Mick Foley (original) (raw)
- Born
- Birth name
Michael Francis Foley Sr. - Nicknames
- The King of Hardcore
- The Boiler Room Dwellar
- The Deranged One
- Mankind
- Dude Love
- Cactus Jack
- The Hardcore Legend
- Height
- Michael Francis Foley was born on June 7th, 1965, in Long Island, New York. Nicknamed Mick by his father, a lifelong Yankees and Mickey Mantle fan, he attended college in upstate New York, he hitchhiked to New York City to see a wrestling match between Jimmy Snuka (Jimmy Snuka) and Don Muraco that convinced him he wanted to be a professional wrestler. He trained under the tutelage of Dominic DeNucci, alongside such wrestlers as Shane Douglas, and made his debut in the late 1980's. He wrestled all around the U.S., Europe, Japan and Africa before landing a job in World Championship Wrestling as under the name Cactus Jack. He wrestled in excellent feuds with Sting (Steve Borden), Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, and most notably Vader (Leon White), against whom he lost an ear mid-match in Germany in 1992. Around this time, he met his future wife, Collette Foley. His tenure with WCW at an end, he wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling under Paul Heyman, and in Japan, where he took place in (and won) the now legendary _IWA King of the Death Match (1995) (V)_. This attracted the attention of 'Vince McMahon', who brought Foley in to the World Wrestling Federation, under the name Mankind. Foley's first feud was with The Undertaker, against whom he wrestled several classic matches, most notably _King of the Ring (1998) (V)_, where, in possibly the most famous professional wrestling moment of all time, The Undertaker threw Foley off the top of a 20-foot cage, through a table. Foley's lifelong dream came true on December 28th, 1998, when he defeated The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) to win the WWF World Title. He would hold the belt three times before his career ended at WrestleMania 2000 (2000). Now retired, Foley is a bestselling and critically acclaimed author, having wrote two autobiographies (both of which topped the New York Times bestseller charts), a series of children's books, and a novel.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Spouse
- Children
- Relatives
- Wrestling moves "Mandible Claw" and "Double Arm DDT"
- Wrestling moves: Cactus Clothesline (a clothesline that sends both Foley and his opponent over the top rope), Pulling Piledriver (pulls his opponent's tights to piledrive them) and an Elbow Drop from the ring apron to the opponent on the outside of the ring.
- As the character Mankind, Foley uses a sock puppet called "Mr. Socko" to use for the Mandible Claw
- As Cactus Jack, Foley uses a barbed wire wrapped bat as a weapon
- Finishing move: Mandible Claw/Mr Socko/Love Handle (Mandible Claw Nerve Hold)
- Competed in The 1998 Royal Rumble as all three of his personalities.
- One of his teammates on the wrestling team at Ward Melville High School was future actor Kevin James.
- Of all the wrestlers he's been in the ring with, he trusts the Undertaker the most.
- 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.
- March 16, 1994: Foley lost 2/3 of his right ear in a match against Vader (Leon White) in Munich, Germany.
Bang Bang!" Owwwwww, have mercy!
I'm gonna make your ass the world's largest pin cushion!
"I know this may not sound cool, but Dewey and Noelle, this one's for you! Daddio did it!" (After winning his first WWF World Championship)
[To Randy Orton, about how Foley and Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) lost to the team of Orton, Ric Flair and Dave Bautista (aka Batista)] "I'm very impressed that, in a three-on-two situation, you can defeat a Hollywood movie star and a writer of children's books".