Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. (born June 7, 1965) is an American actor, author, comedian, voice actor, and professional wrestler, currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is the storyline "Executive Shareholder". He has also worked for many other wrestling promotions, including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE, formerly World Wrestling Federation), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he shares with Terry Funk.
Throughout his wrestling career, Foley has wrestled for many different promotions, both under his real name and under various personas (most notably Cactus Jack, Mankind and Dude Love). He was the first ever WWF Hardcore Champion and he also became a three-time WWF Champion as Mankind throughout his WWF career. He has also won the WWF Tag Team Championship eight-times, the ECW World Tag Team Championship two-times, and the WCW World Tag Team Championship one-time. Following his retirement from a full-time wrestling schedule, Foley appeared occasionally with WWE as a special guest referee and, later, a color commentator for the SmackDown brand. Upon his departure from the company in 2008, he signed with TNA, where he is the storyline majority stock holder of the company. There, Foley has held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the TNA Legends Championship.
In addition to wrestling, Foley is a multiple-time New York Times bestselling autobiographer. He was also a subject of the documentary Beyond the Mat, which followed him at the peak of his career. More recently, he has signed on for Bloodstained Memoirs, another wrestling documentary.
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Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. (born June 7, 1965) is an American actor, author, comedian, voice actor, and professional wrestler, currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is the storyline "Executive Shareholder". He has also worked for many other wrestling promotions, including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE, formerly World Wrestling Federation), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he shares with Terry Funk.
Throughout his wrestling career, Foley has wrestled for many different promotions, both under his real name and under various personas (most notably Cactus Jack, Mankind and Dude Love). He was the first ever WWF Hardcore Champion and he also became a three-time WWF Champion as Mankind throughout his WWF career. He has also won the WWF Tag Team Championship eight-times, the ECW World Tag Team Championship two-times, and the WCW World Tag Team Championship one-time. Following his retirement from a full-time wrestling schedule, Foley appeared occasionally with WWE as a special guest referee and, later, a color commentator for the SmackDown brand. Upon his departure from the company in 2008, he signed with TNA, where he is the storyline majority stock holder of the company. There, Foley has held the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and the TNA Legends Championship.
In addition to wrestling, Foley is a multiple-time New York Times bestselling autobiographer. He was also a subject of the documentary Beyond the Mat, which followed him at the peak of his career. More recently, he has signed on for Bloodstained Memoirs, another wrestling documentary.
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.