Mick Foley's illustrious Hall of Fame career wouldn't have come to fruition if it were not for his three personnas. Cactus Jack, Dude Love and Mankind. These three faces were all very different but they were all Mick Foley. You could see how HE played into each character. Here's a look at each character.
Cactus Jack: Cactus Jack was a hardcore brute who took a beating day in and day out. He got smacked with barbed wire bats, his face smashed onto nails, he got the crap kicked out of him daily and then some just for the sake of entertainment. Cactus Jack would bleed like a stuffed pig and then stand up with blood seeping through his teeth and do his traditional "Bang! Bang!"
Dude Love: This is who Mick Foley always wanted to be. When Mick was in highschool, he made a movie for a class and he was featured as the main protagonist, a wrestler named Dude Love. Mick Foley believed that when he would win as Dude Love he'd get all the girls and everyone would love him. Too bad Mick Foley looks like Mick Foley does but that didn't stop him as this tye-dye shirt wearing, self proclaimed "hippest cat in the land" took center stage.
Mankind: No doubt the most famous of Foley's personnas. Mankind brought the humor of Dude Love with the extreme of Cactus Jack and it turned into one of the weirdest wrestlers ever. Mankind took the beatings that were handed to Cactus Jack, but always got up and smiled like Dude Love to say "Have a nice day". Mankind won championships. Mankind was thrown 25 feet through a table. Mankind was lit on fire. Mankind is one of the most popular legends ever.
In the book, you can see all of Foley's personna's in the writing. His silly nature in Dude Love. His pain in Mankind and, in the pictures, his beatings in Cactus Jack.
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