Marc Mero Discusses The Ups And Downs Of His Life, Wrestling Career And Overcoming Adversity

Marc Mero tells his story.

Former WWF Intercontinental Champion Marc Mero has seen the ups and downs of life and the wrestling business. After delving into the addiction life he found his way out and has since been touring the world giving advice to those who were or are in similar positions that he once was in. Mero was taken over by drugs and alcohol during his career and despite the money he was making and the places he got to travel to, his life was not the easiest from the outside looking in and he further discussed his story while being profiled by ABC News.

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"I wasn't able to deal with this adversity because of my mindset and what I was polluting my body with," Mero said. "I traveled the world, made a lot of money and met a lot of people, and lived a life that most people think would be the most incredible life to live -- of dreaming big since I was a little boy, of making it in life," he said, "And then getting there and realizing it was never what I expected because of the bad choices I was making."

 

To read the full profiling of Marc Mero, click here. As mentioned Mero is a former Intercontinental Champion and the current Intercontinental Champion of WWE Seth Rollins is carrying on the legacy of the title and Rollins' next title defense comes at the TLC pay-per-view against Dean Ambrose on December 16th.

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