[close] Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is a professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), most recently performing as a color commentator on its SmackDown brand. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he is storyline majority stock holder of the company. He is known for his long hair and beard and sporting red and black flannel shirts. 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 is the first ever WWF Hardcore Champion; he also became a three-time WWF Champion as Mankind throughout his WWE career. He is also one of the most successful tag team wrestlers in history, being an eight-time WWF Tag Team Champion, a two-time ECW World Tag Team Champion, and a one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion, being the only man in history to hold the world tag team titles of WWE, ECW, and WCW under their original banners. Foley has also won many other championships outside of WWE, WCW and the original ECW.

Foley is a multiple-time New York Times bestselling autobiographist. He was also a subject of the documentary Beyond the Mat, which followed him at the peak of his career. More recently, he was signed up to Bloodstained Memoirs, another wrestling documentary. [close]