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Revision as of 23:46, 10 March 2005 by Chadbryant (talk | contribs) (added external link)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Marc Mero (born July 9, 1965) is an American professional wrestler. Prior to his involvement with wrestling, Mero was a champion amateur boxer. He debuted in 1991, and competed for World Championship Wrestling as "Johnny B. Badd", a gimmick loosely based on early rock star Little Richard.
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 World Wrestling Entertainment, debuting at WrestleMania XII as "Wildman" Marc Mero. He would later use his wife Rena Mero as his valet "Sable". After dropping Sable as his manager, he changed his persona to "Marvelous Marc Mero" and adopted Jacqueline Moore as his valet/manager.
After Rena Mero quit the WWF and filed a $110 million lawsuit against the company over allegations of sexual harassment and unsafe working conditions, Marc Mero was dropped from WWF programming. His later release from WWF was a part of the out-of-court settlement reached between Rena and the WWF. Marc dropped out of wrestling to manage Rena's career as an actress and celebrity-for-hire.
Marc & Rena Mero were divorced in 2003, and Mero has since made sporadic appearances as "Johnny B. Badd" for the Total Nonstop Action promotion.