8 Schizophrenic Wrestlers Who Couldn't Figure Out Who They Were
1. Mick Foley
946436Without doubt the most famous wrestler to struggle with an identity crisis is Mick Foley, you all know about the old home movies, the jump from his roof all the way to the 3 faces of Foley.
What is lesser known is that he began his WWE career as the fresh faced Jack Foley, who found out first hand that, despite being the prototype for all the under 6' technical wrestlers that followed, The Dynamite Kid was a dick.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez5YQUWPP7Y
Unleashing his inner wild man (not Mark Mero) he wreaked havoc throughout the territories as Cactus Jack Manson but he was not wild enough to continue using the surname of a certified lunatic freak and so dropped the Manson name so as not to offend Marilyn.
This is where the old familiar story kicks back in, Cactus Jack's criminally underrated run in WCW and his verbal excellence in ECW. Vince McMahon having to be convinced to hire him to portray Mason The Mutilator aka Mankind.
He would eventually achieve his childhood dream by being allowed to perform as Dude Love (even today with all the revisionist nostalgia due to the network, The Dude is a horrible character), keep himself busy in retirement as Commissioner Foley all the way through to his latest persona Parody of Himself Mick Foley.