Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Mick Foley

Mick Foley

Born:
06/07/1965
,
Bloomington, Indiana
Birthname:
Michael Francis Foley
Height & Weight:
6'2"
,
287 Ib

Titles Won:

  • WWF Championship (3 times)
  • TNA World Heavyweight Championship
  • WWF Tag Team Championship (8 times) – with Stone Cold Steve Austin (1), Chainsaw Charlie (1), Kane (2), The Rock (3) and Al Snow (1)
  • WWF Hardcore Championship
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2013).

Mick Foley has worked for many wrestling promotions, including WWE, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) as well as numerous promotions in Japan. He is often referred to as “The Hardcore Legend”, a nickname he shares with Terry Funk. Foley has wrestled both under his real name and various personas, including Dude Love, Cactus Jack, and Mankind, also known as the Three Faces of Foley.

Foley is a four-time world champion (three WWF Championships, and one TNA World Heavyweight Championship), an 11-time tag team champion (eight WWF Tag Team Titles, two ECW World Tag Team Titles, and one WCW World Tag Team Championship), the first WWF Hardcore Champion, and a one-time TNA Legends Champion. Foley headlined many pay-per-views for WWE from the mid-1990s to the mid 2000s; he participated in the closing matches of WrestleMania XV and WrestleMania 2000 – as a special guest referee in the former.

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 He has also worked as a comedian, actor, voice actor and former color commentator.

Foley was involved in one of the most shocking matches in wrestling history, when he faced The Undertaker at King of the Ring 1998. Foley had two large falls from the top of the cell during the match. The first one, when The Undertaker pushed Foley from the top of the cell, crashed Foley through the announce table. Foley finished the match despite multiple injuries.

Notable Matches

vs. The Undertaker at King of the Ring 1998

vs. Edge at WrestleMania 22

vs. Randy Orton at Backlash 2004

vs. Shawn Michaels at Mind Games 1996

vs. Triple H at Royal Rumble 2000

vs. Steve Austin at Over The Edge 1998

vs. The Rock on Raw, January 4th 1999

vs. The Rock at Royal Rumble 1999

vs. Edge at Wrestlemania XXII

Notable Feuds

vs. Triple H

vs. The Rock

vs. The Undertaker

vs. Kane

vs. Terry Funk

vs. Randy Orton

vs. Edge

vs. Steve Austin

vs. Big Van Vader

Other Notable Achievements

WCW World Tag Team Championship – with Kevin Sullivan

ECW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Mikey Whipwreck

TNA Legends Championship

USWA World Tag Team Championship – with Scott Braddock

WCWA World Light Heavyweight Championship

WCWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Super Zodiak II (1) and Scott Braddock (1)

NWL Heavyweight Championship

CWA Tag Team Championship – with Gary Young

MSW North American Championship (3 times)

IWA World Tag Team Championship (IWA Japan version) – with Tracy Smothers

King of the Deathmatch (1995)

NAW Heavyweight Championship

OMW North American Heavyweight Championship

SCW Tag Team Championship – with The Blue Meanie

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