Did Mick Foley make Triple H?

[James Steele]

I simply think Triple H feels that Mick no longer is good enough to meaningfully contribute in the ring in a one-off match and his promos are good, but you'd have to shoehorn him into situations. Examples: Foley vs Sting for the TNA Title fucking blew. CENA, THIS IS YOUR LIFE fucking blew. Meltzer and all the other shit-stirrers like to paint Triple H as Satan Jr. and some suckass writer who got fired has sour grapes and ran with a story to Meltzer to make a quick $50.

Triple H has said in interviews that Mick Foley is the guy who solidified him as a main eventer. Mick had nothing to do with the next 5 years of work that solidified Triple H as the single greatest heel since Roddy Piper.

[Fox]

Originally Posted by James Steele I simply think Triple H feels that Mick no longer is good enough to meaningfully contribute in the ring in a one-off match and his promos are good, but you'd have to shoehorn him into situations. Examples: Foley vs Sting for the TNA Title fucking blew. CENA, THIS IS YOUR LIFE fucking blew. Meltzer and all the other shit-stirrers like to paint Triple H as Satan Jr. and some suckass writer who got fired has sour grapes and ran with a story to Meltzer to make a quick $50. Triple H has said in interviews that Mick Foley is the guy who solidified him as a main eventer. Mick had nothing to do with the next 5 years of work that solidified Triple H as the single greatest heel since Roddy Piper.

Then maybe they need to portray Foley in a different light. If they ran a couple weeks of video packages featuring footage of Foley from Japan and his hardcore matches in WWE, kept it dark and very serious, and promoted it as the "Return of the Hardcore Legend," then it would work. You don't see guys getting thrown off the Cell, slammed onto thumb tacks, Speared through flaming tables or getting their ears ripped off anymore. Fuck this "Socko vs. Cobra" bullshit. Foley is a guy who can take a beating and come back for more. That's what made him a star.

Then you bring in an up and comer like Dean Ambrose or even someone like The Miz or Wade Barrett to tell Foley that he doesn't have it anymore, and that he's a Hardcore Nobody. The feud writes itself. There are a TON of guys on the roster who could benefit HUGE from going over in a hardcore environment against Foley. Look what it did for Randy Orton in 2004 at Backlash. Mick tells stories in the ring.

Dolph Ziggler giving Foley the Zig Zag or the Fameasser onto thumbtacks? I'll buy that shit.