Rate The Wrestler - Day 36 - Mick Foley

[Mister Sinister]

Today will be a historic day, well sorta, I was saved a small scare, as my power went for just about 12 hours...which scared me knowing the fact, the past few times my power went out from a Hurricane, it stayed out for a few days...Oh Wait, like you guys care about that...It's also a day to be Remembered as Kurt Angle, The man who won a Olympic Medal with a Broken Neck, done something that 33 Other Wrestlers have tried to do but have failed, as Angle scored a 96 which, breaks him into number 1, and tying with Bret Hart

Well Today Wrestler is a man who is by all means a Legend, he is a man, who is one of the most loved men in Wrestling history, he is Cactus Jack, He is Dude Love, He is Mankind, He is Mick Foley!

Day 1: Bret Hart (96)
Day 2: Chris Jericho (91)
Day 3: Rob Van Dam (78)
Day 4: Diamond Dallas Page (80)
Day 5: Low Ki (73)
Day 6: A.J Styles (89)
Day 7 : Rey Mysterio Jr. (81)
Day 8: Owen Hart (95)
Day 9: Ultimo Dragon (84)
Day 10: Raven (87)
Day 11: "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith (84)
Day 12: The Hurricane (76)
Day 13: Brian Pillman (92)
Day 14: John Bradshaw Leyfield (46)
Day 15: Taz (82)
Day 16: Bob "Hardcore" Holly (34)
Day 17: Christian (83)
Day 18: Ric Flair (87)
Day 19: Jeff Jarrett (65)
Day 20: Shawn Michaels (92)
Day 21: Ricky "Dragon" Steamboat (90)
Day 22: Kevin Nash (61)
Day 23: Jushin Lyger (88)
Day 24: Brock Lesnar (78)
Day 25: Sting (91)
Day 26: Lex Luger (55)
Day 27: Curt "Mr. Perfect" Henning (91)
Day 28: Andre The Giant (80)
Day 29: Vader (78)
Day 30: Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart (66)
Day 31: Scott Hall (83)
Day 32: Big Vito (60)
Day 33: Hollywood Hulk Hogan (82)
Day 34: Jerry Lynn (83)
Day 35: Kurt Angle (96)

Current Top 10 Leaderboard
1.Bret Hart, Kurt Angle (96)
2. Owen Hart (95)
3. Brian Pillman, Shawn Michaels (92)
4. Chris Jericho, Sting, Curt Henning (91)
5. Ricky Steamboat (90)
6. AJ Styles (89)
7. Jushin Lyger (88)
8. Ric Flair, Raven (87)
9. Ultimo Dragon, British Bulldog (84)
10. Christian, Scott Hall, Jerry Lynn (83)

[DaveWadding]

7.3

[MVP]

Ability: 9
Work Rate: 10
Overness: 10
Politics: 10
Charisma: 10

Overall: 9.8

[Gouda]

Congrats to Angle.

Ring ability: 7 (Let's face it he isn't exactly known for his ring ability)
Overness: 10
Work rate: 10 (Of course)
Charisma: 9
Mic skill: 10 (So many great promos)
Memories/Potential: 10

Overall: 9

[Innovator]

10

Foley is God

[BigDaddyCool]

7. He has 2 great books. I respect him. But all he ever did was sick bump. His championship runs weren't that great, and he is possibly the luckiest wrestler of all time. But I refuse to put him higher than 7, but that isn't because I don't respect him.

[Mayo]

9.3

[John la Rock]

9.5

[CosaNostra]

Ability. 5 Not exactly a rocket scientest in the ring
Work Rate. 10 No need to explain here. His smashed body speaks for itself.
Overness. 10 I haven't found many people who don't like or respect Foley
Mic Skill. 9 Love his Promos
Impact on the Business 10 And boy what an "impact."

Overall 8.6

[Joe Kerr]

10

The man who brought Hardcore to WWF/WWE

[V]

8

[Hardkore Kidd J]

10. Great Wrestler! Great Bumptaker! Friendly with fans. Nothing else to say he get's a 10 from me.

[Mister Sinister]

Ring Ability - 7.5
Work rate - 10
Overness - 10
Mic Skills - 10
Bumps/Selling - 10
Finisher - 6.5 (Mandible Claw was Entertaining because of Socko But Crap)
Status - 10
Archivements - 8.5
Personal Bias - 10 (I do sorta beleive, Foley is God)

Overall:9.2

[HeartBreakMan2k]

Ability - 6 (Spot machine, but he had some psycology.)
Personal bias - 10
Work Rate - 10
Overness - 10
Politics - 10
Mic skills - 9 (Sometime he was captivating, most the time he was just entertaining.)

Overall - 9.16

[Savio]

9.8

[Head]

Wrestling ability - 7.5
Mic skills - 10 (would be 100 is possible)
In ring charisma - 10
Stamina - 10

Overall Rating - 9.4

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>10, hands down</font>

[Hired Hitman]

9

[Mr. Nerfect]

7. I respect the man, and he entertains me endlessly, but for a guy that doesn't really wrestle (which seems to be why guys like JBL and Hardcore Holly get lower scores), all he's really got to get a pretty good score is his legacy and ability to draw interest into what he's doing.

[Aussie Skier]

Ring Ability - 7, did the most he can with what he has
Work rate - 10, easily
Overness - 9.5
Mic Skills - 9
Bumps/Selling - 10
Finisher - 8, never ahuge fan of the mandible claw (is that what its called right?)
Theme Music - 10, love the screeching at the start

Foley gets a 9.


Congrats to Angle, about freaking time! :D :D

[El Santo]

8.9

This is just by judging the rankings of the leaderboard. I can't, in my hardest of hearts, rank Foley above Ricky Steamboat, or any of the other higher ranked workers for that matter. However, I will give him a better ranking that Jushin Lyger and yes, even Ric Flair.

Truly a unique individual and unique character. While it seems that gimmicks recycle in the WWE every few years, nobody will ever truly replicate the Mick Foley character. (I know they've tried duplicate Dude Loves & Mankinds before, but those pale in comparison with the real deal. Sorry, Dennis Knight.) Also, a classy guy who has no problem putting people over, even as recently as making a superstar out of Randy Orton.

And his promos rank among the highest of all WWE promos. "This is Your Life, Rock" and his visit to Vince's hospital bed especially. And what other main eventer could successfully make a catchprase out of "Have a nice day"?

[Nark Order]

6

He's entertaining as all hell but he's not my style of wrestling... No great style or anything. Flair was right, he's a just a glorified stuntman.

[Funky Fly]

Ring ability: 8.5
Overness: 10
Work rate: 10
Politics: 10
Mic skill: 10
Overall rank: 9.7

[Bad Company]

7

[CYCLOPTERSAURUS]

8. This is the only guy I can think of that I'd rate this highly without being a genius in the ring, but this guy is a legend and a class act.

[blueskies]

A legend he may be.. but a wrestler? I give him a 7

[Kapoutman]

Wrestling: 8
Work rate: 10
Mic Skills/Charisma: 10
Entertainment: 10

Overall: 9.5

By the way, in one of his columns, Bret Hart said that the current wrestler he would like to wrestle the most if he had the opportunity was Kurt Angle. How fitting.

[Sephiroth]

9

[Dave Youell]

I queue on for 5 hours on a pavement outside forbidden planet in London to see the man.

Def 10

[LK]

Great dedication to the business and a great guy. Like some have said he was a bit of a spot machine but his match wiuth HBK at Mind Games showed he could wrerstle a bit.

8.8

[Cruiserweight 3:16]

I queue-jumped a book signing and saw him in 20 mins in Leeds. The guy may not be a great technical specialist, but he knew how to work a match successfully.

10

[The Fugitive]

9

[SuperSlim]

I'd give

Cactus Jack: 10
Mankind:8
Dude Love:7
Mick Foley: 8.5

overall: 8.375

The Cactus Jack character was one of the best and most hardcore out there. fav. match... so many but the one that comes to mind is Cactus vs. HHH, falls count anywhere... feelin the fans there.

Mankind started off good. I liked the dark Mankind. When he became nothin more than a comedy act it sorta sucked still seein him bein as tough as nails. Didn't make too much sense to me. HIAC

Dude Love was never a favorite of mine to begin with. vs. Austin for the title.

Mick Foley: The man behind it all. Wrestlin under himself was good but back in the day as Cactus Jack he was better. crap can't think of one.

[Disturbed316]

8

[sensai86]

8.9

This is just by judging the rankings of the leaderboard. I can't, in my hardest of hearts, rank Foley above Ricky Steamboat, or any of the other higher ranked workers for that matter. However, I will give him a better ranking that Jushin Lyger and yes, even Ric Flair.

Truly a unique individual and unique character. While it seems that gimmicks recycle in the WWE every few years, nobody will ever truly replicate the Mick Foley character. (I know they've tried duplicate Dude Loves & Mankinds before, but those pale in comparison with the real deal. Sorry, Dennis Knight.) Also, a classy guy who has no problem putting people over, even as recently as making a superstar out of Randy Orton.

And his promos rank among the highest of all WWE promos. "This is Your Life, Rock" and his visit to Vince's hospital bed especially. And what other main eventer could successfully make a catchprase out of "Have a nice day"?

:y:

[Xero]

8.5

Only thing holding him back is his ring ability...

[Blue Demon]

8 If it weren't for his Mic skills it would be lower

[Sickboy]

7.8

[Cactus Sid]

Based simply on the fact that for all those years he was the most entertaining in-ring and out of ring peformer I've ever seen

10

[asphyXy]

Ability: 6.5
Work Rate: 10
Overness: 10
Politics: 10
Finisher: 9
Overall: 9.1

[Mike the Metal Ed]

10

Screw ratings systems for Foley, he is the man.

[FakeLaser]

9

[Azriel]

10.

One of the funniest mic workers. Definitely respects the business, and God can he take a beating and keep ticking.

[KayfabeMan]

10

[PorkSoda]

9.5. Like trnbuckle said, hilarious mc work when he can and some really brilliant hardcore matches.

[Scarface]

10, all his matches entertained me.

[Volchok]

10

[loopydate]

Ability: 6. He could sell his ass off, which always made others look fantastic, but he was not a very good wrestler.

Work Rate: 8. That being said, his matches always looked good because whoever he was fighting looked like a god.

Overness: 10. One of the most popular wrestlers I've ever seen.

Politics: 10. None that I've ever heard of.

Charisma: 8. The crowd loves him, so it looks like he's really charismatic, but I don't think there's anything natural about it. His best promos always came when he was deep in character.

Overall: 8.4

[Eunos]

9.5.. Foley is the man :love:

[Chuck Jones]

8.5

[Tazz Dan]

9.8