Mick Foley: Destroying His Body For Entertainment

[@Garganit]

I think people forget just how much Mick has sacrificed for our entertainment, A true legend by every definition

[@RoughWalkers]

Is this the reason for the video or?

[@Remmy0930]

I hope they haven't forgotten. But I actually grew up watching Mick destroy himself for us. So it's easy for me to remember.

[@dubuyajay9964]

That's why I loved him even as a heel. He did a good job playing the sympathetic villain that pushed himself to the edge over and over again.

[@shawnmichaels568]

He is the embodiment of "risking their life for entertainment". He is an absolute icon.

[@rjlarsen2196]

I think prime mick foley wouldve been perfect for aew

[@vinnydabird]

Mick’s career always makes me cry because of how much he put into it and how hard he worked

[@melvinshine9841]

The fact that Mick Foley isn't in a wheelchair, nor addicted to painkillers and still has his mental faculties will never stop being amazing to me.

[@nobodythatyouknow305]

Hes so cool

[@mowtow90]

Not only that , he hasnt been drunk since teens and never used drugs. Who else can take all of that and not drink himself to death after ?

[@EmulatorNoob]

Man's a freak of nature

[@chuckweber542]

He really is amazing.that match with the rock and seeing his wife and kid crying was heartbreaking.im glad he is still around and seems like he is doing well but I'm sure he's in pain often.

[@Washaxbun]

And he still a nice man

[@shawnmichaels568]

Mick, Shane & Jeff are probably the most brave wrestlers of all time, Their crazy moments will never get old.

[@RobotStorys]

Don’t forget about the almighty spike Dudley

[@Fighttilltheend0136]

Yupp and spike

[@kadharefinley224]

Mick Foley has done it all. Pedigree onto thumbtacks, throwed off and chokeslam through HIAC, spear through flamming table etc. He is TRULY a Hardcore Icon

[@joshcable2407]

Don't forget the chair shots from the rock

[@Fighttilltheend0136]

And threw nails and barbed wire in Japan and Early WCW and ecw

[@loscoy5840]

The ovation Mick got after hell in a cell gave me goosebumps. Good/Bad, Face/Heel, no one gave a shit, for that 30 seconds after the match EVERYONE who watched that happen gained a immeasurable amount of respect for Mick Foley.

[@superbaas8822]

A story that is often untold of the Mankind-Taker match, when they were stalling for Foley to recover, Sgt Slaughter pitched an audible for Terry Funk to square up with taker. Terry got right up with Taker, and Taker mouthed back "See if he's still breathing." Terry confirmed it, getting a reply from taker of "Thanks." And then Chokeslammed Terry so hard his shoes flew off, one going right over a rising Foley. Foley remembers mouthing to himself "The hell is a shoe doing here?"

[@nobodythatyouknow305]

LMFAO thats actually hilarious

[@venomousnate7263]

Mick Foley is truly one of the toughest and most hardcore wrestlers ever. He is also one of the most respected wrestlers ever considering how much he gave to pro wrestling.

[@superbaas8822]

For my third and final story: TripleH vs Foley. The intended finish of the match, with Foley as the source, was to see the first pin of the ending sequence finish it. Foley accidentally kicked out of instinct, prompting him to go "Shit, I'm sorry." TripleH, respecting the legend, would go "What do we do?" And that was when Mick suggested the Pedigree into the thumb tacks. A quick "Are you sure?" From TripleH later, they hit the iconic spot.

[@Fighttilltheend0136]

Yup

[@superbaas8822]

If you want a story to make you respect Randy Orton even more, the original pitch was that Foley would go down into the tacks. Even Foley telling Orton to RKO him into it, he refused, and Orton did the iconic spot out of respect for the man willing to give it all.

[@melvinshine9841]

From what I hear, Randy had to be convinced multiple times to actually spit in Mick's face because he really didn't want to do it.

[@Fighttilltheend0136]

​@@melvinshine9841correct 💯

[@XylessBrawl]

I sometimes bounce around who my favorite wrestler of all time is at any given moment but Mick Foley is absolutely my undisputed #1 pick. When I was a teen people would say I looked like him to be mean to me because of his chubby build but I took it as a massive compliment because I loved watching him wrestle so much.

[@sattyamsingh4410]

This video motivated me so much to achieve my goals in life, the sheer determination of this man... 🎉

[@isaaccabrera291]

When i was 6 my dad and some uncles went to Wrestlemania 22, and when i saw that spot of Foley receving that spear througth the table on fire he becomed one of my favorites.

[@daxmoney5011]

Foley is the example of how to do hardcore wrestling right

[@brendah.6366]

Mrs Foley's baby boy is an icon!!! I adore Mick!!! ❤❤❤

[@PW.Skyline.V37]

Let’s not forget The Rock hit Mick Foley with 11 unprotected and horrible chair shots. I think we saw a side of The Rock that just didn’t give a flying **** about the safety and health of his supposed friend and coworker. Absolutely disgusting and unforgivable in my eyes.

[@torch469]

Rock didn’t check on him or say anything about it afterwards ~ damn!

[@hida99ash]

Your mom is a jobber ​@oogabooga20222

[@BobbyFlay14]

Foley played his part in that. He kept lining himself up for chair shots. The same mick foley who was thrown off a cell and came back for more lol rock went wayyyy over board but foley knew what he was doing Aswell

[@karthikbhan3675]

Please make more of these kind of short documentary videos. Very entertaining

[@PanzerMold]

Foley to Vader: "It's alright if you stiff me, lay in and make it look real brother!" Vader: "Dude, where have you been my entire career?!"

[@StonrJezus]

Absolute legend. I met him once at Steel City Con and he is such an amazing guy.

[@KDAVII]

13:17 crazy how no one could make mick foley quit, even after all those chair shots. Goddamn...

[@stevenscarbrough5588]

I love the fact that Mick Foley himself said all he wanted in his match with Esge was to not only put him over but also to have the Wrestlemania moment he never got the chance to have. And what better way for him to have was put I'm in the style of match he helped make famous amd was probably the most comfortable in.

[@JoshWiniberg]

I never knew that story about WCW spoiling the match result. Karma is an amazing thing! And the ending of this vid, god that's made me really emotional. Beautifully done man.

[@drums4lyfe0987]

The fact that mick can still walk without help is a miracle. The world doesn't deserve him

[@Naruto0s44]

Mick foley deserve more love from us fans and from wwe omg he gave us legendary moments

[@MaxAngor]

The older I get, the sorrier I feel for St. Mick.

[@AnthonyWabo]

The chair shot massacre he endured by The Rock for me was the most violent thing he'd endured imo in wresting, it was the hardest one to watch

[@eerotamminen9325]

Mick has probably the most impressive career to me and the fact that he singlehandedly shifted the monday night wars in the favor of wwe shouldnt go overlooked, what a performer, truly one of the greatest ever

[@invaliduser-k6e]

Whenever my friends talked shit about wrestling that it's 'fake' I've always suggested them to watch some of the Mick Foley matches, three of them have become wrestling fans since then.

[@billblaski9523]

Did you knock them out?

[@cws480]

Cactus v HHH street fight Royal Rumble 2000 is still my favourite Mick Foley match

[@KwyjiboVanDeKamp]

What a great summary of an even greater career! Got tears in my eyes! Mick is an absolute legend! Thank you for everything you've done for the business and especially for the fans! Hope you will live forever!

[@zerozeeros]

The chair shot i quit match i loved as a teen now i get super uncomfortable. Makes me so concerned

[@arnavsharma316]

This almost made me cry

[@lenardregencia]

Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude Love... Mick Foley.

[@quinceyb921]

Mick Foley, Mankind, Cactus Jack and Dude Love. This man is the GOAT. There isn't anyone who has put their body through more, for our entertainment

[@rajveer_.singh-0000]

As a ruthless aggression era kid I've always been fascinated by the original mankind character by which he made his debut in wwe there are many stories on why he was like the way he was what was his backstop what made him such a deranged individual I want to know can you make a video on that specific character and his backstory

[@SwagCole-dj6eu]

Awesome video and also he had an underrated hardcore classic with ric flair at summerslam 2006

[@joshcrapper864]

The ending was a little screwy though

[@sunnyswetabh8950]

A true LEGEND of the industry 🫡

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

Foley gave his life and body for the business his loves. So many stars were put over by Mick Foley and those same stars became Hall of Famers and legends.

[@bajorekjon]

Foley is more like an artist than a wrestler. He gave everything to his craft, like Houdini or Hendix. He would have died in the ring, but thank God he's alive and relatively healthy

[@nobodythatyouknow305]

Mick Foley is a TANK. I want to say this is real wrestling haha Like Mick Foley is the TOP WWE wrestler because he takes REAL damage and he wasnt taking roids and could more than keep up with the other wrestlers. he just makes it more than acting and never got lazy with his work. number 1

[@philsswweightlossdiary2944]

There's always a part of me that hates The Rock for the chair shots on Foley at the Royal Rumble. They planned for 3, Rock gave him 11, all unprotected. You didn't have to be a doctor to know that that wasn't wise, even in the 90s. Taking liberties with someone else's health was seriously a dick move.

[@skylar5257]

You can hate him for giving in but Foley kept asking for it because in his words “It wasn’t enough.”

[@Huntersprowreslingchannal2]

What a legend one of the greatest hardcore wrestlers of all time

[@tribalchief91567]

Many main eventers back then owned their careers to mick foley If it wasnt for their fued with Mick,they wont be having that career Edge,Orton,rock and Hhh are the perfect examples Edge-wm 22 Orton-Backlash 04 Rock-Rr 99 hhh-Rr 00,No way out 00

[@brendah.6366]

Hell in a Cell!!! ❤❤❤

[@Kastrenzo74]

After nuclear armageddon, there will be 3 things that endure on this world. Twinkies, Cockroaches, and Mick Foley

[@joshcrapper864]

Make that 4 things. Keith Richards

[@skylar5257]

Mick Foley is the ultimate wrestler and actor, one of the few to TRULY put his life on the line for people to be entertained.

[@jeremybuck7634]

Mick Foley was definitely a hardcore legend he was tough as nails I understand they can't mention it on this channel with it being tied to WWE but he also had a few good matches in TNA as well

[@Jack-b5o6r]

My favorite Mick Foley moment was the night he won the title and Tony Scanvani put his foot in his mouth … absolute win for Miss Foleys baby boy

[@roscoearbuckle2]

Mick Foley vs The Undertaker cage match. Best match ever. Almost. I still watch it from X to X.❤ 2024

[@josephkunath4173]

Hell in a cell against Taker and I quit match against the Rock was crazy. Just wow

[@MrML4L]

I will never believe the chokeslam wasn't planned. They carefully worked around the one panel that was ZIP TIED!!! Planned!

[@Georgie94]

It was planned but wasn't meant to break that quick, was meant to be several times and the whole cell roof was zip tied, he said all you could hear was them pinging as they waked on the roof.

[@skylar5257]

It was planned but it wasn’t planned to break, that cell was made out of scrap metal and most was zip tied. They talk about how shit the cell was made.

[@goodoldfella6291]

Your channel had a pretty good content but This is your best video yet.

[@Mr.Septon]

As someone who was a teenager for the Attitude Era, in many ways I was the perfect age for the original Mankind run, and I would rent all of the pay-per-view's (I would invite friends over and everyone would pitch in $5 - covered our show and snacks). I still remember watching that Hell in the Cell when Mick was first thrown off of the cell, and then taking the bump through the cell. Hearing their thoughts after the fact is super interesting, and finding out that Mick Foley went into that whole thing with an incredible fear of heights but that, in his opinion, after that absolute banger that Shawn Michael's and Undertaker put on in the first Hell in the Cell, saying that he knows that he is nowhere near as athletic as Michael's (fair) and that he would have to be creative to try and be a part of anything half as legendary, but of course his dedication to wrestling and entertaining wrestling fans, with an ungodly ability to take punishment would go on to create not just one of the most defining Hell in the Cell matches, but would go down in history as one of the most memorable and all-time great matches. The I Quit match between Foley and the Rock was... Well, it was brutal and especially between being older and how much more we know about head trauma, and the more I know about how wrestlers typically blocked most of the chair shots energy with their hands... It arguably shouldn't have been allowed then and definitely doesn't seem like it would be allowed nowadays, but at the same time Mick Foley, Mankind, he built a reputation for taking the worst, most absolutely brutal bumps and nothing would stop him from coming back. So in terms of storytelling, legacy, and send-off, it was the right and fitting choice for him to go out in such a brutal fashion. He also used this as an opportunity to really help build the legitimacy of the absolute brutal lengths the Rock was going to go to in order to win. Absolute horror to watch, and I know he has a world of cognitive issues that, may or may not have been created then, but were definitely not made any better by the event. I also feel so bad for his wife and kids watching that, knowing that they had legitimate fear for his life. When it comes to being an entertainer, a wrestler willing to put themselves through the meat grinder, willing to destroy their body to entertain people, there aren't many, arguably no one else who has done what he has done, achieved what he has, and reached the levels of pop culture stature that he was able to. For his physical and mental well-being, he should have done something more gentle in life, but no one can say that he didn't give us fans everything he had in him, and more than we could have ever expected or asked for from anyone. The memories, his contributions to pro-wrestling, his willingness to put people over and making them look like incredibly beasts in the process, he will forever be cherished in the wrestling community as an important historical pillar in the story of wrestling. Also, I feel like John Moxley would have fit the Foley era of brutality perfectly. It's a shame he didn't arrive onto the scene until long after Foley had already given his best and more.

[@onyxwolfreaper21]

If anyone says that wwe wrestling's fake, they should check all of Mick Foley's matches. Let's see if they think those injuries were fake

[@nathanrobson5734]

7:28 ffs that is so dangerous

[@PanzerMold]

It is also interesting and worth noting, that Vader's powerbomb to Mick on the floor was as safe as it possibly could be, the way he carries him down. That's concrete for you though.

[@Kingbossdon]

Everytime I see 👀 Mick Foley I bow to him and thank him for making my childhood what it is thank you

[@mikesemie5028]

I love mick, we’re lucky to have him

[@18BlackLungCallahan99]

Mick Foley is part of the reason I get so disgusted when people try defending Chris Benoit. Granted, it’s usually just edgelords who should always be ignored saying “Benoit should be in the HOF, he’s the greatest of all time, he had CTE, he was under the influence, it wasn’t his fault!!” but still. Foley’s been through far worse than Benoit and he’s never murdered anyone nor has he had any issues with substance abuse.

[@amoses11]

I just wonder if he has CTE from taking brutal chair shots to the head all them years. Got damn!

[@human_hope]

Very hard to find someone who dislikes Mic Foley. He's a Hero and a bad ass.

[@gregsdadmcleod1548]

frickin LOVE Mick Foley!💪🏻👊🤘❤❤

[@alphagames8737]

True Legend

[@billsfever]

Mick Foley was the best show in town during his career. There aint anyone who will replace him. They used and abused him and should've held the belt more

[@GazaRatts]

a wwf legend. One of the greatest

[@42188productions]

He is the living embodiment of the immovable object and the unstoppable Force.

[@DjangoJedi]

I've got two words for people who say wrestling is fake. Mick. Foley.

[@omerta316]

Have a nice day 👍

[@robertnapier624]

As God is my witness, he is broken in half!

[@CTXRapid]

How is bro Evan alive cause bro dun some crazy stuff like being body slammed ontobarbed wire. Throun off the top of hell in the cell and many more and lost his ear in ECW.

[@johngiles6376]

He's 1 of the toughest men to ever live.

[@joshcable2407]

Its a good video but you missed one main thing his relationship with terry funk and how that influenced him and theyre matches

[@WhiteTerrance]

1:30 holy shit, what was that

[@thewebstergaming5805]

Watching Foley get speared into a flaming table mind boggled me when I was younger. I can only imagine a hardcore match between Mick Foley and Jon Moxley

[@ROMANREIGNSFAN-u3v]

Bro forgot that he entered the 2012 royal rumble

[@nathanberriman56]

Taker would’ve called mick “Jack” he’s always called him Jack.

[@MrTrueCaller619]

If u really think about it; he is the greatest of all time

[@youba1020]

That's why he's the best ever with Terry funk and Dreamer

[@Xcrippler2099]

If *"I'll put my life on the line"* was a person! 💯

[@Omega-g6m]

Mick Foley is doubtfuly the most toughest weastler in history.

[@chencho3041]

What a fucking legend!!!!!!!! I’m sorry but it need to be said

[@BPEJS24-7]

ignorant trolls can say what they want (even if they know better but just want to incite, because they haven't developed an adult mind yet), but Mick's physical state and all the evidence prove that wrestling is not fake.

[@TreFKennedy]

Mick ONLY made $300 for that wild ass death match?? Ain’t no way

[@Washaxbun]

Mick deserve more win match

[@BaronVonTeeVirus]

Hardcore wrestling retired with Mick Foley

[@jeffdaigle5487]

FOLEY IS GOD!

[@SalveASMR]

When AEW does it, it sucks. When Mick Fowley does it, it's genius.

[@YuriNikolajavič]

Thank You, Mick Foley.

[@HemanthKumar-hu9sc]

We all know that Foley is a hardcore Legend but why no one talks about Abyss? He was an insane wrestler too, almost did everything to destroy his body for us. I hope one day people will talk about him too. ❤

[@themonopolyguy4365]

I hope guys like mic are being taken care of by their former companies.

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Mick the goat

[@nobodythatyouknow305]

NOOO HE GOT KNOCKED OUT FR THATS SO SAD NOOOOOOOO. I guess noboyd is immortal but damn they shouldve faked most so they wouldnt even risk it. Mick was such a badass but man to watch his wife cry watching it with their kids hurt tbh!!!

[@fl-otaku-j-a-dre]

Foley is God! 🙂

[@dwaynejpeterkin]

Hell in the cell made nicki foley famous and put him in the main event as Vince felt sorry for him he’s a talented guy however u can’t lie and tell me that the hell in the cell made him more popular

[@MadCaril]

Mick Foley at his worst was still more relevant and believable than Eddie Kingston lol

[@antakalipa]

Foley is God.

[@DerrenPierre]

Why did vader rip his ears of?

[@torch469]

Jon Moxley aka Dean Ambrose wrestled in death matches ~indy version Dean reminds me of Mick~ lol

[@Diabolicalbeanr]

A great in pro wrestling