Marc Mero On Sable, Stone Cold Refusing To Work With Him, Life After Wrestling, Brawl For All

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Business, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Marc Mero (@MarcMero) is a retired professional wrestler best known for his time in WCW and WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet in Atlanta, GA to discuss how Dusty Rhodes created his Johnny B Badd persona, his other gimmicks like Marvelous Marc Mero and Wildman Marc Mero, jumping to WWE and being asked by Vince McMahon if he could do a Tarzan yell, negotiating the first ever guaranteed WWE contract, having his wife Sable as his valet, Steve Austin refusing to work with him, his work today as a motivational speaker, and more! Get Marc Mero's book "Badd To Good" here: https://a.co/d/0bzqassE Please support our sponsors: HELIX SLEEP: Flash sale! Go to https://helixsleep.com/cvv for 27% off sitewide! COZY EARTH: Go to https://cozyearth.com/CVV for up to 20% off! BEAM: Go to https://shopbeam.com/INSIGHT and use code INSIGHT for up to 40% off Beam’s Dream Powder DELETEME: Use the code INSIGHT to get 20% off your DeleteMe plan at https://joindeleteme.com/INSIGHT FACTOR: Get 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year with the code INSIGHT50OFF at https://factormeals.com/INSIGHT50OFF PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/cvv SEAT GEEK: Use my code for 10% off your next SeatGeek order*: https://seatgeek.onelink.me/RrnK/CVV Sponsored by SeatGeek. *Restrictions apply. Max $20 discount NORDVPN: Exclusive deal! https://nordvpn.com/cvv Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! PRIZEPICKS: Download the PrizePicks app today and use code INSIGHT to get $50 bonus credit in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! For more information about Chris and INSIGHT go to: https://chrisvanvliet.com If you have ever enjoyed any of these episodes, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast or Spotify? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:04.6	It's sweet, then it's savoury,
0:06.4	because the sausage, you know, and the cheese and the egg.
0:09.1	Oh, it's got the golden archies stamped on it too.
0:11.4	Make that make sense.
0:12.5	It's hard to put into words, but...
0:14.4	Until 11 a.m., subject to availability, fees apply to delivery orders while stocks last.
0:20.5	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Flea!
0:55.4	Mark, we've been talking about doing this for so long. We're finally here, so thank you for making this happen. Oh, man, I'm being excited. When I heard you were in town, I said, oh, man, we've got to make this happen. And here we are. Here we are. Congratulations in the book. Oh, thank you. It did really well. and I i i was you know it's finding someone you know ben veal who co-wrote the book with me find someone that can take
1:00.7	your words and make him into life and where people are reading and going oh my gosh i feel like i'm
1:05.0	there it did really well but it's still doing really well yes like people are still talking about it like
1:10.4	your story is so amazing.
1:12.1	And we're going to dive into it throughout this episode.
1:14.1	But I'm curious, do you think that life after wrestling has been more successful for you
1:19.2	than when you were in it?
1:20.3	By far.
1:21.3	It's like in life, you know, it's not like finding your calling.
1:26.0	You know, it's like wrestling was entertaining,
1:28.2	but what I do now is life changing. And there's no greater joy than helping another person.
1:33.3	And I found, you know, that joy through so much heartache and loss and brokenness and
1:40.6	and stories that people can relate to. And I think that's why it's been so successful.
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