Cactus Jack wrestled Big Van Vader on April 6, , winning by count-out, but being severely beaten in the process. As a result, in the rematch with Vader on April 24, the two executed a dangerous spot to sell a storyline injury.
Harley Race removed the protective mats at ringside and Vader powerbombed Cactus onto the exposed concrete floor, causing a legitimate concussion and causing Foley to temporarily lose sensation in his left foot. Foley had wanted the injury storyline to be very serious and generate genuine sympathy for him before his return. The comedy vignettes that WCW produced instead were so bad that Foley jokes in Have a Nice Day that they were the brainchild of WCW executives who regarded a surefire moneymaking feud as a problem that needed to be solved.
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Mankind knocked The Rock out by shoving a dirty sweatsock in the Rock's mouth, but McMahon ruled that the title would not change hands because The Rock never gave up. The taped show was broadcast on January 4 , , so that is the date WWE recognizes as beginning the title run. Having title changes on broadcast television rather than pay-per-view was uncommon in professional wrestling, but because of the Monday Night Wars , TV ratings became more important.
The rival WCW, attempting to take advantage of the fact that their show Monday Nitro aired live while Mankind's title victory was taped the week before, had announcer Tony Schiavone reveal the ending of the Mankind-Rock match before it aired.
He then added sarcastically, "That'll put a lot of butts in the seats. Nash main event which led to the reformation of the New World Order. Foley said that the ratings indicate that large numbers of viewers switched from Nitro to Raw to see him win the title and took great personal pride from this, and "Mick Foley put my ass in this seat" signs began showing up at WWF events. During the match, Foley took several bumps, including eleven unprotected chairshots.
This match is featured on Barry Blaustein's documentary Beyond the Mat, which shows the impact the match had on Foley and his family at ringside. The match ended after Mankind lost consciousness and The Rock's allies played a recording of Mankind saying "I Quit" from an earlier interview. The two then competed in a Last Man Standing match at St. Mankind was said to have thrown out his left shoulder early in the match, but showed no signs of it and refused to stop the match.
It had to be popped back into place afterwards. The next night, Mr. Later in the year, Foley and The Rock patched up their friendship and teamed up to form a comedy team called the Rock 'n' Sock Connection , becoming one of the most popular teams during that time.
The pair won the tag team titles on three occasions. The "This is Your Life" segment aired on September 27, and received an 8. It is believed that Mankind was booked to win the championship that night because Austin refused to lose it to Triple H.
Triple H defeated Mankind and won the title the next night on Raw. Cactus used barbed wire 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. Triple H won, ostensibly ending Foley's career. Triple H won, and Foley did not wrestle again for four years.
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 aldo 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 he was performing in!
He left the position in December after being "fired" on screen by McMahon. Foley made a surprise return on the Monday Night 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. Foley returned as commissioner in October , 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. 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 and walked out of the arena rather than face him. Foley claimed in the statement to be "very excited about the specifics of this agreement and the potential it holds".
The official TNA Wrestling website featured an image of a smiley face with a variation of Foley's catch phrase, "Have a nice day! Later, on Impact!
On the October 23 episode of Impact! 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.
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 had also stated on Impact! 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, , the th episode of Impact! On the September 24 edition of Impact! 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. At Bound for Glory Abyss defeated Foley in the match.
Two weeks later, Foley turned face by turning on Dr. Stevie and saved Abyss from him. 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. On the November 12 edition 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. After this, Foley turned his attention away from Abyss and Dr. On the December 3 edition 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. On the January 21 edition of Impact! The match was a No-Disqualification match against Abyss, the latter of whom won the match and advanced. On the February 11 edition of Impact!
The match was a No Disqualification match against Abyss, who won the match and advanced. On the March 15 edition 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. On the following edition of Impact! The following week, TNA president Dixie Carter agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay—per—view event, Hardcore Justice , as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company.
They haven't attended a live show since. He is also the author of "Scooter", a novel published in Wrestled Vader Leon White the night he had his ear ripped off in Germany. The WWF originally wanted the mouthpiece of his Mankind mask to resemble the mask Hannibal Lecter wore in The Silence of the Lambs , complete with bars across the mouth. Foley did not tell his 2 kids that he had won, so he could watch it with them on TV and see their surprise.
Took his trademark catchphrase "Bang, Bang! It was given to him as a gift by Vince McMahon. After losing the Hardcore title to the Big Bossman, never attempted to re-capture it. When making his World Wrestling Federation debut as Mankind, he was often seen in vignettes holding a live sewer rat. In real life, the rat was actually owned as a pet by legendary wrestling manager, James E.
Because Page was so easy to rile up on a trip, he and Austin pulled a number of stunts, trying to see how long it would take Page to crack.
Despite coming up with the character, Mick is not fond of his Dude Love persona. While his wrestling gimmick is that of a consistently dissheveled, borderline psychotic bruiser, in real life he is an exceptionally well-read, fiercely intelligent individual. He supported John F.
Competed in The Royal Rumble as all three of his personalities. He volunteered as a Sports Counselor at a camp for children with cancer and their siblings. During the camp he even called other wrestlers on his cell phone, at the request of some of the children.
He has also raised money for a New York City family of multiple children with disabilities by "selling" his autographed photos and handing them the profits. Frequently wears a Minnesota Twins jersey. He got the jersey after he took batting practice with the team. He said that the players were so nice to him that became a Twins fans and starting wearing the jersey on his live TV appearances.
In his autobiography, he said that his favorite animated movie is The Iron Giant , which is in his top four favorite films. Firmly believes that potential wrestlers need a fall back career in case they can't succeed in wrestling. He once received a backyard wrestling video from a fan, with a note asking him to watch it.
He wrote back saying that he wouldn't watch it until the fan finished school. While writing his autobiography, he had only vague recollections of his Hell in a Cell match with the Undertaker.
He had to go back and re-watch the match several times in order to write about it. Parents were Jack and Beverly Foley. His mother was a former government worker.
His dad served as the athletic director at Ward Melville High School for many years and was the inspiration for the Cactus Jack character. He died on September 14, at the age of For many years, he claimed his missing front teeth were kicked out by Sting during a match. In his book "Have a Nice Day! Of all the wrestlers he's been in the ring with, he trusts the Undertaker the most.
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