During his recent chat with Vickie Guerrero, WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley reflected on his 2013 Hall of Fame acceptance speech. Foley also explained how much the induction meant to him, and more. Check out the highlights below.
On being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame:
“I wasn’t doing much with the company. But I was like, my children are all big fans and I thought as long as I’m Mick Foley and as long as that continues to mean something, I’m gonna bring them to shows when they want, you know? And then I’m just hanging out at house shows and talking with the guys. And so I went to the Madison Square Garden show the day after Christmas. You know, they always have a house show after Christmas. This is 2012. And [Triple H] asked if he could talk to me. And I honestly thought they were gonna release me from – I was an ambassador at the time. I had a two-year run as an ambassador. I walked into that office fully expecting to be relieved of that duty. Instead, he said, ‘We’d like to know how you’d feel about being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame.’ [I] said, ‘I’d feel pretty good about that.'”
On being inducted in Madison Square Garden:
“You know it was really special to me because it was at Madison Square Garden and I know we can’t choose where we want to be inducted but I was lucky enough to have that honor bestowed upon me. But if I could’ve chosen, it obviously would’ve been the Garden for me.”
On the statement he would add to his speech:
“One of the things I wish I had said is that although I’m just being inducted into the Hall Of Fame this year, the younger generation of wrestlers had made me feel like I was in the Hall Of Fame anyway with the way they treated me, and the way the fans did too.”
