STW Archives - Ep. 107 Sable (Patreon)

The Sable story is unlike any other. There's an old saying about keeping your wife away from the business, but Marc Mero didn't listen. He brought her to meet Vince McMahon in 1996 and nothing was ever the same. Perhaps no one could have predicted the star she would become when she debuted at WrestleMania 12 with Hunter Hearst Helmsley. The guys revisit Marc Mero's push, IC Title run, and the horrible timing of his ACL injury. But that ACL injury presented an opportunity for Rena Mero to become the biggest female star in the company. Fast forward a year later and she's making her debut as a wrestler at WrestleMania! 

We discuss the way the "boys" treated Sable, her relationship with the other ladies, the heat that Mero took for his wife's push, whether or not it hurt Marc to take her powerbomb, the way the first Playboy deal came together, the controversial TSN appearance, the second offer from Playboy and how it changed everything, Sable asking for her release the first time, her demand to stop wrestling, her refusal to drop the belt, her lawsuit in great detail, her appearance on Nitro and how it complicated things. Plus, how Rena ultimately came back and why Mero did not, her relationship with Brock, the silliness of Vince and Sable, the crazy angles involving Linda and Stephanie, and how the relationship ended a second time, and everything in-between!