Jim Cornette on Cactus Jack in 1989

[@skepticstoic1]

Mick Foley will always be one of my all-time favorites. Unbelievable what he was able to accomplish in this great industry....

[@jimjim292]

Enjoy him while you can, he's in bad shape now.

[@michaelbandada9887]

Mick Foley compromised his personal well-being just for his love of the business 1. He got himself thrown twice in the KOTR 98 Hell in a Cell match 2. He suffered thirteen brutal chairshots while handcuffed 3. He participated in Japanese deathmatches 4. He was mauled by Vader and powerbombed onto concrete 5. He was speared onto a burning table 6. He got himself Pedigreed onto thumbtacks 7. A wide variety of chairshots and other hardcore related injuries

[@coreystarks5299]

@@michaelbandada9887 and that's just a start of the list of injuries he incurred being in the ring. One of my all time favorites his rivalry with taker being a top three of mine

[@michaelbandada9887]

@@coreystarks5299 They just went out there and killed each other big time with Hell in a Cell at the top of the list

[@coreystarks5299]

@@michaelbandada9887 my God I still can't watch kick falling off the cell without cringing

[@FerretJohn]

For those who never read Foley's first book Have a Nice Day it was Cornette who gave Mick the move he would later use as Mankind. Early in Micks WCW run he was hoping to change his finisher, the elbow drop off the apron to the floor was getting peoples attention but it was also killing him, Mick asked one of his coworkers about what to change it to (I think it was Dusty or Sullivan) and they called over Cornette who was a walking wrestling encyclopedia. Jim thought about it for a second then brought up the story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, a real life neurosurgeon from Ohio who was convicted of murdering his wife in 1954, Sheppard himself claimed it was a "bushy haired man" who broke into their home and killed her. The first trial was a media circus, the OJ Trial of the 50s, and in 66 his new attorney F Lee Bailey won him a new trial and got him acquitted. Anyway after his freedom Sheppard tried going back into medicine but failed horrendously, then dabbled in pro wrestling (at the age of 45), having married the daughter of a wrestler/promoter George Strickland, before dying of alcoholism in 1970. Sheppards career as a wrestler was very short and unspectacular but he did do one thing, using his medical knowledge to develop an interesting finisher called the Mandible Claw. Cornette introduced that finisher to Mick and Mick liked it but the bookers in WCW didn't so it was nixed. But when Mick became Mankind he got Vince to let him use it, and the rest is history.

[@colourfaze86]

FerretJohn He didn’t hear about the mandible claw until he was creating the Mankind character in 96. Cornette was in WWE at that time and Mick asked him for finisher ideas then. Thank god they didn’t name him “Mason the Mutilator”.

[@Jayhazy23]

@@colourfaze86 FREEMASON NAME. MM=MASTER MASON

[@Jayhazy23]

WW IS A ROTATED 33

[@jamesbeard7118]

Well why wouldn't I just bite his god-damned fingers off

[@boscopappas234]

Isn’t that the guy who they based “The Fugitive” on?

[@savagesrsr]

Mick Foley could be considered the toughest wrestler ever.I mean his tolerance for pain was not normal

[@JimVincent]

The only person I'd even consider putting above Foley would be Terry Funk, but you can't go wrong with either of them.

[@SnEaKeRSkEr]

@@JimVincent yea man, their barbed wire match is still hard to watch at times.

[@aldecursoe7173]

I agree on Terry Funk, but I would like to throw Sabu into the mix also

[@Danman917]

Apparently Mad Dog Vachon was like that. He couldn't feel pain. People would punch the crap out of him and hit him over the head with stuff. He didn't feel it.

[@72shmoe]

The artwork always puts a smile on my face. Nice job as always.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Releasing content on Mick Foley is the sure-fire way to my heart, Jim and Bryan. I wouldn't be a wrestling fan if it weren't for him. Wasn't even a fan of wrestling but for some reason my pop gave me a mankind action figure when I was just a tyke - he must've stolen it or something - anyway, I'd always wondered where it came from since it looked so distinctive with the mask, the wildman gleam in his plastic painted-on eyes, the ratty dress shirt and tie - only later as an older kid did I stumble across his place in wrestling history via dvd's and I was a wrestling fan ever since. My all-time favorite, hands down. My dad even got me Mick Foley's autograph once for my birthday - not sure how he could steal that one so I figure it must be legitimate, his penmanship wasn't very good.

[@uncannycerebro]

Cactus Jack had one of my favorite WWE debuts with HHH and that awesome promo.

[@WSK9002]

You are referring to: "Cactus Jack is Back!" "Somebody Spank Me, I thought he was Dead!"

[@MilMaska]

"Cactus Jack is Dead. He did it this time" - Jim Cornette

[@craigstrachan]

Even in the late 80's he was using a somewhat hardcore style with doing the diving elbow off the ring apron onto the his opponents on the floor and the brawling style .In WCCW he was their Light Heavyweight Champion in a feud against Eric Embry where he was diving onto the floor on his ooponents . Finally in the 90's his style started getting more over with bloody brawls against Vader in WCW and with Sabu in ECW where those matches are considered hardcore classics plus his violent Barbed wire matches against Eddie Gilbert and Terry Funk .Finally in Japan where he became the King Of The Deatmatch by winning a 1 night tournament beating Terry Gordy, Shoji Nakamaki and Terry Funk to win that tournament making him a hardcore superstar and cementing his hardcore status . As we know his worked ECW and went on to WWF and became Mankind with feuds against Undertaker ,HHH, Shawn Michaels ,Steve Austin and so forth . A year later the Dude Love and Cactus Jack later followed as personas of his . Whatever character he used Mick Foley carved out a legacy that few can match . Respect to the Hardcore Legend that is Cactus Jack .

[@joedale1696]

It looks like cornette threw his other shoe at his head 😂😂😂 "You forgot you're other mutherfucking sheewww!!"

[@ChuuchooChooseMe]

Jim and brian, keep up the great work!!!👍

[@TheRealAb216]

Mick is the greatest story in all of wrestling.

[@shindean]

I read his first book twice a year because he is the greatest wrestling character of them all , and the one that everyone aspires to be.

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Bang bang!!

[@nileharding3137]

It's a miracle mick is still able to walk with all the crazy bumps hes taken

[@MrJjburgess11]

First time I ever seen Cactus. Was on WcW Saturday night. I think he wrestled Sting. He did one spot where Sting hit him on the apron. Cactus spread eagle falls backwards off the apron. The back of his head smacked the guard rail. Knocks himself out. That was totally unnecessary for him to fall that way. But I think he wanted to. I was like this dude is not normal lol

[@bradpaton3927]

Corny avoided the auditory contact from Brian Last shouting "theeeeMOTHERSHIP!" this entire segment.

[@Dakatari]

Mick vs Abdullah a classic Mick vs Terry a classic very few people can say they had so many classic matches

[@Stubby1085]

Jim describing rearranging his sock drawer would probably entertaining.

[@MaxxCoyote]

In the territory days, Mick would have been a Brody/Abdullah,Sheik style traveling nutcase.

[@brownhag]

Jim cornette voice of wrestling

[@Frothmeister]

Mick is the best ever. Total madman but the perfect wrestler.

[@haz-dog4411]

Foley was legit that cool as fuck nice guy who worked and worked

[@tomwalker389]

I would have loved to see Cactus Jack vs. Mankind.

[@thirdratecontent585]

Troglo! 🤣👍

[@dquanissavage6287]

Great Shoot Jim!!😎🐐🐐

[@jjdillon23]

Talent will get itself over.

[@bgootz1297]

Not always..

[@danielstylo]

Mick foley seems like a genuinely nice guy.

[@CraigSmithII]

The most famous line Corny said on that COTC X show on commentary was "OH NO!!!! CACTUS JACK IS DEAD!!!!

[@travismiles6460]

Sweet

[@jackmcgregor4025]

Definitely a legend is cactus

[@gossamer1234]

Loved Cactus Jack. Didn't care for Mankind gimmick.

[@jerimiahjohnston9208]

most deserving wwe champion in history ,,,,

[@michaelbandada9887]

His first WWE title became an unforgettable moment in WWE history. Sad to say that Eric Bischoff had to let Tony Schiavone spoil the big win on Nitro, causing fans to change channels and watch Foley seize his moment while WCW dragged itself to ruin when they had Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash make a very stupid stunt with the latter losing via a harmless fingerpoke

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@michaelbandada9887 It helped cement the moment in the larger timeline of wrestling history, though. It's my absolute favorite Michael Cole call, one of his rare early bright-spots. I wish JR could've been there to do the deed but Cole outdid himself in trying to fill those shoes.

[@shindean]

@@michaelbandada9887 Foley actually talks about this in his book and takes it in stride because his Championship win was also the night that WWF finally beat WCW in the ratings War Supremacy. In other words, WCW was trying one last time to keep Foley down, and he single handedly beat them.

[@NintendoPsycho]

Too bad that title is worthless now.

[@tayojones9460]

When Mick won the belt, it meant something. Now the belt is just a prop for Brock.

[@pl5624]

No way today you could try to promote a supposed relative to the murderous charles Manson...but this worked back then.

[@Zoms]

Middle

[@brandonfiend]

Last.

[@McHenryCruiser]

How r u?😘

[@J.G.Wentworth69420]

@@McHenryCruiser Freak

[@McHenryCruiser]

@@J.G.Wentworth69420 why bruh

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@McHenryCruiser Don't listen to him, McHenry. His name is J.G. Wentworth. He's obviously full of shit.

[@Kryanize]

Last is my last name. Come at me bro ;)

[@mridk4163]

Bruh thats a boomer moment

[@Serioussmile51]

Fourth

[@misterkrogan8837]

First :)

[@McHenryCruiser]

Sup baby 😘

[@misterkrogan8837]

@@McHenryCruiser 😳😳😳 hello.

[@McHenryCruiser]

@@misterkrogan8837 where u from

[@TheOldSchoolGamer93]

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