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I do not regret the ear that was cut off from my head and

thrown out in a garbage can, because it's all those things

that made me what I am, and what I am is one bad son of a bitch.

Mick Foley, the underdog who became a champion.

I gotta tell you, this feels pretty damn good.

The champion who became a Hall of Famer.

It's the moments

of greatness that go on to define who we are.

Whether under the guise of Mankind-

There's no place like home.

Dude Love-

Have mercy.

Or even Cactus Jack.

Bang bang.

There has never been a WWE superstar quite like the

legendary Mick Foley.

Yo Adrian, I did it.

Today we look back at the

very best for the hardcore legend.

This is WWE's Greatest Moments.

Have a nice day.

Acknowledge me.

My God.

Stone Cold with a beer bath.

This is surreal.

Look at that.

He slammed him.

Welcome, everyone to WWE's Greatest Moments.

I'm Michael Cole, and on this edition, we're looking back at

some of the Greatest Moments of one of the true icons

of our business,

Mick Foley.

Foley was nothing like professional wrestling

had ever seen before.

A performer who put his body in harm's way for the entertainment

of audiences everywhere.

Mankind from 15ft found nothing but canvas.

Early on in his career,

Mick Foley as Cactus Jack was uncontrollable and unnerving.

And his debut on national television was

anything but ordinary.

There you see that box and Sting sees it.

I was in this giant oversize gift box, getting ready to break

through for the most important moment of my career.

Here's your winner, Sting.

It's like I have to make every moment count.

Cactus Jack just ran through Theodore Long.

He's attacking Sting.

When Mick stepped in the ring with Sting,

Mick had an opportunity to show everyone

just how ahead of the game he truly was.

Oh my God.

Off the top of the second turnbuckle.

I dropped the best elbow of my entire career on Sting,

who stood there and took it,

and made me look like I was somebody.

That was one of the most important

nights of my entire career.

This deranged human being has assaulted Sting.

When you think of hardcore wrestling,

two names come to mind.

Cactus Jack and Terry Funk.

These two legends went to absolute war against each other

for years overseas, with such extreme battles that American

audiences hadn't seen at the time.

That is, until ECW provided the platform.

It was at Hostile City Showdown 1995.

that Cactus and Punk showed the States

just how hardcore they could get.

Terry Funk you're one of the toughest,

but I'm Cactus Jack.

This should be an outstanding hardcore matchup.

Terry was my mentor.

He was my idol.

But he made you work.

Cactus going out after Terry Funk.

I would put my body on the line for Mick.

Funk hammering Cactus.

Whips Funk into the table.

I want that crowd to continue to say "We love wrestling."

Oh my Cactus misses.

With him and Terry Funk bringing all of this from Japan-

No one had ever seen anything like that before.

Oh my.

It might not look that revolutionary to today's eye,

but back then it was 100% the alternative.

Oh my here comes Funk.

The flaming branding iron and trying to burn him alive.

Oh my God.

The way the fire is flickering off that mass of blood on my

face was, like, oddly beautiful.

DDT on the chairs.

Cactus Jack defeating Terry Funk,

but at what cost?

I left that match in much worse shape than I entered it.

Now, everyone knew Mick Foley was a main event performer.

By the end of 1995, Cactus Jack had grown tired of the

extreme nature of ECW

stemming from a sign in the crowd directed

at his three year old son.

Dewey Foley is a three year old boy.

You sick sons of [bleep].

Cactus renounced the hardcore ways of the promotion,

and felt the fans had become too blood thirsty.

He let his feelings known in one of the most memorable promos

of all time.

Professional wrestling will never be respected,

no matter how many teeth I lose.

No matter how many ears I lose,

no matter how many brain cells have to die.

I thought there was a little bit of that feeling of being

confined to doing what the crowd wanted us to do,

and then not having them appreciate it.

Where have we really come to?

Lying in a hospital bed in Munich, Germany,

watching my ear being thrown out into a garbage can.

Not being able to take it on the trip back

because I don't know the German word for formaldehyde.

Mick was at the forefront of the whole hardcore movement,

if you will.

It was thought almost unimaginable that Cactus Jack

could turn on the ECW audience.

I've sacrificed myself for the past ten years and left the

better parts of my past lying on concrete floors.

You could tell that

Mick really meant what he was saying

Well [bleep] you.

Who the hell do you think you are?

That's why I actually said the F You out loud to the audience

because I meant it.

We're not a wrestling organization anymore.

We're the world's damn biggest puppet show.

Mick Foley would make his way to WWE in 1996

and take on a new persona, the deranged Mankind.

I'm finally creating my very own symphony of destruction.

The Boiler Room Dweller was unlike anything

WWE audiences ever seen before.

Jim Ross was tasked with getting to know more about this

unorthodox superstar in a tell all interview

we wouldn't soon forget.

What do you think the biggest misconceptions are

that the WWE fans have as it relates to Mankind?

That I'm a bad person.

The Mick Foley interviews-

This was an opportunity for Mick to share.

They were throwing worms at me, Jimmy.

So I picked up the largest specimen.

Jimmy and I sucked it down.

You think girls wanted to kiss a boy who had worms on his breath?

I'm a good kisser.

I said-

"What if I gave completely honest answers?

But I do them in the character of Mankind."

And I was asked, like, "Do you think you could do that?"

And I said, oh, "I know I can."

I made a movie about myself where I was a wrestler.

I was Dude Love.

We're here for only one reason.

One reason only fame, honor, fortune, glory.

He would shoot these funny little films.

I just remember hearing the stories of him

jumping off the roof of his house into a bunch of boxes.

The character Mankind was a piece of-of who Mick Foley was.

I walked out the first time I saw barbed wire in place of

ring ropes, and I said, "I'm finally home."

Not a week goes by that people don't ask me

about those interviews.

We felt like we had something special.

If there's something wrong with my mind.

I think I'd be the first one to know.

I consider that interview with Jim Ross to be

on the list of the ten best things I've ever done,

and I was a made man from that moment on.

Mrs. Foley's little boy is finally home.

We learned that as a child, Foley had created a character

named Dude Love.

Dude Love is here.

Made his WWE debut that summer.

Taking some serious, serious.

Ask me another question because The Dude is on a roll.

The Dude was scheduled to take on Hunter Hearst Helmsley in a

Falls Count Anywhere match on Raw.

With so many faces of Foley, you never knew what to expect.

Hunter Hearst Helmsley set to meet Dude Love

in a falls count anywhere match up.

Falls count anywhere.

Well, that's not exactly my bag, baby.

Dude Love was kind of like the comedy character.

Mankind my main mandible, up high big man.

Down- oh, you're too slow.

Mankind, he was a sympathetic person.

But there's that other guy.

Cactus Jack is back.

Somebody spank me.

I thought he was dead.

He's alive.

One place-

He's alive.

it may be the darkest day of your life.

Cactus Jack was a psycho.

Bang bang.

A man that has wrestled on nails and barbed wire.

This will be a day at Central Park.

In comes Cactus Jack-

a character that Mr. McMahon

did not think would ever step foot inside a WWE ring.

t becomes the biggest response I've ever received.

And we've never seen Cactus Jack in the WWE until tonight.

It was like a dream come true.

Cactus Jack in Madison Square Garden.

And I grew up taking trains there, hitchhiking,

and now we are rocking the house.

This match has no disqualifications,

and falls count anywhere.

Imagine you're sitting in the seat,

as a fan-

and then, not so long after, you are now debuting and

performing in Madison Square Garden,

where you used to be as a kid.

Kudos to Mick.

Cactus Jack wins it.

By 1998, the Mankind character saw some drastic changes.

After all, I know that Vinnie's got a sweet tooth.

Especially when it came to the boss, Mr. McMahon.

Mr. McMahon was hooked up to a heart monitor

and a respirator in a hospital due to a bruised ankle.

And he was the ultimate cranky patient.

Easy.

God, just easy.

So when I showed up at the hospital in East Lansing,

Michigan.

Turn that frown upside down.

Vince it's me.

It was with the idea that I was going to cheer him up.

I don't want any visitors.

And he pulls out this sock and he puts his hand through it,

and he's got Socko painted on it.

Mr. Socko.

Say hello to Mr. Socko.

I don't think anybody else thought it at the time-

That that moment

would turn into one of the things that Mick Foley

is remembered for.

It's Socko.

The Mandible Claw

with Mr. Socko.

Socko being part of the WWE ethos still now- cinema.

And now you too can be a part of the rave and rage of

Mr. Socko with your very own Mr. Socko t shirt.

The character had endeared himself to people.

It was one of the best things to ever happen to me.

In 2004,

Randy Orton was a brash and up and coming star who dubbed

himself a Legend Killer.

Making a name by attacking and

disrespecting those who paved the way.

You're not a legend.

You're a coward.

One instance led to him disgracefully

spitting in the face of Foley.

When it came time for the two to be face to face one more time.

Things got heated.

I'd like you to-

to spit in my face again.

There you go.

Mick Foley allowed me to spit in his face

because we knew

that the fans would just despise me for it

And they did.

And it's still only spit.

It's still just spit,

and Randy, you got to realize-

I go on to say "This is not a big deal."

I'm a father of four.

I've been thrown up.

I've peed on, I've been pooped on.

So being spit on by you one more time is not really a big deal.

You knew that something deeper

was gonna come out and Mick Foley.

You can't just go and spit on Mick Foley

and not expect repercussions.

Come on.

When you spit in my face,

you spit on my name,

you spit on my legacy,

you spit on the very business that I love,

and I cannot, cannot, cannot, cannot, cannot-

accept that.

He knew how to garner any kind of emotion

that he wanted to elicit at any specific time.

Not only will I accept that hate that exists in my heart,

I will welcome it home

as a long lost friend.

It's all about finding that resolve inside of you and

bringing that, you know, monster back to the surface.

Because I worked too hard and suffered too long to have my

reputation torn apart by you, you little bastard.

And it turned out to be, I think,

the best storyline I was in.

By 2006, Mick Foley certainly had a Hall of Fame resume,

but he always felt like something was missing

his WrestleMania moment.

Well, Mick had several WrestleMania bouts.

He never felt like he stole the show.

A highly regarded matchup on the grandest stage of them all

can undoubtedly cement one's legacy,

and Mick Foley wanted just that.

Mick Foley has gone from being a hardcore legend

to a cuddly teddy bear.

You and me at WrestleMania in a hardcore match.

This match is a hardcore match.

If you are on WrestleMania

and your goal is not to steal the show,

you don't belong at WrestleMania.

Spear.

He hit it.

He hit it, the spear.

Wait a minute.

Foley had barbed wire underneath

that shirt wrapped around his chest.

This was a different match in that it almost felt like

the audience was worried.

Right to the face.

Right between the eyes.

And now Foley is busted open.

Oh, God.

It was just a crescendo of reactions.

Thumbtacks.

Oh, take a look at this.

Take a look at this.

Oh, my.

Oh, oh, oh.

When you're in the heat of the moment,

you're all in and you're doing it.

And you have to be.

Because otherwise there's no way you can pull it off.

Oh.

Oh my God, here we go.

Oh my God, what's gonna happen?

Look out.

Oh.

Oh my God.

I knew without a doubt,

I just had my WrestleMania moment.

Cover.

One, two, three.

I think it's the most violent match in the history of

WrestleMania, and I knew that wouldn't be forgotten.

How you feelin boss?

Awesome.

That's the smell a forearm hair burning-

a little bit of skin as well.

Knowing that Edge and I created that moment together,

knowing that I have that exclamation point,

at the end of my career means I can appreciate it

every single day.

Mick Foley has more heart than perhaps any

any superstar we've ever seen.

Bruno Sammartino.

Hulk Hogan.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.

They all have one thing in common.

The illustrious WWE Championship.

The richest prize in the game

was an achievement that Mick Foley

never thought would be his.

That is, until one unforgettable night on Raw in 1999.

As you stand in the middle of The Rock's ring,

you're not worthy of being a world champ.

What I'm going to do, very simply,

is beat the living hell out of you.

Mankind was set to face off against WWE Champion The Rock,

in one of the most emotional moments

in the life of Mick Foley.

The championship is up for grabs.

The Rock against Mankind.

I in my heart, don't feel like I'm WWE title material.

He didn't look like a superhero.

He looked like an everyday guy.

This was the cool kid versus the outcast.

It was a recipe for

fans to hate me.

Oh, we got big problems here now.

He's up against the odds

with an opponent like The Rock.

And then-

What?

Stone Cold is here.

Oh, Stone Cold with a chair.

Mankind has achieved his dream,

and the dream of everyone else

who's been told "You can't do it."

Just felt beautiful after all these years working.

It felt like more of a lifetime achievement award

than a WWE title.

I gotta tell you, this feels pretty damn good.

The world loves an underdog story,

and we got to live that through Mick Foley.

I'd like to dedicate this match to

my two little people at home and say,

"Daddy-O did it."

It is now time for our number one moment.

One of the greatest rivals in the career of Mick Foley has

been that of The Undertaker.

Over the years, these two would wage war in some of the craziest

matches we've ever seen.

A Boiler Room Brawl.

A Buried Alive match.

Mankind is not moving.

And their most infamous one inside the demonic

Hell in a Cell.

The Hell in a Cell match is officially underway.

When Undertaker, Mick Foley

start walking around up there.

It's obvious that it is not safe

to be on top of Hell in a Cell,

and they get to the edge and there's no warning of this.

Undertaker just grabs Mick Foley.

Look out.

Oh no.

Good God almighty.

Good God almighty.

That killed him.

God as my witness-

He is broken in half.

It's one of the most iconic moments in WWE history.

He ain't getting up from this.

What?

What?

And look at-

You're kidding me.

How in the hell is he standing?

Oh my God.

I'm like,

"That's the toughest son of a bitch right there,

I have ever seen in my life."

Mankind is going back up.

No way.

And so is The Undertaker.

No way.

Makes him look like a superhuman.

Just by doing that and surviving,

and then coming back.

He throws him up on the other side this-

Oh.

That's it he's dead.

When The Undertaker chokeslams me, and I go through

that chair follows me down.

It smashed into my face.

Still missing those teeth.

And one of them ends up lodged in my nostril.

Seeing his tooth come out of his nose.

It was just all so real.

A chokeslam on the tacks.

He's a different being,

Mick Foley man,

and that night he proved that to the world.

Even with the loss in the record books that night,

Mick Foley proved that he will go through anything

and still fight back.

There's no doubt Foley cemented the respect that fans worldwide

have for him that night.

The hardcore legend turned WWE Hall of Famer has proven time

and time again that dreams do come true.

There will never, ever be another Mick Foley

That'll do it for this edition of WWE's Greatest Moments.

I hope you've enjoyed this look back

at some of the best moments of the one and only,

Mick Foley.

Have a nice day.