10 Times WWE Wrestlers Played Two Gimmicks At Once

6. Mick Foley - Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love

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Mick Foley was so exceptional at portraying three characters simultaneously that he was almost underrated at it.

Likely the wrestler most famous for overt gimmick switches (including one Royal Rumble variant so fondly remembered that it's being magnificently meme'd over 20 years later), 'Mrs Foley's Baby Boy's ability to cycle between the roles with the lightest of touches probably made the difference between him being a sentimental favourite and a money-drawing main eventer.

Most famously deployed when Foley debuted his longstanding persona against Triple H for a Monday Night Raw Falls Count Anywhere match inside Madison Square Garden match in 1997, it was just under a year later where the concept became crucial fodder for the company's newest top star.

Vince McMahon could do more than just sell three different kinds of shirts with a trio of differing gimmicks. Between April and June 1998, Foley cycled through all three as part of his alignment with the newly-heeled Chairman and rivalry with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Cactus Jack was the battered babyface that had lost his cheers to 'The Rattlesnake'. Dude Love was the slimy pr*ck dumb enough to be coerced into helping an evil billionaire, and Mankind was the violent psychopath only too happy to pick up the pieces of failed endeavour.

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