Walon Mercy

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		Walon Mercy Hometown: Griffin, Georgia Height: 6'7" Weight: 290 lbs. Finisher: Psyco Sleeper Career: What exactly was the Walon Mercy gimmick? It was basically a heel wrestler, acting like a face. He was suppose to be a former resident of a mental institution as well, although it was never said in as many words to fans. He wrestled in all white clothes, like a resident at a mental institution would wear. If you read between the lines here you could put together that he was probably suppose to have had anger management problems, and since he was treated he wore his calm Hawaiian shirts and talked in his slow, calm, monotone voice. That would also explain all his tattoos, including a tiny dagger between the eyes. He would have got them before the treatment since they didn't really fit the calm image. It also explains his finisher, since he seemed to snap when he put the sleeper on. Walon first appeared on WWF television in spring of 1995, in some of the greatest vignettes of all time. He wrestled jobbers throughout the summer. I remember once on WWF Challenge when Walon DDTed a jobber on the floor. That was a pretty hardcore spot for a jobber match and in 1995 no less. Walon's explanation to the ref that was picked up on camera was great as well. He claimed to be helping the guy back into the ring and slipped. Walon Mercy had his first big match on his first pay-pre-view when he wrestled Savio Vega in the opening match at In Your House 3. Walon had a pretty funny spot at the start mimicking Savio's crappy little dance. End of the match saw Savio come out victorious though, in something that was a genuine surprise at the time, at least to me. Walon made up for it a few weeks later though. We wrestled Diesel on WWF Superstars. At the time Diesel was getting read to wrestle The British Bulldog at In Your House 4, and the less said about that PPV the better. Anyway, during the match Bulldog came down to the ring and Diesel started beating him up in the aisle and got counted-out. Walon Mercy beat World Champion Diesel! Might have been by count out when Diesel went to beat up Bulldog, but I think Diesel was actually attempting to run back to the locker room since Mercy was kicking his ass and Bulldog was just in the way. That was the end of Walon Mercy though. A few weeks later Jim Ross mentioned during a match on WWF Superstars that Walon Mercy had retired from the WWF. So that's a look back on Walon Mercy from what was considered by some to be the lowest point for the WWF, the mid 90s. I have to disagree however because it was pretty much Hogan and Warrior free, and that gives it at least some redeeming qualities. Walon Mercy pretty much made the summer of 1995 though.

Walon Mercy

Hometown: Griffin, Georgia

Height: 6'7"

Weight: 290 lbs.

Finisher: Psyco Sleeper

Career:

What exactly was the Walon Mercy gimmick? It was basically a heel wrestler, acting like a face. He was suppose to be a former resident of a mental institution as well, although it was never said in as many words to fans. He wrestled in all white clothes, like a resident at a mental institution would wear. If you read between the lines here you could put together that he was probably suppose to have had anger management problems, and since he was treated he wore his calm Hawaiian shirts and talked in his slow, calm, monotone voice. That would also explain all his tattoos, including a tiny dagger between the eyes. He would have got them before the treatment since they didn't really fit the calm image. It also explains his finisher, since he seemed to snap when he put the sleeper on.

Walon first appeared on WWF television in spring of 1995, in some of the greatest vignettes of all time. He wrestled jobbers throughout the summer. I remember once on WWF Challenge when Walon DDTed a jobber on the floor. That was a pretty hardcore spot for a jobber match and in 1995 no less. Walon's explanation to the ref that was picked up on camera was great as well. He claimed to be helping the guy back into the ring and slipped.

Walon Mercy had his first big match on his first pay-pre-view when he wrestled Savio Vega in the opening match at In Your House 3. Walon had a pretty funny spot at the start mimicking Savio's crappy little dance. End of the match saw Savio come out victorious though, in something that was a genuine surprise at the time, at least to me.

Walon made up for it a few weeks later though. We wrestled Diesel on WWF Superstars. At the time Diesel was getting read to wrestle The British Bulldog at In Your House 4, and the less said about that PPV the better. Anyway, during the match Bulldog came down to the ring and Diesel started beating him up in the aisle and got counted-out. Walon Mercy beat World Champion Diesel! Might have been by count out when Diesel went to beat up Bulldog, but I think Diesel was actually attempting to run back to the locker room since Mercy was kicking his ass and Bulldog was just in the way.

That was the end of Walon Mercy though. A few weeks later Jim Ross mentioned during a match on WWF Superstars that Walon Mercy had retired from the WWF.

So that's a look back on Walon Mercy from what was considered by some to be the lowest point for the WWF, the mid 90s. I have to disagree however because it was pretty much Hogan and Warrior free, and that gives it at least some redeeming qualities. Walon Mercy pretty much made the summer of 1995 though.