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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Aug 8, 2007 10:36:15 GMT -5
Mero's got a bad heart from years of steroid abuse, so it's not like the guy's just trying to get on TV like Chyna or Brian Christopher. The guy's done with wrestling, has nobody in the business that he's trying to impress or kissass for a job...he's just doing what he feels is right.
I can't fault him for that. And he hasn't pushed his heart problems on TV as much as he should, because he's trying to win bigger arguments and open eyes to the lifestyle that SOME in the business are drawn into.
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Post by p on Aug 8, 2007 11:44:46 GMT -5
That rubbed me the wrong way reading that in Foley's book. At the point he refused to feud with Mero, Mero was more over than him and was a way better in ring worker than Foley.
Foley was also mad that Mero was making more money than him. Mero was a superstar from WCW coming over when he got signed and Foley was just a stuntman with mic skills coming from the indy scene.
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Post by Arthur Digby Stamp on Aug 8, 2007 12:02:23 GMT -5
That rubbed me the wrong way reading that in Foley's book. At the point he refused to feud with Mero, Mero was more over than him and was a way better in ring worker than Foley. Foley was also mad that Mero was making more money than him. Mero was a superstar from WCW coming over when he got signed and Foley was just a stuntman with mic skills coming from the indy scene. Watch the Mind Games match between Mankind and Shawn Michaels, and try to find any Marc Mero match that even comes close to how great that match was. |
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Post by Shane Leroy Matthews on Aug 8, 2007 12:08:25 GMT -5
That rubbed me the wrong way reading that in Foley's book. At the point he refused to feud with Mero, Mero was more over than him and was a way better in ring worker than Foley. Foley was also mad that Mero was making more money than him. Mero was a superstar from WCW coming over when he got signed and Foley was just a stuntman with mic skills coming from the indy scene. You seriously have to check your facts, man |
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Post by ddt on Aug 8, 2007 12:14:29 GMT -5
It's just too bad that, in the WWE, Mero got upstaged by his surgically overinflated, talentless, bimbo wife, and had his career snuffed because of it.
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Aug 8, 2007 12:23:51 GMT -5
Johnny B. Badd from 1994 to 1996 in WCW was a great wrestler IMO...had some very nice matches with Pillman, Austin etc.
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Post by STMP on Aug 8, 2007 12:51:17 GMT -5
I don't think Mero was that bad at all. Not the greatest, but a lot better than a great number of wrestlers out there. Certainly better than a lot of guys who get main event pushes. But, honestly, who is Mick Foley to criticize anyone on their WRESTLING abilities? I think you mean ATHLETIC abilities. Because Foley is a very good wrestler, the number of good to great matches he has proves that. |
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Post by Big BosskMan on Aug 8, 2007 12:59:04 GMT -5
I am a Bouncer, its what defines me as a Person. How do you learn to fall from on a 20-foot ladder raver? |
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Post by Powder/The Professor on Aug 8, 2007 13:27:21 GMT -5
I am a Bouncer, its what defines me as a Person. How do you learn to fall from a 20-foot ladder raver? Hahaha, well.....I dont know, really  I try to avoid ravers at all costs, they bother me. |
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Post by ddt on Aug 8, 2007 14:25:07 GMT -5
I don't think Mero was that bad at all. Not the greatest, but a lot better than a great number of wrestlers out there. Certainly better than a lot of guys who get main event pushes. But, honestly, who is Mick Foley to criticize anyone on their WRESTLING abilities? I think you mean ATHLETIC abilities. Because Foley is a very good wrestler, the number of good to great matches he has proves that. No -- I mean WRESTLING, not ATHLETIC. |
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Post by Arthur Digby Stamp on Aug 8, 2007 14:32:29 GMT -5
I think you mean ATHLETIC abilities. Because Foley is a very good wrestler, the number of good to great matches he has proves that. No -- I mean WRESTLING, not ATHLETIC. So I take it you never saw the Mind Games match against Shawn Michaels? Or Royal Rumble 2000 vs. HHH? Or any of his WCW matches against Vader? |
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Post by RedSmile on Aug 8, 2007 14:48:46 GMT -5
Mero was a pretty solid performer from what I remember. His feud with DDP was pretty good, as was his feud with HHH. It went downhill when his wife became more popular than him.
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Post by bobolebowski on Aug 8, 2007 14:52:08 GMT -5
I liked Mero too for a little while....I got backstage to WCW with a friend when I was little and met him when I was real young and he was a super nice guy he posed for pictures and talked to us and everything and was real cool....i think since his face lift and his late-wwf days he turned into a real douche though.
but anyone remember that video going around with him in the shotgun saturday night battle royal...he would go over to one section of the crowd and start jumping up and down with his arms in the air and the crowd would pop....funny stuff..
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Post by STMP on Aug 8, 2007 18:03:41 GMT -5
I think you mean ATHLETIC abilities. Because Foley is a very good wrestler, the number of good to great matches he has proves that. No -- I mean WRESTLING, not ATHLETIC. Well in that case you are completely wrong and didn't make a point at all and actually look pretty dumb by saying Foley is a bad wrestler. |
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Post by frozentbone on Aug 8, 2007 18:25:55 GMT -5
Foley is Good
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Post by x on Aug 8, 2007 19:32:15 GMT -5
Did he get a RAGING clue? |
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Post by Super Nimieboo on Aug 8, 2007 21:34:58 GMT -5
It's just too bad that, in the WWE, Mero got upstaged by his surgically overinflated, talentless, bimbo wife, and had his career snuffed because of it. That comment coupled with your sig is hilarious. |
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Post by p on Aug 8, 2007 23:44:29 GMT -5
That rubbed me the wrong way reading that in Foley's book. At the point he refused to feud with Mero, Mero was more over than him and was a way better in ring worker than Foley. Foley was also mad that Mero was making more money than him. Mero was a superstar from WCW coming over when he got signed and Foley was just a stuntman with mic skills coming from the indy scene. Watch the Mind Games match between Mankind and Shawn Michaels, and try to find any Marc Mero match that even comes close to how great that match was. I prefer Mero's match with Pillman at Fall Brawl 95. |
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Post by MadLinus on Aug 9, 2007 0:57:03 GMT -5
I marked (pun definitely intended) for Mero's early finisher in the WWF: The Wild Thing (a shooting star press). Even the TKO was pretty cool.
I always thought Mero had the potential to be great. But yeah, once Sable became the focus, the poor guy never stood a chance.
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Post by Reverend BTY on Aug 9, 2007 1:23:37 GMT -5
I marked (pun definitely intended) for Mero's early finisher in the WWF: The Wild Thing (a shooting star press). Even the TKO was pretty cool. I always thought Mero had the potential to be great. But yeah, once Sable became the focus, the poor guy never stood a chance. This, to me, defines Mero's career perfectly. I was never a huge WCW fan but I remember enjoying him when I was younger. |
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