Angry over the distraction which cost her the match, Sable challenged Mero to a match at Over the Edge, while delivering a kick to the groin and a Sable bomb to Mero. Luna won the match at the pay-per-view after Marc Mero distracted Sable. Upset with the loss, Luna challenged Sable to a rematch and wanting to embarrass her, she challenged Sable to an evening gown match at Unforgiven. This eventually led to a match at WrestleMania where Sable and Marc Mero defeated Goldust and Luna after Sable pinned Luna. Goldust would uncuff Luna, allowing her to attack Sable. On an episode of Monday Night RAW, Goldust and Mero had a match with Sable and Luna handcuffed on separate sides of the ring to keep them apart. On the road to Wrestlemania XIV, Marc Mero and the artist formally known as Goldust rekindled their feud but this time, Sable was involved in physical altercations along with Goldust's new valet, Luna Vachon. Defying her husband, she removed the potato sack to reveal a bikini in a memorable moment from the Attitude Era. This led to a famous angle on RAW in December 1997, where Mero ordered Sable to accompany him to the ring, but Mero chose her outfit and made her wear a potato sack to cover up his wife. Marc Mero returned to WWE television in late 1997 with a new personality that incorporated a sense of jealously due to Sable’s newfound popularity. And, by the way, the reaction she gets when she walks out there. And Rena’s new, she’s, A), willing to do anything, and she’s up. So all of a sudden, there is competition and there’s a new, hotter babe in town and you’ve got the one that has been here a few years and she’s not showing up on time, she’s not coherent a lot and all of that other good stuff. She did outsell Sunny and she was blowing her out of the water as far as merchandise sales and everything else. was the hottest thing and she was outselling Sunny. Bruce Pritchard discussed he animosity behind the scenes as Sable overtook Sunny as WWE's first lady. Sable soon began to outshine WWE's first diva, Sunny. Throughout 1997, Sable cemented herself as WWE's number one sex symbol. While appearing on her own, Sable's popularity steadily grew with every appearance. In November of 1996, she helped Mero become the WWE Intercontinental Champion but throughout 1997, Mero was out on the sidelines dealing with an injury. I don’t know if it was pressure from USA or if he just felt watching it that it was uncomfortable going there for whatever reason. Both of them probably swing in and every way. “So it was started that way and Vince got cold feet. The idea behind that was the whole package that Goldust package of Goldust and Marlena - this androgynous couple. “We started it, and we started it with Marlena coming onto Sable. “Vince actually got cold feet,” Bruce said. Bruce Pritchard has spoken about Sable's first involvement in a feud and how a lesbian storyline between the two ladies was nixed. Sable continued to accompany Triple H to ringside until she left to be the manager of her husband Marc Mero.Īt Summerslam 1996, Marc Mero faced off with Goldust as he, along with Sable feuded with Goldust and his valet Marlena. Her on-screen debut took place at Wrestlemania XII where she accompanied Hunter Hurst Helmsley to the ring. Vince McMahon and his fellow executives were so impressed with Sable and they offered her a contract too. Sable first signed with WWE after accompanying her then-husband, Marc Mero, to his contract signing. With fame often comes ego, as her WWE run was full of backstage animosity that included the breakup of her marriage while also finding a new love along the way. At one point, Sable became such an established box office draw that the USA network arranged to have her appear on their television programs such as ‘Pacific Blue’. In the late 90s, WWE was headlined by Stone Cold Steve Austin, but there was one woman receiving some of the biggest reactions outside of the Texas Rattlesnake and that was Rena ‘Sable’ Mero.
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