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| Michael Francis Foley was born on June 7, 1965, on East Setauket, Long Island, N.Y., the son of an athletic director and a teacher (who became a full-time mom). Upon graduating from Ward Melville High School, Foley enrolled at the State University of New York at Cortland in upstate New York. A lifelong wrestling fan who once hitchhiked to Madison Square Garden to see Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka take on Don Muraco in a steel cage, the seeds of his future career were planted while he was a college student. One night, Mick met up with a girl he had a crush on, and he wound up walking her home. They kissed, and afterwards, she responded with "the words that buried my heart, but launched my career: 'Good night … Frank'." A dejected Foley returned to his room and decided to document his misery. He and his college buddies came up with a photographic essay they called "The Legend of Frank Foley" (it was later filmed on an eight-millimeter camera). As part of the production process, Foley took a dive off his bed onto a Teddy bear, and spit out a mouthful of red food coloring. In his book, "Have a Nice Day!" Foley describes what happened next: Again my wind was knocked out, but even in my pain I heard a female voice cry out, "Ooh, that's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen." I vividly remember thinking, "I've got to get some more of that response." In September 1985, Mick met former World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Champion Dominic DeNucci through a Long Island wrestling promoter. Still in college, Mick in early 1986 began driving 400 miles from Cortland to Freedom, Pa., each weekend to train at DeNucci's school. He would sleep in the back of his car and eat peanut butter sandwiches to save money. After months of training and working in independent promotions (where he competed as Cactus Jack), Mick got the opportunity to work at a few World Wrestling Federation television tapings -- and to be squashed by well-known Federation Superstars, including the British Bulldog. He wrestled under his real name and was what can politely be called an "enhancement talent." For fear that he would become a full-time jobber, Mick began declining invitations to attend TV tapings when fans started recognizing him. In the summer of 1990, Mick was handing out flyers for an upcoming independent show he would be wrestling in on Long Island when he met a beautiful model named Colette Christie. It was the woman he would go on to marry. Over the years Mick competed as Cactus Jack all over the world -- mainly in Africa and Japan -- and also in WCW and ECW. In 1996, the day after WrestleMania XII, he made his debut in the Federation as Mankind. Since then, he's been Mankind, Dude Love and Cactus Jack. Whatever the persona, Mick Foley is one of the most respected competitors in the history of sports-entertainment. He has the reputation for enduring more pain that anyone. His maniacal personality is not just on display in the ring. Consider that he wrote his own autobiography -- but since he doesn't own a computer or even a typewriter, he filled up 760 pages of notebook paper writing freehand! That book would go on to become a No. 1 New York Times bestseller. Mick Foley lives in Florida with Colette, as well as his young children Dewey and Noelle. He enjoys going to amusement parks, eating ice cream in bed and watching Nickelodeon. |
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