Mick Foley Admits To Being Nervous, Likes Current Direction In TNA
Posted: Sep 27th 2010 By: CMBurnham
While Mick Foley is not wrestling as much as he has in the past, he's using that time to keep writing. He's up to his fourth autobiography with the latest, "Countdown to Lockdown," set to hit bookstores Oct. 1
One of the main themes of the book is Foley returning to the ring at the TNA "Lockdown" pay-per-view in April 2009, when he faced Sting for the World Heavyweight Championship. Over the previous few years, he had wrestled sporadically and usually in tag matches. On this occasion, the "Hardcore Legend" was going one-on-one in a big match and he admits that he was more than nervous.
"I'm aware that my skills have faded," Foley told FanHouse. "My knees and back are bad and my training is not what it should be. And I don't want to go out there and embarrass myself. It's really difficult to live up to the standards that I set for myself and I think that the fans have set for me as well. Heading into that match, it was not a comfortable, good, anxious feeling. It was pretty scary, sobering feeling. "
Foley gets in the ring on a semi-regular basis. He knows his days of smashing opponents with forearms and sticking Socko down a foe's gullet are coming to a close. He has at least one more big match coming up as he'll square off against Ric Flair in a Last Man Standing match at the live edition of TNA "Impact" on Spike TV on Oct. 7.
Even when he's not getting physical, Foley has been a regular part of the weekly TV show whether through verbally sparring with someone or cutting one of his trademark emotional promos. He enjoys his job with TNA and entertaining fans, but at the same time he believes that he might be doing too much.
"To be honest, I think I have taken up too much of the show but that's not my call," he said "I would like to be the guy that helps pave the way for some of the younger guys and I've tried to do that on occasion and I hope to do that in the future. I have taken up too much time on the show. I think we should be cutting back -- and we have cut back -- on some of the segment and allow the wrestlers to wrestle."
Over the past few months, TNA has taken a different tone with the product, toning down some of the laughs. It's a direction that Foley fully embraces.
"I like the new direction with a little less humor behind the scenes and a little more emphasis on the wrestling. I think there can be more emphasis on the wrestling but I think we're doing a pretty good job of weaving in the new stars and showcasing teams like the (Motor City Machine) Guns and Beer Money in way that we haven't seen tag-teams showcased in a long time while using the stars that fans are familiar with."
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