10 Wrestlers Better Off For Having Worked With Mick Foley
6. The Undertaker
The Undertaker was a Phenom long before Mick Foley ever rolled into WWE as Mankind. He was a former WWE champion and one of the biggest stars in Vince McMahon's empire.
But he had been saddled with some of the worst feuds in company history, against the most uninspiring cast of characters imaginable. There was the wretched Giant Gonzalez and the past-his-prime Kamala.
Let's not even get started on the never-ending program with The Million Dollar Corporation...
Sure, there was the occasional reprieve from the ridiculous, including a 1996 rivalry with Diesel, but by and large, the Deadman had never really benefited from having an opponent anyone would classify as an equal.
That all changed when Mankind exploded onto WWE television, attacking Undertaker and igniting one of the most brutal, violent and enduring rivalries Vince McMahon has ever promoted.
From Boiler Room Brawls to Buried Alive matches, they waged war for the majority of 1996, presenting fans with their first taste of the hardcore style that would eventually engulf the company during the Attitude Era.
Then there was the 1998 King of the Ring and the unforgettable Hell in a Cell match, a contest that will live forever in infamy for the tremendous pain and punishment Foley put himself through for the sake of delivering a match that not only entertained the masses but, perhaps more importantly, was true to the tone the feud between him and his greatest opponent had set for three years.
While Undertaker was already a household name, one of the biggest stars in the industry, he did not have that one defining feud that fans could look back on and remember fondly.
Mankind presented him with that, all the while revealing to the world just how talented a worker the big man was when given the opportunity to have a match with someone even remotely close to a halfway decent performer.
Their contests together were magical, ones that hold up to this day, and a fine reminder of why they spent so much time at the top of their profession.