Mick Foley | |
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Born | [1][2] Bloomington, Indiana[2] | March 31, 1966
Website | RealMickFoley.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 height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[1][3] |
Billed weight | 300 lb (140 kg)[3] |
Billed from | Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (as Cactus Jack and Dude Love) The Boiler Room (as Mankind) Long Island, New York[3] (as Mick Foley) |
Trained by | Dominic DeNucci[1][3] |
Debut | June 24, 1983[4] |
Retired | January 29, 2012[3][5] |
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]
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