Title History:

WCW World Tag Team titles (2);
ECW Tag Team titles (2);
IWA Tag Team titles;
IWA King of the Death Match;
WWF Heavyweight title (3);
WWF Tag Team titles (8);
WWF Hardcore title (first);

Career Highlights:

In The Beginning:

June 7, 1965: Michael Francis Foley was born in Bloomington, Indiana..
Mick Foley and his family moved to Setauket on Long Island when he was still a young boy..
While in High School, Mick Foley was training for the upcoming Lacrosse season, and became enchanted with wrestling..

The Inspiration:

Mick Foley hitch-hiked to Madison Square Garden to see Jimmy Snuka leap from the top of the cage onto the prone Don Muraco..
Mick Foley's humiliation of being called "Frank" by a girl he liked, inspired Mick to create two home movies with his friends..
~~~Mick's first video, entitled "The Legend of Frank Foley", was a comedy, in which Mick was called "Frank" by his date..
~~~Then "Frank" attempts suicide, but is then nursed back to health, with the help of his friends..
~~~Mick's second video, entitled "The Loved One", was about a WWF wrestler named "Dude Love"..
~~~Dude Love was a chick magnet, destined to win the WWF Championship belt..
~~~In the climactic battle sequence, Mick took a dive off his best friend's roof, landing on a cushion of mattresses and boxes..
~~~The video made its way into the hands of professional wrestler Dominic Denucci, who invited Foley to join his training school..

Getting into The Business:

1986: After countless hours of long, hard work, Mick Foley made his professional wrestling debut..
Mick Foley made frequent appearances on WWF TV during his training period to job to WWF Superstars as "Jack Foley"..
Mick Foley eventually made a name for himself as cult icon Cactus Jack..

The Birth of Cactus Jack:

Cactus Jack wrestled in many Independent territories including: Alabama, Texas, Tennessee, Japan and Africa..

World Championship Wrestling:

1989: Cactus Jack became nationally recognized, after his first stint in World Championship Wrestling..
After WCW's buyout by Ted Turner, and under new management, Cactus Jack rejoined WCW and feuded with main event talent Sting..
Cactus Jack left WCW for the second time, and joined Extreme Championship Wrestling..

Extreme Championship Wrestling:


Wrestling in Japan:

Mick Foley had his left arm scarred by Leatherface while participating in Japanese Hardcore wrestling..
Mick Foley (as Cactus Jack) won the "King of the Deathmatch" tourniment in Japan, beating Terry Funk in the finals..

World Wrestling Federation:

1996: Mick Foley finally signed with the WWF, and was given a cannibal gimmick known as "Mankind"..
King of the Ring 1998: The Undertaker defeated Mankind in the most famous and brutal Hell in a Cell match ever..
~~~The Undertaker literally made Mankind famous when tossed him off the top of the 'Cell' through the anounce table!!
~~~Mankind was being stretchered out, but came back and climbed to the top again, only to be chokeslammed through the cage!!
~~~Mankind had multiple injured but continued the match, including a backdrop onto a puddle of thumbtacks!

World Wrestling Federation - 3 Faces of Foley:

Mick Foley was becoming an ICON in the WWF, and was allowed to wrestle under the gimmick of Dude Love (from his home movies)..
Mick Foley made history by competing under three seperate personas at the same time, Mankind, Cactus Jack & Dude Love..
Wrestlemania 14: Cactus Jack & Terry Funk defeated The New Age Outlaws in a Dumpster Match to win the WWF Tag Team titles..
~~~The match was originally scheduled to be a Barbed Wire Match but the PPV people forbid them to do it..
1998 - Half-Time Heat: Mick Foley defeats the Rock to win the WWF Federation title..
December 1998: Mick Foley was awarded the first Hardcore Championship as a gesture from Vince McMahon..
Mick Foley's first book "Have A Nice Day" reached the top of the New York Times non-fiction best-seller list in 1999..
Royal Rumble 2000: Triple H defeats Mick Foley in a brutal "Street Fight" match..
No Way Out 2000: Triple H defeats Mick Foley in a "Hell in a Cell" match sending Mick Foley into retirement..
Wrestlemania 2000: Mick Foley returned for one match at in the 4WAY WORLD TITLE main event..

World Wrestling Federation - Retirement:

June 26, 2000: Mick Foley was appointed the new WWF Commisioner by Vince McMahon..
October 11, 2001 - Smackdown!: Mick Foley returned to be appointed as the new Commissioner of the World Wrestling Federation..
~~~Mick Foley replaced the outgoing William Regal, as he was stripped of his duties after jumping ship to the Alliance..
~~~Mick Foley's first order of business was signing a Triple Threat between Stone Cold, Rob Van Dam & Kurt Angle at No Mercy..
Mick Foley begins promoting his new childrens book, entitled Halloween Hijinx..
November 19, 2001 - RAW: Mick Foley informs Vince McMahon of his resignation as WWF Commissioner..

In the Meantime:

January 2003: Mick Foley is selling his 1989 Mercedes 420 SEL on ebay, with half he proceeds going to the Marty Lyns Foundation..
January 14, 2003 - RAW X: Mick Foley wins the TELL ME I DIDN'T JUST SEE THAT award for the Three Faces of Foley..
~~~Mick Foley did not attend the ceremony, and this was seen as a move to kiss up to Mick Foley for a future return..

World Wrestling Entertainment - Heeeee's Baaaacckk:

June 9, 2003 - RAW: Mick Foley returns to the WWE, announced as the referee of the Hell in a Cell match this Sunday!
~~~Triple H harasses Mick Foley and the two former enemies battle it out inside the cell for a bit..
June 15, 2003 - Bad Blood: Triple H defeated Kevin Nash in a Hell in a Cell match with Mick Foley as the referee..
June 16, 2003 - RAW: Mick Foley plugs his new book, and gets into a confrontation with Randy Orton & the Evolution..
June 23, 2003 - RAW: Mick Foley is honored by Steve Austin, Vince McMahon and others with an emotional video package..
~~~Mick Foley was presented with the original Hardcore belt in a glass frame and named a WWE Hardcore Legend..

World Wrestling Entertainment - Co-GM Mick Foley:

December 1, 2003 - RAW: Mick Foley was appointed by Linda McMahon as an "Outside Consultant" to RAW and made himself Co-GM!
~~~Mick Foley fired Test, Scott Steiner, The Coach, and La Resistance but retracted his firings to proove a point to Eric Bischoff..
December 8, 2003 - RAW: The Rock makes a suprise appearance to suprise Mike Foley with a RockNSock Connection reunion!
December 12, 2003--International Wrestling Cartel: Dusty Rhodes defeated Jerry Lawler with Mick Foley as the special guest referee..
December 15, 2003 - RAW: Randy Orton vs Mick Foley match doesn't happen because Foley grabs his bags and walks out of the WWE..
Janaury 12, 2004 - RAW: Randy Orton had sent a limo to Mick Foley's house with a front row ticket, but Mick Foley failed to appear..
Janaury 19, 2004 - RAW: Steve Austin orders Mick Foley to show up at Royal Rumble and stand up to Randy Orton..
January 25, 2004 - Royal Rumble: Mick Foley enters the Royal Rumble at #21 and eliminated Randy Orton and himself in the process..
Janaury 26, 2004 - RAW: Mick Foley returns to RAW to engage in a very erie and scarry confrontation with Randy Orton..
~~~Mick Foley gave a speech about all his hard work, and requested that Randy Orton spit in his face again..
~~~It all culminated into Mick Foley snapping and beating the hell out of Randy Orton to chants of "Foley! Foley! Foley!"..
February 2004: CBS decides to pass on a television show proposed by WWE Films that would have starred Mick Foley..
February 2, 2004 - RAW: Randy Orton attacked Mick Foley and proclaimed "Make No Mistake, Mick.. You are my BITCH!"
~~~Later that night, Shawn Michaels defeated Randy Orton in a non-title match after interference from Mick Foley..
February 9, 2004 - RAW: Mick Foley gets attacked by Evolution backstage, but comes back later and gets an RKO on the floor at ringside!
February 16, 2004 - RAW: Randy Orton calls out Mick Foley for a fight, but is joined by Evolution in a lenthy beatdown on Foley!
February 23, 2004 - RAW: Mick Foley (huge black eye) gives an interview and vows to be at RAW next week and get his revenge!
March 1, 2004 - RAW: Mick Foley brings in The Rock to help him fight off Evolution (Randy Orton, Batista & Ric Flair)..
March 8, 2004 - RAW: The Rock hosts "Mick Foley: This is your Life" but he and Mick got beat up by Evolution afterwards!
March 14, 2004 - Wrestlemania XX: Evolution (Randy Orton/Batista/Ric Flair) beat Mick Foley & The Rock when Orton pinned Foley!
March 15, 2004 - RAW: Randy Orton challenged Mick Foley to a 1-on-1 match, Foley showed up later on and attacked Orton!
April 12, 2004 - RAW: Michaels & Foley & Benoit & Benjamin beat Evolution (HHH/Ric Flair/Randy Orton/Batista) in the main event..
April 18, 2004 - Backlash: Randy Orton defeated Cactus Jack in a brutal Hardcore Rules match including thumbtacks and barbed wire!

Mick Foley Freelance:

May 8, 2004 - Z1 Hustle-3: Toshiaki Kawada defeated Mick Foley to retain the Triple Crown..
September 11, 2004 - ROH: Mick Foley debuts with ROH and cuts a great promo and refers to the company as "Ring of Hardcore"!
September 23, 2004 - SD! 5th Anniversary: Mick Foley shares some of his SD! memories including RockNSock and Cactus Jack..
September 25, 2004--International Wrestling Cartel: Shirley Doe beat Eric Xtasy to win their title with Mick Foley as referee..
October 2, 2004--Unknown Promotion Name: Al Snow & Jerry Lawler beat D-Lo Brown & Chris Candido with Mick Foley as referee..
October 3, 2004--New England Wrestling: Jerry Lawler defeated Slyk Wagner Brown with Mick Foley as referee..
October 15, 2004 - ROH: Mick Foley and Ricky Steamboat got into a verbal confrontration over Hardcore vs Traditional style..
October 16, 2004 - ROH: Mick Foley and Ricky Steamboat cut promos on eachother, continuing to build up their confrontation..
~~~This led to: Team Steamboat (Nigel McGuinness & Chad Collyer) defeated Team Foley (Dan Maff & BJ Whitmer)..
October 2004: Mick Foley has reportedly inked a contract with Chicago-based UBC Radio to do a radio talk show..
November 6, 2004 - ROH: Mick Foley made another appearance and suggested Samoe Joe was "softcore" like Ricky Steamboat..
November 20, 2004--NYWC: Mikey Whipwreck & Ken Scampi beat Mayhem & Tony Burma with help from Mick Foley!
December 12, 2004 - Night of Appreciation for Sabu: Shane Douglas beat Raven with Mick Foley as referee and help from SABU!
December 13, 2004 - RAW: Mick Foley announces he'll tour Iraq with Smackdown! and then was interrupted by Muhammad Hassan..
December 23, 2004 - Smackdown! in Iraq: Mick Foley joins the WWE tour of Iraq and dresses up as Santa Clause for the troops!
December 26, 2004 - ROH: Ricky Steamboat & Mick Foley had their FINAL CONTRONTATION as Steamboat was WWE-bound..
January 15, 2005 - ROH: Mick Foley was confronted by Samoa Joe, leading to Foley turning heel and smashing a chair over Joe's head!
January 21, 2005--Border City Wrestling: Chris Sabin beat Alex Shelley w/Jaime D with Mick Foley as referee to capture the TV title..
January 29, 2005 - WrestleReunion: Mick Foley refereed the main event (Dusty/Dustin/M.Graham vs Sullivan/Abdullah/CMPunk)..
February 19, 2005 - ROH: Samoa Joe defeated Vordell Walker (Mick Foley's Mystery Opponent)..
~~~Mick Foley said he had a backup plan and brought out another opponent: Samoa Joe defeated The NEW Cactus Jack (Ebassan)..
February 26, 2005--Frank Goodman's UXW: Mick Foley came out saying that there is no point waiting for June for an ECW reunion..
~~~Mick Foley called out Axl Rotten, Chris Candido, Tammy Sytch, Balls Mahoney, Raven, Al Snow, Sandman & Justin Credible..
~~~This led to an angle where Raven said he was the real star of ECW and the rest were eally just job guys..
~~~This led to Balls Mahoney beating Raven by DQ when Raven threw fire in Balls' eyes!
March 5, 2005: Jimmy Snuka defeated Greg Valentine in a cage match with Mick Foley as referee...
~~~Mick Foley himself cut a $2,000 check to donate to the local McCleod Children's Hospital in Conway, South Carolina ..
March 12, 2005--Carolina Championship Wrestling: Dusty Rhodes beat Abdullah the Butcher with Mick Foley as referee..
March 19, 2005--TWC - International Showdown: Bill Apter awarded Mick Foley the "Lifetime Achievement" award..
April 2, 2005--World League Wrestling: Trevor Rhodes vs Brandon Bishop ended in a NO CONTEST with Mick Foley as referee..
~~~Trevor Rhodes & Brandon Bishop & Johnny Gold attacked Mick Foley until Terry Funk & Harley Race made the save!
April 9, 2005--IWC: Mickey & Marshall Gambino defeated Sebastian Dark & Super Hentai with Mick Foley as the referee..
April 30, 2005--Northeast Wrestling: Jerry Lawler defeated King Kong Bundy with Mick Foley as referee..
May 21, 2005--UXW Chris Candido Memorial: Sandman defeated Raven with Mick Foley as the guest referee.

No,

He was a mid-card nobody for the majority of his career. His ringwork aside from his selling is very spotty. He's had some great matches but he lacks consistency. He had no drawing power for almost his entire career. 99 and 00 were the only years where he showed any signs of being able to carry a federation by himself. Also Foley is not well known for wrestling. He's known for writing two books about himself and for being thrown off the side of a cage. Foley is one of the most well liked wrestlers around but being well liked isn't a reason to vote someone into the HOF.

I have to definitly disagree. Foley is one of the best talkers in the entire history of wrestling, and had the ability to draw interest into just about any match he was involved in. He was also one of the best brawlers of his generation and had some unforgettable matches in Japan, ECW, WCW, and WWE. He showed an ability to have great matches with a wide range of opponents, ranging from Triple H, Sting, The Rock, Vader, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, Terry Funk, Steve Austin, and others.

In 1999/2000 he was the third biggest star in wrestling, right behind Austin and Rock. He was completely selfless in putting over Triple H and making him a bonafide main eventer. Foley retired and came back last year for a handful of fantastic matches, and gave Randy Orton two of the best matches of his career and putting Orton over (at least until Orton turned face later that year).

Foley definitly deserves to be in.

99 and 00 are the only years he showed any ability to be put on the top of a promotion and draw money. Up until mid-late 98 he wasn't that over. He was largely not cared about by the WWF fanbase until Hell In A Cell. He was never over in WCW despite what he tries to say. ECW was just an indy fed at that point.

Gotta vote no. If it were an author hall of fame, he'd be in, but as far as wrestling goes....not so much.

I had to vote "no" on this one......and it was hard for me to do considering how much I respect and even like Foley.

I would agree with MadDog that he's a bit inconsistant over the course of his career. In WCW, he was hardly booked in anything above mid card.......and when he was, it was as jobber fodder for Vader or Sting.

He was a huge star in 99 and 2000, but I can't chalk that up as a huge draw over the course of his career. He did show signs of being able to carry a company on his back in 2000 during his feud with Triple H, but he never was put in the position to do so.

I would also agree about MD's statements about ECW only being a indy fed at the point that Foley was there too. He was long gone by the time that they were ever on TNN or even on PPV.

The main arguement for him to actually be in would be his ability to pull emotion out of people with his unbelieveable promos. People actually cared about Foley which is something that deserves to be said and it's also safe to say that he could be the best promo (at least his dark ECW ones) in the history of the business.

I have had the honor to meet Foley a handful of times and he is really one of the coolest/nicest guys I've ever met in the industry...........but I honestly think that he has too many things working against him for me to say yes in this one though.

I'm on the middle of the fence here, but I voted yes. Small points...

1. He could have a great match in different style matches. For example, his match with Shawn Michaels at Mind Games was almost as straight of a Foley match could get, while he could do a complete 180 and have a great, brutal match.

2. He was a good talker. A very good talker. Outside of the stupid, silly stuff as Dude Love, he's probably one of my favorite interviews in wrestling, outside of Ric Flair and Roddy Piper.

3. He's a very selfless person. He's done jobs to everyone without complaints, and did multiple consecutive main event jobs to Triple H in hopes of getting him over as a Main Eventer.

Now, the negative has been mentioned a lot. He's never been much of a draw, he's only been on top for a very short period of time, and where he first became big was nothing more than a glorified independent promotion.

That glorified independent promotion now has one of the best selling wrestling dvds in history and a pay-per-view that achieved WrestleMania-like interest from wrestling fans.

I'd say ECW deserves more credit than that.

Horseshit. They were a company that had national TV converage for less than a year? Not to mention that they eventually went belly up finacially and the fact that they NEVER drew a crowd over 6,000 people...........EVER pretty much takes away from every point you just made. Not to mention that One Night Stand and the ECW DVD were promoted by the WWE and not ECW as an independent company.

Not to mention that for the most part when Foley was in ECW it wasn't even a glorified indy, it was just an indy.

And the DVD and PPV are WWE products. No different than RAW or Smackdown.

The ECW products are currently destroying other WWE products that feature WWE material. Obviously people wouldn't be buying into it this much if they didn't miss ECW and think it was something special.

That's besides the point though. ECW in it's prime was always an indy fed at it's best, especially because they didn't tour the west coast at all.

I don't think anyone's debating that ECW wasn't special. It certainly was. But it was just a special indy.

You got it.

WCW even at it's lowest point drew more fans in an Australian tour than ECW probably did during half of 2000.

That should tell you everything you need to know.

Indy is indy. Almost no indy shows are going to be the top competitors.

Well, minus a big indy event getting better attendance than a WWE house show in Albuquerque.

So, I take it Mick will be an honorable mention.

There's still all day tomorrow.. but Foley isn't too big of a deal.

Mickey didn't make it.