Line #25 Wrestling/MarcMero


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4	Marc Mero (born July 9, 1963) is an American retired amateur boxer and {{professional wrestl\|ing}}er who competed in Wrestling/{{WCW}} from 1991-1996 as Johnny B. Badd and for Wrestling/{{WWE}} from 1996-1998. His original gimmick as Johnny B. Badd was a very over-the-top GorgeousGeorge whose CatchPhrase was "I'm so pretty, I should have been born a little girl!" He would eventually outgrow the gimmick. He made his PPV debut in a DQ loss to [[Wrestling/BrianPillman The Yellow Dog (Brian Pillman in a mask)]] at ''WCW The Great American Bash 1991''. He would feud with Maxx Payne, Steve Austin and Diamond Dallas Page before leaving for WWE. He made his WWE PPV in-ring debut with a DQ win over [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman The 1-2-3 Kid]] on the "Free For All" before ''WWF In Your House: Good Friends Better Enemies.'' On the September 23, 1996 ''WWE RAW'', he defeated [[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]] in a tournament final for the Intercontinental Heavyweight Title[[note]]Which was vacant because the debuting Faarooq had injured the previous Champion Wrestling/AhmedJohnson.[[/note]] He lost the belt to HHH a month later (see TheFarmerAndTheViper below). He suffered an injury in February 1997 that put him on the shelf for months. He came back in September and turned heel on his valet (and then-RealLife wife) Wrestling/{{Sable}}. After sending Sable out of the company at ''WWF Over the Edge 98'', he introduced Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} as his new valet. This led to a feud that ultimately became more about the women than it was about him, and he was gone in December 1998. (See TemptingFate below.) He returned to the Johnny B. Badd persona for some tapings for Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/JimmyHart's failed XWF promotion in 2001, and then for [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] in 2004.
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6	As Badd, he was a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html WCW World Television Champion]] and as himself he was a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion]]. He also won the ''Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter'' "Rookie of the Year" Award for 1991, and its "Most Improved Award" in 1995. He also won the ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' "Rookie of the Year" Award.
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8	!!"Badd, Wild, Marvelous Tropes":
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10	* AlliterativeName: Johnny '''B'''. '''B'''add and '''M'''arc '''M'''ero.
11	* ArchEnemy:
12	** (in WCW): Maxx Payne, [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin "Stunning" Steve Austin]], Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage
13	** (in WWE): Wrestling/TripleH, Wrestling/{{Sable}}.
14	* {{BFG}}: A confetti gun called the "Badd Blaster".
15	* CampStraight: Johnny B. Badd was very campy, but never showed any attraction to men a la Wrestling/{{Goldust}}.
16	* CrazyJealousGuy: His heel run came as a result of him being jealous of the attention Wrestling/{{Sable}} got.
17	* DiscoDan: A gimmick based on Music/LittleRichard and named for a Music/ChuckBerry song.
18	* DomesticAbuse: Heavily implied in his initial heel turn on Sable in late 1997.
19	* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Fell victim to this on the October 21, 1996 ''Wrestling/WWERaw''. [[Wrestling/CurtHennig Mr. Perfect]] had been making trouble for HHH by always leading HHH's valets away from the ring, setting up a match. HHH "injured" Perfect earlier in the night. Mero volunteered to take the match instead...leading to Mr. Perfect turning heel on Mero and costing him the belt.
20	* TheFightingNarcissist: He was based on Little Richard, what else would you expect?
21	* FinishingMove: In WWE, a shooting star press that was called the Wild Thing when he was known as "Wildman" and Marvelosity when he was known as "Marvelous"; and the TKO (Fireman's Carry Cutter), which outlived Mero's career and has become the common name for that variation of the move, mainly because it's a lot easier than having to say "Fireman's Carry Cutter."
22	* GameBreakingInjury: A torn ACL caused the hiatus that saw him transform from "Wild Man" to "Marvelous", which ultimately led to the heel turn that destroyed his career.
23	* GimmickMatches: Defeated Wrestling/ArnAnderson in a "Boxer vs. Wrestler" match at ''WCW Uncensored 1995''.
24	* GorgeousGeorge: A rare {{Face}} example.
25	* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Guess who? Specifically, Sable and Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} defeated Mero and Jacqueline at ''[=SummerSlam=] 98'' when Sable pinned Mero.
26	* MegatonPunch: Used one as Badd called "Tutti Frutti."
27	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: For Music/LittleRichard.
28	* PerkyFemaleMinion:
29	** (in WCW): [[Characters/WCWFemaleTalent The Diamond Doll (Kimberly Page)]]
30	** (in WWE): Sable, Jacqueline
31	* PunnyName: His stage name is an homage to the Music/ChuckBerry song "Johnny B. Goode."
32	* RaceLift: Caucasian (albeit darker skinned) Mero playing decidedly black Johnny B. Badd.
33	* RedBaron: "Wildman", "Marvelous"
34	* TheResenter: His whole turn seemed to be based on his being angry about Sable getting popular on her own while he was out much of the year with an injury.
35	* ShoutOut: Crossing with BorrowedCatchphrase; he made his WWE on-screen debut being interviewed at ''Wrestling/WrestleMania XII'' when HHH, who had been {{squash\|Match}}ed by the Wrestling/UltimateWarrior earlier that night interrupted him, and Marc said, [[Film/MidnightCowboy "Hey, I'm doing an interview here!"]]
36	* TemptingFate: On the November 30, 1998 ''Raw,'' he said he would retire if [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/wwf-lh.html WWF World Light Heavyweight Champion]] [[Wrestling/{{Gillberg}} Duane Gill]] beat him. He had Gill down and was about to go for Marvelosity when Gill's Wrestling/TheJOBSquad ally Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie pushed him off, leading to Gill pinning Mero, who would then go on to the UK PPV ''Capital Carnage'' six days later to lose a mixed tag match with Jacqueline to Sable and Wrestling/{{Christian}}.
37	* UnPerson: He doesn't have an Alumni profile on WWE.com for some reason,[[note]]Though it might have something to do with the fact that following the Wrestling/ChrisBenoit double murder-suicide, Mero became outspoken about his and other wrestlers' steroid use in WWE during the time he was in the company.[[/note]] so, while weirder things have happened, don't expect to see him again.
38	* VillainTeamUp: With Goldust, dressed as Music/MarilynManson, against Wrestling/TheHeadbangers in early 1998. It fell apart once Sable and Wrestling/LunaVachon started having their own problems.
39	* WorkedShoot: His CrazyJealousGuy run led to weird moments like when he was supposed to face Salvatore Sincere on the December 8, 1997 ''Raw'', where Mero straight-up called him a "jobber" and acknowledged that his real name was Wrestling/TomBrandi. Other than insulting Sincere, what this was supposed to accomplish remains clouded in mystery.
40	* WrestlingDoesntPay: As part of his heel turn as "Marvelous", he was repackaged with a boxer gimmick.
41	* WrestlingFamily: Was married to Wrestling/{{Sable}}. His brother Joel was a {{Jobber}} in WCW as Tony Vendetta.

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