There are very few professional wrestlers who have also excelled in other sports. Some of the talents who would fall under that category are Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley, Ronda Rousey, Matt Riddle, Baron Corbin, and many more. The latest addition to that list was Logan Paul. One star who was a top-ranked Amature Boxer and then trained to become a professional wrestler was Marc Mero.
Mero is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and also won the New York Golden Gloves three years in a row. One of the most notable rivalries was against Butterbean back in 1997. Their feud came to an end in a Boxing Match. It was at the In Your House D-Generation-X pay-per-view. Butterbean managed to pick up the win as a result of a disqualification.
Recently. Marc Mero took to Twitter to share that he and Butterbean are great friends currently and he also met him at Diamond Dallas Page’s ‘Early’ Christmas Party.
“26 Years Ago Today At In Your House De Generation X 1997 Marc Mero Versus Butterbean In A Boxing Match. Today we are great friends and got to spend time with him at DDP’s Christmas party,” Marc Mero tweeted.
Marc Mero enjoyed his final years as Johnny B Badd
For those who are unaware, Mero was once wrestling under the Johnny B Badd ring name. During an interview with WrestlingNews.co’s Steve Fall the wrestling veteran mentioned that the final few years as Johnny B Badd was one of his favorite times in professional wrestling.
“The last couple of years of Johnny B Badd were some of my favorite times in wrestling. And then gosh, wrestling. Oh my gosh, even Lex Luger, he worked so hard with me. Because I did a lot of stuff like flying over the top rope and stuff and he never complained. He was like, ‘Okay, I’ll catch you.’ And sure enough a guy that strong, he’s able to catch anybody. And then, of course, William Regal, Steve Regal at the time. I learned so much from that guy too Guys that they had me working with to learn from and I owe those guys a lot of gratitude.
“Oh my gosh, I’m working more Ricky Morton, and even Raven really helped me out a lot because they were so far ahead of me in ability that they say oh try it this way or sell it this way and stuff and you look back on your career at the time you don’t think of the gratitude you have. But now as I look back on my career, I have so much gratitude for the guys that helped me come along. Helped me be a better wrestler, better performer, better on the mic, or whatever it was. And I only wish I was as good on the mic as I am right now in front of 1000s of students if I can only take this character now and go back and have a lot of fun with it.”
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