WWE: 10 Moments Of Extreme Bad Taste

6. Foley's Amnesia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8uBY6dLXVQ In 1993, Mick Foley - then known as Cactus Jack, was a bit burnt out from the ring and wanted to spend time recuperating from injuries and to also spend time with his family. The WCW granted him time off via a match with Vader who power bombed Foley outside the ring. Foley was concussed for real and stretchered out, but the WCW hit on a storyline to exploit Foley's absence from the ring. First of all it was announced that Cactus Jack had disappeared and then the WCW staged a hunt for Foley and they found him freshly shaven in the slums of Cleveland. Apparently he had amnesia - he thought he was an ex sailor, and the only thing he could remember was Dewey - his son's name. Foley was helping the people in the slums live better lives. It wasn't until an emotional plea from his wife (played by an actress because apparently Foley's real life wife was too good looking) that lo and behold - Foley remembered who he was. It then got even worse. Foley stated he was never an amnesiac and he made the whole thing up to fry Vader's head. A rather pathetic and offensive story arc by the WCW which has been roundly condemned as offensive to people who really do have amnesia. I don't think Foley was happy with this storyline - especially as it involved his wife. The story line was disrespectful of Foley's intelligence and his wrestling skills, it was also weak, stupid and insulting to the viewer. The sooner forgotten, the best.