After meeting Sheamus at a local event, Scott was lucky enough to meet WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley. Foley was in Birmingham last week for the “Mick Foley Tales From Wrestling’s Past”. Scott being the Shawn Michaels fan he is, asked the legendary hardcore wrestler about his famous “Mind Games” match with the Heartbreak Kid. Below is a detailed recap of Scott’s experience:
Mick Foley Talks HBK/Mind Games
I was so lucky to attend Mick Foley Tales from Wrestling’s Past on Friday night in Birmingham. Mick is very talented man, and a very approachable and likable person.
His stand up routine is really funny. During it he mentions people and tells stories about The Rock, Al Snow, DDP, Steve Austin and Great Khali.
He did mention Shawn, taking the you know what about HBK’s hair in 2002, calling it the page boy.
After the show ended I had meet and greet tickets, and I waited about 20 minutes before it was my turn. I asked Mick how highly he ranked his Mind Games match with HBK, and he said ‘right up there, it was a great match’. Then he said ‘it was never supposed to happen, I didn’t have a feud, and they wanted to keep HBK for Sid at Survivor Series, so we were just kind of thrown together’. I said it was the best match of HBK’s first title run, and he said ‘thank you, I think it has aged well, and he said something about the crowd in Phillie being really into it’. Before I left the table, Mick was signing my belts and pictures, he then said ‘pity I didn’t do more with HBK, when I think of what we could have done, as a tag team that would have been great’. I said something about Dude Love, and he Mick said that he wanted ‘Dude Love and HBK to be tag champions, with Dude like trying to copy and be like HBK’, that would be fantastic.
Mick Foley as a favourite of mine before this show, but man if you get chance please meet the man, he is just fantastic!!!
Many thanks Scott!