Mick Foley/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Badass Decay]]: He commented in his book that Mankind went from a raging, unstable [[Psychopathic Manchild]] to what [[Triple H]] called a "human [[Muppet]]." Ironically, he won more titles with the less badass persona.

** Even in human muppet mode, [[Mick Foley]] was still fairly badass as his early 1999 feud with [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] and later [[The Big Show]] will attest to. This period also saw him beat both [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] AND [[Triple H]] at the same time at Summerslam '99 before losing it to [[Triple H]] the next night.

** On the February 4, 2010 episode of ''Impact'', Mick faced [[Kevin Nash]] in a no disqualification match. Despite not being able to inflict very much punishment on Foley, Nash got the three count after kicking Foley in the face. Yes, the man who remained conscious after falling off the top of a cage ''twice in the same night'' was booked to not only lose a no-DQ match, but get knocked out by a move that wasn't even Nash's finisher.

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: During the famously hellacious ordeal of his Hell in a Cell Match with [[The Undertaker]], Foley was being taken out on a stretcher, but got up, jogged back to the cell, and climbed back up to the roof. With a ''dislocated shoulder''. And if '''that''' doesn't convince you: after the match was finally over, Foley was again being stretchered out, but having been wheeled out once he refused to do so again, and with the help of a couple of WWF officials, walked to the back under his own power. Keep in mind, this is a man who had ''intentionally'' been tossed off the top of the twenty-foot Hell in a Cell, then ''unintentionally'' got choke-slammed '''through''' the top of the Cell down to the ring, and afterwards admitted that he couldn't remember a good portion of the match. He also refused to go to a hospital following the match, because he was scripted to interfere in the main event, and even asked 'Taker backstage if they'd remembered the thumbtacks ''while dozens were still stuck in his skin.'' Of course, the main event didn't seem very "main event" after all of this. Keep in mind, the main event was [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] finally losing his first WWF championship.

*** Foley says in ''Have a Nice Day'' that Mark Callaway ([[The Undertaker]]) legitimately believed that he had accidentally killed Foley after he fell through the top of the cell to the ring below; Callaway's memories of this match probably aren't very pleasant, especially when you keep in mind that it kept going on ''after'' the fall.

**** And then this (abridged) conversation he and 'Taker had in the back, after the match:

'''Foley''': Oh, good. ''(walks away)'' }}

** In another example more on the crazy side, during his match with Mideon and Viscera, they came out armed with various legit weapons include steel chairs and baseball bats. What did Cactus Jack come out armed with? [[Improbable Weapon User|A pair of basketballs]]. Guess who won?

* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: Also narrowly averted in that first meeting with Vince. The "Mason the Mutilator" costume was very frilly and had a texture Mick described as "puffy chainmail". Mick told Vince that, not only was it a horrible costume, but it was all wrong for the character (a deranged, deformed sewer-dweller). Vince took Mick's criticism to heart, calling his wardrobe department and ordering "something that looks like Mick made it in his basement", leading to the torn brown vest and tights he would later be known for.

* [[Ho Yay]]: With Al Snow. As over-the-top as it sometimes seemed during the "Best Friends" gimmick, that was ''nothing'' compared to backstage.

* [[Narm Charm]]: Dude Love.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The aforementioned Mankind gimmick, before he became [[Lighter and Softer]]. Plus, Cactus Jack could veer into this at times.