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Highlights of Rena Mero
on NBC's Tonight Show
(Posted by Barry Russell on June 25, 1999 at exactlly 01:00:57 Eastern)
Rena Mero was introduced as "the wrestler formerly known as Sable" when she made her appearance on the 6/24 edition of NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno, along with guests Arsenio Hall and 13-year-old singer Charlotte Church.
Highlights from her appearance are as followed:
- Leno first showed the upcoming September issue of Playboy Magazine, which will feature Mero on the cover under the name "Sable," although there is some talk Playboy may have to postpone the cover since WWF is not letting it happen.
- Mero said she was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida.
- Her story on how she got into wrestling is different. She said she came to her husband's contract signing and ended up becoming a valet.
- She said she just jumped into the ring one day, but other wrestlers are trained. She wasn't. She said she was a natural. When Leno brought it up, Mero said she "practicies" with her husband more and they put on a few moves of their own.
- She then brought up her lawsuit against the WWF. She said the litigations are ongoing and would let the courts decide. Leno asked if she was fighting for the name Sable. She said most people know her as Sable and would let the courts decide on the name. Leno asked what the main basis was of the lawsuit. Sable just said it was about the vulgar of WWF's programming getting out of hand. She said it is supposed to be family entertainment, but it is morally and ethically wrong. She said the WWF made her do things she didn't want to do. She said there is no union, federal, or state control, but rather just control from Vince McMahon. Arsenio Hall asked Sable if she could name one of the things she didn't want to do, since it was television. Mero said she was asked to rip her clothes off on national television. Leno felt things like that would cause people to be repulsed and cause a drop of ratings. Mero felt, however, it was the WWF's way of drawing ratings, since they allegedly use their superstars to make money and build ratings. Leno asked when Mero was asked to have her clothes ripped off. She said it was a PPV and basically every week on cable television.
- Her upcoming feature in Playboy Magazine was then brought up. She said posing for Playboy was totally different. She said it was a control setting and she had complete control. She noted that there was a photographer and two assistants. Arsenio Hall mentioned a time he tried to sneak in to see a photoshoot, but he couldn't get in. She said the atmosphere when doing a photoshoot was different, because you don't have drunks and children looking at you from a front-row seat. Leno brought up Playboy owner, Hugh Heffner. He asked Mero if Heffner showed up in his robe to see her photoshoot. Mero said he wasn't there, but she got a chance to meet him. She said he was very flirtatious. Arsenio said Heffner was so young and full of life. They joked around, saying Heffner tried to take her out to the woods and uses viagra to be where he is now.
- Leno asked if Mero would have any desire to return to professional wrestling if she won the lawsuit. She said she would wait it out, but as for returning to the WWF, "absolutely not."
Courtesy of RWIN
This post was swipped from IWZ
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