3 WWE Superstars Vince McMahon expected to fail and 3 he tipped to succeed

#3 Vince McMahon tipped Marc Mero to succeed

It is well known that Vince McMahon was a huge fan of Johnny B. Badd in WCW, but he did not realize when he signed the man behind the character – Marc Mero – that he would have to change his over-the-top persona due to a rights issue with WCW.

Mero said on the Noonan Speaks podcast in 2018 that Vince McMahon enjoyed his work so much that he even discussed the possibility of making him a World Champion.

“I mean, at that time, when I first came in, Vince talked about wanting to put the world strap on me right away. I mean, he had such big hopes for me, and, unfortunately, it did not go [that way].” [H/T Wrestling Inc.]

Although Mero won the Intercontinental Championship within five months of his WWE debut in 1996, his career was derailed in 1997 by a serious knee injury.

“They gave me the Intercontinental strap, and, of course, that didn't go well and I blew out my knee. And at that time, it was eight months off. And in that eight months, coming back it was never the same.”

Despite Vince McMahon’s high hopes, Mero only spent three years in WWE between 1996 and 1999, and his time with the company is best remembered for his on-screen association with his wife at the time, Sable.