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* NiceJobBreakingItHero and NiceJobFixingItVillain: Tony Schiavone's comments about Mick beating the Rock for his first title caused over half a million people to switch from ''Nitro'' to ''RAW''. With the infamous FingerpokeOfDoom happening directly after, fans were seriously upset with WCW and ''RAW'' won the ratings battle on what could have been a huge victory for WCW. ''Nitro'' never beat ''RAW'' in the ratings again

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero and NiceJobFixingItVillain: Tony Schiavone's comments about Mick beating the Rock for his first title caused over half a million people to switch from ''Nitro'' to ''RAW''. With the infamous FingerpokeOfDoom happening directly after, fans were seriously upset with WCW and ''RAW'' won the ratings battle on what could have been a huge victory for WCW. ''Nitro'' never beat ''RAW'' in the ratings againagain.
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** Played straight at the RAW Reunion when he was attacked by the Fiend. The Fiend used Mick's ''own finishing move'' ,the Mandible Claw, against him and took him down pretty easily.

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** Played straight at the RAW Reunion when he was attacked by the Fiend. The Fiend used Mick's ''own finishing move'' ,the move'', the Mandible Claw, against him and took him down pretty easily.
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** In his second book, Foley admits both did wrong in the scenario but he was more in the wrong. Once The Rock was made aware of the situation, he apologized immediately. Foley was aware of the slight for several months but let it simmer unknown and lead him into bitterness (mostly as fuel for a FaceHeelTurn during the Rock 'n' Sock Connection days against the Rock that never materialized.)

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** In his second book, Foley admits both did wrong in the scenario but he was more in the wrong. Once The Rock was made aware of the situation, he apologized immediately. Foley was aware of the slight for several months but let it simmer unknown and lead him into bitterness (mostly as fuel for a FaceHeelTurn during the Rock 'n' Sock Connection days against the Rock that never materialized.)materialized).

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* GentleGiant: Mick is over six feet tall, heavyset and an absolute sweetheart who is beloved by fans and fellow wrestlers alike.



* HappilyMarried: To his wife Collette since 1991. It has succeeded much to his own admitted astonishment, and it's not even a because-he's-famous example (they met while he was still working the independent circuit).

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* HappilyMarried: To his wife Collette since 1991. It has succeeded much to his own admitted astonishment, astonishment given the massive strain of his wrestling career requiring intense travel as well as dealing with his injuries, and it's not even a because-he's-famous example (they met while he was still working the independent circuit).
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The Mankind that debuted as an enemy of the Undertaker in 1996 and the Mankind who tag teams with the Rick in late 1999 are like night and day. When Mankind debuted, the character was something akin to a slasher movie monster. Later, as the famous JR interviews came about, the character became more and more sympathetic as a human being whose weirdness and propensity for violence came across as at least understandable. By late 1998, the character began to become more and more like a harmless goofball (or at least as harmless as a professional wrestler could expect to be) with a distinct comedic bent. By his title win in late 1998, the character became a lovable underdog the crowd loved to see get wins over bullies on sheer fortitude.

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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: The Mankind that debuted as an enemy of the Undertaker in 1996 and the Mankind who tag teams with the Rick Rock in late 1999 are like night and day. When Mankind debuted, the character was something akin to a slasher movie monster. Later, as the famous JR interviews came about, the character became more and more sympathetic as a human being whose weirdness and propensity for violence came across as at least understandable. By late 1998, the character began to become more and more like a harmless goofball (or at least as harmless as a professional wrestler could expect to be) with a distinct comedic bent. By his title win in late 1998, the character became a lovable underdog the crowd loved to see get wins over bullies on sheer fortitude.
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*** Sadly, years of dropping elbows off the apron onto the floor and outside brawls in WCW (during the Bill Watts era where they had no protective mats whatsoever) have left him with mobility difficulties. As shown on ''Celebrity Wife Swap'', he is incapable of putting his own shoes on without assistance, and when he made a cameo appearance at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} 32'' with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to squash [[ForeignWrestlingHeel the League of Nations]] he was practically ''shuffling'' down the ramp beside the other two men as they [[PowerWalk strode]] towards the ring.

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*** Sadly, years of dropping elbows off the apron onto the floor and outside brawls in WCW (during the Bill Watts era where they had no protective mats whatsoever) have left him with mobility difficulties. As shown on ''Celebrity Wife Swap'', he is incapable of putting his own shoes on without assistance, and when he made a cameo appearance at ''Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} 32'' with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin to squash [[ForeignWrestlingHeel the League of Nations]] he was practically ''shuffling'' down the ramp beside the other two men as they [[PowerWalk [[TeamPowerWalk strode]] towards the ring.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: In the lead-up to his legendary Hell in a Cell match against The Undertaker, Mick told his boss Vince [=McMahon=] (who was expressing doubts about Mick's suggested stunt of being thrown off the top of the cell) that he'd already climbed up to the top of the cell to acclimitise himself to the height and was comfortable with the idea of the stunt. [[BlatantLies He was lying.]] When it came time for the actual match, Mick realised he'd made a ''grave'' mistake (he would later admit that if he ''had'' climbed up the the top of the cell like he'd claimed he'd have immediately realised that his planned stunt was "a terrible idea"), but he'd already committed himself and it was too late to change the match.

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* BigEater: Has spent many a night on the road at 24-hour fast food joints, however that also meant he wasn't abusing drugs like many other wrestlers, as told in his latest book. This caused him to have a frame stable enough to [[{{Kevlard}} survive the big bumps he has taken]].



* BigEater: Has spent many a night on the road at 24-hour fast food joints, however that also meant he wasn't abusing drugs like many other wrestlers, as told in his latest book. This caused him to have a frame stable enough to [[{{Kevlard}} survive the big bumps he has taken]].

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* BigEater: Has spent many BloodySmile: During his infamous Hell In The Cell match with The Undertaker, Foley broke out into a night on dopey looking smile, in an effort to show off the road at 24-hour fast food joints, however that also meant he wasn't abusing drugs like many other wrestlers, as told new hole in his latest book. This caused him to have a frame stable enough to [[{{Kevlard}} survive the big bumps lip that he has taken]].was poking his tongue through (that couldn't be seen because of his beard).



** The irony of Tony Schiavone's gaffe was not lost on Foley, who so loathed his WCW experience that he fled the company a year before the MNW began. On the biggest night of Mick's career if not life, [[Wrestling/EricBischoff Bischoff]] couldn't resist [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat one last dig]] and made it known how little he thought of Foley's drawing power. You can bet Foley was closely watching the audience figures that night. He did indeed put a lot of butts in seats.

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** The irony of Tony Schiavone's gaffe was not lost on Foley, who so loathed his WCW experience that he fled the company a year before the MNW began. On the biggest night of Mick's career if not life, [[Wrestling/EricBischoff Bischoff]] couldn't resist [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat [[TakeThat one last dig]] and made it known how little he thought of Foley's drawing power. You can bet Foley was closely watching the audience figures that night. He did indeed put a lot of butts in seats.



%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As WWF Commissioner and WWE Raw General Manager.

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%%* * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As WWF Commissioner and WWE Raw General Manager.Manager, by virtue of being a face who wasn't a corporate stooge.



* SlasherSmile: His inadvertant smile in his Hell In The Cell match. He was trying to show off by sticking his tongue through the new hole he had in his face, but between his beard covering that up, and the fact he did it after two of the most dangerous bumps in his career, it just came off as him looking psychotic.



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* DreamTeam: Him and Wrestling/TerryFunk.

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* CharmPoint: His missing teeth...well, for his wife, anyway; she was unsettled when he started wearing fake ones for Dude Love. He once even put them in during a marital spat, just to irritate her.


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* SexyFlaw: His missing teeth...well, for his wife, anyway; she was unsettled when he started wearing fake ones for Dude Love. He once even put them in during a marital spat, just to irritate her.

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* MadeOfIron: Part of his character is to take ungodly amounts of punishment and keep going, including a great many things that would normally take other wrestlers out of business for some time. He's also a RealLife example as well; he's suffered a great many legit injuries in a match and continued without quitting. Just look at his Hell in a Cell match with The Undertaker. Given the multitude of legitimate injuries he's suffered over the course of his career, it is frankly ''amazing'' that he's as cognizant and mobile as he currently is.

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* MadeOfIron: Part of his character is to take ungodly amounts of punishment and keep going, including a great many things that would normally take other wrestlers out of business for some time. He's basically the Wrestling world's answer to Music/KeithRichards, someone whose ability to survive abuse that would easily cripple or outright kill mere mortals is legendary. He's also a RealLife example as well; he's suffered a great many legit injuries in a match and continued without quitting. Just look at his Hell in a Cell match with The Undertaker. Given the multitude of legitimate injuries he's suffered over the course of his career, it is frankly ''amazing'' that he's as cognizant and mobile as he currently is.

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