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Cactus Jack Dude Love Jack Foley Mankind Mick Foley St. Mick Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Billed weight 287 lb (130 kg) Billed from Setauket, Long Island, New York Trained by Debut 1983 Retired January 29, 2012 Michael Francis ' Mick' Foley Sr. (born June 7, 1965) is a retired American and currently signed to.

Foley has worked for many wrestling promotions, including the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), (WCW), (ECW), (TNA), (NWA) and (GWF), as well as numerous promotions in. Foley is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers in the history of WWE, where he participated in the main event of and – as a in the former. Foley was inducted into the in 2013. Foley has wrestled under his real name and various personas, including Dude Love, Cactus Jack and Mankind, also known as the 'Three Faces of Foley'. He is a four-time (three and one ), an eleven-time (eight, two and one ), a one-time and the inaugural. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Foley was born in. He had an older brother named John.

Shortly after his birth, Foley's family moved to, where Foley attended, played, and. Foley is of descent. Foley was a high school classmate of comic actor. The two were on the wrestling team together and attended the same college. While a student at, he hitchhiked to to see his favorite wrestler,, in a steel cage match against. Foley has said that Snuka's flying body splash from the top of the cage inspired him to pursue a career in pro wrestling.

Foley had a front row seat and is visible on the video of the event. Professional wrestling career [ ] Training and early career (1983–1991) [ ]. Mick Foley as Cactus Jack Mick Foley formally trained at 's wrestling school in, driving several hours weekly from his college campus in, and debuted in 1983. In addition to appearing on DeNucci's cards, Foley and several other students also took part in some matches as for TV tapings of and, where Foley wrestled under the names, Jack Foley and Nick Foley.

In one of these matches (the very first episode of Superstars), Foley and (another jobber) faced the, during which the (who had a long earned reputation as a worker in the ring) clotheslined Foley with such force that he was unable to eat solid food for several weeks. During these squash matches, Foley also faced other top level talent at the time, such as. His run would not last long, as he had not signed a contract with the promotion at the time. During this run, he was also billed from different hometowns and at different weights. After several years of wrestling in the, Foley began receiving offers from various regional promotions, including ' (UWF). He joined the -based (CWA) as Cactus Jack, where he teamed with Gary Young as part of the.

Cactus and Young briefly held the CWA tag titles in late 1988. On November 20, Foley left CWA for Texas-based. In (WCCW), Cactus Jack, billed as Cactus Jack Manson, was a major part of 's stable. (The addition of 'Manson' to Foley's name came as the result of a woman who began to stalk him at WCCW shows who went by the name Mary Ann Manson; Foley later said that the connection of that stalker's name to his, as well as its connection to, made him uncomfortable.) Foley also won several titles, including the company's light heavyweight and tag team titles before leaving the company, losing his last match to in nine seconds. He then briefly competed in Alabama's Continental Wrestling Federation before completing a brief stint with.

For much of his time there, he would team with jobbers. When the jobber would lose the match for the team, Cactus Jack would attack his partner, throw them out of the ring, and deliver his infamous ring apron flying elbow drop onto the concrete floor. His biggest match at the time was against. It was during this period that Foley was involved in a car accident that resulted in the loss of his two front teeth, adding to the distinctive look for which he is famous. Following the short stint with WCW, Foley then signed with 's. In UWF, Foley teamed with to feud with,, and. He soon left UWF for (a forerunner to ), whose high-impact and violent wrestling style fit Foley well.

On one night, known as Tri-State's Summer Sizzler 1991, Cactus Jack and had three matches in one night: Cactus won a, lost a, and then fought to a double in a. These matches caught the attention of promoters, in large part due to widespread photo circulation. In 1991, after a brief stint working in the, Foley joined WCW full time. World Championship Wrestling (1991-1994) [ ] Early years (1991–1993) [ ] On September 5, 1991, Cactus Jack debuted as a and attacked. After feuds with and, Cactus Jack faced Sting, then WCW World Heavyweight Champion, in a non-title Falls Count Anywhere match at in 1992, which Sting won. For a long time, Foley considered this the best match he ever worked. Unlike Jack's first stint in WCW, where his personality was quieter, he was now outwardly maniacal; laughing hysterically, shrieking into the air while choking his opponents and yelling his signature catch phrase 'Bang-Bang!'

After spending a year and a half with WCW as a heel, Cactus Jack transitioned into a fan favorite after engaging in a feud with Paul Orndorff, Harley Race and Big Van Vader. Jack and Orndorff wrestled each other in a match for a spot on WCW World Heavyweight Champion Vader's team at a event. After the match, Race and Orndorff beat up Jack. At the following Clash of Champions event, Cactus Jack helped Sting's team win the match. He engaged in a feud with Orndorff, winning a falls-count-anywhere match against Orndorff. He then moved on to face Big Van Vader.

Cactus Jack wrestled on April 6, 1993, 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. Vader removed the protective mats at ringside and Cactus onto the exposed concrete floor, causing a legitimate concussion and causing Foley to temporarily lose sensation in his left foot.

While Foley was away, WCW ran an where Cactus Jack's absence was explained with a comedy storyline in which he went crazy, was institutionalized, escaped, and developed amnesia. Foley had wanted the injury storyline to be very serious and generate genuine sympathy for him before his return. The comedy 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. Feud with Vader (1993–1994) [ ] In one of WCW's most brutal matches of all time, Cactus faced Vader in a.

Race won the match for Vader by using a cattle prod on Cactus, knocking him out. The level of violence involved in this feud caused WCW to refuse to book Cactus Jack against Vader on a pay-per-view again.

On March 16, 1994, during a CW European tour, Foley and Big Van Vader had one of the most infamous matches in wrestling history in, Germany. Foley began a hangman—a planned move where a wrestler's head is tangled between the top two ring ropes. Foley freed himself from the ropes and fell out of the ring. When Foley re-entered the ring the two wrestlers began trading blows. During this time, Vader reached up and grabbed Foley's ear, and ripped it off. The two men continued wrestling as the referee picked up the ear and gave it to the ring announcer.

Vader claimed for years after that the ear had come off during the botched Hangman maneuver, however in a WWE Network video, Vader admits that after seeing footage that he had indeed removed Foley's ear. Cactus Jack and were scheduled to win the tag team titles at in 1994.

Foley had to choose between reattaching his ear or wrestling in the pay-per-view and winning the titles. Foley chose to wrestle and won his only championship in WCW. Later on, Foley was frustrated by WCW's reluctance to work a storyline around losing his ear.

WCW also shared a brief co-promotion with ECW during this time in which Foley represented WCW on ECW television as the WCW Tag Team champion, facing at on June 24, 1994. During a promo, Foley spat on his Tag Team title belt and threw it to the ground to appeal to the hardcore fans who frowned upon the mainstream promotions. NWA Eastern/Extreme Championship Wrestling (1994–1996) [ ] Cactus Jack's first appearance for the NWA-affiliated came on the May 31, 1994 episode, with Cactus revealed as Sabu's opponent on June 24 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia.

After leaving WCW, Foley went to the newly formed (ECW) and began a feud with. Jack then began working the ECW tag team division on teams with,, and.

He had two reigns with Whipwreck while in ECW. Foley then returned to ECW to team with. According to Heyman, Hardcore style differentiated Foley from other traditional wrestlers, so in ECW, Foley wasn't unique. Cactus began a where he criticized hardcore wrestling and sought to renounce his status as a hardcore wrestling icon and used a very technical, slow wrestling to make people upset. He said that he was on a mission to save his partner from making the mistake of trying to please bloodthirsty fans.

The mismatched partnership lasted until August 5, 1995, when Cactus turned on Dreamer when they were teaming with against Raven, and ( and ). Cactus Jack DDT'ed his partner and joined Raven's Nest, as he wished to serve 's 'higher purpose'. He remained one of Raven's top henchmen for the remainder of his time in ECW.

On August 28, Cactus beat the previously undefeated. As part of Foley's heel, he began praising WWF and WCW on ECW television, which angered ECW fans. Their anger intensified once word began to spread that Foley was leaving to join the WWF (In Have a Nice Day, Foley recounted an incident where he asked an ECW roadie to sell T-shirts for him at an event held in a Queens, New York venue where he had been popular even as a heel; the man came back after being spat upon numerous times by angry fans, who made him fear for his life ). Even when he tried to give sincere good-byes to the fans, Cactus Jack was met with chants of 'You sold out' by the ECW fanbase everywhere he went.

Cactus was booked to face WWF hater, who won when he put Jack into a that allowed Mikey Whipwreck to hit him repeatedly with a steel chair. Foley's last ECW match was against Whipwreck on March 9, 1996, and he recounts that he was not looking forward to it due to the increasingly hostile reactions he got even when he wasn't in character. The ECW fans, who knew that this was Foley's last match, finally returned his affection.

They cheered him throughout the match and chanted, 'Please don't go!' After the match, Foley told the audience that their reaction made everything worthwhile and made his exit by dancing with and to 's song '. Foley has said that this exit was his favorite moment in wrestling. Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Japan (1994–1996) [ ] At the tail end of 1994, Foley joined (SMW) as Cactus Jack, causing to lose the. He often teamed with to feud with Bradley and. Cactus Jack then began a crusade to rid Bradley of his valet.

He ignited a feud between Candido and Bradley when he accused Candido of having sexual relations with Fytch. (Ironically, Candido and Fytch were a couple in real life). Cactus Jack left SMW before the feud was resolved. In 1995, Foley went to Japan and wrestled in (IWA Japan), where he engaged in feuds with Terry Funk and Shoji Nakamaki.

During his brief stint in Japan Foley had the nickname 'Tsunami Stopper.' Foley, however, soon returned to ECW to feud with. Funk returned to team up with Sandman, and during a particularly violent spot, the pair hit Cactus with a forty-six times. Cactus Jack then defeated Funk at Hostile City Showdown 1995. Later, he fought Sandman for the ECW championship. During the match, Cactus Jack knocked Sandman unconscious and was declared the winner.

Referee, however, reversed his decision on the grounds that the title cannot change hands by knockout. Returning to the IWA, Cactus Jack began a feud with, whom he had betrayed during a tag team match. Foley also continued to wrestle in independent circuits, winning championships on the Ozark Mountain and circuits. On August 20, 1995, IWA organized a ' tournament. Each level of the tournament featured a new and deadly: Cactus Jack's first round was a barbed-wire baseball bat, thumbtack death match, in which he defeated Terry Gordy; the second round was a barbed-wire board, bed of nails match where Cactus Jack defeated Shoji Nakamaki.

The final, against Terry Funk, was a barbed-wire rope, barbed-wire and board, time-bomb death match, which Cactus Jack won with help from. After the match, both men were ravaged by the wire, and burned by the C4 explosions. Foley later said that he only received $300 for the entire night but in 2010 he wrote that, 'looking back that match in Honjo is probably the performance I'm proudest of.' After the tournament, he teamed with for a quick run with the IWA tag team titles. World Wrestling Federation (1996-2001) [ ] Three faces of Foley (1996–1998) [ ] In 1996, Foley signed a contract with WWF and, this time, the WWF did not use Foley as '. He was shown several designs for a new character—a man with a leather mask and chains. However, WWF said that it was too dark and only left the mask.

Foley arrived in the WWF in 1996 with a new and perhaps his most famous personality: Mankind, a mentally deranged schizophrenic who constantly squealed (even throughout his matches), shrieked 'Mommy!' , spoke to a rat named George, enjoyed pain, physically abused himself (such as by pulling out his hair), wore a mask and lived in; hence, his specialty match, the. Mankind's finishing move was the nerve hold, which involved sticking his fingers in his opponent's mouth. Later in his career, Mankind began covering his hand with a dirty, smelly sock before applying the maneuver. His catch phrase was 'Have a nice day'. The original name that had for Foley was 'Mason the Mutilator', but Foley thought that Mankind would be a better name and McMahon changed it. On the April 1, 1996 edition of, the day after, Mankind debuted and defeated, quickly moving into a feud with.

The two then began interfering in the other's matches until they were booked in the first ever, in which the goal was to escape the arena's boiler room and reach the ring to take the urn from Paul Bearer. The Undertaker appeared to have won, but Paul Bearer refused to hand him the urn, allowing Mankind to win, thus (for the time being) ending the relationship between Paul and The Undertaker. While Mankind was managed by Paul Bearer, he referred to him as 'Uncle Paul'. Mankind then earned the number one contendership to face the then WWF Champion. Michaels won by disqualification via interference by and. For several years, Foley considered this match his best ever, saying: 'Sure, at 280 pounds I still looked like hell, but after a brutal cardiovascular training regimen, I was able to go full-tilt for twenty-seven minutes with a smaller, quicker, better athlete than me'.

Foley would later state he preferred his match with Randy Orton at Backlash 2004. The Mankind-Undertaker feud continued with the first ever. Undertaker won the match, but Paul Bearer, the, Mankind and other heels attacked The Undertaker and buried him alive. Afterward, The Undertaker challenged Mankind to a match at, which the Undertaker won. The feud continued after another match at for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, which Undertaker had won.

Undertaker won the match and Bearer took a leave of absence, continuing the feud. Then began conducting a series of interviews with Mankind. During the interviews, Ross brought up the topic of Foley's home videos and the hippie-inspired character he played in them, Dude Love, as well as his tormented journey in wrestling. The interviews also had an effect on the fans, who began cheering Mankind, turning him into a face. Mankind then competed in the 1997 King of the Ring tournament, losing in the finals to Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Around this time, and Shawn Michaels won the WWF Tag Team Championships from and, but Michaels was injured and could no longer compete.

Mankind tried to replace him, but Austin said he wanted 'nothing to do with a freak' and resigned himself to facing Hart and the Bulldog alone the next week. Halfway into the match, however, Foley debuted a new persona known as Dude Love who suddenly appeared and helped Austin take the victory, becoming the new Tag Team Champions. The following week in, Dude teamed with Austin, and Mankind's longtime nemesis, The Undertaker, to face, Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith, members of villainous anti-American, the, in a United States vs. Canada —the first match of its kind broadcast on Raw. The Hart Foundation ultimately won the match due to assistance from another Foundation member,. Austin and Dude vacated their tag team titles when Austin suffered a (legitimate) serious neck injury at the hands of Owen Hart. Dude Love feuded with, as the two competed in a.

One of Foley's most memorable vignettes aired before the match began, in which Dude Love and Mankind discussed who should wrestle the upcoming match. Eventually, 'they' decided that it should be Cactus Jack, and Foley's old character made his WWF debut.

The crowd's response to Cactus Jack was positive with many fans chanting 'E-C-W' throughout the match. Cactus Jack won the match with a through a table. Shortly thereafter, ECW's joined the WWF as Chainsaw Charlie. At the, he participated under three personas, Cactus Jack, Mankind, and Dude Love. Charlie and Jack defeated at in a to win the tag team titles.

The next night, however, stripped them of the belts and scheduled a rematch in a steel cage, which the Outlaws won with help from their new allies,. On April 6, 1998, Foley turned heel when Cactus Jack explained the fans would not see him anymore because they did not appreciate him and only cared about Stone Cold Steve Austin. Explained to Austin the next week that he would face a 'mystery' opponent. That opponent turned out to be Dude Love, who won the match by disqualification, meaning that Austin retained the title. McMahon, displeased with the outcome, required Foley to prove he deserved another shot at Austin's title with a number one contendership match against his former partner, Terry Funk. The match was both the WWF's first ever ' and the first time that Foley wrestled under his own name.

Foley won, and after the match, a proud McMahon came out to Dude Love's music and presented Foley with the Dude Love costume. At, Dude Love took on Austin for the title.

McMahon designated his subordinates and as the timekeeper and ring announcer, and made himself the special referee. The Undertaker, however, came to ringside to ensure McMahon called the match fairly, and with his presence, Dude Love lost the match and was 'fired' by McMahon on the June 1st edition of Raw. 1998 Hell in a Cell match [ ]. Main article: On that same episode of Raw Is War, Foley then reverted to his Mankind character, who began wearing an untucked shirt with a loose necktie and ended his feud with. At, the two competed in the second-ever match in June 1998 at the. Before this match, Foley and were discussing the previous year's Hell in a Cell (which took place at Badd Blood in October) that featured the Undertaker backdropping and slamming onto the chain-link ceiling of the cage.

Foley and Funk were brainstorming ideas about how to top that match when Funk said, laughing, 'Maybe you should let him throw you off the top of the cage', Foley replied: 'Yeah,' I shot back, 'then I could climb back up – and he could throw me off again.' Man, that was a good one, and we were having a good time thinking completely ludicrous things to do inside, outside, and on top of the cage. After a while I got serious and said quietly to Terry, 'I think I can do it.' In one of the most famous matches in professional wrestling history, Foley received numerous injuries and took two dangerous and highly influential. The first one came as both wrestlers were brawling on top of the cell, and The Undertaker threw Mankind from the top of the cage from a height of 16 feet (4.9 m); (22 ft including angle of the fall) and sent him crashing through the Spanish announcers' table, prompting announcer to famously shout, 'Good God Almighty! Good God Almighty! That killed him!

As God as my witness, he is broken in half!' Foley remained motionless underneath debris, while The Undertaker remained on top of the cell staring down. Was the first person on the scene, followed by WWE's resident doctor,, and various others, including a concerned-looking. Foley was placed on a stretcher and began to be wheeled out to the arena.

While The Undertaker was still atop the cage, the cage actually had to be raised in order to make room for the stretcher to reach Foley as he was lying on the opposite side of the ring to the entrance aisle. Moments later, there was commotion on the entrance ramp as Foley got up from the stretcher and proceeded to make his way back to the cage, climbing to the top of the cell, with The Undertaker doing likewise (this time they both climbed the cage surprisingly quickly despite Foley having suffered a dislocated shoulder due to the fall, and The Undertaker wrestling with a broken foot that night). With both men back on the top of the cell the match resumed.

Earlier as both were walking on the chain-link mesh which comprised the cell's ceiling, the metal fasteners were popping off causing the roof to sag and partially give way under their combined weight. According to Terry Funk, the prop guy had purposely designed it that way, but what happened next was unintentional and nearly resulted in a tragedy. In the second huge bump of the night, The Undertaker Mankind atop the chain-link mesh cage. As he landed, the roof panel he hit gave way underneath him and Foley fell into the ring hard.

In response, announcer Jim Ross shouted, 'Good God, Good God! Will somebody stop the damn match? Enough's enough!' Color commentator then famously retorted, 'That's it. The cage giving way completely was a surprise to both Foley and The Undertaker. Florida Drivers Permit Quizlet. The Undertaker later said that he thought Foley was dead following the second fall.

Foley was genuinely knocked unconscious for a few moments from the impact, but was able to come around. Terry Funk wrote in his autobiography, 'Watching from the back, I thought he was dead.

I ran out here and looked down at him, still lying in the ring where he'd landed. His eyes weren't rolled back in his head, but they looked totally glazed over, like a dead fish's eyes.'

Foley later said that the only reason he survived the fall was because he did not take the chokeslam properly. In his memoir Have a Nice Day, Foley called it both the best and worst chokeslam he ever took, saying that despite its looks, he would have likely died if he had landed properly. He also cited the fact that the ring he landed in had a harder surface than the modern rings do, which stopped his momentum once he landed. Foley would later explain that the roof of the cell was supposed to sag sufficiently so that Undertaker could kick him through, allowing him to dangle by his feet and eventually fall in a rotation to land on his front. Some time after getting up and being attended to again by the aforementioned personnel, TV cameras showed a lingering shot of Foley smiling through his profusely bleeding mouth and lips, with a loose tooth hanging beneath his nose; the tooth having been knocked out due to being struck by the chair which had fallen through the cage and landed on his face, dislocating his jaw. Foley was actually trying to show a hole in his bottom lip by sticking his tongue through it, but it could not be seen clearly through his beard. The match continued for a while longer, ending with Foley receiving the Tombstone Piledriver after being slammed by The Undertaker onto hundreds of thumbtacks, which Foley himself had strewn onto the ring canvas.

Although Foley lost, both wrestlers received a standing ovation for the match, and the event is often said to have jump-started Foley's main event career (Foley has said that although this match grew in legend, the reality was that his career remained 'somewhat sluggish' for sometime afterwards until Foley further developed the Mankind character, and fans began to catch on). Many future matches attempted to replicate some of the from this match. In his autobiography Have a Nice Day! A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks, Foley wrote that he could not remember much of what happened, and he had to watch a tape of the match to write about it. The match was voted Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Match of the Year for 1998. Although many fans regard the match as a classic, it has generated controversy as well. [ ] Critics charge that the falls in the match were so extreme and they set the bar for further bumps so high that the inevitable attempts to equal or surpass them would be very dangerous for any wrestlers involved.

Foley said in his first book that his wife cried during a post-match phone conversation between the two, and this made Foley strongly consider retiring from wrestling. He also said that after the match, Vince McMahon thanked him for all he had done for the company, but made Foley promise to 'never do anything like that again.'

He also made mention in the book of a rather humorous exchange he and Undertaker had while being checked out more thoroughly by Petit in the backstage area. Foley, still somewhat dazed from the concussion he sustained, turned to The Undertaker and asked, 'Did I use the thumbtacks?' , which was a staple of a number of Foley's early matches. The Undertaker looked at him and rather sternly replied, 'Look at your arm, Mick!'

, at which point Foley discovered a significant number of thumbtacks still lodged in his arm. On the 2011 DVD release OMG! - The Top 50 Incidents in WWE History, the match was ranked at number one. WWF Champion (1998–2000) [ ].

Main article: Although conventional wisdom holds that the Hell in a Cell match was responsible for Foley's rise to main event status, live television crowds did not initially get behind Mankind because of the match. Following a summer where he teamed with to win the WWF Tag Team Championship on two separate occasions, Foley decided that crowds might respond better if Mankind were more of a comedy character, and so he abandoned the tortured soul characteristics and became more of a goofy, broken down oaf. He began the transition into this character following SummerSlam in 1998, after Kane turned on him and the two lost the tag team championships. The following month, Foley began an angle with Vince McMahon, with Mankind trying to be a friend to the hated Mr. On the October 5 episode of Raw, while McMahon was in a hospital nursing wounds suffered at the hands of The Undertaker and Kane, Mankind arrived to cheer him up.

Having succeeded only in irritating McMahon, Mankind then took a sock off his foot to create a sock puppet named 'Mr. Intended to be a one-time joke, Socko became an overnight sensation.

Mankind began putting the sock on his hand before applying his finisher, the, stuffing a smelly sock in the mouths of opposing wrestlers. The sweatsock became massively popular with the fans, mainly because it was marketed (mostly by during the events) as being a dirty, smelly, sweaty, repulsive, and vile sock. McMahon manipulated Mankind, who saw the WWF owner as a father figure, into doing his bidding. McMahon created the and awarded it to Mankind, making him the first-ever champion of the hardcore division.

Mankind was then pushed as the favorite to win the at, as McMahon appeared to be manipulating the tournament so that Mankind would win. He and both reached the finals, where McMahon turned on Mankind.

As The Rock placed Mankind in the, McMahon ordered the timekeeper to ring the bell even though Mankind did not submit, a reference to the from the year before. As a result of Survivor Series, Mankind officially transitioned into a fan favorite, while The Rock became a villain and the crown jewel in McMahon's new faction. After weeks of trying to get his hands on McMahon's new faction, the, Mankind received a title shot against The Rock. Mankind won the match by shoving a stench-ridden sock down The Rock's, but McMahon ruled that the title would not change hands because Mankind did not win by pinfall or submission. After several weeks of going after the Corporation, Mankind had his big night on December 29, where Mankind defeated The Rock and won his first WWF Championship. The taped show was broadcast on January 4, 1999, 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, 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 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.'

The move backfired for WCW, as showed that Raw won the ratings battle that night, despite the which led to the reformation of the. 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 butt in this seat' signs began showing up at WWF events. Mankind first lost the WWF Championship to The Rock in an at, in what is regarded as one of the company's most violent matches.

During the match, Foley took several bumps, including eleven unprotected chair shots to the head. This match is featured on Barry Blaustein's documentary, 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 match was also voted 1999's Match of the Year by the readers of Pro Wrestling Illustrated.

Mankind won the title back at a rematch on Halftime Heat, which aired during halftime at, in the WWF's first ever on January 31. The two then competed in a at, which ended without a winner, meaning that Mankind retained the title. 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 afterward.

The next night, Mr. McMahon booked a ladder match for the championship, which The Rock won with help from. Later in the year, Foley and The Rock patched up their friendship and teamed up to form a comedy team called, becoming one of the most popular teams during that time. The pair won the tag team titles on three occasions. Foley helped WWF Raw achieve its highest ever with a segment featuring himself (as Mankind) and The Rock. The 'This is Your Life' segment aired on September 27, 1999 and received an 8.4 rating. In August 1999, Foley returned after a three month absence recovering from knee surgery to resume his feud with.

On an episode of Raw, Mankind drew with Triple H in a match for the number one contender for the WWF Championship, which resulted in a Triple Threat match between Steve Austin, Triple H and Mankind at for the title. Foley won the WWF Championship for the third time at, pinning the reigning champion Austin after a double arm DDT. It has been stated by Stone Cold, Triple H, and Foley himself that Triple H was originally scheduled to win the championship. Foley stated the reason he was booked into the match was because Austin had torn a ligament in his knee and a triple threat match would add enough intangibles to make an acceptable match without aggravating Austin's knee. Mankind's win also led to an enraged to assault Austin, justifying Austin's absence while his knee healed.

The next night on Raw, Triple H defeated Mankind to win his first WWF championship. A major feud then developed between Mankind and the McMahon-Helmsley regime, led by Triple H.

Mankind received a title shot against Triple H on an episode of RAW on October 25, 1999. Mankind appeared to have the title won after he forced Triple H to pass out by ramming a smelly sock down Triple H's gullet, but Val Venis interfered and cost Foley his fourth WWF championship.

Foley then reverted to his Cactus Jack persona in January 2000 and faced Triple H for the WWF Championship at in a. 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 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. Foley left for a few weeks, but returned at the request of to wrestle for the title at against Triple H, The Rock and Big Show. Triple H won and Foley did not wrestle again for four years. Commissioner and departure (2000–2001) [ ]. Foley at Fan Axxess After retiring from active competition, Foley served as storyline 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 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,, 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 and announced that he would be the in the match between Mr.

McMahon and his son Shane at WrestleMania. After WrestleMania, Foley made sporadic WWF TV appearances throughout the spring and summer, 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 pay-per-view. Foley returned as commissioner in October 2001, near the end of angle. During this brief tenure, Foley had the opportunity to 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,.

After Survivor Series, he ended his commissionership at Vince McMahon's request and left the company. Independent circuit (2003–2005) [ ] During his absences from WWE, Foley made frequent appearances on the 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 and. Foley did not appear on the independent circuit again until May 2004, when he appeared for the Japanese promotion and returned to the ring to face for the, but ended up losing. On September 11, Foley made his debut for and cut a promo, praising ROH and referring to it as 'Ring of Hardcore', thus establishing himself as a. On October 3, Foley refereed a match between Jerry Lawler and for the New England Wrestling promotion.

On October 15, Foley returned to ROH where he confronted, 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 and representing Steamboat and and representing Foley, which was won by McGuiness and Collyer.

On November 6, Foley teased a heel turn when he called 'softcore'. On November 20, Foley made a surprise appearance for New York Wrestling Connection, making a run-in during and Ken Scampi's match against Mayhem and Tony Burma, where he helped Whipwreck and Scampi win. Foley made an appearance on the, where he refereed the match between 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 (who had been rehired with WWE as a road agent), and 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 to referee the match between and for the BCW Television Championship, which Sabin won. Foley refereed the main event of the first show, which saw Dusty Rhodes,, and battle,, and.

On February 19, Foley resumed his feud with Samoa Joe in ROH, teasing a return to the ring but instead choosing 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 show being put together by Shane Douglas), and brought out, Shane Douglas,,,,,,, Terry Funk and Sabu, much to the excitement of the crowd, who began an 'E-C-Dub!' 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, 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 's to referee a match between 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, 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, which also featured (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,, who was in Sabu's corner, began pulling Shane Douglas into the wire, which led to, 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 'Thank You Shane!' And of course '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, 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 from.

Foley was then attacked from behind by Alex Shelley and until and chased them off. One week later, Foley returned to the ring for the second WrestleReunion show to team with Terry Funk and in a losing effort against the (,, and.) Foley made his final regular appearance with ROH on September 17, when he was in ' corner in a match against Embassy member, 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 (2003−2008) [ ]. Foley at On September 3, 2008, Foley's agency, Gillespie Talent, issued a press release that stated Foley had signed a short-term deal with (TNA). Foley claimed in the statement to be 'very excited about the specifics of this agreement and the potential it holds'. 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. 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, '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 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, Vince McMahon and. At, 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. Ended up being pinned by, 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 ' Foley and proceeded to beat him up. In the aftermath, Mick mentioned that Shelley is lucky he still has his job.

's,, and were going to take on,, and Mick Foley in his debut matchup. Nash, however, suffered a legitimate staph infection and missed Genesis. He was replaced.

Foley got the pin when he hit Scott Steiner with a double arm DDT onto a chair. On April 19, 2009 at, he defeated to win the 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. Foley had also stated on tapings that if he retained the TNA World Heavyweight Title at the at, 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, commenting he had only submitted once in his career (to Terry Funk, in a ) and swore he'd never do it again. He lost the match when Angle forced him to submit again with the.

Evolution The Remarkable History Of A Scientific Theory Pdf File. On July 30, 2009, the 200th episode of Impact!, Foley won the by pinning champion Kevin Nash in a tag team match where Nash teamed with Angle and Foley with. At Nash defeated Foley to regain the title, following interference from. Storylines with Abyss and Bischoff (2009–2010) [ ] On the edition of September 24 of Impact!

Foley turned again when he attacked during and after a 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 which Foley accepted. At Abyss defeated Foley in the match.

Two weeks later, Foley turned 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 edition of November 12 of Impact! 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.

Stevie and concentrated on '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. At Abyss and Foley defeated Stevie and Raven in a 'Foley's Funhouse' tag team match. On January 4, 2010, the day of Hulk Hogan's debut for TNA, Foley was assaulted by the reunited, and, when trying to get a meeting with Hogan. On the edition of January 21 of Impact!

New Executive Producer fired Foley, after claiming to have been attacked by him. 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. The match was a No Disqualification match against Abyss, who won the match and advanced.

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. 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 leave TNA. 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. EV 2.0 and feud with Immortal (2010–2011) [ ] 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, Tommy Dreamer, Raven, Stevie Richards, Rhino, Brother Devon, and forming the team of EV 2.0.

The following week, TNA president agreed to give the ECW alumni their own reunion pay–per–view event,, as a celebration of hardcore wrestling and a final farewell to the company. At the event Foley refereed a Final Showdown match between Tommy Dreamer and Raven. On the following edition of Impact!, the ECW alumni, known collectively as, were assaulted by A.J. Styles,,,, and of Ric Flair's stable, who thought they didn't deserve to be in TNA. In August Foley began writing a weekly column for TNA's website. 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. At 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. After not appearing for two months, Foley returned on the edition of December 23 of Impact!, confronting Fortune and. After, Foley once again disappeared from TNA television, but kept making regular appearances at TNA house shows.

At the tapings of the edition of May 12 of Impact!, Foley made his return to TV as he was revealed as the ' consultant, who had been causing problems for Immortal for the past months. 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.

On the following edition of Impact Wrestling on June 2, announced that Foley had been fired as the Network Executive. 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. Second return to WWE (2011-2017) [ ] Last matches and final retirement (2011−2012) [ ].

Foley returned to WWE in November 2011 at a house show in Foley returned to WWE at a house show in, Republic of Ireland, taking a break from his UK comedy tour, on November 2, 2011, making an in-ring promo with and and then guest refereed the tag team match, appearing again in Manchester on November 5. 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 12 years earlier). Among those brought out were Cena's former tag team partner, 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. 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 at the pay-per-view later in the night during a six-man tag team match 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 good luck in his match against Kane that night. Foley participated in the Royal Rumble match at the 2012 Royal Rumble pay-per-view where he entered at number 7 and eliminated (with the help of ),, and, eventually being eliminated by after 06:34 this was Foley's last night as an active wrestler.

Foley later appeared in a segment alongside during. 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 Raw, he appeared as Dude Love, danced with and performed the mandible claw on with a Mr.

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 Raw, Foley made an appearance to confront, telling him to accept a match against John Cena. Later in the show, however, Punk attacked Foley backstage.

At, CM Punk successfully retained his WWE Championship against due to interference from the referee, Brad Maddox. The next day on Raw, CM Punk announced he would be facing Team Foley at in a traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination match for which Foley had accepted the challenge. However Punk had been removed from the match the following week. On the November 12, 2012 episode of Raw, Foley was appointed the Special Guest Enforcer in the match between CM Punk and John Cena. Foley's hand-picked Survivor Series team of,, and failed to defeat Team Ziggler in the Traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination Tag Match. Foley portrayed on the December 24 pre-taped edition of Monday Night Raw. Foley as Santa was run over.

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. However, doctors were not able to medically clear Foley and thus Foley announced his final retirement from in-ring competition. Hall of Famer and sporadic appearances (2013−2016) [ ] On January 11, WWE.com announced that Foley would be inducted into the on April 6, 2013 in New York City by his longtime friend. The official announcement was made on the 20th Anniversary of Raw on January 14. At the February 26 taping of (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 Foley returned on edition of April 22 of Raw to confront Ryback until he was saved by John Cena.

Foley appeared as part of the post-show to provide an analysis. On the Edition of December 18 of Main Event he appeared As 'Foley Claus', helping defeat. In April 2014, Foley didn't re-sign his Legends contract with WWE. On the October 20, 2014 episode of Raw, Foley returned during a segment with and where he discussed the cases of their match. Throughout December 2014, Foley appeared in segments on Raw as Saint Mick alongside his daughter Noelle. In 2015, Foley appeared at, where he kicked off the event with host. 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 match against and a passing of the torch in the form of his iconic barbed wire baseball bat, 'Barbie'.

On April 3, 2016 at, Foley returned in-ring alongside and in a post-match interruption where the trio of Hall of Famers took on after they had defeated 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 and once on. 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) [ ] On the July 18, 2016 episode of Raw, Foley was appointed by as the General Manager of Raw. Foley has since unveiled new titles exclusive to the, while also making fair decisions to favor the fan favorites and occasionally disagreeing with Stephanie McMahon. One of Foley's first decisions as Raw General Manager was pitting the feuding and against one another in a Best of 7 series. Going into 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 Raw, Foley would place in a match against after Zayn failed to defeat at for the 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 Raw, Zayn 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 Raw, Zayn 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 because Foley did not believe in him. Later that night, after Zayn defeated, Foley would tell him he has arranged a trade with SmackDown for him in exchange for.

Zayn would angrily refuse the trade and once again demanded a rematch with Strowman. Foley would yield, giving Zayn his match with Strowman at with a ten-minute time limit. On the March 13, 2017 episode of Raw, Stephanie 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 to come out and confront Foley. After being insulted and ordered to leave the ring, Foley instead attacked Triple H, stuffing a stinky sock in Triple H's mouth via Mr. Socko before being low blowed by McMahon. Would then come out to aid Foley, only to be attacked by Triple H. On the March 20 episode of Raw, Stephanie McMahon would fire Foley for his actions the previous week. A few weeks later Foley made an appearance at the 2017 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.

Writing career [ ]. Foley promoting his book on ECW Foley is a multi-time New York Times bestselling author, particularly known for his ongoing series of memoirs. His writing has generally received favorable reviews. From May 7 to July 1, 1999, Foley wrote his autobiography — without the aid of a, as he noted in the introduction — in almost 800 pages of longhand.

The book, topped ' list for several weeks. The follow-up,, was published in 2001. The third part of his autobiography,, highlights his 2004 feud with, his match and later partnership with, and program with in 2006. The Hardcore Diaries also spent time on the New York Times bestseller list.

Foley's Countdown to Lockdown was published on October 1, 2010. On September 30, 2010, interviewed Foley on WWE.com – even though Foley was under contract with TNA – about his new book, while plugged the book on the edition of September 27 of Raw and a piece was published by Foley in Slate of which portions were adapted from Countdown. 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 and to discuss the book and his charity work. Countdown to Lockdown became Foley's first memoir to not make the New York Times bestseller list. Foley has also written four children's books, Mick Foley's Halloween Hijinx, Mick Foley's Christmas Chaos, Tales from Wrescal Lane and A Most Mizerable Christmas, in addition to two novels:, a coming-of-age story which was nominated for the WHSmith People's Choice Award in 2004 and Scooter, was published in August 2005. List of works [ ] Memoirs • (1999).

(credited as Mankind/Mick Foley) • (2001). • (2010) Countdown to Lockdown: A Hardcore Journal.

Grand Central Publishing. • (2017) Saint Mick: My Journey From Hardcore Legend to Santa's Jolly Elf. Children's fiction • (2000) Mick Foley's Christmas Chaos.

• (2001) Mick Foley's Halloween Hijinx. HarperCollins Publishers.. • (2004) Tales From Wrescal Lane. World Wrestling Entertainment.. • (2012) A Most Mizerable Christmas DK Publishing, Inc..

Contemporary fiction • (2003). • (2005) Scooter. Film, television and radio [ ]. Foley preparing to apply his Mandible Claw on • Finishing moves • As Cactus Jack • Cactus Elbow / Hipbuster ( from the ring apron to the outside of the ring) • • Stump Puller () – 1991–1997; Super Finisher thereafter • As Dude Love • Love Handle () • Sweet Shin Music ( to the opponent's followed by a ) – parodied from • As Mankind/Mick Foley • • Mr.Socko / • Signature moves • – innovated • Cactus Jack Crack Smash / Nestea Plunge ( to the outside of the ring, usually from the ring apron) • •, sometimes with a chair positioned on the opponent's face. • or to the face of an opponent placed in the • to the face of an opponent seated in the corner •, sometimes while running •, sometimes while running • • • • The Grand Lizard of Wrestling • • • • • • • 'The Hardcore Legend' • 'Mrs. Foley's Baby Boy' • 'The Unpredictable' • • 'Mr.

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