During the latest episode of “Foley Is Pod” on AdFreeShows.com, legendary wrestler Mick Foley shared some heartfelt stories about his experiences in the WWE Hall of Fame. One topic that came up was his induction of Stacy Keibler into the Hall of Fame, which he had kept a secret until the official announcement.
Foley mentioned how he had lost touch with Keibler over the years and hadn’t seen her since 2005. However, he spoke highly of her and how happy he was to induct her into the Hall of Fame. Foley also discussed his own induction into the Hall of Fame in 2013 and how he almost let his emotions get the best of him.
At the time, there was some controversy surrounding the induction, which nearly affected Foley’s attitude and speech. However, he remembered a promise he had made to himself while watching his book promotion on WWE’s show when he was still with Impact Wrestling. He promised himself that if he ever got the chance to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, he would accept it with no conditions, no matter what.
When he found out that his speech was going to be edited out of the show to make room for Donald Trump’s speech, he initially let it get to him and even told his wife that he didn’t want his family to attend the ceremony. However, he remembered his promise and decided to make the most of the opportunity.
He went to Mr. McMahon’s office and apologized for his behavior, realizing that he should have addressed his concerns with the WWE executives instead of venting on social media. Overall, Foley’s experiences in the WWE Hall of Fame have taught him the importance of staying true to oneself and making the most of every opportunity.
“There was a little bit of a controversy in 2013 that almost derailed or at least greatly affected my attitude in what I was going to say. What brought me back from that brink was remembering when I was in Impact. I got a (203) text message. It’s WWE asking if I would mind if they promote my book, which was an Impact Wrestling book, on their show. You want to promote my book on your show? They said, ‘Yea, Mr. McMahon thinks it’s the right thing to do.’”
“So at that time, for one year, we had this beautiful condo in Florida and they actually had like a movie room, so we reserved it for that night. I sat there with my family, and the moment I heard Michael Cole say, ‘Hey, our good friend, Mick Foley has a new book out’, and they really put it over. I made a little promise to myself. I don’t think I said it out loud, but a promise is still a promise. The promise was, if I’m ever asked to be in the WWE Hall of Fame, I’m going to say absolutely yes with no conditions placed on it. I’m not going to say I need to go last. I’m not going to say I need X amount of time.”
“Then I found myself feeling left out. USA I guess made the decision, or at least I’d heard they made the decision that they were going to edit the show. In order to show Donald Trump’s speech, they ixnay the Foley speech, and I let it get to me. It really hurt my feelings to the point where I remember calling up my wife and saying. ‘I don’t want anyone from my family coming to the Hall of Fame. I don’t want it to be important enough to bother me.’ Then I would visualize my speech just being, ‘Hey, thank you’ and throwing my ring out to the crowd and walking away with the worst Hall of Fame speech ever. Then I remembered that promise I made to myself. I’d gone on Twitter, I think and kabetched, I guess probably be a good term, a kind term for it. But I remembered that promise and that changed things for me.”
“I went into Mr. McMahon’s office and Hunter was in there, Stephanie was in there, and Kevin Dunn, and I just said, ‘Look, I’m sorry, It’s a great honor to be in here. I’m going to enjoy every moment of it.’ Kevin said, ‘Mick, why didn’t you just come to us’ and that’s what I should have done instead of complaining and taking my case to social media.”
