Intro:
Mick Foley was born on June 7, 1965, in Long Island, NY. As a teenager, he made a tape of himself as a wrestler named Dude Love and filmed himself jumping off a house onto his opponent. He was trained by Dominic DeNucci and made his debt in 1986. No longer a full-time active wrestler, he keeps himself occupied by writing and has two New York Times Best Sellers on his resume.

The Beginning:
One of his first matches was a televised WWF squash match against the British Bulldogs. He gained notoriety in the Texas based USWA as Cactus Jack Manson before joining WCW. His first WCW tenure highlight was a PPV title shot against Sting at Beach Blast 92 .

King of the Death Match:
Cactus Jack spent a portion of the early '90s in Japan. It was in Japan where he won a King of the Death Match tournament in matches featuring barbed wire, a bed of nails, exploding barbed wire, and a ring set to detonate with C4 explosives. While in Japan, he got his arm badly scarred by Leatherface.

WCW Part 2:
Cactus returned to WCW and found himself in a feud with Vader. This feud featured him get a concussion and lose his ear in a freak accident. While in WCW, he also appeared in ECW. When he left WCW he joined ECW. His anti-hardcore ECW promos are considered the best promos in the history of the business. While in ECW his two most famous incidents involved accidentally setting a fan on fire and having hundreds of chairs thrown in the ring by the fans.

The Three Faces of Foley:
Foley joined the WWE in 1996 and was renamed Mankind. He immediately started a feud with the Undertaker. In 1997, they showed his teenage Dude Love footage and he started to wrestle as Dude Love. Later in the year, during a feud with Triple H , he became Cactus Jack again. At the 1998 King of the Ring , he fought the Undertaker in a Hell in the Cell match featuring two of the most famous bumps ever.

The Champ:
On the December 29, 1998, edition of Monday Night RAW , Mankind won his first world title. He would trade the title with the Rock several times. In the last half of 99, he formed the Rock & Sock Connection with the Rock. He also released Have a Nice Day , which was a NY Times #1 Best Seller. In 2000, he stopped being a full-time active competitor.

The Many Returns:
While Foley stopped competing full time, he was never gone for long. For a brief period, he was commissioner of the WWE. He comes back to the ring at around the time he has a new book to promote. Even though no longer active full-time, his occasional matches are just as barbaric as when he was wrestling full-time.

WCW, ECW, & WWE Title History:
WCW
Tag Team Title
5/22/94 Slamboree – with Kevin Sullivan beat The Nasty Boys

ECW
Tag Team Title
8/27/94 – with Mikey Whipwreck beat The Public Enemy
12/29/95 – Mikey Whipwreck beat 2 Cold Scorpio to win the title

WWE
WWE Championship
12/29/98 – The Rock
1/26/99 Halftime Heat – The Rock
8/22/99 SummerSlam – Beat Steve Austin & Triple H

Hardcore Title
11/2/98 – awarded the new title from Vince McMahon due to his loyalty to Vince

World Tag Team Title
7/14/97 – Dude Love & Steve Austin beat Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith
3/29/98 WrestleMania 14 – Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie beat The New Age Outlaws
7/13/98 – Mankind & Kane beat The New Age Outlaws
8/10/98 – Mankind & Kane beat Steve Austin & The Undertaker
8/30/99 – Mankind & The Rock beat The Undertaker & The Big Show
9/20/99 - Mankind & The Rock beat The Undertaker & The Big Show
10/12/99 – Mankind & The Rock beat The New Age Outlaws
11/2/99 – Mankind & Al Snow beat Bob & Crash Holly