10 Times Wrestlers Had Incredibly Fragile Egos
7. Mick Foley Knows His Worth
Mick Foley is an all-time great professional wrestler.
Also amongst the most selfless and flattering, he turned hand-slapping babyfaces into badass sh*t-kickers, coaxed limited gimmick workers into lacing up their working boots, and elevated struggling experimental champions into bonafide main event studs. He was able to vastly improve the North American wrestling industry on the whole because he told stories with a level of sophistication that completely betrayed his portrayal of a madman.
When people didn't grasp that, Foley's bruised ego could not abide the criticism. It's one thing to mutter an amused "lol f*ck off mate"; Foley was prone to throwing tantrums that often lasted the span of years. That's no exaggeration: between an ROH promo in 2004 and the inevitable worked adaption of the rivalry in WWE in 2006, Foley spent a good two years ranting, raving, and spitting the dummy out over Ric Flair's criticisms of his work. Two years.
Two years of petulance that either made for awkward viewing or had not a friggin' thing to do with the promotion putting the stick in his hand.
Slightly shorter than two calendar years was Foley's response to Dave Meltzer's criticism of his TNA run in the form of a 4,400 word letter.
That's half an undergraduate dissertation, Mick, chill out.