ever heard
@baby Maharaja u
It's sad when you think about it cause I actually liked Marc Mero.
He was a pretty good wrestler and had the charisma and was a decent talker if things would've turned out differently he could've been a bigger star in the WWF but of course thanks to the old man and his head writer at the time for being so much more infatuated with his wife that pretty much killed all his momentum.
This guy now lives in Central Florida. He relentlessly pushes his anti-bullying self-help speeches. He's very humblebrag kind of guy. I personally find him annoying because if you listen to him talk bullying is something that's never happened before and is so deadly that it claims thousands of lives every year. He doesn't really show a lot of discrimination in scale. And he's very big on the fact that he supposedly saves all these lives. I don't know if he's a good guy, or a bad guy but between that and the fact that he supports a local far right a.m. talk show he's not my favorite guy.
And when I say the talk show is far to the right I don't mean that they support Trump. I mean they regularly scream and yell about how the right-wing needs to take the country back by armed militia. Back from what I don't know but from the way they talk it's usually code for brown people
It was all Sable's fault
Stone Cold fault #romanwouldnthavedonethat
it was the persons fault for making the marvelous gimmick
But not Snitsky's!
Was I the only one that noticed you didn’t put Torrie Wilson’s solo Playboy cover in the collection of WWE divas that have done playboy?
It sucks that Mero went in a downward spiral once he got the Torn ACL. He had so much potential to make big moves in the Attitude Era and he overshadowed by Sable. :(
Stone cold politiced his way out of a lot of potential feuds with young talent.😐
@tapset47 Exactly
According to practically everyone that worked with Vince at the time (Cornette, Prichard and Russo), Vince had legitimately thought that Marc Mero was going to be the next big star. That’s why Mero was pushed so hard at the start of his run and was the first guy the WWF signed a guaranteed deal with
Well he would’ve had if only vince didn’t hire sable or at least didn’t gave her too much spotlight
I remember a story from back then, when Scott Hall and Kevin Nash signed with WCW, Vince was going around telling people: ''Don't worry guys! They got Hall and Nash but we got Marc Mero!'' Surprisingly, that didn't exactly stop guys from worrying.
"He was either irritated or honored to be destroyed by the Ultimate Warrior earlier in the night; depending on which DVD you watch" Savage
Imagine snubbing guaranteed contracts Diesel and Razor Ramon only to give them to Mero and Pillman
How long has this man been wrestling with Wregret has been going out for years... JUST END THE ANGLE !
Glad that you've put the spotlight on a very underrated talent. I've always liked Johnny B. Badd back in his WCW days, and I was really happy to see him jump ship to the WWF. Shame that he bring the gimmick with him, but "Wildman" Marc Mero also rolls off the tongue quite well. And am I the only one that still thinks him being "Marvelous" Marc Mero was a tad... generic?
So we are just going to not talk about that sunset flip across the ring? He was a lot more agile than I remember.
And the shooting star press! How have I forgotten so much? Don't get older, kids.
Brian Zayn..you're not wrong..
Marc Mero actually did accidentally start the WWE Womens revolution
Dude, you need to end all videos like this with how each of your videos subsequently led to the women revolution
Marc Mero talked at my school, he has a really depressing life
Marc Mero: GET HIM IN YOUR STABLE NOW, LADS !!!
How come wwe forgot about gregory helms' title reign. They say "AJ styles is the new longest reigning champion in smackdown history, surpassing jbl"? Helms had already beat jbl's record in 2006/7.
BasedPapaPino my favorite crusierweight champion of all time. He was a great heel in that division. I enjoyed his feud he had with Matt Hardy as well too but his theme music tho? Oh man I loved Fire Storm A. The main reason I wish the 2K games would add custom music back is because I want that as my entrance theme so bad.
I'm sure they just mean the WWE Championship.
Take that Stephanie
Austin not putting mero over after the sablebomb is bs. legitimacy in wrestling is overrated. hhh banged a mannequin and it's still 20 time champ. Kane was a dentist. so many gimmicks and angles get forgotten and repackaged
That was never forgotten. Mero shouldnt have simped for his wife by squandering his own career simple as hell. Hes whipped af
Vince's love is a fickle, fickle thing. Think of all the guys Vince has went out publicly and labeled the next big thing, and then wonder why Mero was doomed from go street....oh, and I cannot wait until you cover XWF
Pray for Zane when he reviews xwf🙏
It's sad your own wife murdered your own career with one move and what's even worse it will haunt him forever
I listened to it but in the public eye everyone still say she's the reason
That torn ACL changed everything for Mero. He was doing a heavy highspot style but after that injury, he was grounded and didn't have that "wow" factor anymore.
Loved JBB and Marc Mero!
It's really a shame what happened to Marc, he had a good look, he could work, and he could talk pretty well
if he didn't take the Sable Bomb, who knows... maybe he could of been in consideration of being the Champ?
you could argue Sable took his career to levels he would have never reached without her, and he elevated hers as well.
Marc Mero is an absolute inspiration these days
At 235lbs he had moves like a cruiserweight... moonsaults, hurricanranas and a frickin 450 splash.... so underrated and misused.... great technical wrestler too. Good job Boris 😎👍
7:00 SO... Mero's pro wrestling career was buried because of sexism. Marvelous!
Great video as usual, but I think that video was just a bit of an exaggeration, good sir.
Do a video on Jackie. She was always my favorite
Johnny B Gay lol
Marc definitely got the short end of the stick during his WWF days, but like Brian said, at least he seems happy with what he's doing now that he's retired, so that's a plus.
I have to say: I liked his Gimmick more than that of Johnny B Badd
How? Johnny B Badd was *way* better than his bland WWF stuff.
D Bone I think i just dislike the Johnny Gimmick and never thought it Fit Mero. Guess i like more a "bland" Gummick then one i dislike
Marc Mero was super talented.
Ahh my day just got a lot better thanks for another quality video Z-man
Great Great episode. You need to be complimented for this. Found it very enjoyable. Hope you do more!
Slightly looked like lil richard?
Like the song says, he looks just like lil Richard!
How could someone Vince was so big on go so wrong.... Have you looked at the WWE today? Half the NXT call ups had good pushes going for them then die out. Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, Big Cass and more...
Steve Austin refusing to work with someone who kayfabe lost to a woman?
Ah that must explain why Austin literally battered his wife, afterwards. Yeah, that's how you look like a tough guy, alright.
Marc Mero deserved better. He was a great face -- just as good as a heel too.
Sable, in hindsight, always sucked. Come at me Brock.
"First he was a Badd Man...then he was a Wildman...then he became MARVELOUS!" - Then he was gone...