Marc Mero

Marc Mero
Mero in 2025
Born (1960-07-09) July 9, 1960
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Spouses
(m. 1994; div. 2004)
    Darlene Spezzi
    (m. 2009; div. 2019)
    Children1
    Professional wrestling career
    Ring name(s)Johnny B. Badd
    "Wildman" Marc Mero
    The Wildman
    "Marvelous" Marc Mero
    Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
    Billed weight235 lb (107 kg)
    Billed fromSyracuse, New York (as Marc Mero in WCW)
    Macon, Georgia (as Johnny B. Badd in WCW)
    Buffalo, New York/Jungles (as "Wildman"/"Marvelous" Marc Mero in WWF)
    Trained byBoxing:
    Ray Rinaldi
    Wrestling:
    Boris Malenko
    Dean Malenko
    Joe Malenko
    Debut1990
    Retired2006
    YouTube information
    Channel
    Years active2008–present
    Genres
    • Motivational speaker
    • Mental health
    Subscribers146 thousand
    Views45.1 million

    Last updated: May 3, 2023

    Marc Mero (born July 9, 1960) is an American motivational speaker and retired professional wrestler and amateur boxer. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under his real name and with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and NWA Total Nonstop Action (NWA TNA) under the ring name Johnny B. Badd.

    Mero was heavily pushed as a mid-carder as "Johnny B. Badd" in WCW during the early 1990s. He won the WCW World Television Championship three times during the course of his career before departing the company due to creative differences in 1996. He would then compete in WWF under his real name, making his debut at WrestleMania XII and going on to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship. He would then feud with his wife Sable before departing in 1999. Mero's last mainstream appearance was in NWA TNA, where he wrestled sporadically in the mid-2000s.