Who has the best working punches in the business?
"The Hardcore Legend" has an opinion on this subject.
Mick Foley listed who he feels have some of the best working punches in the history of the pro wrestling business during the latest installment of his "Foley Is Pod" program.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the episode where he touches on this topic with his thoughts.
On Terry Gordy’s working punches: “It was stiff, but not as stiff as a Terry Funk ‘working’ punch.” (laughs).
On how Vader, Bret Hart, Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels had great working punches: “Remember, I’d worked with Vader so I knew what the upper echelon of stiff felt like. And then I would later go on to work with Stone Cold and Bret [Hart]… Shawn [Michaels] delivered the goods, too. Especially when it came to the televised matches. Nobody was smoother, but brother, he delivered those punches. Bret proudly referred to his punches as the “rubber mallets.”
On joking about Steve Austin over working punches “I think Steve was always just a tiny bit hurt that I didn’t feel like he was the “snuggest” (laughs). I’d have to be like, I’m sorry Steve. Look, Steve Austin was a lot of thing but an illusionist was not one of them (laughs). He worked that really rugged, physical style and I was always comfortable with that. As long as nobody took liberties with your nose, your teeth, your jaw. Steve laid that stuff in, and it looked great.”
Check out the complete episode of the "Foley Is Pod" podcast where Mick Foley talks more about this and other relevant pro wrestling topics by visiting Apple.com. H/T to 411Mania.com for transcribing the above quotes.
