WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:10.000 My god, are still to listen the same jum s versus the show stop, 2 00:00:10.240 --> 00:00:15.039 Oh Covid and the lock in the same way you will never take my 3 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:20.359 place and the head of the table the game said, Oh my god, 4 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:30.000 god mine does tix sting us damn all. It will be the roll be 5 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:42.759 Austin, get a the lave Amable. Hey, what's going on guys now? 6 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:49.600 Welcome back to WWE Retro on the WWE Podcast on this Friday, June 7 00:00:49.679 --> 00:00:53.679 twenty third, as I'm actually recording on the twenty second, but by the 8 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:56.880 time you guys are gonna be hearing it, it will be the twenty third, 9 00:00:57.200 --> 00:01:00.920 as we are just one week away from the money in the Bank event. 10 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:07.239 The Bloodline Civil War a great tagline, great marketing, as Matt and 11 00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:11.359 I have discussed in the past week, and it is shaping up to be 12 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:15.959 a pretty good card. Albeit you wish World the World Championship where the World 13 00:01:15.959 --> 00:01:19.079 Tell is actually being defended, but you would wish that the Undisputed Championship would 14 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:23.519 have been defended on Roman Rains as side. But it is one of those 15 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.799 situations where the storyline is taking precedent over the championship and you know what, 16 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:32.959 you could let it slide sometimes and instances like this, although you do want 17 00:01:33.000 --> 00:01:37.079 the most prestigious title in the company to typically be defended on pay per views. 18 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:40.480 But we're not here to talk about that. We are here to talk 19 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.719 about rivalries or not rivalries. Oh my god, we're throwing it back a 20 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.159 back to my old show rivalries, which I mean, I guess we could 21 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.120 talk about rivalries on retro retro costs more of a broader net, but we're 22 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:59.280 not talking about rivalry today. We are talking about Mick Foley's post in ring 23 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:05.359 retire mint career. So what does that mean. Obviously, Mick Foley had 24 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:10.360 matches well into the two thousands, but he actually retired in early two thousand 25 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:16.599 and his final match or I think he was actually when he faced Triple H 26 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:21.240 at the Royal Rumble in two thousand. But then he came out of retirement 27 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:27.680 for the fatal four way match McMahon in any court, in every corner at 28 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:32.759 the Wrestling A two thousand event. So all for just like so we have 29 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:38.319 a hard kind of benchmark here. We are going to be covering everything from 30 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.560 Mick Foley post two thousand, and we're knocking to get into his TNA stuff 31 00:02:44.759 --> 00:02:49.039 were probably will touch on briefly what happened in the two thousand and tens, 32 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:53.400 but it's mainly going to be from two thousand all the way into about two 33 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:58.759 thousand and seven, when he would come back periodically for some events. Well, 34 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:02.360 the first thing that mc foley did in his post for in his post 35 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:08.759 in ring career was really get involved as the commissioner in WWE. And if 36 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:15.080 you remember, in the pre general manager world, there was the WWE commissioner. 37 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:19.479 You had Sergeant Slaughter, you had Sean Michaels, and then in the 38 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:23.800 year two thousand you had Mick Foley. And Mick Foley didn't last long as 39 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:29.919 commissioner. He certainly was a lovable, non heelish type of authority figure, 40 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:34.639 which was a nice change of pace, especially after we were so accustomed to 41 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.759 Vince McMahon after all those years as the heel authority figure as the on screen 42 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:45.800 and real life owner. But Mick Foley brought a different element, a nice 43 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:50.280 element, a charming element, a lovable element. And I will always remember 44 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:55.000 one of Mick Foley's biggest biggest impacts as a general manager or as the commissioner, 45 00:03:55.080 --> 00:04:00.120 I should say was when he came out at fully loaded two thousand and 46 00:04:00.199 --> 00:04:02.240 that's a match that we don't talk about. The main event rather is a 47 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.639 match we don't talk about, and that was The Rock against Chris Benwol for 48 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:12.520 the WWF Championship. And it was actually the first time Chris Benwolf had won 49 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:17.240 a world championship, or so we thought until mcfoley had something to say about 50 00:04:17.279 --> 00:05:05.560 it. Right, freaking cock must like the here, he must good, 51 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:26.160 the rocks casts break and the coup the class place, the revers got on 52 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:31.160 here, the the gentlman, the er off as a resolver, one of 53 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:47.759 this wall of potation, ROAs biggest cup, the Brie, the m of 54 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:54.800 the Rockey must in tire, and one of the rocket was City. And 55 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.519 then America is over and the rockets in the clean the eyes. It must 56 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:10.040 in terre from City. So, just for context, this the stipulation of 57 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:15.079 this match was if ben Waugh won by disqualification, the title would still change 58 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:19.120 hands. So that's why the Rock got disqualified because Earl Heavener thought that he 59 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:24.319 hit the Heavner with the steel chair, when in fact it was shame McMahon. 60 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.279 And you know we covered it last week A bit, but sham and 61 00:06:27.319 --> 00:06:30.800 Ben was always just a thorn in the rock side, and here he's managing 62 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:33.920 Chris ben Wah. He gets involved, the Rock gets blamed for what he 63 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:41.279 did hitting the rev, and ben Waugh is walking away with the WWF Championship. 64 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:45.839 The Rock now busted open, bloodied because of shame McMahon him with the 65 00:06:45.879 --> 00:07:00.639 steel chair, and then outcomes Commissioner Mick Foley wongs be a chair in a 66 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:19.439 superlong it's the go hither room my commission. I did put playing any book, 67 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:25.959 but I restarted that never insisted with the morn over. Think it's got 68 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:32.839 to be trying to Musian. He got a publicly it's not the plays apple. 69 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:36.319 I don't know what he's done here former, but he didn't do change 70 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:45.839 a bit long you're going mom is leading on the day, sir, thenvesting, 71 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:51.399 so it all could change on a disqualifaication. But I'm sure sir didn't 72 00:07:51.480 --> 00:08:16.959 see the squali vacation. No nobody anytime Texas this fallaison. The commissioner, 73 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:35.279 I'm all right, this match continue. And that's kind of mcfolian, a 74 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:39.240 nutshell, right, the greater Good, always looking to do the right thing, 75 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:46.720 and he get he restarts the match and the Rock retains the WWF Championship, 76 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:50.360 and that was kind of mcfolian a nutshells the ww commissioner, you know. 77 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.720 He also makes the Armageddon Helen a Cell, the six man match with 78 00:08:54.279 --> 00:08:58.679 the Rock, Steve Austin, Triple h Rakishi, Kurt Angle and the Undertaker, 79 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:03.279 and Vince McMahon was trying everything in his power to stop that match because 80 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:07.480 of all the risk that would come with his investments with his superstars. And 81 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:11.720 when Vince comes out with that pickup truck to try and drag down the cage 82 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:16.440 or the Cell, and Mick comes out throws him out, and it was 83 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:20.279 just it was a nice run for mcfoley as the WWF commissioner and a role 84 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.480 that he stepped away from, I believe in late two thousand. In two 85 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:30.480 thousand and one, he resurfaces to be the special guest referee between Shane and 86 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:35.360 Vince McMahon. He resurfaces in the Invasion Angle to be the special guest referee 87 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.759 at the Invasion pay per view, in the Broun Panties match and in the 88 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:45.080 Earl Headner Verse Neil nick Patrick match. The ref versus ref matches, he 89 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:50.519 was considered impartial as he had been a wrestler for wwf WCW and ECW. 90 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:56.039 Then mcfoley kind of went away for a bit, you know. I mean, 91 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:58.799 I'm sure maybe he popped up here and there, but Mick foley kind 92 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:05.480 of had sporadic or non existent appearances from two thousand and one all the way 93 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:11.320 to two thousand and three and two thousand and three. In late two thousand 94 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:16.879 and three when Austin first popped, or was when Austin was the GM of 95 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.399 Monday Night Raw. He would be removed as the CODEGM following Survivor series two 96 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:26.799 thousand and three. And then this is when mcfoley briefly was brought in as 97 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:31.360 the COGM as well in two thousand and three, and it didn't last long, 98 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:35.159 but there was one specific moment where he had a run in with none 99 00:10:35.200 --> 00:11:00.279 other than the tag team known as Elabrasis Styles Destruction. What yea of their 100 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:07.399 fighters as well? I'm on you see, Mick, Eric fisched off going 101 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:13.639 to shoot us that our jobs are safe. So now it's our turn to 102 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:20.879 humiliate you, starting with you saluting the French flag a couple. I'm on 103 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:28.480 right here, right now, but Eric Gushupstead loves it doesn't get your jot 104 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:33.000 so to meet you. When I'm be in, we will introdu to a 105 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:37.759 behavior French style. I'm gonna say, how let me get this straight. 106 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:52.320 You want me to salute the French flag right here, right now, Let's 107 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:54.799 make a bet on that. Listen, man, you know I have nothing 108 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:01.279 against French things. So I like French fries. I'm like, I like 109 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:07.799 French toast. Yeah, I like I like French's mustard. But I don't 110 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:13.799 like you. So if you think you to beat the crap out of me, 111 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.320 you go ahead. But I'm sure it's I'm not gonna stand here and 112 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:24.600 I don't like California United exchange the part that's a little that damn flag. 113 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:28.600 You're thinking you beat the cop out. You're pretty out now, not not 114 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:35.200 solutely the French flag. Listen, I need think for me. You have 115 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:50.639 little problems, he say, kicking your eyes here gets flat like that. 116 00:12:52.759 --> 00:13:16.159 Oh he's like bracking his hair. I so it's you know, it always 117 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:20.559 comes back to the rock with Mick Foley a bit. But obviously Lawer's stones 118 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:24.240 about to do a two on one beat down with mc foley, and the 119 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:28.240 rock comes out. They have a nice little segment the Rocks makes fun of 120 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.879 Lawer's stones and then they put a beat down on Lawrs' stones to send the 121 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.879 crowd a home happy. And then you know, you go over the next 122 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:45.639 several months that followed this event and you have mcfoley start his program with Randy 123 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:50.600 Orton. And this was the first major wrestling program that McK foley had been 124 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:58.159 involved with in four years, ironically enough, with Randy Orton's mentor at the 125 00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.000 time, Triple H back in two thousand and four. And you have Mick 126 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.919 Foley, you know, get his ass beat by Evolution on several occasions, 127 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:11.919 kicked down the flight of stairs at Madison Square Garden. You have him, 128 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:15.240 you know, beaten down and catering and power bomb through a table. It 129 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.559 was always a three on one event, and this kind of led to a 130 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:26.159 point where Mick Foley had to challenge Randy Orton. But he knew that he 131 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:31.759 could never actually get Randy Orton one on one. And that's why when Randy 132 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:39.679 Orton challenged him to a match at the WrestleMania twenty event, Mick Foley had 133 00:14:39.759 --> 00:15:09.440 other plans. A my choice, So I'm gonna be clear on one anymore 134 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:16.559 player, it'll be three my two. What's you gonna be back? Nick, 135 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:22.799 I'd realize. I realize is that you gotta know friends in the back 136 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:28.039 that you're gonna need a special partner. And I've heard the rumors, and 137 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:33.159 from the sound of it, these people have heard the rumors too. What's 138 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:41.159 you go ahead? You go ahead, Nick, You go to a paintball. 139 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:46.480 You go to a paintball. You call mister big shot, mister Hollywood. 140 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:52.080 You tell him that you two for hord. And then while you're on 141 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:56.600 the phone with the Nick, do you the favorite, tell mister walking Tall 142 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.519 that after Rustle made uh, neither of you two podcasts are gonna be walking 143 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.639 after we're talking with you go ahead and they go back, call up, 144 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:12.200 tell him, tell him that I'm gonna call him now. Now you call 145 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:19.039 up, you tell him what I said. Wait, wait, wait, 146 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:30.440 wait, I think I've got a little bit better idea. You're seeing. 147 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:40.279 Instead of me going back there and telling him on the phone, won't you 148 00:16:41.879 --> 00:16:52.840 telling yourself home to him? Tell him to his face. You see ornament, 149 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:56.360 you see flaw, you see what they stopped. Don't damn min I 150 00:16:56.519 --> 00:17:03.120 said that fully? What's coming back? To row, I never said Nick 151 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:38.000 Foley's coming. So once again, Mick Foley gets himself into dicey waters in 152 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:42.640 an outmatch situation and is bailed out by The Rock. And you're probably saying, 153 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:47.680 why does every clip that you're putting in include The Rock here, Well, 154 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:52.880 it's simple. It's because to this point he mcfoley had really only been 155 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:57.079 involved in physical altercations when it featured The Rock or it featured someone else, 156 00:17:57.799 --> 00:18:02.039 and that had kind of been the story for the last four years since he 157 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:08.119 retired from in ring competition, And that was until WrestleMania twenty when he and 158 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:12.240 The Rock teamed up to face Evolution, a match that Evolution would come out 159 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:17.920 on top. Now, after this, he would have a one on one 160 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:22.759 match with Randy Orton at Backlash, a match that he would ultimately lose, 161 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:27.079 a match that was for the Intercontinal Championship. So now four years post his 162 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:33.079 in ring retirement, mcfoley had gotten his first match under his belt in the 163 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:38.359 tag team capacity and his first singles match under his belt against Randy Orton, 164 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:44.039 one that he lost. Two more years go by, or about a year 165 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:48.279 and seven to eight months, I would say mcfoley resurfaces in early two thousand 166 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:55.160 and six and starts his program with Edge and Lo and Behold. This would 167 00:18:55.279 --> 00:19:02.200 lead to Mick Foley's first WrestleMania match, a singles match, I should say, 168 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:07.079 his first singles match at WrestleMania since nineteen ninety nine, so a seven 169 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:11.680 year layoff, because his prior one at Wrestling at twenty was a tag match, 170 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:17.519 and the one before that was a fatal four way with the Big Show, 171 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:21.680 The Rock and Triple Age. So his first one on one match at 172 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:27.519 wrestlemanian seven years, and this time in an extreme rules capacity, And I 173 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:32.880 gotta tell you, him and Edge left it all on the line in this 174 00:19:33.119 --> 00:19:36.880 match. You guys know the story, you guys know the ending, but 175 00:19:37.000 --> 00:20:33.720 when you really listen to it, it hits all that much differently. Yea. 176 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:52.119 So now mc foley had yet another match under his belt, this time 177 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:55.279 a hardcore fashion. He came back, he looked like he had lost some 178 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:57.799 weight, He looked like he was just overall better, you know, and 179 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:02.319 he put on a really gruesome match with Edge. You know, he ends 180 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:06.960 that match through going through a flaming table, and you think, okay, 181 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:10.759 is Mick Foley gonna ride off into sunset like he did two years prior in 182 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:15.720 similar fashion against Randy Orton on the heels of an extreme rules, hardcore whatever 183 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:18.240 match you want to call it, street fight, a match that had no 184 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:22.839 constraints. But no, he stuck around and he continued his program with Edge 185 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:27.640 and they were scheduled to have a rematch, a rematch of a hardcore in 186 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:33.200 a hardcore fashion in May. Mick Foley comes out and he says, we're 187 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:37.920 gonna inject some ECW into this match, and he says it's gonna be a 188 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:44.759 triple threat between him, Edge and Tommy Dreamer. And this is where Mick 189 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:51.000 Foley took a turn that we had never really seen before and one that kind 190 00:21:51.039 --> 00:22:00.400 of signaled that, Wow, this is a different version of Mick Foley marking 191 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:04.359 to stay outside. And I called it from behind was remember some threeman from 192 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:11.279 Stain game fully blasted Tommy Dreamer the back of that bark one covering baseball back 193 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:19.079 and it's here remember himself, hands down and bally looking at he said, 194 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:25.720 it's only get the head for bullies equipment here. What what does bully been 195 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:32.319 to war right clock face Tommy Threemer? Well, whever what we seeing here 196 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:37.440 to hear what we're seeing, Tommy Briger get hit the face. Look you 197 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:44.559 know who died met Folly. That's the barmark coming right down the holy dribbing 198 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:48.880 at three hundred pounds and the bark wire to the bloody face of Tommy Treemer. 199 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:56.079 I don't get this, blinded, Mike, and Tommy Driver does this 200 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:07.160 turning fright? And remember the hard four rules rules you can in this qualify 201 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:15.480 and Dreamer as letting profusionally and that he is quite brantly a vote fully and 202 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.599 edge. And I don't understand what we're doing here. I mean it's it's 203 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:22.640 almost as if the kids and Folly are working in concert here. Half of 204 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:26.400 that? How would that be out of that? I don't understand nothing. 205 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:32.079 Our mind goes not a DC doctor man, what got another against DC? 206 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:37.319 The card at the so called mister and I'm gonna lead, but the bean 207 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:42.720 the ring legally bothers, no rules, buy something, mister sun gone and 208 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:53.000 Dreamers but much to burn and pulling down the bendable club, mister summer Dreaming 209 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:53.440 spear taking down Dreamer from cover. And just like that you have a heel 210 00:24:53.640 --> 00:25:02.359 mcfoli on your hands. And one that you probably hadn't had since the Mankind 211 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:07.359 in nineteen ninety seven, nineteen ninety eight. And the next week he beats 212 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:10.920 the hell out of Terry Funk, his idol at, his former tag team 213 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:15.759 partner, someone that he looked up to, and Wow, like this brand 214 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:21.279 new sadistic heel version aligned with Edge mcfoli, and this, honestly, looking 215 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:26.039 back, this really made Edge. This made Edge as a main eventor yeah, 216 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:27.200 he had already cashed him money in the bank. Yeah, he was 217 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:30.359 already, you know, a bona fide star. But in my mind, 218 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:37.039 this really broad Edge out the feud and then the subsequent alliance with mcfoli. 219 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:41.759 They would go on to face Tommy Dreamer and Terry Funk at the One Night 220 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:48.440 Stand pay per view, and it was the promo that Mick Foley cut before 221 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:52.039 the pay per view that really kind of lets you or before the match rather 222 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:56.839 that really lets you know that this guy had changed, you know, saying 223 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.039 that the best owner of all time for ECW was death Ny McMahan and all 224 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:06.079 that, and then you the match gets under way and the way it finished 225 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:11.359 really kind of told the story about where they were positioning Edge moving forward here 226 00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:23.119 in WWE, but also the bump that Edge was getting from mcfoley. God, 227 00:26:40.279 --> 00:27:51.119 yeah, talk didn't save the body. You go to the fire and 228 00:27:52.440 --> 00:28:22.759 doing stupid and that's a massive win for mcfoli and Edge, and you know, 229 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.359 their partnership would you know, go on for oh, I don't know 230 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:29.880 how much longer, because Edge would get back into the w w E Championship 231 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:33.559 scene and Rick Flair and mcfoley would actually start to get engaged in a program 232 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:38.279 that I think that's spilled all the way into Impact Wrestling as well. But 233 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:41.960 this kind of was more or less the closing of the book on the whole 234 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.799 Edge and mcfoley angle. As you know, Edge would go on to bigger 235 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:52.079 and better things with the WWE Championship, his feud with John Cena over the 236 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:56.839 course of the summer, and then ultimately forming Rated Arco later No. Six 237 00:28:56.000 --> 00:29:00.599 and getting involved with that D Generation accident. As for mcfoley, you go 238 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:03.680 away again. And this is right around the time, like I stopped watching 239 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:10.440 wrestling. There was a point from around mid oh seven until twenty eleven where 240 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:14.359 I was really checked out. But I'm pretty sure mc foley had a stunt, 241 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:19.279 a stint rather on the SmackDown commentary team alongside Jim Ross, so there 242 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:25.400 was that to note. And then in two thousand and ten or I believe, 243 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:29.880 he went to Impact Wrestling, and obviously never watched Impact Wrestling, but 244 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:33.839 I believe he rekindled his rivalry with Rick Flair over there. But in twenty 245 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:40.319 sixteen he would make his return to the company, firstly at Wrestling at thirty 246 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:45.599 two, where he Sean Michaels and Steve Aouston would beat up the League of 247 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:48.839 Nations and then have a bit of fun with the New Day and then he 248 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:56.400 would become the Raw General Manager under Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon, and that was 249 00:29:56.480 --> 00:30:00.319 a good little run that he had all the way up until I believe it 250 00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:03.839 was the lead up to Wrestling at thirty three, where Stephanie and Triple H 251 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:07.359 would fire him. But I thought he could have had a better run as 252 00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:12.680 Raw GM. He always played the baby face authority role pretty well, I 253 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:21.039 must say. But since being fired obviously on screen from his role as Raw 254 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:25.119 General Manager six years ago, we haven't seen much from Mick Foley. But 255 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:29.519 just to show you that he kind of did all that he could have you 256 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:33.279 could have expected him to do after retiring in two thousand. You know, 257 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:38.759 he was the baby Face Commissioner, came back as the COGM, had a 258 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:44.759 tag team match alongside The Rock, his longtime friend, several one on one 259 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.839 matches in hardcore fashion against the likes of Randy Orton, an edge in a 260 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:52.680 lot of ways, making those guys along the way, then having a heel 261 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.680 turn aligning himself with Edge, going against the grain and his heritage and a 262 00:30:57.000 --> 00:31:02.359 double or ec W. I should say, hey, you know SmackDown Commentary 263 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:07.039 Team back as RAGM. Mick Foley really kind of dipped his toe in a 264 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:11.000 lot of things, but in after retiring in two thousand. But all this 265 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:14.480 to say, I think he had a pretty memorable run, even if it 266 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:18.920 was on and off and spread over the course of seventeen years or so. 267 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:21.920 Anyway, guys, that's all I got for you today. I hope you 268 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:26.519 enjoy the review of Mick Foley's career post retirement in two thousand. As always, 269 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:29.880 you can get me on Twitter at a to mark with twenty five. 270 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:33.519 You can get Matt on Twitter at Wrestling Underscore Audio, or you can email 271 00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:37.640 him each and every week for the WWE podcast mail Bag. Any Hey guys, 272 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:41.079 enjoy your weekend. If you're in Quebec, enjoy the long weekend of 273 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:45.599 Saint Jean Baptist and if not, just enjoy your regular weekend first weekend of 274 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:49.720 summer. 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