WWE: Mick Foley's Greatest Hits & Misses - A Life in Wrestling

While he makes appearances for TNA these days and is known as a best selling author, Mick Foley (also known as Cactus Jack, Dude Love and Mankind) is best known for his exploits in WWE, WCW, Smokey Mountain Wrestling and in (the REAL) ECW! This special edition DVD is actually re-release of the original in 2004 with an added disc which covers his career up until 2006.Disc 1:Cactus Jack Vs. Big Van Vader - This was their first encounter on WCW Saturday Night in April of 1993 and I would highly recommend viewing this match to those that remember this brutal affair and to those that only know Vader from his WWE days! At this point, he was WCW World Champion and was a VERY brutal and stiff wrestler as he actually broke Foley's nose (legitimately) during this match! This match is also shown unedited in terms of match footage. Unfortunately, the commentary has been edited as Jesse "The Body" Ventura's commentary is edited out! That sucks but I would still encourage viewing this bout!Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne Vs. The Nasty Boys (Chicago Street Fight) - This is from WCW Spring Stampede in 1994 (a year to the day when the previous match happened and one of WCW's best cards I might add)! This one is nasty (no pun intended)! Watch for a particular vicious fall by Foley to the concrete floor!Cactus Jack Vs. Sabu - This was in June of 1994 and was their first ever meeting. Cactus was still wrestling for WCW at this point but was used in a talent exchange and ECW (ran by Paul Heyman) used this to get a dream match of Cactus Vs. Sabu! While these two would go on to have better matches against each other, this first encounter wasn't bad.Cactus Jack Vs. Chris Candido (RIP) - This was the early days of Candido and Tammy Lynn Sytch (who you may recognize as WWE's Sunny). Ends with a Cactus victory and run-ins from Tammy, Boo Bradly and Brian Lee! Not a great match but not a bad one either.Cactus Jack Vs. Sandman (Texas Death Match) - This one, admittedly, was one of their WORST matches together and even Foley admits this! It does have a few stiff moments, particular a vicious piledriver by Sandman on Foley that severely hurts his neck! Sandman, by the way, was actually out of it for most of the bout and pretty much had to be led by Mick! Interesting to view, but don't expect anything great out of this.Cactus Jack & Raven Vs. Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer - This one was a gruesome affair from ECW November 2 Remember in 1995! If you are into violence and blood, this one is for you as there is plenty of both in this one!Cactus Jack Vs. Mikey Whipwreck - In his last match for the original ECW, Cactus took on his former tag team partner in March of 1996. This was a very good contest and not only showed the best of Cactus but Mikey showed his wears as well here.DVD EXTRAS:Post-Vader Match InterviewCactus Jack Vs. Sting (Falls Count Anywhere Match) - This features commentary from Foley and Johnathan Coachman. THIS IS A MUST VIEW FOR THIS DVD!Cactus Spits On The WCW Belt (This is the famous interview after the Sabu match that got him in trouble with WCW)"Cane Dewey" Promo - This has been said to be Mick's favorite promo ever!"Anti-Hardcore" Promo - Cactus denounces the ECW fansCactus Jack Vs. Sabu - This is a rematch from the previous bout! Watch for a botched moonsault to the outside by Sabu! Ugh!ECW Farewell Speech - Following the match with Mikey Whipwreck"Jack" Foley & Les Thorton Vs. The British Bulldogs - One of Foley's first matches and saw Foley take a quick but brutal beating!WWE Confidential Feature - Mick's long absence is explainedDISC 2This DVD focuses on his WWE career.Introducing.....MANKIND! - The early promos for the coming of Mankind and Foley's take on the character and how he ALMOST didn't do the character!Mankind Vs. Shawn Michaels - This is from In Your House: Mindgames and while it isn't often talked about, this was a wild match! Not an ECW match but done in the ECW style and we also see a more aggressive Shawn Michaels for one of the first times too! Look for run-ins from Vader, "Sycho" Sid and The Undertaker in this one!Also available on WWE From the Vault - Shawn MichaelsCactus Jack Vs. HHH (Falls Count Anywhere) - This was before HHH's DX days and this was on WWE RAW! Originally scheduled to be Dude Love, Foley did a classic promo reintroducing his Cactus character with Dude Love and Mankind doing the honors!As for the match itself, it was classic ECW in WWE and one of the first in the "Attitude" era.Mick Foley Vs. Terry Funk - This one was on RAW in 1998 and went everywhere. It was also a Falls Count Anywhere deal with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Jim Ross commentating! Funk (who was 53 when this bout happened) proved he can still put on a good match and against Foley, it was classic mayhem! Austin also added to it by beating up Jerry "The King" Lawler and taking over his spot at the announce table!Dude Love Vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin - Foley faced Austin twice as Dude Love at WWE Unforgiven '98 and WWE Over The Edge '98. This one was from Over The Edge '98 and is the better of the two. McMahon decides to stack the deck against Austin by making the announcer Pat Patterson, the time keeper Gerald Brisco and himself as special referee but unexpected by all parties was the appearance of The Undertaker as he made sure this match went down the middle (for all intents and purposes)! A wild encounter to say the least and was the beginning of the Undertaker/Austin battles that went through the summer of '98 and main evented that years' SummerSlam.Mankind Vs. The Undertaker - The match that is often talked about when discussing Mick's career and, in my opinion (other than his "I Quit" match with The Rock at The Royal Rumble '99), was the worst beating he ever took! Foley took two 14-18 foot falls during this match off the top of this cage and somehow finished the match despite being knocked out for most of it! It also saw the first time (in WWE anyway) that he used the now infamous thumbtacks but it was The Undertaker that utilized them on Foley! Also available on WWE: Hell in a Cell ,WWE - Undertaker - This Is My Yard and WWE Tombstone - History of the UndertakerMankind Vs. The Rock - This was for the WWE Title and it was on RAW. A little sidenote in that this was actually taped towards the end of 1998 but was shown on January 4, 1999.Also, this the infamous night on WCW Nitro where Tony Schivone announced that (and I am paraphrasing a bit here) "Mick Foley, who used to wrestle here as Cactus Jack, is going to win their world title. Well, that'll put some butts in the seats!" That came back to haunt them as almost half their audience who thought they were going to see Kevin Nash Vs. Hulk Hogan (which turned into their infamous "Fingerpoke Of Doom" incident), turned immediately to RAW! LOL!Back to this match, it wasn't his best match with The Rock but it was a wild affair nonetheless. Ends with a wild celebration when Foley (with the help of Degeneration X and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin) wins! I could be wrong but I haven't heard a pop for a win like that in a long time on either WWE RAW, WWE Smackdown or even TNA Impact! Man I miss those days! LOL!Also available on WWE - Best of Raw 1-2Cactus Jack Vs. HHH - This is their famous street fight match at The Royal Rumble 2000 for the WWE Championship. While everyone knew that HHH was a good wrestler and was fairly tough, no one knew how tough he could be until this match! This is the one that put him on the map as a true contender in a lot of fans eyes.As for the match itself, it was classic Cactus Jack all the way! Though he lost, HHH looked more like the loser than Jack did! Definitely worth seeing.Also available on WWE Royal Rumble - The Complete Anthology, Vol. 3 , WWE - Triple H - The Game and WWE Royal Rumble 2000DVD EXTRAS:Mankind Teasers - The first looks at this disturbing character.Music To My Ear - Another Mankind promoMind Games - Jim Ross interviews Mankind and Paul Bearer prior to the match with Shawn Michaels at IYH: MindGames.Jim Ross Interviews Mankind - Originally aired on RAW on 6/9/97The Birth Of Mr. Socko - This was a skit with Mr. McMahon in the hospital after an attack by The Undertaker and Kane.Mick & Al Snow In VegasMore Mick & Al Snow In VegasCommissioner Foley & Kurt Angle - The Commish books a matchDISC 3This is the bonus disc that wasn't on the original release! All the commentary is done by Mick Foley and ECW announcer Joey Styles.Mick Foley Vs. Randy Orton (No Holds Barred Match) - This was from Backlash 2004. I have often said that Randy's crowning moment was his World Heavyweight Title win over the now infamous Chris Benoit but prior to that, this is the match that made fans take him seriously as a possible contender to that belt! Randy takes some nasty shots, especially when a missed RKO landed him into some thumbtacks! His reaction has to be seen to be believed! Foley loses BUT it does give him (Orton) credibility and helps him into a main event position months later.Also available on Tagged Classics: No Way Out 04/Backlash 04 and WWE Backlash 2004Mick Foley Vs. Edge w/Lita - This is their hardcore match from WrestleMania 22 and was arguably the show-stealer of that WM! This also established Edge as a legit contender to the WWE title in the fans' eyes because though he held the belt prior to this, it was under questionable circumstances. This match erased all doubt that Edge belonged in the main event status. Once again, Foley helps a guy out with a great performance. Also available on WWE WrestleMania 22 and WWE - Edge: A Decade of Decadence.Mick Foley & Edge & Lita Vs. Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer & Beulah - This was from ECW One Night Stand 2006 and was probably the show stealer from that card as well! Cactus and Funk do their classic hardcore stuff while Edge shows that he could go that style. We even get to see some female brawling with Beulah and the former Ms. Congeniality (for those that remember that gimick that Lita went under in ECW). Ends when Edge spears Beulah (classic ECW move, attacking a woman) and does a VERY PROVOCATIVE cover on her! Even the ref is hesitant to count at first! LOL! Very good match!Also available on ECW: One Night Stand and ECW Extreme Rules.Mick Foley Vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair ("I Quit" Match) - This was a very good match BUT it doesn't hold up as well as the other Hardcore stuff! Still, to see both Foley and (especially) Flair this vicious was quite different! The ending kind of messes it up but up until that, it was a very good match but Foley really wanted more and you should hear his comments on not only Flair during this match but also Melina and WWE Creative!Also available on WWE SummerSlam 2006 and WWE Summerslam: The Complete Anthology, Volume Four.Overall, this is a great DVD set to pick up! Highly recommended!

review for mick foleys hits and missesdisc 1 wcw/ecw dayscactus jack vs big van vaderok match the acting is unbeliavable though they really punch each other u can actually see cactus jacks nose break.3/5cactus jack & maxx payne vs the nasty boysgood match goes all over the arena maxx payne gets thrown through a souvenier stand and when cactus gets hit with a shovel in the face it looks so real.4/5cactus vs sabugood match sabu is really quick and does a lot of great moonasaults. this was a very anticipated match people thought that some one was actually gonna die3/5cactus vs chris candidobad match hardly even worth watching exept if u want to see what smokey mountain wrestling is.1.5/5cactus vs the sandman texas death matchnot that great of a match sandman actually gets knocked out. sand man gets ddted so many times on the concrete floor and keeps getting up again and again cactus gets very frusterated.2.5/5cactus & raven vs terry funk and & tommy dreamerfantastic match they us everything imaginable like a golf club a shopping cart a vcr pool stick and a whole lot of other stuff.its naty to see when cactus is cutting terry funk with scissors HE IS REALLY CUTTING HIM its nasty.5/5cactus vs mikey whipreckthis is cactus jacks last ecw match good match with mikey whripreck doing a crazy flip off the top rope into the audience on cactus. cactuses speech at the end of this match is great also.4/5 just cause its cactuses last ecw matchthe extras on this disc are alot of promos and 3 matches cactus jack vs sting with commentary the rematch of cactus vs sabu and a really old tag match with 'jack foley'& less thorton vs the british bull dogs micks wwe debut match.2nd disc wwe/wwf daysmankind vs shawn michaelsgreat match mankind (mick foley) is crazy he stabs him self with a pen in this match. great spots when mankind get his head stuck between the ropes when mankind and shawn michaels crash through the table, when they use the casket and the vandamater at the end. also undertaker maxx payne and vader interfere in this match5/5cactus vs hunter hearst helmsley fall count any where matchgood match with the return of cactus jack good promo in the beginning also. great spot when mick foley does a pile driver to hhh ( hunter hearst helmsley) on the table they also go to the back and smash each other through the souvenier tables. its a pretty quick match though.4/5mick foley vs terry funkvery good match they go in the back a lot and pull off some crazy moves. terry funk pulls off a crazy moonasault from the entrence ways. steve austin is at ring side being a announcer hes very funny in this match.4.8/5dude love (mick foley) vs steve austingood match with steve austin using his bear as a weapon and them using the car propts.4.5/5Mankind vs the undertaker hell in a cellbest match on the dvds incredible bumps by mick foley when he gets thrown off the top of the cell through the announcers table, when he gets chokeslamed through the top of the cell and when he gets chokeslammed on thumb tacks. if u look hard enough u can see micks tooth that ripped through his skin into his nose eww.5/5mankind vs the rockgood match its kind of a quick match almost every one from the locker room is out there it should of been a lumber jack match.Great spot when manking gets rock bottomed through the announcers table.4.2/5cactus jack vs hhh street fightfantastic match alot of great spots u even get to see the rock interfere for like one second.4.9/5there are also some extras on this dvd like some promos, the birth of mr socko and al snow and mickfoley take a trip to vegas really funny.i reccomend this dvd highly if ure a true fan of wrestling and mick foley or dude love or cactus jack or mankind lol.

one of my Favorite DVD's of mick Foley. best and worth the money to watch a must see for sure

The WWE have finally releaded a DVD with everything you could possibly want on it. Hardcore wrestling was pervected by mick thou he was not the one to start hardcore he just helped to make it mainstream. Being that ime a fan of hardcore wrestling doesnt mean its my choice of wrestling viewing most of the time ide much rather watch a proper match like Chris Benoit(Pegasis Kid) versus Eddy guerrero (Black Tiger) or Jushin Lyger versus Silver King but then I would rather watch some guy jump of a 30 foot balcony through 10 tables then watch another Los Guerreos versus The self proclaimed worlds greatest tag team match. You should buy this DVD now if you are a fan of Mick or if you have not seen much of his work and would like to. No point in putting the matches down seen as other reviewers have already dont that ide just thought ide give you my opinion on Mick Foley