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** [[Determinator]]: By his own admission, he was willing to sleep in a car during freezing weather for months just to complete his wrestling education and his college education. He also admits this was the only reason he went through as much self-inflicted agony in ''Hell in a Cell'' in 1998, he was determined to not only finish the match but also walk out under his own power. |
** [[Determinator]]: By his own admission, he was willing to sleep in a car during freezing weather for months just to complete his wrestling education and his college education. He also admits this was the only reason he went through as much self-inflicted agony in ''Hell in a Cell'' in 1998, he was determined to not only finish the match but also walk out under his own power. |
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* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: His entire Japan run in the IWA was this by default. When he won the "King of the Death Match", he was nearly drenched in blood from head to toe. |
* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: His entire Japan run in the IWA was this by default. When he won the "King of the Death Match", he was nearly drenched in blood from head to toe. |
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* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Not only does he recount several profane moments by many people, but he also noted one thing about the book is that he once was afraid to write |
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Not only does he recount several profane moments by many people, but he also noted one thing about the book is that he once was afraid to write one because he didn't know if he'd be allowed to put bad words in it as a kid when he was younger. |
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* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Mick often stopped at several key points of the book to emphasize just how dangerous actual wrestling could be and why some things should never be attempted, even by professionals, no matter how "cool" it looked. |
* [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing]]: Mick often stopped at several key points of the book to emphasize just how dangerous actual wrestling could be and why some things should never be attempted, even by professionals, no matter how "cool" it looked. |
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: While he honestly tore [[Vince McMahon]] a new bunghole over his more reprehensible moments like the [[Montreal Screwjob]], he did note, as much as Vince had a well-deserved reputation for being callous at times, he was legitimately horrified at the damage Mick did to himself in the 1998 Hell in a Cell match and sincerely begged him to never do something like that again. |
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: While he honestly tore [[Vince McMahon]] a new bunghole over his more reprehensible moments like the [[Montreal Screwjob]], he did note, as much as Vince had a well-deserved reputation for being callous at times, he was legitimately horrified at the damage Mick did to himself in the 1998 Hell in a Cell match and sincerely begged him to never do something like that again. |
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* [[Nice Guy]]: IRL and professionally. He remarks in the book he made a point of not making an ass of himself in the hopes he'd not make any real enemies in his career, knowing it would be a bad idea. |
* [[Nice Guy]]: IRL and professionally. He remarks in the book he made a point of not making an ass of himself in the hopes he'd not make any real enemies in his career, knowing it would be a bad idea. |
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* [[Old Shame]]: The ''Lost In Cleveland'' skits he did in WCW. They were so terrible he begged fans with copies of them to destroy them. |
* [[Old Shame]]: The ''Lost In Cleveland'' skits he did in WCW. They were so terrible he begged fans with copies of them to destroy them. |
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* [[One of Us]]: Admits through the book he's a shameless fanboy of amusement parks. |
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* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: How the character of Mankind began. Partially due to Mick adapting to circumstances and partially due to other reasons, this atrophied with time. |
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: How the character of Mankind began. Partially due to Mick adapting to circumstances and partially due to other reasons, this atrophied with time. |
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** Cactus Jack had some qualities of this, but his "insanity" was more focused and downplayed compared to Mankind, where it was a defining trait in the beginning. |
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Mick, by his own admission, let Chyna look good fighting him in the ring because he's not hung up on the masculine ideal of looking weak compared to a woman. |
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Mick, by his own admission, let Chyna look good fighting him in the ring because he's not hung up on the masculine ideal of looking weak compared to a woman. |
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* [[Religious Bruiser]]: Curiously averted. While Mick is a relatively devout Catholic IRL, it never came up in his wrestling career. |
* [[Religious Bruiser]]: Curiously averted. While Mick is a relatively devout Catholic IRL, it never came up in his wrestling career. |
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* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Why he refused to wrestle the night after the [[Montreal Screwjob]]. He knew he might suffer for it, but he was that offended on [[Bret Hart]]'s behalf. Bret was greatly humbled and impressed by the gesture and made warm reference to it later on. [[Pet The Dog|Even Vince let it go and paid Mick in full for the night he didn't wrestle because he understood why Mick did what he did]]. |
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Why he refused to wrestle the night after the [[Montreal Screwjob]]. He knew he might suffer for it, but he was that offended on [[Bret Hart]]'s behalf. Bret was greatly humbled and impressed by the gesture and made warm reference to it later on. [[Pet The Dog|Even Vince let it go and paid Mick in full for the night he didn't wrestle because he understood why Mick did what he did]]. |
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* [[Serial Killer]]: Aspects of Mick's Mankind character took notes from Hannibal Lecter as depicted in [[The Silence of the Lambs]]. Specifically, Mick's intro music was going to be frenetic and violent like how Lecter was when he murdered his jailers in the movie, but end on a peaceful note like Lecter did swaying to classical music after, to show Mankind was perfectly at peace after destroying his foe. |
* [[Serial Killer]]: Aspects of Mick's Mankind character took notes from Hannibal Lecter as depicted in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''. Specifically, Mick's intro music was going to be frenetic and violent like how Lecter was when he murdered his jailers in the movie, but end on a peaceful note like Lecter did swaying to classical music after, to show Mankind was perfectly at peace after destroying his foe. |
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* [[Serious Business]]: While Mick did admit wrestling was something he took seriously, his book even stops at a few points so he can deliver a dead serious lecture on the importance of having a good education to fall back on if one dreams of being a wrestler, as he pointed out that it took him over six years before he was earning more than minimum wage at best as a wrestler. He even mentions making a point of doing this to fans sending him amateur wrestling videos, as he was insistent he would never watch them until they finished their college degrees. |
* [[Serious Business]]: While Mick did admit wrestling was something he took seriously, his book even stops at a few points so he can deliver a dead serious lecture on the importance of having a good education to fall back on if one dreams of being a wrestler, as he pointed out that it took him over six years before he was earning more than minimum wage at best as a wrestler. He even mentions making a point of doing this to fans sending him amateur wrestling videos, as he was insistent he would never watch them until they finished their college degrees. |
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* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Was the target of one early in his career, which Mick admitted both infuriated him and creeped him out. |
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Was the target of one early in his career, which Mick admitted both infuriated him and creeped him out. |
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