15 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Mick Foley's Hell In A Cell
6. The Mystery Of Mick’s Tooth
It was a smart move by VICE to get Jim Cornette back for more 'Dark Side' action. Cornette is a controversial figure for sure, but he's also one of the best and most eloquent talkers in the industry, and he often adds a ton of valuable analysis about some of the subjects examined. Here, Cornette sprinkled in a delicious story about the mysterious tooth that appeared to be lodged up Mick's nose.
The WWF showed that on camera. Foley was glad they did, and called it a "great image for TV". He deliberately poked his tongue through a hole just beneath his bottom lip for effect. It says everything about the amount of blood on his mouth that this was hard to make out. Stop and think about that for a second! OK, back to Cornette's story.
According to Jim, one of the doctors he spoke with afterwards told him that Foley had actually swallowed his tooth first, but he was breathing so hard that he sucked it up through his own nasal passage and back out his nose. That sounds far-fetched, but the whole HIAC drama is so over the top that anything might be believable.
The mere thought of Mick first gulping down his own tooth accidentally then spewing it back up through his system out of his own nose is...well, let's just hope and pray nobody is eating when they're reading this write up. In brief, Foley swallowed then regurgitated the tooth in question via his own means.
Somehow, he still had the mental wherewithal to mug for the cameras after that.