Mark Mercedes

Mark Mercedes is an Australian professional wrestler and promoter, currently owning and promoting the International Wrestling Australia he was one of the few Australians to wrestle for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling All-Stars.

Professional wrestling career Early years and training He became an amateur wrestler when he was 18 and shortly won the City of Sydney, New South Wales State and Australian Championships and competed in Olympic game trials then gained his initial professional wrestling 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 Rick Rude on WCW Television Programs he also performed on WCW Monday Nitro and wrestled Rick Martel in front of 30,000 fans at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

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)