Mick Foley = Ridiculous Promos

[D-Man]

The TNA product has severely improved over the past few months and I can happily say that I look forward to watching it every week. It took a while, but TNA finally made me a believer and a follower. Granted, it's not perfect, but then again what promotion is these days? But every good product has its setbacks.

I was watching Impact last night and Mick Foley cut another one of his long, meaningless promos with Abyss. Now, is it just me, or is anyone else sick and tired of Mick Foley's backstage and in-ring promos?? They're entirely too long-winded, sarcastic and over the top. When he appears on television I change the channel. They're all the same formula... he begins ranting about the subject at hand, drifts off onto 5 minutes of tangents, makes a smart-ass comment, and then has a good 20 seconds of serious statements out of a 10 minute promo. It makes me forget how great he used to be when he had a microphone in the WWE. In TNA, he's become more of an over-the-top, wannabe comic relief than anything.

Does anyone feel this way? Please give an explanation below. No spamming here.

 

[OhCanadaEh2009]

I have to say, Foley's promo's always entertain me. He's a legend.

His promo with the cardboard cutout of Rocky Balboa was friggin' hilarious.

He tried for a People's Elbow, tripped over Rocky's head, got back up and tried to land it.

Mick Foley & Abyss have something going right now, and I hope they keep it up.

 

[Suneeboy]

I noticed this last night on Impact as well. I said to myself, “Foley is a little annoying”. I didn’t really think it was worth mentioning, but D-Man yes Foley has been way off with his promos lately. His presence on television has become somewhat of an annoyance, especially when he is getting 2, 3, and 4 segments per show. It isn’t something that would make me change the channel, but I can say that it’s not very entertaining in comparison to the rest of the program.

Foley has been a shell of his former self not only in the ring, but more noticeably on the microphone. His rambling sounds moronic, and it’s not funny. However he’s never really cutting promos alone so the reaction of the characters keeps my interest, and I really just want to see where the promo goes because he always finishes strong after he rambles.

Unless he can find a way to be more entertaining when he is cutting his promos I think it would be best to limit his television time. On top of that he is an eye sore to look at.

 

[OhCanadaEh2009]

hes a pro wrestler his promos are suppose to be sarcastic and over the top

Here's a tip, yanks, make your responses longer than one sentence, or you'll receive a warning, or a ban. Your post is technically designated as spam.

But I do agree, he's a very sarcastic person, and I love his promos.

He amuses me, but to a point. As I said above, I loved his Rocky Balboa promo where he beat up the cardboard cutout.

Unfortunately, it didn't seem to amuse the crowd much.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

Yeah the promo from his officie last night was pretty bad. That laugh he was doing was just weird as hell. Anyway Foley can be hot and cold when it comes to his promos at times. He can come off as a deranged lunatic or some odd goofball.

During his feuds with Jarrett and Sting, he managed to put on his best promos so far this year. The only way the comic relief thing works with Foley is when he's gentle and kind. When he was tag teaming with the The Rock way back when in WWF/WWE Foley was funny because that's how his character was at the time. But when he's trying to be the physcho guy who will bust himself open, and dive through a burning table, it just doesn't come off right. When watching IMPACT at home, you probably say to yourself, "okay this guy just hit himself in the head with a baseball bat covered in barbwire, now he's cracking jokes with Jermey Borash?"

I think Foley being able bounce back and forth between face and heel is great, but sometimes it can become his greatest weakness because it confuses the auidence. It's weird when he threatens to destroy someone, and then later on pulls out socko or that goofy picture with him and Jermey Borash.

 

[X]

I'm going to have to strongly disagree D-Man. Foley's promo last night wasn't one of his best, but come on, it's Mick fucking Foley, the man is the greatest promo cutter in the history of this business as far as I'm concerned, and he's cut several outstanding ones since joining TNA. Even the best can't be on their top form every single time.

Foley has always been known for his over-the-top promos though. That's his entire career, and he does it perfectly. Nothing wrong here.

 

[D-Man]

I'm going to have to strongly disagree D-Man. Foley's promo last night wasn't one of his best, but come on, it's Mick fucking Foley, the man is the greatest promo cutter in the history of this business as far as I'm concerned, and he's cut several outstanding ones since joining TNA. Even the best can't be on their top form every single time.

Foley has always been known for his over-the-top promos though. That's his entire career, and he does it perfectly. Nothing wrong here.

First off, that must have been the kindest disagreement you've ever had with me, X. You're losing your touch.

I hear ya on Mick's career and his past abilities with promos. But come on now... as of late, he's so annoyingly over the top with his promos. He thinks he's being funny and constantly drifts off subject. By the time he gets the conversation back on track you forget what was being discussed in the first place. It's almost as if he's trying to create some kind of hybrid character between Mankind, Dude Love, Cactus Jack, and normal Mick Foley. And now that we're adding Abyss into the mix with his infantile clapping and deranged antics, the two are trying to play off each other but it just becomes a little bit TOO much of something that used to be a good thing. I say they get back to basics a bit.

I'm as big of a Mick Foley fan as the next guy, but he's really trying a little bit to hard to get a laugh out of people.

 

[drondog]

I'm tired of foley, plus his eye burn is a joke, if it burnt his eye so bad. How come there isn't a burnt hair anywhere on his face or head. He used to pull his hair out and cut himself, you couldn't have got him to shave off an eyebrow, or at least make it somewhat believable. If Hogan comes in and we see Foley leave, what are we really getting, NOTHING another has been that talks to much, wants to much money, and doesn't do nothing for new talent anymore but take time away from their spots. WWE & TNA will only last so long, using the same 40+ stars, but when they all retire, who is left? By the time Hogan retires AJ will be in his 50's!

 

[BladeRunner]

Sometimes, Foley can be a little wordy and rant-y I'll give you that. But he's definitely one of the better promo guys imo. The last few times I've watched impact I've enjoyed the abyss-foley-dr.stevie situations the most. Many promo from wrestlers sound robotic, or as if they're reading from cue cards, Foley isn't one of them. He makes it all sound natural.

Yeah, his character wildly veers left and right with you never knowing how he's going to react to stuff. But that just makes him look more insane, which is cool. I've really got no complaints about his promos. There are plenty more wrestlers with absolutely horrible promos that really need to step it up, especially in WWE.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I've been tired of Foley's promos for a while now, so much that I just change the channel when he's on the tube anymore. The promos that he's been cutting in recent weeks and months all seem to just blend together for me and typically include him being extremely long winded, ranting about this and that, making some sort of sarcastic and smartass comment.

In the past, I've enjoyed most of Foley's promos but I'm just not really into them right now. Maybe it has something to do with the Abyss program overall because I really just don't give a crap about it. Almost everytime, whenever Foley and Abyss are on the screen, I just change the channel for a bit.

 

[gd]

I love Foley's ridiclous promos promos. They're just amusing and I can help but chuckle at them. Him and JB are one of the top comedy teams in the biz today and Mick's interactions with Abyss are great.

The fact of the matter is, Mick is at the best when has crazy, over the top promos, even if it's a serious subject. That's just his character, he's a batshit crazy. Why do you think he's turned from heel to face to heel again like 10 times already in TNA?

 

[NSL]

I'm not ready to say the lackluster promos aren't a result of his current character development.

In plain English: I think that his "bad" promos are supposed to be taken in character...He's upset about everything going on with Dixie and Hogan, and is therefore "phoning it in". They haven't said anything, but I'm sure in a few weeks we'll here about Mick not caring anymore, and wanting out of his deal (in kayfabe).

If this is the case, then they're great, and we've got some great TV to look forward to. If it's not, then he is slacking off, but cut the man a break. He's done fantastic promos for 20+ years now, and I'm sure it's tough to come up with new stuff all the time.