Mark Mercedes is an

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n professional wrestler and promoter, currently owning and promoting the International Wrestling Australia he was one of the few

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to wrestle for

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and

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Professional wrestling career

Early years and training

He became an amateur wrestler when he was 18 and shortly won the City of Sydney,

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State and Australian Championships and competed in Olympic game trials then gained his initial

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training at the Malenko's Wrestling School in Florida in 1992.

International exploits

World Championship Wrestling

In 1993 he worked on WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide and wrestled

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on WCW Television Programs he also performed on

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and wrestled

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in front of 30,000 fans at the

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. Mercedes performed in dark matches on the 2000 WCW Australian Tour.

Europe

Mercedes wrestled for

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on a seven-month tour in 1997

New Zealand and World Wrestling All-Stars

In 1993 Mercedes was on the New Zealand Grand Prix National Wrestling Tour and he appeared on a worldwide pay-per-view event WWA: The Reckoning and lost to Rick Steiner.

Japan

He went on tour with Muga World Pro Wrestling now known as Dradition Pro-Wrestling in 2006 and 2007

Championships and accomplishments

*Australian Championship Wrestling **ACW Australian Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * International Wrestling Australia ** IWA Heavyweight Championship (12 times) ** IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) ** IWA Trans Tasman Championship (2 times) ** IWA South Pacific Heavyweight Championship (1 time) * ''

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'' **Ranked No. 396 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the '' PWI 500'' in 2002

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercedes, Mark Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Professional wrestlers from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales Australian male sport wrestlers Australian male professional wrestlers Professional wrestling trainers Professional wrestling promoters