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Post by cruiserfan on Sept 24, 2012 12:56:43 GMT -5
Mick Foley, all day long. He brought hardcore to the WWF. Go and watch some 1996 Mankind, he was doing bumps other people still won't do today - and not just for the sake of being "hardcore".
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 24, 2012 14:59:22 GMT -5
I feel like a lot of people's answers are irrelevant to the question.
A great hardcore match is not garbage wrestling. It's about psychology. And Foley's matches were not just spots strung together, or at least not always.
There was back and forth. There was story, there was progression. Look at his truly great hardcore matches, the ones where he pulled out all the stops and it's true. - The 1998 Cell match, how much can Mankind take before he finally stays down? Undertaker seems more vulnerable but more dangerous than ever - Triple H at the Street Fight - Foley at his old stomping ground, letting Cactus Jack do what Mankind couldn't, as a never-say-die babyface who comes up short against a man who's flat out a better athlete - NWO 2000 - Will Foley drop that mystical elbow, or will he risk it all just to lose his career? - Mania 22/Backlash '04 Can Randy Orton/Edge hang with someone as insane as Mick Foley?
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