GenuineMickFoley

Yeah, I loved The Wrestler, and i felt very fortunate to have been the first member of the wrestling community NOT associated with the film to view it. I did a review for Slate.com, and I walked into the screening as a skeptic, and walked away as a believer. I thought he did a tremendous job of telling that particular wrestler's story. I felt like I absolutely knew that person. It wasn't as if he was copying any one person, but there were shades of so many wrestlers I had known. My wife and i actually had an argument on our way home from viewing it. We went back to a second viewing, and I said Randy "the Ram" Robinson could have very easily been me, and my wife argued that i wouldn't have made those mistakes, and I said "Everyone's just 1 or 2 big mistakes from messing up their lives." So to me, The Wrestler could have been called The Dancer or The Singer or The Artist - it was a story about a great man with great flaws.

Oh man! I've made so many great friends over the years, it's tough to pick just a few. But I'm really flattered when the guys or the women make it to my shows. You know, whether it's Natalia in Calgary, along with Brett Hart and 19 other Harts, or the Undertaker in Austin, Texas. CM Punk even swung by my show in Chicago! Believe it or not, I am very friendly with many of the WWE Divas, and as fellow WWE hall of famed Trish Stratus explained to me, "It's because the ladies see me as a safety valve, as a guy who will never say anything inappropriate or hit on them."

In truth, I've been hitting on them for many years. Just not very effectively.

Heheh. I feel very fortunate that so many wrestlers have come to check out my live shows on the road? But I never imagined The Undertaker would be one of them, because he's such a private guy. Until I saw his massive frame filling the doorway in Austin, Texas, I really didn't think the Undertaker would make it to a show. And we talked about that match, our Hell in a Cell, and how it bonded us for life. So I may not text him, I may not send him Christmas cards, and I've gone on the record to say that I don't want to live in a world with the Undertaker tweeting - I don't want to see "LOL, The Dead Man" on my screen - but we have a bond that will last a lifetime.

Heheheh! Well, I'm really proud of the fact that I can be googled using the phrases "Hardcore Legend, Hell in a Cell, and Feminist."

And I'm known as a feminist largely because of the volunteer work I've done with RAINN. Which is a very pleasant sounding acronym for a very difficult problem. It's the Rape Abuse Incest National Network. And they work with survivors, and I was an active online volunteer for 2 years under a different name, and I'm as proud of the 700 hours I put in as a volunteer - I'm as proud of that work as I am of anything I've done in or out of the ring.

Just, it goes back to the golden rule, you know? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And Rabbi Hillel phrased it slightly differently - he said "That which is objectionable to you don't do to anybody else." So let's all respect each other out there. All genders, all religions, all sexual orientations.

Oh! It's really difficult to pick one. Because I was really lucky to be a part of that huge wave of amazing wrestlers in the "Attitude" Era.

But if I had to pick one i would say... Terry Funk. Because of our willingness to do such horrible things to each other! In the name of friendship and business.