10. The Story Behind Mick Foley’s Mankind Mask
Pretty crazy to think that Mick Foley found out about this only recently from Bruce Prichard decades after it all went down. Foley admitted, he was very happy he hadn’t heard of this at the time cause it would have certainly rattled his confidence.
During the mid-90s, Vince was all about image, if you didn’t look good, your chances of making it were pretty slim (or like Vince says, “no chance in hell”). Foley was exactly that; he oozed with talent and had great potential, which several employees saw including Jim Ross who loved Foley’s work with Sting from WCW, and believed strongly that he could have rebuilt a similar feud with The Undertaker, who was looking for something new as well at the time.
After years of trying to push Mick, Vince finally had enough of JR’s constant requests and agreed to do so. But, the catch was it would only go down by covering his face. As sad as it may sound, that is how ‘The Mankind’ persona was born and thankfully Mick was only made aware of this just a couple of years ago.
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