Mick Foley

Mick Foley
Foley at GalaxyCon Raleigh 2023
Born (1966-03-31) March 31, 1966 (age 58)[1][2]
Bloomington, Indiana[2]
WebsiteRealMickFoley.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 height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1][3]
Billed weight300 lb (140 kg)[3]
Billed fromTruth or Consequences, New Mexico (as Cactus Jack and Dude Love)
The Boiler Room (as Mankind)
Long Island, New York[3] (as Mick Foley)
Trained byDominic DeNucci[1][3]
DebutJune 24, 1983[4]
RetiredJanuary 29, 2012[3][5]
Mick Foley

Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr (born March 31, 1966 is an American author, actor and retired professional wrestler. He has wrestled under the names Dude Love, Cactus Jack, and Mankind. He famously performed for the World Wrestling Federation/WWE (where he is signed to under a legends contact), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

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 and won 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

Memoirs

  • (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

Children's fiction

Contemporary fiction

Filmography

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Mick Foley's profile". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mick Foley Biography". IGN. Archived from the original on 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Mick Foley". WWE Alumni profile, World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  4. ↑ Foley, Have A Nice Day!, p. 78
  5. ↑ "Mick Foley Explains Why He'll Never Wrestle Again". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "Mick Foley to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame". WWE. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  7. ↑ Oliver, Greg (April 20, 2011). "Lifetime honoree Foley captivates at CAC Baloney Blowout". Slam Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  8. ↑ Cite error: The named reference ECWtag was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  9. ↑ "Mick Foley, Terry Funk headline pro hall of fame class at Gable Museum". The Dan Gable International Wrestling Institute and Museum. Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  10. ↑ "IWA World Tag Team Championship history". Wrestling-titles.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Next Official Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony". Official Memphis Wrestling. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  12. ↑ "History of Extreme Midsouth Wrestling". Buddy Huggins Productions & Extreme Midsouth Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
  13. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). Wrestling Title Histories (4th ed.). Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  14. ↑ Tsakiries, Phil. "NWL – National Wrestling League NWL Heavyweight Title History". Solie. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
  15. ↑ "MCW North American Heavyweight Title history". Wrestling-titles.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "PWI Awards". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Kappa Publishing Group. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1999". Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on February 1, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 Wrestlers of the PWI Years". Wrestling Information Archive. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
  19. ↑ "Mick Foley named inaugural 24/7 Champion of Thailand's SETUP Pro Wrestling". Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  20. ↑ Westcott, Brian. "SCW Tag Team Championship history". Solie. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2008.
  21. ↑ "Solie's Title Histories: TNA – TOTAL NON-STOP ACTION". solie.org. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  22. ↑ "Solie's Title Histories: TNA – TOTAL NON-STOP ACTION". solie.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  23. ↑ "WCW World Tag Team Championship history". Wrestling-titles.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  24. ↑ "USWA World Tag Team Championship history". Wrestling-titles.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  25. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Texas: WCWA Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  26. ↑ "World Class Wrestling Association World Light Heavyweight Title". Wrestling-Titles. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  27. ↑ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2006). "(Dallas) Texas: NWA American Tag Team Title [Fritz Von Erich]". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 978-0-9698161-5-7.
  28. ↑ "World Class Wrestling Association Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  29. ↑ "Mankind's first WWF Championship reign". Archived from the original on September 15, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Mankind's second WWF Championship reign". Archived from the original on September 12, 2013.
  31. ↑ "Mankind's third WWF Championship reign". Archived from the original on September 12, 2013.
  32. ↑ "Hardcore Championship". WWE. Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  33. ↑ ""Stone Cole" Steve Austin and Dude Love's first World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on December 15, 2013.
  34. ↑ "Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie's first World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.
  35. ↑ "Kane and Mankind's first World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.
  36. ↑ "Kane and Mankind's second World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on December 15, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Mankidn and The Rock's first World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on October 10, 2013.
  38. ↑ "Mankind and The Rock's second World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013.
  39. ↑ "Mankind and The Rock's third World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on October 10, 2013.
  40. ↑ "Mankind and Al Snow's first World Tag Team Championship reign". Archived from the original on December 15, 2013.
  41. ↑ "WWF RAW is WAR #264 " Events Database " CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database". cagematch.net. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  42. ↑ Cite error: The named reference HallOfFame was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  43. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (1999). "January 11, 1999 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Finger Poke of Doom, Awards results, Plus tons more". Wrestling Observer Newsletter.