WWE: For All Mankind - The Life and Career of Mick Foley

So went a haunting early 90's WCW promo that would, for me, set Mick Foley, as Cactus Jack, apart from anyone else in wrestling. Sadly for me, that particular promo isn't on this set, but I'll have to give the producers a pass because the bio is arguably the best one that the company has ever done. Even casual fans know Foley's legendary willingness to push the limits of physical pain for the sake of entertaining the public. But it was the depth and believability of Foley's characters that gave that violence context and meaning. Beneath the gore of the Japanese death matches there was always a profound humanity that transcended the stage.

The documentary on Foley's life and wrestling career is exceptionally well done and provides a wealth of rare footage that makes a nice companion to `Have a Nice Day' (the bestselling book that alerted the publishing community to the fact that wrestling fans could read, well, some of them anyway). The documentary and blu-ray extras provide footage of many of the stories documented in the biography. The production gives you the feel of sitting in a coffee house and listening to stories of a unique, bizarre, and well rounded life, well lived. His humanitarian work for the RAINN network, Make a Wish Foundation and other non-profits makes a nice juxtaposition to the barbed wire baseball bats and C4 Japanese Death Match explosions.

The bonus features are excellent, especially in that most of the selected interviews and segments are introduced by the author with a little bit of back story, which provides some really welcome, behind the curtain insight. There is a great selection of matches spanning the late 80's through any number of Foley's post millennium `retirements'. The matches are not a rehash of those previously released in the various `best of' collections. No "cheap pops" from the crowd here, everything was earned the hard way.

I have read that the real trick in wrestling, the thing that puts butts in seats, is making the fans care about the characters. I can think of few wrestlers who made the fans care more than Mick Foley, and this DVD is a great testament to that.

Awesome documentary, I highly recommend this to fans of WWE, wrestling in general, or fans of documentaries. Just a great story about an amazing human being. Alternate commentaries with Mick and Joey Styles are great

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A lot of what is contained here has been released before but Disc 1 makes this set a must own. If you are a Foley fan you will love the documentary and if you have never heard of Mick Foley the documentary will make you fan of him. I have watched the previous DVD release and read his autobiography but to watch him tell it and get the view point from people who worked with him really did his story justice. This release is a must own that tells the story of the man and not just the wrestler. I am glad i didnt overlook this release just because i had seen the matches.

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Great dvd, even if you are not a wrestling fan. Mick Foley is a american born person that followed and achived his dream. I read his book, Foley is a mans man. He did it his way.

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Disc 1

A Happy Story

Idyllic Childhood

Huge Fan

Training School

Working the Road

WCW

Sting

Vader

ECW & Japan

Mankind

Dude Love

Hell in a Cell

Mr. Socko

The Rock

Author

Triple H

Commissioner

Going Away

Randy Orton

Making a Difference

Edge

Retirement

Stand Up Comic

A Complete One-Off

Disc 2

Jack Foley / Les Thornton vs. The British Bulldogs

Superstars September 1986

Alternate Commentary: Mick Foley & Joey Styles

Cactus Jack / Gary Young vs. Scott Steiner / Billy Travis

AWA All Star Wrestling October 1988

Cactus Jack Manson vs. Brickhouse Brown

Wild West Wrestling April 1989

Cactus Jack vs. Keith Hart

Power Hour March 1990

Submit or Surrender Match

Cactus Jack vs. Sting

Power Hour November 1991

Falls Count Anywhere Match

Cactus Jack vs. Van Hammer

Clash of the Champions XVIII 21st January, 1992

Barbed Wire Match

Cactus Jack vs. Sandman

Ft. Lauderdale, FL May 1995

Cactus Jack vs. Shane Douglas

CyberSlam February 1996

Alternate Commentary: Mick Foley & Joey Styles

Mankind vs. Rocky Maivia

IYH: Cold Day in Hell 11th May, 1997

Mankind vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley

IYH: Canadian Stampede 6th July, 1997

Disc 3

Dude Love vs. Rocky Maivia

RAW 17th November, 1997

Hell in a Cell

Mankind vs. Undertaker

King of the Ring 28th June, 1998

Alternate Commentary: Mick Foley & Joey Styles

WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Mankind / Kane vs. New Age Outlaws

RAW 13th July, 1998

WWE Championship Match

Mankind vs. The Rock

IYH: Rock Bottom 13th December, 1998

WWE Tag Team Championship

Mankind / The Rock vs. Triple H / Shane McMahon

SmackDown 2nd September, 1999

Mankind vs. Al Snow

SmackDown 16th December, 1999

Hell In A Cell Retirement Match

Cactus Jack vs. Triple H

No Way Out 27th February, 2000

Blu-ray Exclusives

Promos:

Sting's Birthday Cake

WCW World Championship Wrestling 5th October, 1991

No Ear Surgery

WCW Saturday Night 10th September, 1994

Barbie

RAW 5th April, 2004

Cutting Edge

SmackDown 1st August, 2008

Relevancy with CM Punk

RAW 24th September, 2012

Stories:

Frank Foley

Snowed In

DeNucci Training School

Arrested in Italy?

Cactus Jack The Name

Africa

Birth of Bang Bang

Losing Teeth

On the Spot

Wanted T-Shirt

Smoking Flight?

Anti-Hardcore ECW

Farewell in ECW

Vicious Suplex

Kevin Sullivan Mentor

Rock `n Sock Jacket

Disneyland

Loogie Heard `Round the World

Commentator

Mr. Socko vs. The Cobra

Comedy Show

Favorite Mick Foley Persona

Sheamus Meets Mick

Christmas Cheer

Wardrobe

Thrifty Mick

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