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Mick Foley
Foley im Jahr 2008
Geboren	Michael Francis Foley (19459016] 1965-06-07 ), 7. Juni 1945 , 1965 (53 Jahre)
Residenz	Garden City, New York, USA
Alma Mater	Staatliche Universität von New York in Cortland
Berufliche Tätigkeit, 19659012] Wrestler, Schriftsteller, Farbkommentator, Schauspieler
Jahre tätig	1983–2012 (Wrestler) 1999-Präsens (Autor) 1999-Präsens (Schauspieler)
Politische Partei Democratic
] Ehepartner	Colette Christie (M. 1992)
Kinder	4
Name des Ringes	Cactus Jack Dude Love Manson [2] Jack Foley Der Mensch [2] Mick Foley [2] St. Mick
Rechnungshöhe	188 cm (6 Fuß 2 Zoll) [2] [3]
	287 lb (130 kg) [3]
Rechnung aus	Bloomington, Indiana The Boiler Room Setauket, Long Island, New York [3] Wahrheit oder Folgen, New Mexico
19659010] Dominic DeNucci [2] [3]
Debut	1983 [4]
2012 Website	RealMickFoley.com

Michael Francis Foley Sr. ^[1][2] (* 7. Juni 1965) ^[1][2] ist ein US-amerikanischer Autor, Schauspieler und ehemaliger Wrestler und Farbkommentator, der derzeit bei WWE unter Vertrag steht.

Foley hat für viele Wrestling-Promotionen gearbeitet, unter anderem für den World Wrestling Federation (WWF, jetzt WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extremes Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop-Action Wrestling (TNA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) ) und Global Wrestling Federation (GWF) sowie zahlreiche Werbeaktionen in Japan. Foley gilt weithin als einer der größten Wrestler in der Geschichte von WWE, ^[5] an dem er am Hauptereignis von WrestleManias XV und 2000 teilnahm - als besonderer Gastschiedsrichter des ersteren. Foley wurde 2013 in die WWE Hall of Fame-Klasse aufgenommen.

Foley hat unter seinem richtigen Namen und verschiedenen Persönlichkeiten gerungen, darunter Dude Love, Cactus Jack und Mankind, auch bekannt als "Three Faces of Foley". Er ist viermaliger Weltmeister (drei WWF-Meisterschaften und eine TNA-Weltmeisterschaft im Schwergewicht), elfmaliger Tag-Weltmeister (acht WWF-Tag-Teammeisterschaften, zwei ECW-Welttag-Teammeisterschaften und eine WCW-Welttagmannschaft). ein einmaliger TNA Legends Champion und der erste WWF Hardcore Champion.

Hintergrund [ edit ]

Foley wurde in Bloomington, Indiana, geboren. Er hat einen älteren Bruder namens John. Kurz nach seiner Geburt zog Foleys Familie nach East Setauket, New York, wo Foley die Ward Melville High School besuchte, Lacrosse spielte und rangierte. ^[1][6] Foley ist irischer Abstammung. ^[7] Foley war ein Schulkamerad des Schauspielers Kevin James. Die beiden waren zusammen im Wrestling-Team und besuchten dasselbe College. ^[8] Während seines Studiums an der State University of New York in Cortland ging er nach Madison Square Garden, um dort seinen Lieblings-Wrestler Jimmy Snuka in einem Stahlkäfig zu sehen Don Muraco. ^[3][9] Foley sagte, dass Snukas fliegender Körperspritzer von der Spitze des Käfigs ihn dazu inspiriert habe, eine Karriere im Pro-Wrestling zu verfolgen. ^[3][9] Foley hatte einen Platz in der ersten Reihe und ist auf dem Video der Veranstaltung zu sehen. 19659056] Professionelle Wrestling-Karriere [ edit ]

Ausbildung und frühe Karriere (1983–1991) [ edit

Mick Foley offiziell bei Dominic ausgebildet DeNuccis Wrestling-Schule in Freedom, Pennsylvania, fuhr wöchentlich mehrere Stunden von seinem College-Campus in Cortland, New York, und debütierte 1983. ^[4][11] Neben den Karten von DeNucci nahmen Foley und einige andere Schüler auch an einigen Squash-Spielen teil als Jobber für WWF-Fernsehaufnahmen von Prime Time Wrestling und Superstars of Wrestling wo Foley unter den Namen Jack Foley und Nick Foley rang. In einem dieser Matches (der allerersten Episode von Superstars) standen Foley und Les Thornton (ein anderer Jobber) den britischen Bulldoggen gegenüber, während der Dynamite Kid (der lange Zeit als steifer Arbeiter im Ring den Ruf hatte) mit Foley bekleidet war So gewalttätig, dass er mehrere Wochen lang keine feste Nahrung zu sich nehmen konnte. ^[12] Während dieser Squash-Matches sah sich Foley zu dieser Zeit auch anderen Top-Talenten wie Hercules Hernandez gegenüber. Sein Lauf würde nicht lange dauern, da er zu der Zeit noch keinen Vertrag mit der Promotion unterschrieben hatte. Während dieses Laufs wurde er auch aus verschiedenen Heimatorten und mit unterschiedlichen Gewichten abgerechnet.

Nach mehreren Jahren Ringen im unabhängigen Kreislauf erhielt Foley Angebote von verschiedenen regionalen Werbeaktionen, einschließlich der Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) von Bill Watts. ^[13] Er trat der Cingus der in Memphis ansässigen Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) bei Jack Manson, wo er mit Gary Young im Rahmen des Stud Stable zusammenarbeitete. ^[14] Cactus und Young hielten Ende 1988 kurz die CWA-Tag-Titel. ^[15] Am 20. November verließ Foley CWA, um in Texas einen World Class Championship Wrestling zu veranstalten .

Im World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) war Cactus Jack, der als Cactus Jack Manson in Rechnung gestellt wurde, ein wichtiger Teil von Skandor Akbars Stall. (Die Hinzufügung von "Manson" zu Foleys Namen, aufgrund seiner impliziten Verbindung zu Charles Manson, machte ihn unbequem.) ^[16] Foley gewann auch mehrere Titel, darunter die Titel des Halbschwergewichts und des Tag-Teams des Unternehmens, bevor er das Unternehmen verließ und dabei seine Firma verlor letztes Spiel zu Eric Embry in neun Sekunden. Anschließend nahm er kurz an der Continental Wrestling Federation in Alabama teil, bevor er eine kurze Zeit beim World Championship Wrestling absolvierte. Für einen Großteil seiner Zeit dort hatte er sich mit Jobberern zusammengetan. Wenn der Jobber das Match für das Team verliert, greift Cactus Jack seinen Partner an, wirft ihn aus dem Ring und schleudert seine berüchtigte Ringschürze mit dem Ellenbogen auf den Betonboden. Sein größtes Match zu dieser Zeit war gegen Mil Máscaras bei Clash of the Champions X: Texas Shootout. ^[17] In dieser Zeit war Foley in einen Autounfall verwickelt, der zum Verlust seiner beiden Vorderzähne führte unverwechselbarer Look, für den er berühmt ist. ^[18] Nach dem kurzen Stint bei WCW unterschrieb Foley dann bei Herb Abrams Universal Wrestling Federation. ^[15][19] In der UWF tat sich Foley mit Bob Orton zusammen, um sich mit Don Muraco, Sunny Beach und Brian auszusprechen Blair

Er verließ bald UWF für Tri-State Wrestling (ein Vorläufer des Extreme Championship Wrestling), ^[20] dessen schlagkräftiger und gewalttätiger Wrestling-Stil gut zu Foley passt. In einer Nacht, bekannt als Tri-State Summer Sizzler 1991, hatten Cactus Jack und Eddie Gilbert drei Spiele in einer Nacht: Cactus gewann ein Falls Count Anywhere-Match, verlor ein Stretcher-Match und kämpfte dann in einem Steel Cage-Match gegen eine doppelte Disqualifikation ^[21] Diese Spiele erregten die Aufmerksamkeit der Promoter von World Championship Wrestling, zum großen Teil aufgrund der weitverbreiteten Fotozirkulation. Nach einer kurzen Tätigkeit in der Global Wrestling Federation schloss sich Foley 1991 der WCW an. ^[15][21]

World Championship Wrestling [ edit

Frühe Jahre (1991–1993) [19659049] [ edit ]

Am 5. September 1991 debütierte Cactus Jack als Ferse und griff Sting an. ^[22] Nach Fehden mit Van Hammer und Abdullah, dem Schlächter, sah sich Cactus Jack Sting und WCW gegenüber Weltmeister im Schwergewicht, in einem nicht zählbaren Falls Count Anywhere-Match bei Beach Blast im Jahr 1992, das Sting gewann. ^[23] Foley hielt dies lange Zeit für das beste Match, das er je gearbeitet hatte. ^[23] Im Gegensatz zu Jacks erstem Einsatz in der WCW wo seine Persönlichkeit ruhiger war, war er jetzt äußerlich verrückt; hysterisch lachend, in die Luft schreiend, während er seine Gegner würgte und seine Signatur "Bang-Bang!" schrie.

Nachdem Cactus Jack eineinhalb Jahre mit WCW als Ferse verbracht hatte, wurde er zu einem Fan-Favoriten, nachdem er sich in einer Fehde mit Paul Orndorff, Harley Race und Big Van Vader befunden hatte. Jack und Orndorff rangen sich in einem Match um einen Platz im Team des WMW World Heavyweight Champions Vader bei einem Clash of the Champions-Event. Nach dem Match verprügelten Race und Orndorff Jack. Beim darauffolgenden Clash of Champions-Event half Cactus Jack Stings Team, das Match zu gewinnen. Er verwickelte sich mit Orndorff in eine Fehde und gewann bei der SuperBrawl III gegen Orndorff. Dann ging er weiter zu Big Van Vader.

Feud with Vader (1993–1994) [ edit ]

Cactus Jack rang am 6. April 1993 mit Big Van Vader, wobei er durch einen Count-out gewonnen wurde verarbeiten. Beim Rematch mit Vader am 24. April führten die beiden eine gefährliche Stelle aus, um eine Handlungsverletzung zu verkaufen. Harley Race entfernte die Schutzmatten am Ring und Vader bombardierte Cactus auf den freiliegenden Betonboden, was zu einer legitimen Gehirnerschütterung führte und Foley dazu veranlasste, vorübergehend das Gefühl in seinem linken Fuß zu verlieren. ^[24] Während Foley weg war, wies WCW einen Winkel auf, wo Cactus Jacks Abwesenheit fehlte wurde mit einer skurrilen Komödiengeschichte erklärt, in der er verrückt wurde, institutionalisiert, entkommen und Amnesie entwickelte. ^[25] Foley wollte, dass die Verletzungsgeschichte sehr ernst ist und vor seiner Rückkehr echte Sympathie für ihn hervorruft. Die Comedy-Vignetten, die die WCW stattdessen produzierte, waren so schlecht, dass Foley Witze in Have a Nice Day gab, dass sie die Idee von WCW-Führungskräften waren, die eine todsichere Geldspielfehde als ein Problem betrachteten, das gelöst werden musste. ^[25]

In einem der brutalsten Spiele der WCW aller Zeiten stand Cactus in einem Texas Death-Match in Halloween Havoc Vader gegenüber. ^[26] Race gewann das Match für Vader, indem er einen Viehstößel auf Cactus anstieß ihn raus Aufgrund des Ausmaßes der Gewalt, die mit dieser Fehde verbunden war, lehnte es die WCW erneut ab, Cactus Jack gegen Vader im Pay-per-View zu buchen. Am 16. März 1994 hatten Foley und Big Van Vader während einer WCW-Europatournee eines der berüchtigsten Spiele der Wrestling-Geschichte in München. Foley begann einen Henker - eine geplante Bewegung, bei der sich der Kopf eines Wrestlers zwischen den beiden oberen Ringseilen verheddert. Keiner der Wrestler war sich bewusst, dass die Ringseile vor der Veranstaltung extra eng gezogen worden waren, und Foley konnte sich kaum bewegen. Als sich Foley endlich von den Seilen löste und aus dem Ring fiel, waren seine Ohren am Hinterkopf stark gespalten. Als Foley den Ring wieder betrat, begannen die beiden Ringer mit Schlägen zu handeln. Während dieser Zeit griff Vader nach Foleys Ohr und riss es ab. Die beiden Männer rangen weiter, als der Schiedsrichter das Ohr aufnahm und es dem Ringansager gab. Vader behauptete jahrelang, dass sich das Ohr während des verpatzten Hangman-Manövers gelöst hatte. In einem Video des WWE-Netzwerks gibt Vader jedoch zu, dass er, nachdem er Filmmaterial gesehen hatte, tatsächlich Foleys Ohr entfernt hatte. Cactus Jack und Kevin Sullivan sollten 1994 die Tag-Team-Titel in Slamboree gewinnen. ^[27] Foley musste wählen, ob er sein Ohr wieder anbringen oder im Pay-per-View-Modus ringen oder den Titel gewinnen sollte. Foley entschied sich für Wrestle und gewann seine einzige Meisterschaft in der WCW. Später war Foley frustriert, als WCW nicht bereit war, eine Handlung um das Ohr zu spielen.

WCW teilte auch eine kurze Co-Promotion mit ECW während dieser Zeit, in der Foley WCW im ECW-Fernsehen als WCW-Tag-Team-Champion vertrat und Sabu beim Hostile City Showdown am 24. Juni 1994 gegenüberstand. Während einer Promo spuckte Foley aus seinen Tag Team Titelgürtel und warf ihn zu Boden, um die Hardcore-Fans anzusprechen, die die Mainstream-Promotionen missbilligten.

NWA Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling (1994–1996) [ edit ]

Cactus Jacks erster Auftritt für das NWA-verbundene Eastern Championship Wrestling fand am 31. Mai 1994 statt. mit Cactus als Sabus Gegner für den 24. Juni in der ECW Arena in Philadelphia enthüllt. Nachdem er Teil eines Talentaustauschs zwischen ECW und WCW war, brachte Foley seinen Titelgürtel des WCW-Tag-Teams und spuckte darauf für ein aufgenommenes ECW-TV-Segment. Foley fuhr mit ECW fort und begann eine Fehde mit Sabu. Anschließend arbeitete Foley in der Teamabteilung des ECW-Tags in Teams mit Terry Funk, Mikey Whipwreck und Kevin Sullivan. Er hatte zwei ECW World Tag Team Championship mit Whipwreck in der ECW. ^[28]

Nach den Stints in Smokey Mountain Wrestling und Japan kehrte Foley zu ECW zurück, um eine Serie von Gewalttaten zu haben Begegnungen mit dem Sandmann, während er ihn herausforderte und behauptete, er sei noch nie in einem Fall gezählt worden. Dann begann er mit Tommy Dreamer zu arbeiten. Laut Heyman unterscheidet sich der Hardcore-Stil von Foley von anderen traditionellen Wrestlern. In ECW war Foley also zu Hause. Nachdem er eines Abends im Publikum ein Schild gesehen hatte, in dem "Cane Dewey" auf einen Hinweis auf Foleys echten Sohn hingewiesen wurde, begann Foley ein Gimmick, bei dem er das Hardcore-Wrestling kritisierte und versuchte, seinen Status als Hardcore-Wrestling-Ikone aufzugeben, und benutzte eine sehr technische, langsame Wrestling als eine Methode, um das Publikum zu bestrafen. ^[29] Er sagte, er sei auf einer Mission, um seinen Partner vor dem Fehler zu retten, zu versuchen, blutrünstige Fans zu erfreuen. Die nicht übereinstimmende Partnerschaft dauerte bis zum 5. August 1995, als sich Cactus gegen Dreamer wandte, als sie mit The Pitbulls gegen Raven, Stevie Richards und The Dudley Brothers (Dudley Dudley und Big Dick Dudley) zusammenarbeiteten. Cactus Jack DDT 's Partner und trat Raven's Nest bei, da er Raven "höherem Zweck" dienen wollte. Er blieb für den Rest seiner Zeit in der ECW einer der besten Gefolgsleute von Raven. Am 28. August besiegte Cactus den zuvor ungeschlagenen 911. Als Teil von Foleys Fersenfick lobte er WWF und WCW im ECW-Fernsehen, was die ECW-Fans ärgerte. Ihre Wut verstärkte sich, als sich die Nachricht verbreitete, dass Foley den WWF verlassen würde (19459074, Have a Nice Day ), erzählte Foley von einem Vorfall, bei dem er einen ECW-Roadie bat, bei einer Veranstaltung T-Shirts für ihn zu verkaufen in einem Veranstaltungsort in Queens, New York, wo er selbst als Ferse beliebt gewesen war, kam der Mann zurück, nachdem er viele Male von wütenden Fans bespuckt worden war, die ihn um sein Leben fürchten ließen ^[30]. Selbst als er sich bemühte, die Fans aufrichtig zu verabschieden, wurde Cactus Jack von der ECW-Fanbase überall, wo er hinging, mit "You sold out" gesungen. Cactus wurde gebucht, um sich dem WWF-Hasser Shane Douglas zu stellen, der gewann, als er Jack in einen vierten Leglock setzte, der es Mikey Whipwreck erlaubte, ihn wiederholt mit einem Stahlstuhl zu schlagen. Foleys letztes ECW-Match fand am 9. März 1996 gegen Whipwreck statt, und er erzählt, dass er sich nicht darauf freute, da die Feindseligkeiten immer feindseliger wurden, selbst wenn er keinen Charakter hatte. Die ECW-Fans, die wussten, dass dies Foleys letztes Spiel war, erwiderten schließlich seine Zuneigung. Sie jubelten ihn während des ganzen Spiels und sangen: "Bitte geh nicht!". Nach dem Match erzählte Foley dem Publikum, dass ihre Reaktion alles lohnend machte, und er machte seinen Ausgang, indem er mit Stevie Richards und The Blue Meanie zu Frank Sinatras Lied "New York, New York" tanzte. Foley sagte, dieser Ausgang sei sein Lieblingsmoment im Wrestling gewesen. ^[15][31]

Smoky Mountain Wrestling und Japan (1994–1996) [ edit ]

Am Ende des Jahres 1994 schloss sich Foley an Smoky Mountain Wrestling (SMW) als Cactus Jack, wodurch Boo Bradley den SMW-Sieg über die Champ Television Championship verlor. Er hat sich oft mit Brian Lee zusammengetan, um sich mit Bradley und Chris Candido auszusprechen. Cactus Jack begann dann einen Kreuzzug, um Bradley von seiner Kammerdienerin Tamara Fytch zu befreien. Er löste eine Fehde zwischen Candido und Bradley aus, als er Candido der sexuellen Beziehung mit Fytch bezichtigte. (Ironischerweise waren Candido und Fytch im wirklichen Leben ein Paar). Cactus Jack verließ SMW, bevor die Fehde beigelegt war.

1995 ging Foley nach Japan und rang in der International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA Japan), wo er sich mit Terry Funk und Shoji Nakamaki in Fehden ausrichtete. Während seines kurzen Aufenthalts in Japan hatte Foley den Spitznamen "Tsunami Stopper". Foley kehrte jedoch bald zur ECW zurück, um sich mit The Sandman auszusprechen. Funk kehrte zurück, um sich mit Sandman zusammenzutun, und während eines besonders gewalttätigen Treffens schlug das Paar sechsundvierzigmal mit einem Singapur-Stock Cactus. Cactus Jack besiegte Funk 1995 beim Hostile City Showdown. Später kämpfte er gegen Sandman um die ECW-Meisterschaft. Während des Spiels schlug Cactus Jack Sandman bewusstlos und wurde zum Sieger erklärt. Schiedsrichter Bill Alfonso hat jedoch seine Entscheidung mit der Begründung zurückgenommen, dass der Titel nicht durch Knockout den Besitzer wechseln kann.

Als er zur IWA zurückkehrte, begann Cactus Jack eine Auseinandersetzung mit Leatherface, den er während eines Tag-Team-Matches verraten hatte. Foley rang auch weiterhin in unabhängigen Rennstrecken und gewann Meisterschaften auf den Strecken von Ozark Mountain und Steel City. Am 20. August 1995 organisierte IWA bei ihrem Kawasaki Dream-Event ein King of the Death Match-Turnier. In jedem Level des Turniers gab es eine neue und tödliche Spielerei: Die erste Runde von Cactus Jack war ein Baseballschläger mit Stacheldraht und ein Thumbtack-Deathmatch, in dem er Terry Gordy besiegte; Die zweite Runde war ein Stacheldrahtbrett, ein Nagelbett, in dem Cactus Jack Shoji Nakamaki besiegte. Das Finale gegen Terry Funk war ein Stacheldrahtseil, Stacheldraht und ein C4-Board, ein Zeitbomben-Todeskampf, den Cactus Jack mit Hilfe von Tiger Jeet Singh gewann. Nach dem Match wurden beide Männer vom Draht verwüstet und von den C4-Explosionen verbrannt. Foley sagte später, dass er nur 300 Dollar für die ganze Nacht ^[32] erhielt, aber 2010 schrieb er: "Wenn man dieses Match in Honjo zurückschaut, ist das wahrscheinlich die Leistung, auf die ich stolz bin." ^[33] Nach dem Turnier spielte er mit Tracy Smothers für einen schnellen Lauf mit den IWA-Tag-Team-Titeln.

World Wrestling Federation [ edit ]

Drei Gesichter von Foley (1996–1998) [ edit

Im Jahr 1996 unterzeichnet Foley einen Vertrag mit dem WWF und diesmal verwendete der WWF Foley nicht als "Verbesserungstalent". Ihm wurden mehrere Entwürfe für einen neuen Charakter gezeigt - einen Mann mit einer Ledermaske und Ketten. Der WWF entschied jedoch, dass es zu dunkel war und nur die Maske hinterließ. ^[34] Foley kam 1996 mit einem neuen Gimmick und vielleicht seiner berühmtesten Persönlichkeit in den WWF: die Menschheit, ein geistig gestörter Schizophrenist, der ständig (auch während seiner Spiele) quietschte ), kreischte "Mommy!" sprach mit einer Ratte namens George, hatte Schmerzen, wurde körperlich misshandelt (z. B. indem er sein Haar herauszog), trug eine Maske und lebte in Heizungskeller; Daher war sein Spezialitätsspiel, der Boiler Room Brawl. ^[1] Der letzte Zug von Mankind war der Klauennervengriff im Unterkiefer, bei dem er die Finger in den Mund seines Gegners steckte. Sein Motto lautete "Einen schönen Tag". Am 1. April 1996, Episode von Monday Night Raw dem Tag nach WrestleMania XII., Debütierte Mankind und besiegte Bob Holly, der sich schnell in eine Fehde mit The Undertaker verwandelte. Die beiden mischten sich dann in die Spiele des anderen ein, bis sie in der allerersten Schlägerei im Boiler Room verbucht waren, bei der das Ziel war, dem Heizungsraum der Arena zu entkommen und den Ring zu erreichen, um die Urne von Paul Bearer zu übernehmen. Der Undertaker schien gewonnen zu haben, aber Paul Bearer weigerte sich, ihm die Urne zu geben, und ließ die Menschheit gewinnen, wodurch die Beziehung zwischen Paul und dem Undertaker (vorerst) beendet wurde. Während Mankind von Paul Bearer verwaltet wurde, nannte er ihn "Onkel Paul". Die Menschheit erwarb sich dann die Nummer eins, um sich dem damaligen WWF-Champion Shawn Michaels bei In Your House: Mind Games zu stellen. Michaels gewann durch Disqualifikation durch Interferenz von Vader und The Undertaker.

Die Rivalität zwischen Mensch und Bestatter wurde mit dem ersten Match von Buried Alive in In Your House: Buried Alive fortgesetzt. Der Undertaker gewann das Match, aber Paul Bearer, der Henker, die Menschheit und andere Fersen griffen den Undertaker an und begruben ihn lebendig. Danach forderte der Undertaker Mankind zu einem Match in der Survivor Series heraus, das der Undertaker gewann. Die Fehde setzte sich nach einem weiteren Spiel bei In Your House: Revenge of the Taker für die WWF World Heavyweight Championship fort, das Undertaker bei WrestleMania 13 gewonnen hatte. Der Undertaker gewann das Match und Bearer nahm eine Pause und setzte die Fehde fort. Jim Ross begann dann eine Reihe von Interviews mit Mankind zu führen. In den Interviews brachte Ross das Thema der Heimvideos von Foley und seine von Hippie inspirierte Figur Dude Love sowie seine gequälte Reise im Wrestling zur Sprache. Die Interviews hatten auch Auswirkungen auf die Fans, die Mankind anfeuerten und ihn zu einem Gesicht machten.

Ungefähr zu dieser Zeit gewannen Stone Cold Steve Austin und Shawn Michaels die WWF Tag Team Championships von Owen Hart und The British Bulldog, aber Michaels war verletzt und konnte nicht mehr mithalten. Die Menschheit versuchte, ihn zu ersetzen, aber Austin sagte, er wolle "nichts mit einem Freak zu tun haben" und gab sich damit ab, Hart und die Bulldogge in der nächsten Woche alleine zu stellen. Nach der Hälfte des Spiels debütierte Foley jedoch mit Dude Love, einer neuen Person, die Austin half, den Sieg zu erringen, und wurde so zum neuen Tag Team Champions. ^[35] Austin und Foley trennten ihre Tag-Team-Titel, als Austin eine Halsverletzung erlitt Spiel im SummerSlam. Dude Love wurde mit Hunter Hearst Helmsley verwechselt, als die beiden in einem Falls Count Anywhere Match antraten. Eine der denkwürdigsten Vignetten von Foley wurde vor Beginn des Spiels ausgestrahlt, in der Dude Love und Mankind diskutierten, wer das bevorstehende Spiel ringen sollte. Schließlich entschieden "sie", dass es Cactus Jack sein sollte und Foleys alter Charakter gab sein WWF-Debüt. Cactus Jack gewann das Match mit einem Pileriver durch einen Tisch. Kurz darauf trat Terry Funk von ECW als Chainsaw Charlie dem WWF bei. Beim Royal Rumble 1998 nahm Foley an drei Personen teil, Cactus Jack, Mankind und Dude Love. Charlie und Jack besiegten die New Age Outlaws bei WrestleMania XIV in einem Dumpster-Match, um die Tag-Team-Titel zu gewinnen. In der nächsten Nacht zog Vince McMahon jedoch die Gürtel aus und plante einen Rückkampf in einem Stahlkäfig, den die Outlaws mit Hilfe ihrer neuen Verbündeten D-Generation X gewannen. Am 6. April 1998 wurde Foley bei Cactus Jack auf den Fersen erklärte, die Fans würden ihn nicht mehr sehen, weil sie ihn nicht schätzten und sich nur um Stone Cold Steve Austin kümmerten. Vince McMahon erklärte Austin in der nächsten Woche, dass er bei "Unforgiven" einem "mysteriösen" Gegner gegenüberstehen würde. Dieser Gegner erwies sich als Dude Love, der das Spiel durch Disqualifikation gewann, was bedeutete, dass Austin den Titel behielt. McMahon, der mit dem Ergebnis nicht zufrieden war, verlangte von Foley den Beweis, dass er einen weiteren Schuss auf Austins Titel verdient hatte, wobei er ein Match-Nummer-1-Match gegen seinen ehemaligen Partner Terry Funk hatte. Das Match war sowohl das erste "Hardcore-Match" des WWF als auch das erste Mal, dass Foley unter seinem eigenen Namen rang. Foley gewann, und nach dem Match kam ein stolzes McMahon zu Dude Love Musik und präsentierte Foley mit dem Dude Love Kostüm. Bei Over the Edge spielte Dude Love gegen Austin um den Titel. McMahon benannte seine Untergebenen Gerald Brisco und Pat Patterson als Zeitnehmer und Ringansager und machte sich selbst zum Sonderschiedsrichter. Der Undertaker kam jedoch an den Ring, um sicherzustellen, dass McMahon das Match fair anordnete, und mit seiner Anwesenheit verlor Dude Love das Match und wurde von McMahon am 1. Juni (19459074) Raw "entlassen".

In derselben Episode von Raw kehrte Foley zu seiner Mankind-Figur zurück, die anfing, ein unbesetztes Hemd mit einer lockeren Krawatte zu tragen und seine Fehde mit The Undertaker wieder aufzunehmen. Bei King of the Ring am 28. Juni traten die beiden in der dritten Hölle in einer Zelle auf, die zu einem der bemerkenswertesten Spiele in der professionellen Wrestling-Geschichte wurde. Foley erhielt zahlreiche Verletzungen und zwei gefährliche und einflussreiche Beulen. Sein Charakter verlor das Match, um ihre Geschichte abzuschließen.

WWF-Champion (1998–2000) [ edit ]

Obwohl konventionelles Wissen besagt, dass das Spiel "Hölle in einer Zelle" für Foleys Aufstieg zum Hauptereignisstatus verantwortlich war, taten dies die Zuschauer im Live-Fernsehen Zunächst nicht hinter der Menschheit zurückbleiben. ^{[] ]} Nach einigen Monaten Teamarbeit mit Kane, der zusammen die WWF Tag Team Championship bei zwei verschiedenen Gelegenheiten gewann, entschied Foley Diese Menschenmenge könnte besser reagieren, wenn die Menschheit eher eine Comedy-Figur wäre, und so gab er die Eigenschaften der gefolterten Seele auf und wurde mehr zu einem doofen, kaputten Dummkopf. Er begann den Übergang in diese Figur nach dem SummerSlam im Jahr 1998, nachdem Kane sich gegen ihn gewendet hatte und die beiden die Tag-Team-Meisterschaften verloren hatten.

Im darauffolgenden Monat begann Foley einen Winkel mit Vince McMahon, wobei Mankind versuchte, ein Freund des verhassten Mr. McMahon zu sein. In der Episode vom Raw vom 5. Oktober, während McMahon in einem Krankenhaus Pflegerwunden hatte, die von The Undertaker und Kane erlitten wurden, kam Mankind, um ihn aufzuheitern. Nachdem es ihm nur gelungen war, McMahon zu irritieren, zog Mankind eine Socke von seinem Fuß, um eine Sockenpuppe mit dem Namen "Mr. Socko" herzustellen. Socko war ein einmaliger Scherz und wurde eine Sensation über Nacht. Die Menschheit begann, die Socke auf seine Hand zu setzen, bevor sie seinen Oberkiefer, die Unterkieferkralle, anbrachte und eine stinkende Socke in den Mund von gegnerischen Ringen stopfte. Der Sweatsock erfreute sich bei den Fans großer Beliebtheit, hauptsächlich weil er (meistens von Jerry "The King" Lawler während der Events) als schmutzige, stinkende, verschwitzte, abstoßende und abscheuliche Socke vermarktet wurde. McMahon manipulierte Mankind, der den WWF-Besitzer als Vaterfigur sah, zu seinem Gebot. McMahon hat die Hardcore-Meisterschaft geschaffen und an Mankind verliehen, was ihn zum allerersten Champion der Hardcore-Division macht. Die Menschheit wurde dann als Favorit für den Gewinn der WWF-Meisterschaft in der Survivor Series gedrängt, da McMahon das Turnier scheinbar so manipulierte, dass die Menschheit gewinnen würde. Er und The Rock erreichten beide das Finale, wo McMahon gegen Mankind antrat. Als The Rock Mankind im Sharpshooter platzierte, befahl McMahon dem Zeitnehmer, die Glocke zu läuten, obwohl Mankind nicht reichte, ein Hinweis auf den Montreal Screwjob aus dem Vorjahr. Als Ergebnis der Survivor Series drehte sich Mankind offiziell um, während The Rock sich in McMahons neuer Corporation-Fraktion um die Ferse und das Kronjuwel drehte.

Nach wochenlangen Versuchen, McMahons neue Fraktion, die Corporation, in die Finger zu bekommen, erhielt Mankind einen Titelschuss gegen The Rock in Rock Bottom: In Your House. Die Mankind gewann das Match, indem sie einen geruchsintensiven Socken in The Rocks Gullet schob, aber McMahon entschied, dass der Titel nicht den Besitzer wechseln würde, da Mankind weder durch Pinfall noch durch Unterwerfung gewann. Nachdem Mankind mehrere Wochen nach der Corporation gegangen war, besiegte Mankind am 29. Dezember seinen ersten WWF-Titel von The Rock. Die aufgenommene Show wurde am 4. Januar 1999 ausgestrahlt. Das ist der Tag, an dem WWE den Titellauf als Beginn erkennt. Titelwechsel im Rundfunkfernsehen statt Pay-per-View waren im professionellen Wrestling ungewöhnlich, aber aufgrund der Monday Night Wars wurden Fernsehbewertungen wichtiger. Der Rivale WCW, der die Tatsache ausnutzen wollte, dass seine Show Monday Nitro live übertragen wurde, während Mankinds Titelgewinn in der Woche zuvor aufgezeichnet wurde, hatte Ansager Tony Schiavone das Ende des Mankind-Rock-Spiels vor seiner Ausstrahlung verraten . Dann fügte er sarkastisch hinzu: "Das wird eine Menge Ärsche auf die Sitze bringen." Der Schritt ging für die WCW zurück, als Nielsen Ratings zeigten, dass Raw die Bewertungskämpfe in dieser Nacht gewann, trotz des Hauptereignisses Hulk Hogan gegen Kevin Nash, das zur Neugestaltung der Neuen Weltordnung führte. Foley sagte, dass die Bewertungen darauf hindeuten, dass eine große Anzahl von Zuschauern von Nitro auf Raw gewechselt wurde, um ihn den Titel erringen zu sehen, und darauf sehr stolz war.

Die Menschheit verlor die WWF-Meisterschaft in einem "I Quit" -Match bei Royal Rumble an The Rock. Dies gilt als eines der gewalttätigsten Spiele des Unternehmens. Während des Spiels traf Foley mehrere Schläge, darunter elf ungeschützte Stuhlschläge auf den Kopf. Dieses Match ist in der Dokumentation von Barry Blaustein Beyond the Mat zu sehen, die die Auswirkungen des Spiels auf Foley und seine Familie am Ring zeigt. Das Match endete, als Mankind das Bewusstsein verlor und die Verbündeten von The Rock spielten eine Aufnahme von Mankind mit "I Quit" aus einem früheren Interview. Das Match wurde auch von den Lesern von Pro Wrestling Illustrated zum Match of the Year von 1999 gewählt. Mankind gewann den Titel in einem Rematch gegen Halftime Heat, das während der Halbzeit des Super Bowl XXXIII im ersten leeren WWF-Spiel am 27. Januar ausgestrahlt wurde. Die beiden traten in einem Last Man Standing-Match am Valentinstag-Massaker an. das endete ohne Gewinner, was bedeutet, dass Mankind den Titel behalten hat. Am nächsten Abend buchte Mr. McMahon ein Leiter-Match für die Meisterschaft, die The Rock mit Hilfe der Big Show gewann. Foley reiste nach WrestleMania, um die Big Show und einen Monat später bei Backlash zu besiegen. Kurz danach würde Big Show mit Mankind, Test und Shamrock zusammenarbeiten, um die Corporation bei Over The Edge zu übernehmen. Später im Jahr bauten Foley und The Rock ihre Freundschaft auf und bildeten ein Comedy-Team namens Rock 'n' Sock Connection, das zu einem der beliebtesten Teams dieser Zeit wurde. Das Paar gewann drei Mal die Tag-Team-Titel. Foley half Raw mit einem Segment, in dem er (als Mankind) und The Rock auftrat, seine höchsten Bewertungen zu erreichen. Das "This is Your Life" -Segment wurde am 27. September 1999 ausgestrahlt und erhielt eine Bewertung von 8,4. 19459125 [36]

Im August 1999 kehrte Foley nach einer dreimonatigen Abwesenheit nach einer Knieoperation wieder zurück Fortsetzung seiner Fehde mit Triple H. In einer Folge von Raw zog Mankind mit Triple H in einem Match um die Nummer eins der WWF-Meisterschaft, was zu einem Triple Threat-Match zwischen Steve Austin, Triple H führte und Mankind bei SummerSlam für den Titel. Foley gewann die WWF-Meisterschaft zum dritten Mal beim SummerSlam und festigte den amtierenden Champion Austin. ^[37] Der Sieg von Mankind führte zu einem aufgebrachten Triple H, um Austin anzugreifen, was Austins Abwesenheit rechtfertigte, während er eine Knieverletzung heilte. In der nächsten Nacht auf Raw besiegte Triple H die Menschheit, um seine erste WWF-Meisterschaft zu gewinnen. Es entstand eine Fehde zwischen der Mankind und dem McMahon-Helmsley-Regime, angeführt von Triple H.

Foley then reverted to his Cactus Jack persona in January 2000 and faced Triple H for the WWF Championship at Royal Rumble in a Street Fight. Cactus used barbed wire 2x4 and thumbtacks, trademark weapons from his pre-WWF days, but Triple H won the match after delivering two pedigrees, the second onto a pile of tacks. This feud culminated with a rematch at No Way Out in a Hell in a Cell match, where stipulations held that if Cactus Jack did not win the title, Foley would retire from wrestling. During the match, they had made their way onto the top of the cell and Foley was preparing to piledrive Triple H onto a barbed wire 2x4 on fire, but Triple H reversed it into a backdrop, causing the cage to give way, Foley fell through the canvas. One pedigree later, Triple H had won the match and Mick's career was over.^[38] Foley left for a few weeks, but returned at the request of Linda McMahon to wrestle for the title at WrestleMania 2000 against Triple H, The Rock and Big Show.^[39] Triple H won and Foley did not wrestle again for four years.

Commissioner and departure (2000–2001)[edit]

After retiring from active competition, Foley served as storyline WWF Commissioner under his real name rather than one of his personas. Foley has said that he intended for his Commissioner Foley character to be a "role model for nerds," cracking lame jokes and making no attempt to appear tough or scary. He also had a knack during this time to have no one spot for his office; rather, Mick would have an office in all sorts of odd places (for example, closets). Foley turned getting cheap pops into something of a catchphrase, as he shamelessly declared at each WWF show that he was thrilled to be "right here in (whatever city in which he was performing (e.g., New York))!" punctuated with an intentionally cheesy thumbs-up gesture. During this time, Commissioner Foley engaged in rivalries with Kurt Angle, Edge and Christian, and Vince McMahon without actually wrestling them. He left the position in December 2000 after being "fired" onscreen by McMahon during which he received a brutal beat down.

Foley made a surprise return on the Raw just prior to WrestleMania X-Seven and announced that he would be the special guest referee in the match between Mr. McMahon and his son Shane at WrestleMania. After WrestleMania, Foley made sporadic appearances on WWF programming throughout the middle of the year, at one point introducing Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura during a taping of Raw in the state as a foil to Mr. McMahon, as well as serving as the guest referee for the Earl Hebner versus Nick Patrick Referee match at the WWF Invasion pay-per-view.

Foley returned as commissioner in October 2001, near the end of The Invasion angle. During this brief tenure, Foley had the opportunity to shoot on the WWF's direction and how dissatisfied he was with it. Saying that there were far too many championships in the company, he booked unification matches prior to the final pay-per-view of the storyline, Survivor Series. After Survivor Series, he ended his commissionership at Vince McMahon's request and left the company.

Independent circuit (2003–2005)[edit]

During his absences from WWE, Foley made frequent appearances on the independent circuit from 2003 to 2005, primarily in non-wrestling roles, either as a referee, manager, or special guest.

His first independent circuit appearance was on December 12, 2003 for International Wrestling Cartel, where he was the special guest referee for a match between Dusty Rhodes and Jerry Lawler.

Foley did not appear on the independent circuit again until May 2004, when he appeared for the Japanese promotion HUSTLE and returned to the ring to face Toshiaki Kawada for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, but ended up losing.

On September 11, 2004, Foley made his debut for Ring of Honor and cut a promo, praising ROH and referring to it as "Ring of Hardcore", thus establishing himself as a babyface. On October 3, Foley refereed a match between Jerry Lawler and Slyck Wagner Brown for the New England Wrestling promotion. On October 15, Foley returned to ROH where he confronted Ricky Steamboat, who claimed that traditional wrestling was better than hardcore wrestling. The next day, both Foley and Steamboat cut promos on each other, leading to a match between two teams of wrestlers handpicked by both men, with Nigel McGuiness and Chad Collyer representing Steamboat and Dan Maff and B.J. Whitmer representing Foley, which was won by McGuiness and Collyer. On November 6, Foley teased a heel turn when he called ROH Champion Samoa Joe "softcore". On November 20, Foley made a surprise appearance for New York Wrestling Connection, making a run-in during Mikey Whipwreck and Ken Scampi's match against Mayhem and Tony Burma, where he helped Whipwreck and Scampi win.

Foley made an appearance on the Night of Appreciation for Sabu, where he refereed the match between Shane Douglas and Raven, where Sabu himself interfered in the match and helped Douglas win.

Foley returned to ROH on December 26 at ROH's Final Battle event and had his final confrontation with Ricky Steamboat, where the two made peace. On January 15, 2005, Foley turned heel after he was confronted by Samoa Joe and hit Joe over the head with a steel chair. One week later, Foley appeared with Border City Wrestling to referee the match between Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin for the BCW Television Championship, which Sabin won.

Foley refereed the main event of the first WrestleReunion show, which saw Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, and Mike Graham battle Abdullah the Butcher, Kevin Sullivan, and CM Punk.

On February 19, Foley resumed his feud with Samoa Joe in ROH, teasing a return to the ring but instead choosing Vordell Walker to fight Joe. After Joe defeated Walker, Foley introduced his "backup plan" New Cactus Jack to fight Joe in a second match, which Joe won as well.

On February 26, Foley appeared with Frank Goodman's USA Xtreme promotion, cutting a promo saying that there was no need to wait until June for an ECW reunion (referring to the upcoming Hardcore Homecoming show being put together by Shane Douglas), and brought out Axl Rotten, Shane Douglas, Chris Candido, Tammy Sytch, Balls Mahoney, Al Snow, Justin Credible, The Sandman, Terry Funk and Sabu, much to the excitement of the crowd, who began an "E-C-Dub!" chant. But then Raven came out and cut a promo saying that he had only ever been the one true star of ECW and everyone else had just been a jobber, leading to a match between Raven and Balls Mahoney later in the night, which Raven won by DQ when he threw fire in Mahoney's eyes. After this, Foley and several of the other ECW alumni came to the ring and attacked Raven.

On April 2, Foley appeared with Harley Race's World League Wrestling to referee a match between Trevor Rhodes and Brandon Bishop, which was ruled a No-Contest. After the match, Rhodes, Bishop, and Johnny Gold all attacked Foley until Terry Funk and Harley Race ran in and fought the three wrestlers off. Afterwards, Foley left the arena with Funk and Race.

On April 30, Foley refereed a match at a Northeast Wrestling show between Jerry Lawler and King Kong Bundy, which Lawler won.

On May 7, Foley made a return to the ring at the Mark Curtis Memorial Show, where he was victorious in a tag team match with Shane Douglas against Al Snow and D'Lo Brown, which also featured Dominic DeNucci (Foley and Douglas' trainer) in his and Douglas' corner.

The main event of the ECW reunion show Hardcore Homecoming was Terry Funk against Sabu and Shane Douglas in a Triple Threat Elimination No Ropes Barbed Wire Match. During the middle of the match, Bill Alfonso, who was in Sabu's corner, began pulling Shane Douglas into the wire, which led to Francine, who was in Douglas' corner, attacking Alfonso. Using this as a distraction, Douglas brought a ladder into the ring when suddenly the lights in the arena went out. When they came back on, Foley was in the ring, as Cactus Jack, wearing a referee shirt. Foley pulled out a barbed-wire wrapped Mr. Socko and applied the Mandible Claw on Douglas, then DDT'd Douglas onto a steel chair. Terry Funk then crawled onto Douglas and eliminated him when Foley made the 3-count. After that, Funk targeted Sabu, throwing him into the barbed wire, then setting up a table and putting Sabu on it. Funk then climbed up the ladder, but before he got far, it collapsed from under his weight, sending him crashing through the table. Sabu then recovered, gave Funk an Arabian Facebuster off a chair, and pinned Funk to win the match. After the match ended, all four of them were greeted with chants of "Terry!" and "Sabu!" and "Foley!" and "Thank You Shane!" and of course "E-C-Dub! E-C-Dub!". The entire locker room emptied moments later and celebrated with Funk, Sabu, Foley, and Douglas in the ring to continued "E-C-Dub" chants.

On July 8, Foley returned to ROH as a face, confronting ROH Champion CM Punk, who had turned heel and mocked ROH and the championship after he had signed with WWE and threatened to take the title with him to WWE. Foley acted as a direct line to Vince McMahon, attempting to convince Punk to defend his title one last time on McMahon's orders before he departed from ROH.

On August 13, Foley made an appearance with Ballpark Brawl to make fun of Matt Striker, who had been doing an impersonation of The Rock. Later in the event, Foley refereed the Canes, Tables, and Chairs match between Sandman and Sabu, which Sandman won. After the match, Foley celebrated with Sandman by drinking beer with him in the middle of the ring.

On August 20, Foley returned to ROH again, as a face, to rescue Jade Chung from Prince Nana. Foley was then attacked from behind by Alex Shelley and The Embassy until Austin Aries and Roderick Strong chased them off. One week later, Foley returned to the ring for the second WrestleReunion show to team with Terry Funk and Dory Funk, Jr. in a losing effort against the Midnight Express (Stan Lane, Bobby Eaton, and Dennis Condrey.)

Foley made his final regular appearance with ROH on September 17, when he was in A.J. Styles' corner in a match against Embassy member Jimmy Rave, which Styles won. Afterwards, Foley put over ROH huge saying he enjoyed being on ROH shows and would speak highly of it.

Foley made his final major independent circuit appearance on the Tribute to Starrcade show on November 19 as the referee for the match between Dustin Rhodes and Terry Funk, which ended in a No-Contest.

Return to WWE[edit]

Various feuds (2003–2006)[edit]

Foley returned in June 2003 to referee the Hell in a Cell match between Triple H and Kevin Nash at Bad Blood. On June 23, during a Raw broadcast in Madison Square Garden, he was honored for his achievements in the ring and presented with the retired WWE Hardcore Championship belt. The evening ended with Foley taking a beating and kicked down stairs by Randy Orton and Ric Flair. In December 2003, Foley returned to replace Steve Austin as co-general manager of Raw. He soon grew tired of the day-to-day travel and left his full-time duties to write and spend time with his family. In the storyline, Foley was afraid to wrestle a match with Intercontinental Champion Randy Orton on the December 15 episode of Raw and walked out of the match rather than face him, the result of the match was ruled a draw. After Foley walked backstage, Orton confronted him asking why he walked out of the match, calling him a coward in the process, before spitting in his face. Foley walked out of the arena afterwards.

In 2004, Foley returned briefly to wrestling, competing in the Royal Rumble and eliminating both Orton and himself with his trademark Cactus Jack clothesline. He and The Rock reunited as the Rock 'n' Sock Connection and lost a handicap match to Evolution at WrestleMania XX. Foley and Orton continued to feud, culminating in a hardcore match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship at Backlash, where Orton defeated Foley, as his Cactus Jack persona, to retain the title. Foley regards this match as possibly the best of his career.^[40]

Foley appeared as a color commentator at WWE's ECW One Night Stand, which aired on June 12, 2005, and subsequently renewed his contract with WWE. Foley returned in 2005 in a match where fans were able to vote on which persona he would appear as—Mankind, Dude Love, or Cactus Jack—against Carlito at Taboo Tuesday. The fans voted for Mankind, who went on to win the match. On the February 16, 2006, RawFoley returned to referee the WWE Championship match between Edge and John Cena. After Cena won, Edge attacked Foley, and the following week, Edge challenged Foley to a match at WrestleMania 22. Edge defeated Foley after spearing him through a flaming table. In the weeks after the match, Foley turned heel and allied himself with Edge against the newly rejuvenated ECW. At ECW One Night Stand, Foley, Edge and Lita defeated Terry Funk, Tommy Dreamer and Beulah McGillicutty.

Foley then engaged in a storyline rivalry with Ric Flair, inspired by real-life animosity between the two. In Have a Nice Day!Foley wrote that Flair was "every bit as bad on the booking side of things as he was great on the wrestling side of it." In response, Flair wrote in his autobiography that Foley was "a glorified stuntman" and that he was able to climb the ladder in the WWF only because he was friends with the bookers. The two had a backstage confrontation at a Raw event in 2003, but Foley has said that they have largely reconciled.^[41] To spark the feud, Flair again called Foley a "glorified stuntman" and Foley called Flair a "washed up piece of crap" and challenged him to a match. The result was a Two-out-of-Three Falls match at Vengeance, where Flair beat Foley in two straight falls. The two then wrestled an "I Quit" match at SummerSlam, which Flair won when he forced Foley to quit by threatening Melina with a barbed-wire bat.^[42] On the August 21 episode of RawFoley kissed Vince McMahon's buttocks as part of McMahon's "Kiss My Ass Club" gimmick after he threatened to fire Melina. Shortly thereafter, she betrayed Foley and announced that he was fired.

Sporadic appearances and SmackDown color commentator (2007–2008)[edit]

Seven months later, Foley made his return to Raw as a face on March 5, 2007, with the storyline being that he tricked McMahon into giving him his job back. At Vengeance, Foley wrestled in a WWE Championship Challenge match involving WWE Champion John Cena, Randy Orton, King Booker, and Bobby Lashley. Cena retained by pinning Foley. A month later, Foley made an appearance on Raw as the special guest referee for a match between Jonathan Coachman and Mr. McMahon's storyline illegitimate son Hornswoggle. Foley then made an appearance on SmackDown the same week, where he defeated Coachman with Hornswoggle as the special guest referee. On the January 7, 2008 episode of RawFoley and his tag team partner Hornswoggle qualified for the Royal Rumble by defeating The Highlanders, but Foley was eliminated by Triple H during the Royal Rumble match.

Foley debuted as a color commentator for SmackDown alongside Michael Cole at Backlash in 2008, replacing Jonathan Coachman.^[43] On the edition of August 1 of SmackDownFoley was kayfabe attacked by Edge during Edge's promo for his SummerSlam match against The Undertaker. Foley sat out the August 8 SmackDown to sell his recovery from the injuries. Tazz filled in for Foley as a color commentator on SmackDownwhile Raw wrestler Matt Striker filled in for Tazz on ECW. Foley told Long Island Press pro wrestling columnist Josh Stewart in August 2008 that "creatively, the announcing job wasn't working out too well". He expanded with Dave Meltzer on the Observer radio show that the environment was creatively frustrating. Foley allowed his contract with WWE to expire on September 1, 2008 and quietly left the company.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling[edit]

Championship reigns (2008–2009)[edit]

On September 3, 2008, Foley's agency, Gillespie Talent, issued a press release that stated Foley had signed a short-term deal with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Foley claimed in the statement to be "very excited about the specifics of this agreement and the potential it holds".^[44] Foley made his TNA debut on September 5, at a TNA house show giving a short speech about how he loved the product, in which he also belittled WWE.^[45] The official TNA Wrestling website featured an image of a smiley face with a variation of Foley's catch phrase, "Have a nice day!" (and, before No Surrender, "Have a nice Sunday!").

Foley at a TNA house show in Dublin, Ireland in January 2009

On the edition of September 18, 2008 of Impact!Foley made his first televised appearance for TNA, where Jeff Jarrett introduced him to the audience on the arena's video wall. Two weeks later, Foley made his full television debut in a promo making comments about the WWE roster, Vince McMahon and Kurt Angle. At Bound for Glory IV, he was the special guest enforcer for Jarrett and Angle's match. Later, on Impact!Foley said goodbye, but was then approached by Jeff Jarrett with a new offer; he later indicated that they had come to terms on a new contract and would make a major announcement the next week. On the October 23 episode of Impact!Foley announced that he was now co-owner of TNA along with Jarrett, just after Kurt Angle headbutted him.

On November 27, Thanksgiving Day, TNA presented the Turkey Bowl. Alex Shelley ended up being pinned by Rhino, and Foley handed Rhino the check. Afterwards, the defeated Shelley had to put on a Turkey Suit in compliance with the match rules, albeit with much refusal. However, Shelley "flipped off" Foley and proceeded to beat him up. In the aftermath, Mick mentioned that Shelley is lucky he still has his job. The Main Event Mafia's Kevin Nash, Booker T, and Scott Steiner were going to take on Brother Devon, A.J. Styles, and Mick Foley in his debut matchup at Genesis. Nash, however, suffered a legitimate staph infection and missed Genesis. He was replaced by Cute Kip. Foley got the pin when he hit Scott Steiner with a double arm DDT onto a chair.

On April 19, 2009 at Lockdown, he defeated Sting to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship for his first ever championship in TNA, and his fourth World title overall. Mick did not lose the championship, but Sting became the new leader of the Main Event Mafia by pinning Kurt Angle at Sacrifice. Foley had also stated on Impact! tapings that if he retained the TNA World Heavyweight Title at the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary, he would only put the title up in a match once a year. However, he lost the title to Kurt Angle in the King of The Mountain match at Slammiversary. He received a rematch at Victory Road, commenting he had only submitted once in his career (to Terry Funk, in a spinning toe hold) and swore he'd never do it again. He lost the match when Angle forced him to submit again with the ankle lock.

On July 30, 2009, the 200th episode of Impact!Foley won the TNA Legends Championship by pinning champion Kevin Nash in a tag team match where Nash teamed with Angle and Foley with Bobby Lashley. At Hard Justice Nash defeated Foley to regain the title, following interference from Traci Brooks.

Various storylines (2009–2011)[edit]

On the edition of September 24 of Impact! Foley turned heel again when he attacked Abyss during and after a TNA World Tag Team Championship match against Booker T and Scott Steiner. Foley revealed Abyss as the one who tore up his picture and beat him to a bloody pulp with a video tape and the baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire. Abyss then challenged Foley to a Monster's Ball match which Foley accepted.^[46] At Bound for Glory Abyss defeated Foley in the match.^[47] Two weeks later, Foley turned face by turning on Dr. Stevie and saved Abyss from him.^[48] The following week he explained that he had played Dr. Stevie all along and had challenged Abyss to a match at Bound for Glory in order to see how tough he really was.^[49] On the edition of November 12 of Impact! Raven returned to TNA and saved Stevie's future in the company by costing Abyss a match and throwing a fireball in Foley's face.^[50]

After this, Foley turned his attention away from Abyss and Dr. Stevie and concentrated on Hulk Hogan's arrival in TNA, appearing to be paranoid about Hogan taking over TNA. On the edition of December 3 of Impact! Foley teased another heel turn by booking face Kurt Angle in a handicap match, after Angle refused to give him information on who Hogan is bringing to TNA.^[51] At Final Resolution Abyss and Foley defeated Stevie and Raven in a "Foley's Funhouse" tag team match.^[52] On January 4, 2010, the day of Hulk Hogan's debut for TNA, Foley was assaulted by the reunited Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Sean Waltman, when trying to get a meeting with Hogan.^[53] On the edition of January 21 of Impact! new Executive Producer Eric Bischoff fired Foley, after claiming to have been attacked by him.^[54] On the edition of February 11 of Impact!Bischoff and Foley "talked it over", as Hogan had suggested two weeks prior, and Foley was entered in the 8 Card Stud Tournament at Against All Odds.^[55] The match was a No Disqualification match against Abyss, who won the match and advanced.^[56] On the edition of March 15 of Impact! Bischoff announced that he would be shaving Foley bald as a punishment for trying to help Jeff Jarrett in a handicap match the previous week. At first Foley was seemingly going along with the plan, but at the last second he shoved Mr. Socko down Bischoff's throat, put him on the barber's chair and shaved him nearly bald.^[57] On the following edition of Impact!Foley lost to Jarrett in a No Disqualification Career vs. Career match set up by Bischoff, forcing Foley to kayfabe leave TNA.^[58] In reality, Foley was taken off television due to him being on his way to exceed the maximum number of dates per year on his contract, at the pace he was making appearances.^[59]

Foley returned to TNA on July 12, 2010, at the tapings of the edition of July 15 of Impact!leading an invasion of fellow ECW alumni TNA World Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Stevie Richards, Rhino, Brother Devon, Pat Kenney and Al Snow forming the team of EV 2.0.^[60][61][62] The following week, TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event, Hardcore Justice: The Last Stand, as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company.^[63] At the event Foley refereed a Final Showdown match between Tommy Dreamer and Raven.^[64] On the following edition of Impact!the ECW alumni, known collectively as Extreme, Version 2.0 (EV 2.0), were assaulted by A.J. Styles, Kazarian, Robert Roode, James Storm, Douglas Williams and Matt Morgan of Ric Flair's Fourtune stable, who thought they didn't deserve to be in TNA.^[65][66] In August Foley began writing a weekly column for TNA's website.^[67] On the October 7, 2010 live edition of Impact!Foley defeated Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing match. the Last Man Standing match with Flair turned out to be Foley's last match in TNA.^[68] At Bound for Glory Foley was in EV 2.0's corner, when Dreamer, Raven, Rhino, Richards and Sabu defeated Fourtune members Styles, Kazarian, Morgan, Roode and Storm in a Lethal Lockdown match.^[69] After not appearing for two months, Foley returned on the edition of December 23 of Impact!confronting Fortune and Immortal.^[70] After Genesis, Foley once again disappeared from TNA television, but kept making regular appearances at TNA house shows.^[71] At the tapings of the edition of May 12 of Impact!Foley made his return to TV as he was revealed as the "Network" consultant, who had been causing problems for Immortal for the past months.^[72][73] On May 23, Foley, who had expressed frustration with TNA and said that he did not plan to renew his contract with the promotion once it would expire in the fall of 2011, made a joke on Twitter, comparing his Empty Arena match with The Rock to a TNA house show.^[74][75] On the following edition of Impact Wrestling on June 2, Hulk Hogan announced that Foley had been fired as the Network Executive.^[76] This was done to write Foley, who had asked for his release from TNA, off television. His departure from the promotion was confirmed on June 5, 2011.^[77][78]

Second return to WWE[edit]

Last matches and final retirement (2011−2012)[edit]

Foley returned to WWE at a house show in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, taking a break from his UK comedy tour, on November 2, 2011, making an in-ring promo with The Miz and R-Truth and then guest refereed the tag team match, appearing again in Manchester on November 5.^[79] Foley returned to Raw on November 14, which featured him presenting a "This is Your Life" celebration for John Cena (he presented a similar segment for The Rock 12 years earlier). Among those brought out were Cena's former tag team partner Bull Buchanan, his former baseball coach (kayfabe), and his father; however the segment was interrupted by The Rock, who delivered a Rock Bottom to Foley before leaving the ring, ending the segment.^[80] Foley was the special guest host on the live edition of Smackdown on November 29.

Foley appeared on Raw on the January 16, 2012, episode to announce his intentions to participate in the Royal Rumble match at the 2012 Royal Rumble pay-per-view later in the night during a six-man tag team match CM Punk needing a tag Foley came down to the ring and got tagged in the match; he defeated David Otunga but John Laurinaitis reversed the decision because Foley was not an official participant of the match. The next week, he also appeared, wishing Zack Ryder good luck in his match against Kane that night.^[81] Foley participated in the Royal Rumble match at the 2012 Royal Rumble pay-per-view where he entered at number 7 and eliminated Justin Gabriel (with the help of Ricardo Rodriguez), Epico, and Primo, eventually being eliminated by Cody Rhodes after 06:34 this was Foley's last night as an active wrestler. Foley later appeared in a segment alongside Santino Marella during WrestleMania XXVIII. On April 10, 2012, Foley made an appearance on WWE SmackDown: Blast from the Past. He returned to Raw on June 18, 2012, announcing that he would be serving as the temporary general manager of both Raw and SmackDown for the week. On July 23, at the 1000th episode of Rawhe appeared as Dude Love, danced with Brodus Clay and performed the mandible claw on Jack Swagger with a tie dyed Mr. Socko. In 2012 he hosted the WWE: Falls Count Anywhere – The Greatest Street Fights and other Out of Control Matches DVD. On the September 24, 2012 episode of RawFoley made an appearance to confront CM Punk, telling him to accept a match against John Cena. Later in the show, however, Punk attacked Foley backstage. At Hell in a Cell, CM Punk successfully retained his WWE Championship against Ryback due to interference from the referee, Brad Maddox. The next day on RawCM Punk announced he would be facing Team Foley at Survivor Series in a traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match for which Foley had accepted the challenge.^[82] However Punk had been removed from the match the following week. On the November 12, 2012 episode of RawFoley was appointed the Special Guest Enforcer in the match between CM Punk and John Cena. Foley's hand-picked Survivor Series team of The Miz, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston and Team Hell No failed to defeat Team Ziggler in the Traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Tag Match. Foley portrayed Santa Claus on the December 24 pre-taped edition of Monday Night Raw. Foley as Santa was run over by Alberto Del Rio. However, he managed to recover later in the night and help Cena defeat Del Rio in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight.

In August 2012, Foley was originally scheduled to have a match with the debuting Dean Ambrose at SummerSlam. However, doctors were not able to medically clear Foley and thus Foley announced his final retirement from in-ring competition.

Hall of Famer and various appearances (2013−2016)[edit]

On January 11, 2013 WWE.com announced that Foley would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2013 by his longtime friend Terry Funk. The official announcement was made on the 20th Anniversary of Raw on January 14.^[83] At the February 26 taping of Saturday Morning Slam (that aired March 16), Foley was named as the new general manager for the show. He left the position in May 2013 when the show was canceled^[84] Foley returned on April 22 episode of Raw to confront Ryback until he was saved by John Cena.^[85] Foley appeared as part of the Extreme Rules post-show to provide an analysis. On the December 18 episode of Main Event he appeared As 'Foley Claus', helping The Miz defeat Curtis Axel. In April 2014, Foley didn't re-sign his Legends contract with WWE.^[86]

On the October 20, 2014 episode of RawFoley returned during a segment with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins where he discussed the cases of their match at Hell in a Cell. Throughout December 2014, Foley appeared in segments on Raw as Saint Mick alongside his daughter Noelle. In 2015, Foley appeared at SummerSlam, where he kicked off the event with host Jon Stewart. Foley returned to Raw on March 14, 2016 in a backstage segment with Dean Ambrose, in which he gave him a pep talk for his upcoming WrestleMania 32 match against Brock Lesnar and a passing of the torch in the form of his iconic barbed wire baseball bat, "Barbie". On April 3, 2016 at WrestleMania 32, Foley returned in-ring alongside Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin in a post-match interruption where the trio of Hall of Famers took on The League of Nations after they had defeated The New Day and proclaimed "No three people can ever defeat us." Foley brought out Mr. Socko and executed the Mandible Claw two times during the fight, once on Sheamus and once on King Barrett. The latter was part of a three-way finishing move sequence where Barrett was first hit with Sweet Chin Music by Shawn Michaels, staggered and fell into Mr. Socko, and finally hit with a Stone Cold Stunner.

Raw General Manager (2016–2017)[edit]

On the July 18, 2016 episode of RawFoley was appointed by Stephanie McMahon as the General Manager of Raw. Foley has since unveiled new titles exclusive to the Raw brand, while also making fair decisions to favor the faces and occasionally disagreeing with Stephanie McMahon. One of Foley's first decisions as Raw General Manager was pitting the feuding Sheamus and Cesaro against one another in a Best of 7 series. Going into Clash of Champions the duo were tied 3-3. At Clash of Champions, both men would be counted out resulting in a draw and the best of seven series being declared a draw. On the next night's episode of Raw Foley who had promised the victor a championship opportunity would put the two in a tag team. They would later lose to The New Day in a WWE Tag Team Championship match before going on to capture the RAW Tag Team Championships against the New Day at the Roadblock: End of the Line pay-per-view. On the November 21 episode of RawFoley would place Sami Zayn in a match against Braun Strowman after Zayn failed to defeat The Miz at Survivor Series for the WWE Intercontinental Championship to bring the title to Raw. During the match, Foley would order the match to be stopped, deeming Zayn unable to continue. The following week on RawZayn would demand a rematch against Strowman, but Foley would decline, telling Zayn he could not beat him, making Zayn storm off in anger. On the December 12 episode of RawZayn would once again ask for a rematch with Strowman, but was once again rejected by Foley. Zayn would then tell Foley he was pondering going to SmackDown because Foley did not believe in him. Later that night, after Zayn defeated Jinder Mahal, Foley would tell him he has arranged a trade with SmackDown for him in exchange for Eva Marie. Zayn would angrily refuse the trade and once again demanded a rematch with Strowman. Foley would yield, giving Zayn his match with Strowman at Roadblock: End of the Line with a ten-minute time limit.

On the March 13, 2017 episode of RawStephanie McMahon forced Foley to fire a member of the Raw roster by the end of the night. Foley chose to fire Stephanie McMahon herself, which prompted Triple H to come out and confront Foley. After being insulted and ordered to leave the ring, Foley instead attacked Triple H, stuffing a sock in Triple H's mouth via Mr. Socko before being low blowed by McMahon. Seth Rollins would then come out to aid Foley, only to be attacked by Triple H. On the March 20 episode of RawStephanie McMahon would fire Foley for his actions the previous week. A few weeks later Foley made an appearance at the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2017 ceremony.

Return to Raw (2018–present)[edit]

On the September 10, 2018 episode of Raw. Foley interrupted Elias with the announcement that in speaking with Stephanie McMahon regarding the upcoming 20th anniversary of his Hell in a Cell match with The Undertaker at King of the Ring^[87] that he would be appointed special guest referee for the WWE Universal Championship match between Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman at the September Hell in a Cell PPV event.^[88] At the event, Brock Lesnar would interfere in the contest with Paul Heyman spraying Foley in the eyes with pepper spray, as a result; the match was ruled a no-contest. Following the show, a Mick Foley 20 Years of Hell special was aired on the WWE Network.

Writing career[edit]

Foley promoting his book on ECW

Foley is a multi-time New York Times bestselling author, particularly known for his ongoing series of memoirs.^[89] His writing has generally received favorable reviews.^[90]

From May 7 to July 1, 1999, Foley wrote his autobiography — without the aid of a ghostwriter, as he noted in the introduction — in almost 800 pages of longhand.^[91] The book, Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks was released on October 31, 1999 and topped The New York Times' non-fiction bestseller list for several weeks. The follow-up, Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker than Wrestlingwas released on May 8, 2001.

The third part of his autobiography, The Hardcore Diarieshighlights his 2004 feud with Randy Orton, his match and later partnership with Edge, and program with Ric Flair in 2006.^[92]The Hardcore Diaries was released on March 6, 2007 also spent time on the New York Times bestseller list.^[92] Foley's Countdown to Lockdown was released on October 1, 2010.^[93] On September 30, 2010, Joey Styles interviewed Foley on WWE.com – even though Foley was under contract with TNA – about his new book,^[94] while Michael Cole plugged the book on the edition of September 27 of Raw^[95] and a piece was published by Foley in Slate of which portions were adapted from Countdown.^[33] WWE's promotion of a product released by an employee of a rival company was a quite unusual move and a welcome surprise for Foley, who has since stated that he was delighted at the respect shown by his former employer. On November 10, 2010, Foley appeared on The Daily Show and Off the Record to discuss the book and his charity work.^[96]Countdown to Lockdown became Foley's first memoir to not make the New York Times bestseller list.^[97]

His fifth autobiography, Saint Mick, was released on October 17, 2017.

Foley has also written four children's books, Mick Foley's Halloween HijinxMick Foley's Christmas ChaosTales from Wrescal Lane and A Most Mizerable Christmasin addition to two novels: Tietam Browna coming-of-age story which was nominated for the WHSmith People's Choice Award in 2004 and Scooterwas published in August 2005.

List of works[edit]

Memoirs

Children's fiction

Contemporary fiction

Film, television and radio[edit]

One of Foley's earliest acting roles was in 1996. Shortly before he left for Stamford, Foley appeared in Atlanta filmmakers Barry Norman and Michael Williams' short subject Deadbeats as "Bird", an armed robber turned debt collector. One of Foley's first TV guest appearances was as a wrestler on USA Network's short-lived action-comedy G vs E. He also featured prominently in the documentary Beyond the Mat. As Mankind, he also starred in a series of commercials for Chef Boyardee's beef ravioli. He appeared in the Insane Clown Posse vehicle Big Money Hustlas as Cactus Sac, which was basically the same character as his Cactus Jack persona.

In late 2001, Foley hosted a series of Robot Wars dubbed "Extreme Warriors."^[99] He also provided a guest voice for two episodes of the Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbenderin which he portrayed a satirical earthbending wrestler named the Boulder, and provided the voice for Gorrath in the pilot episode of Megas XLR. Foley appeared in an episode of Boy Meets World as Mankind, giving advice to Eric Matthews before giving Eric the mandible claw and an airplane spin. Foley was also a voice in an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch where he was an animated version of Mankind doing a stunt from the ceiling, and later in the same episode he fought and defeated Ernest Hemingway. Foley also had a small role in the 2007 thriller movie Anamorph starring Willem Dafoe.

Foley has frequently appeared on Air America Radio's Morning Seditionincluding several stints as a guest host and has appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show. He also hosted WWE's radio show. Foley also occasionally appears on the Opie and Anthony Show. He appeared in the 2009 wrestling documentary, Bloodstained Memoirs.^[100]

In 2009, Foley had a guest voice appearance on Adult Swim show Squidbillies as Thunder Clap, a former pro-wrestler (strongly resembling Hulk Hogan in appearance and speech), who had recently gone through some tough times, during the Season 4 episode "Anabolic-holic". On August 22, 2009, Foley made his stand-up debut at The Improv in Los Angeles. The event was billed the "Total Xtreme Comedy show" and also featured comedians Brad Williams, Bret Ernst and Ring of Honor's Colt Cabana, who was also making his stand-up debut. The money Foley made from the event went to Wrestler's Rescue, which creates awareness and helps raise money to support the health care needs of retired professional wrestlers. In October 2009, Foley was guest DJ on E Street Radio, a Satellite radio station dedicated to the music of Bruce Springsteen.

On November 19, 2009 Foley made his first appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Deemed the "Senior Ass Kicker", Foley defended the pro-gay rights views of Will Phillips. He showed up again on March 15, 2010 to help correspondent Wyatt Cenac compare politics to pro wrestling, giving speeches for and against the use of the filibuster. Due to his charitable work and for standing up for Will Phillips, Foley was awarded a "Medal of Reasonableness" by Jon Stewart at the 2010 Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear.^[101][102] On June 18, 2013, Mick Foley again appeared on the Daily Show now hosted by temporary host John Oliver. On this appearance, he defended immigration reform in response to the WWE's character Zeb Colter's comments on the June 17 episode of Raw.^[103]

In mid-2010, Foley has appeared on Chicago Comic Con, where he had his own booth promoting TNA. He was also interviewed by Victory Records, mentioning his interest in Swedish hard rock band Sister Sin.^[104]

On September 27, 2010, it was announced that Union Square Agency and American Original would be producing a feature film based on Foley's life.^[105]

In November 2010 Foley was a contestant on an all TNA week of Family Feudteaming with Jay Lethal, Matt Morgan, Mr. Anderson and Rob Van Dam against Angelina Love, Christy Hemme, Lacey Von Erich, Tara and Velvet Sky.^[106]

Foley and his family appeared on ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap on January 31, 2012. His wife Colette traded places on the show with Antonio Sabàto, Jr.'s fiancé, Cheryl Moana Marie Nunes.

Foley appeared in a CollegeHumor video entitled "Mick Foley Mystery" as himself.

In 2014, a documentary starring Foley was released by Virgil Films entitled, I Am Santa Claus. The film was produced by Foley and Morgan Spurlock.^[107] It chronicles the lives of members of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas.

Filmography[edit]

Foley at a signing in 2009

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

Activism[edit]

Foley speaking at the USO Metro awards in Arlington, Virginia, March 25, 2008

Much of Foley's charitable work revolves around children. Among his involvement, Foley has participated in numerous Make-a-Wish Foundation events, has made surprise visits to children in hospitals, and has visited schools and libraries to talk to students about the value of education and the importance of reading. Foley sponsors seven children with ChildFund International (formerly Christian Children's Fund), a group he has been affiliated with since 1992. In recent years, he has become one of the fund's leading donors, helping fund childhood education centers in the remote areas of the Philippines and Mexico, as well as four small community schools in the West African nation of Sierra Leone. After visiting the country in November 2008, an experience he called "one of the best experiences of my life; maybe the best,"^[108] Foley committed to funding a larger primary school, which was completed in September 2009.

Foley has visited U.S. troops at various military bases and military hospitals. For several years Foley visited wounded soldiers at Washington D.C.-based military hospitals on almost a monthly basis, becoming known as a "Legend among hurt troops," according to a Washington Times article.^[109]

Having become a devoted fan of Tori Amos' music in 1993, (particularly the song "Winter" from the Little Earthquakes album),^[33] and following a meeting with Amos at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con, Foley became involved with the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), a group Amos co-founded in 1994. Since then, he has worked as a volunteer on their online hotline and as a member of their National Leadership Council. During a 15-month period ending in April 2011, Foley logged more than 550 hours talking to victims online. The same month, Foley offered to mow anyone's lawn who donated at least $5,000 to the organization, stating, "If you want to help survivors of sexual assault, or just want to see a big guy with long hair mowing your lawn in front of your friends, please take part..."^{[110][111][112]}

Continuing his campaign for the organization, in May 2011 Foley auctioned off on eBay two famous items associated with his wrestling career: his Cactus Jack lace-up "leopard skin" boots (still embedded with 149 thumbtacks from his Impact match with Ric Flair); and the white shirt that he wore as Mankind during 1998's "Hell in a Cell" match, among other items.^[113]

Foley has been outspoken in his support for the Democratic Party. During the 2004 election cycle, Foley argued the Democratic point of view in a WWE-sponsored debate against John "Bradshaw" Layfield, who spoke for the Republican side. He was a contributor to Barack Obama's campaign for the U.S. presidency in 2008.^[114]

Personal life[edit]

Foley and his wife Colette (née Christie) have three sons and a daughter: Dewey Francis (born February 20, 1992), Noelle Margaret (born December 15, 1993),^[115] Michael Francis "Mickey" Jr. (born in 2001), and Hughie Francis (born in 2003).^[116] Foley's father, Jack Foley, a former Ward Melville High School Athletic Director, died on September 13, 2009.^[117] As of June 2018, Dewey works for WWE.^[118]

His son Mickey is on the autism spectrum.^[119] Foley's sons Mickey and Hughie operate their own YouTube channel, MickeyFoley0105.^[120] The page depicts Mickey wrestling on a trampoline with his brother, and video games and other aspects of his life. Foley himself occasionally appears in Mickey's videos, including one parodying the 2010 LeBron James special The Decision in which Foley teases announcing Al Snow as being his WWE Hall of Fame inductee before announcing the real inductee, Terry Funk.^[121]

Foley is a longtime fan of women's professional wrestling and has campaigned for their equality among men.^[122] Among his closest friends in WWE have long been their female performers, with Trish Stratus calling Foley the Divas' "safety valve" since, due to Foley being married, he was one of the few wrestlers who would not try to date his coworkers.^[123]

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

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References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Powell, John (January 5, 1999). "Mick Foley Wins WWF World Title, Dedicates Match to his Children". ZUSCHLAGEN! Wrestling. Retrieved August 23, 2006.


• Larry King Live (March 17, 2000). "Has Professional Wrestling Gone Too Far?". CNN. Archived from the original on January 19, 2004. Retrieved August 23, 2006.


• Joel Murphy (October 2005). "One on One with Mick Foley (2005)". HoboTrashcan. Retrieved June 6, 2007.


• Mick Foley Radio Interview


• Foley, Mick (Subject) (2000). Mick Foley – Three Faces of Foley (DVD). WWE Home Video.


• Foley, Mick (Subject) (2000). Mick Foley – Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops (DVD). WWE Home Video.


• McMahon, Vince (Subject); Bischoff, Eric (Subject) (2004). The Monday Night War – WWE Raw vs. WCW Nitro (DVD). WWE Home Video.

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