Mick Foley

Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr.^[1][3] (born June 7, 1965)^[1][3] is an American actor, author, voice over, and professional wrestler, currently signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is the storyline "Executive Shareholder". He has also worked for many other wrestling promotions, including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE, formerly World Wrestling Federation), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Ring of Honor (ROH) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he shares with Terry Funk.

Throughout his wrestling career, Foley has wrestled for many different promotions, both under his real name and under various personas (most notably Cactus Jack, Mankind and Dude Love). He was the first ever WWF Hardcore Champion and he also became a three-time WWF Champion as Mankind throughout his WWF career. He is also an eight-time WWF Tag Team Champion, a two-time ECW World Tag Team Champion, and a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion. After retiring from a full-time wrestling schedule, Foley appeared occasionally with WWE as a special guest referee and, later, a color commentator for the SmackDown brand. After leaving the company, he signed with TNA in 2008, where he is the storyline majority stock holder of the company, and formerly, the TNA World Heavyweight Champion, TNA Lengends Champion, thus marking his fourth world heavyweight championship.

In addition to wrestling Foley is a multiple-time New York Times bestselling autobiographer.^[3] He was also a subject of the documentary Beyond the Mat, which followed him at the peak of his career. More recently, he has signed on for Bloodstained Memoirs, another wrestling documentary.^[5]