Could Marc Mero of been a big star?

[foreveryoung]

I mean if he was packaged a little better then the stupid Johnny B. Badd gimmick or the "Wildman?"

He seemed to of had the look, and I always thought he was pretty dang good in the ring, especially in his WCW babyface years right before he went to WWE in 1996. I always wondered if he could have been something much more if he was packaged a little better then he was. He seemed like a legimitate good guy and could have had a big run as a babyface on top instead of midcard. And really he made that stupid Johnny B. Badd. gimmick better then it probably should have been. If you go back and watch some WCW in the mid 90s, he was pretty dang over with the crowd

[Dave at the Movies]

I thought he did pretty good with the boxing gimmick but they never really did anything with it.

I remember there is this hilarious battle royal match on RAW or something where Mero is the cocky boxing heel and he is punching a guy and after he punches him he raises his arms all cartoonish trying and then punches the guy some more or something like that. Or maybe it was just raising his arms all goofy in the middle of a battle royal. I don't know but it was so funny because the fans started cheering when he did it even though he was heel. LOL


Does anyone know the battle royal I'm talking about?

[Trent Valentine]

He really could have been a bigger star than he set out to be. He was on the verge of becoming a Breakout Star in his Wildman days, especially after winning his first (and only) taste of WWF Gold, The Intercontinental Title. Course, that knee injury really set him back. He went from a a guy with the intensity of a Wildcat to a hard assed no nonsense boxer. That knee injury forced him to change his base from a high flyer to a brawler. Course it didn't help that he turned into a egomaniacal jackass who was jealous of Sable's popularity. It's a shame, he could have been a big star.

["Hollywood" Cactus Matt]

I liked heel Mero better than face Mero. I thought "Marvelous" Marc Mero was a better overall name and gimmick than "Wildman" Marc Mero; "Wildman" is like something out of a wrestling-based episode of a '90s sitcom, IMO. "Marvelous" Marc seemed a lot tougher than the "Wildman," and the angle with Sable was compelling for its time.

He could have been a bigger star, I think, but after a while I think he lost his smile heart for it.

[Dave at the Movies]

Honestly the Wildman gimmick was just a masculine version of Johnny B. Badd when you look back on it. lol

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

He could have been very easily. He was always very talented in the ring, even post-knee injury. Had things been just a little different, and Sable not been a factor. It's not really her fault, but Sable's surprisingly universal popularity pretty much killed Marc Mero dead. He became defined by Sable, and once they were done with each other, there was really nothing else he could do. He was the "tough guy boxer" who got beaten up repeatedly by a woman. You can't recover from that.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

I thought he could've been. He was a good wrestler as Johnny B. Badd and I thought he made it work. To each his own but I thought it was very entertaining gimmick though Little Richard doesn't exactly scream World Champion. I think he'd need to shave and get a better haircut though. Even if it was the mid 90s and the mullet was not yet dead, that's too much a WCW hairstyle.

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

The Wildman would have work in it time and was on it's way before he knee injury. I'm not sure the Wildman colorful gimmick would work so much in attitude area. He was talented before the knee.

The boxing gimmick wasn't going to take him places. He was basicly stuck to being a midcarder once he lost his steps that he once had as The Wildman or Johnny B. Badd.

[hajimenoippo]

I loved Johnny B Badd and I liked him as Wildman, and even as the cocky boxer.

He won the IC title, was good at promos, and had some damn good matches.

Also he had the best moonsault ever in the mero sault and also the best SSP ever in the Wild thing.

If he was younger, less injured, and i guess more political i think he could have made an even bigger impact. But the guy had a good run.

I even marked out for his run in TNA as short as it was.

[jobber2thestars]

He was overshadowed by Sable, and that reallynhurt him. It got to the point where she was much more over than him, which was really his downfall. Once the manager gets more over than the worker, it's bad for the wrestler.

[The Genesis of KoOS]

I thought he was awesome, but his whole heel jackass boxer thing fell flat with me.

[ThatIndyMark]

Maybe if he wasn't a drama queen like his ex-wife was too

[derrtaysouth95]

being Little Richard is not going to get you far.....and as the Wildman I always imaginged it involving more leopard print....like Jimmy Snuka.

[Totorob101]

He had the talent,the look and the Charisma but a combination of things said above put paid to his chances.I was a a big fan of his and its a shame he isnt around anymore in the wrestling business.

[i.Sarita.com]

He always reminded me of some sleazy gay porn star from the '70s. Not a good look.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

He could have been a decent enough of a star, but once his wife got naked in Playboy, it basically ruined his career since he was now firmly in her shadow.

Sad truth for him.

[celticjobber]

Yeah, I always thought he was going to be a huge star (and apparently so did WWE as Mick Foley mentioned in his first book, they had more plans for Mero than Foley or Austin).

Too bad injuries slowed him down and Sable ended up over-shadowing him.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Absolutely, he had a good look, charisma and could work to boot, had he made his début a few years earlier he'd have stood more of a chance, but there was no way he'd ever main event with Rock and Austin at the top as he was good, but not at that level.

[Todd Pettengill]

No.

[Throwback]

He was doomed as soon as they put him with Sable. No amount of gimmick changes was going to help him. He was a victim of what I call "The Sytch Syndrome". Which is when your female counterpart is also in the business and has oodles more charisma than you do. It's not his fault, but after they were revealed as a couple, he was never going to be seen as anything more than Sable's husband.