On Monday's RAW it was announced that the first member of the 2013 WWE Hall Of Fame would be Mick Foley.
Whether you know him as Cactus Jack, Mankind, Dude Love, or Mick Foley this is a great honor and Foley truly deserves it.
Foley is known as, "The Hardcore Legend" because during the 10 years that he wrestled as Cactus Jack, he participated in brutal matches which involved wrestling on bombs, barbed wire, and weapons matches in Japan.
Foley has wrestled for every major promotion including WCCW, USWA, AWA, WCW, ECW, and WWE. In the WWE he achieved his greatest fame as Mankind. He was a major player during the "Attitude" era In 1998, during a Hell In a Cell match with "The Undertaker," he was thrown off the top of the cage and fell 15 feet in one of the biggest moments in WWE history. In 1999 he beat Dwayne "THE ROCK" Johnson to become WWE champion.
Foley has become one of the most beloved people in the wrestling industry because of his love for the business and its fans. He is a best-selling author with his books being on the N.Y. TIMES best-seller list. He gives of his time to children's charities and other worthy causes.
Mick Foley is one of the greatest wrestlers of all time not because of his stellar wrestling skills but because of his incredible commitment, psychology, and ability to show his incredible personality to the audience. He started as a fan of pro wrestling and became one of the people fans absolutely love and respect. Congratulations Mick Foley.
Class Dismissed,
The Professor
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