In 1992, Marc Mero (Johnny B Badd in WCW) wrestled Jushin Thunder Liger as part of the WCW The Great American Bash Tour in Atlanta, GA.
The match never made air.
Speaking to Jeremy Lambert and SP3 on Fightful's In The Weeds, Mero was asked about the match.
"When I was going to wrestle Jushin Thunder Liger, I was so excited about it because he’s kind of a high flyer, and I like his style. For some reason, whether it was the language barrier or whatever, we never really connected. I don’t know why the match didn’t air. It wasn’t that bad [laughs]. It just wasn’t one of my more memorable matches. We wrestled to a draw. Even when I went over to Japan, because you’re in two separate parts of the building, they have a translator go back and forth, ‘Hey, this is what he would like to do, what would you like to do?’ It kind of gets convoluted in that it gets mixed up, and you can’t really talk much in the ring because of the language barrier. I always had trouble with the Japanese wrestlers and it could have been my inexperience too, being green when I first went over there. I didn’t sign my first contract until I was 31, started when I was 30, and I had a lot to learn. Seeing Brian Pillman wrestle Jushin Liger was one of the greatest matches around at that time. I’m thinking, ‘I want to do this.’ I think I made up for it when I wrestled Brian at Fall Brawl, it was one of my most memorable matches on pay-per-view," he said.
Elsewhere during the interview, Mero discussed the creation of the Johnny B Badd character. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
Fans can check out Mero's book where he discusses his life and career here.
Watch the full interview with Mero in the video above.
