Sunday, July 31, 2005  

[Superfly! Superfly!]


Anyone who read Mick Foley's autobiography would have known about him lying to his parents and hitching a ride to Madison Square Garden to watch "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka in a cage match. I had chance to watch that match recently, but I forgot the name of Snuka's opponent. Foley described a move in great detail, that is, Snuka's dive off the top of the cage.

Fast forward to SummerSlam 1997. Foley (as Mankind) vs Triple H in a cage match. As Foley was climbing out of the cage, the fans (who obviously read his book) started chanting "Superfly! Superfly!". Foley obliged and proceeded to climb back onto the top of the cage (as seen above) and delivered a flying elbow to Triple H.

Here's a man who gave his heart and soul to the "sport". A man who could care less about his own welfare just to entertain the fans. Who could ever forget his dive off the top of the Hell In A Cell against the Undertaker? He dislocated his shoulder and had 2 of his front teeth jammed up into this nose as a result of the fall, but he finished the match. In fact he took another huge bump after the fall, getting choke-slammed into the ring through the top of the Cell. Not to mention falling on a heap of thumb tacks later on.

Undertaker went around for a bit later on with the tag-line "I'll make you famous, like I made Mick Foley famous." News for you, dead man, you didn't make Foley famous. Foley made Foley famous.

3 posts in 1 day, within a few hours. That's a record even for me....Guess I had a lot on my mind today.

^^^ by Locksley @ 12:47 PM. 0 comments.
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