Mick Foley has seen a lot behind-the-scenes throughout his many years in the pro wrestling business.
On the latest episode of his "Foley Is Pod" podcast, the WWE Hall Of Fame legend told a story about a rib that Michael "P.S." Hayes pulling a rib on Randy Orton early in his WWE career, as well as how "The Viper" reacted to it.
Featured below is an excerpt from the show where "The Hardcore Legend" tells the story.
“There was one funny moment backstage where they want Randy to come out wearing a hockey helmet. And Randy says, ‘I don’t know Michael [Hayes], I feel a little funny.’ And Michael yells at him and says ‘Vince wants to see that effing helmet.’ And Randy goes Okay. But then he [Hayes] says ‘I’m just ribbing you.’
“So he would have looked ridiculous come out. And you couldn’t you could argue that Randy should have planned a better weapon because Randy comes out with the smaller of the two barbed wire weapons. And in my head, it’s that Crocodile Dundee ‘that’s not a knife, this is a knife.’”
“So Randy goes to do his thing and has all the, you know, the authenticity of a wire snake springing out of a salted peanut can and I’d knock that thing out of his hand. And now we’re off to the races with the 26 minutes of mayhem.”
Check out the complete episode of "Foley Is Pod" where he touches more on this topic, among many others, by visiting Patreon.com. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
