Forgotten Mick Foley bumps

[mcstoklasa]

Mick would always, seemingly from any height, take flat back bumps without putting down an arm or leg to break the fall. And I'm talking outside the ring. And he did it a lot.

It should be noted that after knowing what we all know about concussions I'm not celebrating these as great things, but particularly to 15 year old me- these were awesome.

So we already know the Cell falls and all that. No need to mention them.

My first pick-

Didnt Kane once give him a pretty legit chokeslam on the entrance ramp? The sort of bump other wrestlers would only take in a video game.

[XIII]

Sunset flip from the second turnbuckle to the concrete floor may well be his dumbest bump ever for a variety of reasons.

[Gerard Gerard]

The cell bump at No Way Out 2000 gets exactly 0% of the coverage enjoyed by the KotR '98 bumps. We know why, but sheesh...

[mcstoklasa]

Falling off a balcony into the 'light rig' at rumble 99

[James Fabiano]

Revenge of the Taker. Going headfirst through a table.

[Pushed to the Moon]

Jan 26, 2021 7:29:39 GMT -5 XIII said:

Sunset flip from the second turnbuckle to the concrete floor may well be his dumbest bump ever for a variety of reasons.

Yeah I can't think of specific examples but I seem to remember he used to do SO much stupid shit on the concrete either off the apron or just moves on the floor.

[Mozenrath]

Jan 26, 2021 7:29:39 GMT -5 XIII said:

Sunset flip from the second turnbuckle to the concrete floor may well be his dumbest bump ever for a variety of reasons.

I know his reasoning, that he knew Van Hammer sucked and was trying to salvage the match, but yikes.

[Squirrel Master]

I met Mick Foley signing autographs at the 3rd Avenue street festival in Brooklyn, NY back in 1993. He was working in WCW as Cactus Jack Manson. I told him that he was likely taking years off his career with his sick bumps on the outside of the ring. He laughed at me and said “You ain’t seen nothing yet!”

[Mozenrath]

Jan 26, 2021 9:48:50 GMT -5 Squirrel Master said:

I met Mick Foley signing autographs at the 3rd Avenue street festival in Brooklyn, NY back in 1993. He was working in WCW as Cactus Jack Manson. I told him that he was likely taking years off his career with his sick bumps on the outside of the ring. He laughed at me and said “You ain’t seen nothing yet!”

He was a man of his word.

[Spider2024]

That Buried Alive match where Big Show tossed him and he basically bounced off the grave's dirt pile.

[mcstoklasa]

Boiler room brawl with Trips were he falls off something high. Might have had his fall broken though

[thecrusherwi]

He had a bunch of them in Kane's debut match at Survivor Series 1997. He takes a bump from the apron through the announce table. And Kane overhead slams him from the second turnbuckle to the outside. All in that horrible Kane red lighting so you can't even see what's going on very well.

[4real]

Getting backdropped off the Announce table by Rock at St Valentines Day Massacre and smashing his head against it. Ouch.

[Triangle Lancer]

He was on Vader's back and took a squishing on the old WCW rampway.

[mrpeacock]

At the age of 41 he took the Nestea Plunge at Summerslam 2006

[Can you afford to pay me, Gah]

Jan 26, 2021 7:01:07 GMT -5 mcstoklasa said:

Mick would always, seemingly from any height, take flat back bumps without putting down an arm or leg to break the fall. And I'm talking outside the ring. And he did it a lot.

It should be noted that after knowing what we all know about concussions I'm not celebrating these as great things, but particularly to 15 year old me- these were awesome.

So we already know the Cell falls and all that. No need to mention them.

My first pick-

Didnt Kane once give him a pretty legit chokeslam on the entrance ramp? The sort of bump other wrestlers would only take in a video game.

Yes he did as Dude Love which setup Mankind persona to come back to face Kane at Survivor Series.

[Stu]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnYf5BKm9ws

5:50. I remember watching this as a kid and thinking it was rough.

[protuberance]

Watch Cactus Jack vs. Paul Orndorff at SuperBrawl III. Mick is wild and the match is also pretty intense and entertaining.

[Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby]

Jan 26, 2021 13:04:48 GMT -5 Stu said:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnYf5BKm9ws

5:50. I remember watching this as a kid and thinking it was rough.

Geez, and this is one that Foley made it easy to forget. He wrote up this match just to rag on Mil Mascaras, and overshadowed the terrifying-even-for-Foley bump.

[The Creepo Man]

Okay, I can’t think of any bumps but I remember a forgotten comedy moment prior to SummerSlam 1999. On one episode of Raw, Chyna won a match to earn the World Championship challenger role in the main event of the PPV. The following week, Mankind returned after a few weeks absence and asked for a match for her #1 contendership. Chyna gave him a low blow and told him her answer was no. Mankind then crawled on the mat, picked up the microphone and asked “Are you sure?”