RIPPA Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 See you guys are proving my point! Here is Foley talking about it on Austin's podcast what appears a few years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vSWRNCqFc Basically Foley describes it as "it just got out of hand" Agreed upon number of shots was 5 (Austin must have said that like 3 or 4 times along with saying "This was agreed upon") It seems like over time Foley has accepted he had more of a role in it than just laying it all at the feet of the Rock. (The big part being that Foley should have been moving the spots along from the first shot but it's clear he had a concussion after the first one but Rock was clearly going with what the vet was calling and no one at that time properly having any clue how to work around brain trauma.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Remember in the one book, Mick talking about how he was angry for months that Rock didn't apologize/check on him after the match? Yeah, if you watch Beyond the Mat, you see Rock checking on him after the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 4 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Remember in the one book, Mick talking about how he was angry for months that Rock didn't apologize/check on him after the match? Yeah, if you watch Beyond the Mat, you see Rock checking on him after the match. I just watched the Rock/Foley parts of this recently and I don't recall that happening, perhaps I just missed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathyBoy Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 12 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Remember in the one book, Mick talking about how he was angry for months that Rock didn't apologize/check on him after the match? Yeah, if you watch Beyond the Mat, you see Rock checking on him after the match. I think Foley played that shit up for another feud with Rock down the line. They played on that stuff in late 99. As for the match, its always going to sadden me that the guy who worked a classic with Shawn with minimal sick bumps while in a goofy gimmick couldn't do the same with Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 3 hours ago, DeathyBoy said: who worked a classic with Shawn with minimal sick bumps I haven't seen it in years but didn't he go through a table head first in that? Or am I thinking of some other match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 13 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: I haven't seen it in years but didn't he go through a table head first in that? Or am I thinking of some other match? Probably another match or misremembering It's mainly Foley taking a back bump through the table with Michaels riding him down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 3 hours ago, DeathyBoy said: As for the match, its always going to sadden me that the guy who worked a classic with Shawn with minimal sick bumps while in a goofy gimmick couldn't do the same with Rock. Well to be fair - as mentioned in the clip with Foley and Austin - the point of the Rock match was to get over that Rock had a vicious side so it was booked to be nasty. (Kinda how Foley then had the same "job" in the matches with HHH, Edge and Orton) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Yeah, gotta be some other match. I remember a bump from something where he went headfirst through a table covered in like white cloth. They used to show that clip all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathyBoy Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 46 minutes ago, RIPPA said: Well to be fair - as mentioned in the clip with Foley and Austin - the point of the Rock match was to get over that Rock had a vicious side so it was booked to be nasty. (Kinda how Foley then had the same "job" in the matches with HHH, Edge and Orton) I get your point, but there's ways of doing it without literally killing your self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: Yeah, gotta be some other match. I remember a bump from something where he went headfirst through a table covered in like white cloth. They used to show that clip all the time. The headfirst table bump was against Taker at IYH: Revenge of Taker. Mick was on the apron and Taker charged him with the steps. Mick got nailed, went flying and bumped so that he went headfirst through the table. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Here it is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Look, guys, it's possible that maybe Mick didn't protect himself physically as much as he probably should've in his career... 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Hot take! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo-Yo's Roomie Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Someone post a gif of the bump he takes into the grave. That was so crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Can we just make this a Mick Foley Stupid Bump GIF compilation? Cause id be very down with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Also, I think that one is more of a Stupid Edge Bump, Dolfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Yeah... this is why Mick doesn't remember anything anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 You know how to follow up all these disturbing Mick Foley bumps? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathyBoy Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 That hesitation by Vader os tearjerking. You just know the guy was hoping Foley would back out and change the spot last minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Considering Leon almost killed a guy with the powerbomb once I'm surprised he agreed to it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 7 hours ago, DeathyBoy said: That hesitation by Vader os tearjerking. You just know the guy was hoping Foley would back out and change the spot last minute. What's crazy is that they did that just about as "safely" as you could hope. Vader followed through and released him low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In hindsight, the fact that the next part of the angle was Nick having amnesia (brain damage) is even sadder. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 On 12/28/2017 at 6:00 PM, Brian Fowler said: Remember in the one book, Mick talking about how he was angry for months that Rock didn't apologize/check on him after the match? Yeah, if you watch Beyond the Mat, you see Rock checking on him after the match. Foley took some swipes at Rock on the Mat DVD commentary too so he clearly wasn't happy at the time. I don't buy the "Rock lost control" excuse at all. As much as this match is vilified (and rightfully so), Foley was once handcuffed and took 11 chair shots to the head against Shane Douglas in ECW at CyberSlam 96. This angle was clearly a copy of it and I think Mick wanted to top it. Foley would have been pissed if the match ended after a fifth chair shot. Him saying that was the plan feels like revisionist history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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