He is a man who lives eats and breathes wrestling. Born during the 1970's into a wealthy family in the exclusive suburbs of Sylvania Waters, Sydney. On account of his massive size and his pure genetic gifts Mark found a keen interest in contact sports when he was young and pursued a career in amateur wrestling. Taken under the wing of his friend Greg Stekker, Mark excelled beyond all expectations, climaxing with his Pan Pacific Gold Medal defeating all in his super heavyweight class.
In the late 80's Mark Mercedes trained and lived at the Malenko's Academy, sharing a dorm with his friend Greg Stekker. In the early 90's Greg went to wrestle in Japan while Mercedes stayed in the States and began working on the independent circuit, he worked for WCW wrestling top stars such as Rick Rude, Dusty Rhodes and many more. Mark Mercedes finally overstayed his welcome at the Malenko's Academy, his bad habits included taking 45 minute showers during a Florida state"water ration" period, leaving the bathroom a messy wet towel soaked shambles. He always watched late night television with the volume blaring, the sound rang through the Malenko's academy interfering with the students sleep. Eventually Mark was forced to leave the Malenko's Academy and the United States, he returned to Australia.
On his return he took the services of a manager Mr.Tyrone Townsend and started working for WWW, Mark began to build a string of impressive victories, he seemed to be unstoppable and in 1992 had the dubious distinction of sending more wrestlers to the hospital than any other wrestler in the history of Australian Pro Wrestling. The list of casualties included Ken Dunlop, Andy Harpas, John Tolios and Mr. Wrestling. By the end of 1992 Mark felt that he was being denied the title matches he deserved and his manager had been banned from interfering at ringside. The promoters at WWW tried to keep Mercedes with them but in late 1992 he walked out on them. Next he went to Melbourne and signed up with the FWA, in many ways it was an embarrassingly unsympathetic period for this youngster as he was constantly beaten by then champion Mr Damage Con Iakovidis.
Mark found his most enjoyable times away from the ring , going to restaurants shoveling down huge portions of meat loaf, followed by a second main course and assorted desserts. Mark Mercedes can very often be found eating in Sydney's top restaurants with his entourage. He also enjoys going into Newsagencies, flicking through magazines for up to half an hour and then not buying anything. He makes a habit of phoning people at all hours,usually for no reason, often playing wrestling tapes, interviews and crazy noises. His obscene phone manners have given headaches to many people.
Mark Mercedes next big move was being asked to wrestle on the National Wrestleriot 1 tour of 1993 where he joined the likes of Jake the Snake Roberts, Jim the Anvil Neidhart, Don Murocco, Chris Benoit, Joe and Dean Malenko, Japanese sensation Jushin Liger and the Junkyard Dog. It was the above named superstars who shaved Mark Mercedes' hair and eye brows clean off during his sleep the night before he had to appear in front of his home town crowd of Sydney.
A furious and bald Mercedes tore into Bobby Blaze that evening in a hard hitting match that nobody will forget in a hurry. The follow up Wrestleriot 2 national tour saw Mark compete in a 20 man over the top rope battle royal with Big Boss man, Road Warrior Hawk and Jim the Anvil Neidhart to name a few. The Wrestleriot shows came to an end and Mark teamed up with manager Tyrone Townsend again and the pair signed on with Mega Pro in 1994.
Last year Mark was contacted by Otto Wanz from Germany's CWA and flown over for a 6 month tour where he maintained a grueling schedule. Following Europe, he was yet again contacted by WCW, and wrestled Rick Martel on WCW Saturday and also did a dark match at a WCW Monday Nitro in front of 30,000 fans at the Georgia Dome.
Love him or hate him every one agrees that Mark Mercedes is a controversial superstar and tough Heavyweight competitor who is going to be around for some time to come.