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In the year 2000, Mick Foley’s in-ring professional wrestling career was winding down. Now sure, technically speaking, Cactus Jack/Mankind/Dude Love continued on with his professional wrestling career for the decade, as his final match didn’t come until an appearance at the Royal Rumble in 2012, but when it comes to the prime of his professional […]

Mick Foley has been a part of some of the most incredible and important matches in professional wrestling history, A versatile performer who has wrestled all over the world, across dozens of promotions, and in just about any stipulation match a booker could dream up, Foley has crafted a legacy that is borderline unmatched in […]

Mick Foley is an eclectic man. Sure, he’s most known for his time in professional wrestling, where he defined the hardcore genre with his incredible efforts as Cactus Jack on the indies, and then developed not one, not two, but three unique personas in WWE under the Mankind and Dude Love monikers, but Foley is […]

When news broke that Jade Cargill was heading to WWE after establishing herself as one of the more interesting performers in professional wrestling as a member of AEW, fans wondered how Paul “Triple H” Levesque would debut his newest Superstar. Would she go to NXT, having to have her character and gimmick altered ever so […]

When Eddie Kingston takes the ring against Claudio Castagnoli at AEW Grand Slam in Flushing, Queens, he will have the entire city of New York behind him. A plucky grappler who never thought he’d make it out of the five boroughs, let alone become a champion in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Kingston has a chance […]

As Edge prepares to decide on what he wants to do next in his professional wrestling career, be that retirement, a return to WWE, or a jump to AEW, the “Rated-R Superstar” stopped by the Brotherly Love podcast to discuss his career, his injury history, and, most interestingly of all, his match with Mick Foley […]

On the first episode of Foley is Pod since the passing of Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk, Mick Foley had a lot to say. A lifelong disciple of professional wrestling who has been in or around the business for five decades and counting, Foley has a unique perspective on the careers and passings of both […]

Though WWE committed the vast majority of the final SmackDown of the month of August to the untimely passing of Bray Wyatt, who suffered a heart attack the day before, the “Eater of Worlds” wasn’t the only Superstar who passed away in the days after Monday Night RAW, with the hardcore legend Terry Funk also […]

Two years removed from the announcement that he was diagnosed with dementia, Terry Funk, the Japanese Death Match legend, NWA standout, and WWE Hall of Famer has passed away at 79. A second-generation wrestler who came up under the watchful eye of his father Dory Funk Sr., and brother Dory Funk Jr., Funk spent the […]

Though nothing has officially been made official one way or another, it would appear Ronda Rousey‘s second run in WWE has officially come to an end, with the “Baddest Woman in the Planet” dropping the match and her moniker to fellow UFC alumni Shayna Basler who is already using her newfound status as a concurring […]

In the eyes of many, when it comes to hardcore wrestling, there’s Mick Foley, and then there’s everybody else. A prolific in-ring performer who inspired a style of wrestling that thousands upon thousands have attempted to imitate to this day, albeit without his sense of showmanship and a keen eye for character, Foley might just […]

In the WWE Universe, few performers have the same mythology as The Undertaker. Sure, WWE had employed supernatural-tinged performers before The Undertaker, and have tried to that well since, with Isla Dawn famously causing a referee to puke black sludge during her match with Alba Fyre at NXT Deadl1ne, but for the most part, The […]

In professional wrestling, everyone has an expiration date, even The Undertaker, a performer literally meant to embody a “living dead man.” Debuting in WWE under the moniker “Kane the Undertaker” in 1990, Taker spent 30 years in the trenches for Vince McMahon and company and proved such a valuable member of the roster that he […]

On June 22nd, 1998, Edge made his debut on Monday Night RAW when he took the ring against Jose Estrada Jr. and secured a win in roughly one minute via count out. Now granted, this wasn’t Edge’s actual first match for The Fed, as he was doing work as enhancement talent all the way back […]

Seth Rollins is a lot of things; he’s a “Visionary,” he’s a “Revolutionary,” and he’s the first and current WWE World Heavyweight Champion, having won the strap at Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia. But is Rollins underrated? In the humble opinion of Mick Foley, the answer to that question is a responding yes, as, […]

On this day 51 years ago, Dwayne “The Rock Johnson was born. That’s right before his feuds with “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and Kurt Angle, his time in the Rock and Sock Connection and the Nation of Domination, and even his time playing college ball at the University of Miami, Johnson was born into the […]

If there’s one thing Britt Baker knows a ton about, it’s getting people’s attention. She’s willing to speak her mind in interviews, even if it doesn’t always rub folks the right way, is a confident in-ring performer, even if her matches can be polarizing, and has basically forced herself into the “main character” role on […]

On March 29th, 1997, the WWE Universe changed forever when “Stone Cold’ Steve Austin finally accomplished his seeming birthright and defeated “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels for the then-WWF World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania 14. While the “Rattlesnake” had won championships before in the WWF and elsewhere, including a run alongside HBK with the World […]

After less than six months away, Vince McMahon is officially back in WWE, and seemingly everyone has an opinion on the matter. Fans worry about whether or not the veteran promoter will snatch back the book from his son-in-law Paul “Triple H” Levesque, current wrestlers worry that he will sell the company to the Saudi […]

Though he’s yet to wrestle a match back in WWE, no performer, not Roman Reigns, not The Elite, not even CM Punk, has garnered more interest, let alone social media interactions, than Bray Wyatt. He blew the roof off of the Wells Fargo Center with a not-so-surprising return at the end of Extreme Rules, drew […]

Mick Foley is a retired professional wrestler who has worked for the likes of WWE, WCW, and ECW. He made a name for himself for being one of the most extreme professional wrestlers in history, participating in some of the most violent wrestling matches ever. In this piece, we’ll be taking a look at Mick […]

There’s no doubt about it; Ric Flair’s Last Match will live on forever in the hearts, minds, and memories of wrestling fans the world over, even if the match clearly didn’t live up to expectations set by his initial retirement match at WrestleMania 24 versus Shawn Michaels. … then again, if you really expected to […]

When Ric Flair announced that he was going to take part in one more professional wrestling match, 14 years removed from his WWE retirement match at WrestleMania 24, it left a bad impression among more than a few fans of the sport. Sure, “older” wrestlers are working matches with increasing frequency, with 63-year-old Sting wrestling […]

In case you haven’t heard, 73-year-old Ric Flair having one final wrestling match before he calls it a career, and, in a fun twist of fate, he’s throwing a massive party in Nashville featuring many of the best wrestlers, new and old, the independent scene has to offer. From a Bunkhouse Brawl that rapidly turned […]

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley has had a great career in pro wrestling and played many different characters in the organization. It’s difficult to imagine he would be able to pick three of his favorites. Mick Foley recently appeared on the Excuse Me: The Vickie Guerrero Show where he was asked about his three […]