10 Brilliant WWE Success Stories That Should Have SUCKED
3. Mankind Is…Dude Love?
Sami Zayn has taken a page out of Mick Foley's playbook, and that's meant as a sincere compliment. The Mickster was a worker un-fancied by WWF higher-ups for years, but he went on to become a champion babyface who clicked as four different characters: Mankind, Cactus Jack, himself and Dude Love.
Ow, have mercy!
The Dude was actually created in Foley's youth, then got introduced to federation fans in the summer of 1997 ("The Summer Of Love"). It was everything teenage Mick had wanted to be - a ladies man loved by everybody, and it knocked down barriers placed in front of the more macabre Mankind persona.
His dad dancing, 1970s "cool" and outright absurdity shouldn't have facilitated matches opposite the gritty 'Stone Cold'. Then again, there's a lot about Mick's WWF/WWE career that "shouldn't" have happened. He remains one of the most unlikely success stories, and even mesmerised as the ridiculous Dude Love.