Mick Foley
| Mick Foley | |
|---|---|
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| Born | March 31, 1966[1][2] Bloomington, Indiana[2] |
| Website | RealMickFoley.com |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Cactus Jack Foley Cactus Jack[1] Cactus Jack Manson[1] Commissioner Foley[1] Dude Love[1] Jack Foley[1] Mankind[1] Mick Foley[1] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1][3] |
| Billed weight | 287 lb (130 kg)[3] |
| Billed from | Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (as Cactus Jack and Dude Love) The Boiler Room (as Mankind) Long Island, New York[3] (as Mick Foley) |
| Trained by | Dominic DeNucci[1][3] |
| Debut | June 24, 1983[4] |
| Retired | February 27, 2000[3][5] (Semi active since) |
Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr (born March 31, 1966 is an American author, actor and professional wrestler. He has wrestled under the names Dude Love, Cactus Jack, and Mankind.
Careers[change | change source]
A hardcore specialist, Foley is known as "The King of Hardcore Wrestling". He is a former ECW, WCW and WWE Tag Team Champion and was a part of the "Rock and Sock Connection" with wrestler The Rock.
He has held the WWE Championship 3 times. He has held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship after defeating Sting at Lockdown 2008. In WWE he has won a total of 17 championships.
He was announced as the first inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013.[6]
Works[change | change source]
- (1999) Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks. ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-039299-1. (credited as Mankind/Mick Foley)
- (2001) Foley Is Good: And the Real World Is Faker than Wrestling. ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-103241-7.
- (2007) The Hardcore Diaries. PocketBooks. ISBN 1-4165-3157-2
- (2010) Countdown to Lockdown: A Hardcore Journal. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-56461-3
- (2000) Mick Foley's Christmas Chaos. ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-039414-5.
- (2001) Mick Foley's Halloween Hijinx. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-000251-4.
- (2004) Tales From Wrescal Lane. World Wrestling Entertainment.ISBN 0-7434-6634-9.
Contemporary fiction
- (2003) Tietam Brown. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-41550-5.
- (2005) Scooter. Knopf. ISBN 1-4000-4414-6.
Filmography[change | change source]
- 2012: 30 Rock - as Mankind (1 Episode, "The Ballad of Kennith Parcell")
- 2010: Family Feud - as Himself (5 episodes)
- 2010: "Warren the Ape: Anger Management" - as Himself.
- 2010: Savage Hot Babe Massacre
- 2009–2010: The Daily Show - Himself (Job Title: "Senior Ass Kicker")(2 episodes)
- 2009: Hard Knocks - as TBA (Post-Production)
- 2009: Squidbillies - as Thunderclap (1 Episode, Anabolic-Holic)
- 2009: Bloodstained Memoirs - as Himself
- 2007: Anamorph - as Antique Store Owner
- 2007: Staten Island - as Pawn Shop Owner
- 2006–2007: Avatar: The Last Airbender - as The Boulder (Voice, 2 Episodes)
- 2003: Jimmy Kimmel Live! - as Himself (Guest Co-Host, 5 Episodes)
- 2001: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - as Himself (1 Episode)
- 2001: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - as Himself (Contestant)
- 2001: Robot Wars: Extreme Wars - as Himself (Host)
- 2000: Saturday Night Live - as Himself (1 Episode)
- 2000: Big Money Hustlas - as Cactus Sac
- 2000: Now and Again - as Charlie (1 Episode, "The Eggman Cometh")
- 2000: Celebrity Death Match - as Mankind (1 Episode, "Battle of the Heavy Metal Headbangers")
- 1999: Late Night with Conan O'Brien - as Himself (1 Episode)
- 1999: The Martin Short Show - as Himself (1 Episode)
- 1999: The Howard Stern Show - as Himself (1 Episode)
- 1999–2001: The Howard Stern Radio Show - as Himself (3 Episodes)
- 1999: G vs E - as Himself (1 Episode, "Sunday Night Evil")
- 1999: Boy Meets World - as Mankind (1 Episode, "For Love And Apartments")
- 1999: Total Request Live - as Mankind (1 Episode)
- 1999: Beyond the Mat - as Himself
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "Mick Foley's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mick Foley Biography". IGN. Archived from the original on 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Mick Foley". WWE Alumni profile, World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
- ↑ Foley, Have A Nice Day!, p. 78
- ↑ "Triple H vs. Cactus Jack - Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship". WWE. 27 February 2000. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- ↑ "Mick Foley to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame". WWE. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
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