Cactus Jack

Stats

• Height: 6’2”
• Weight: 287 pounds
• From: Long Island, NY
• Career Highlights: WWE Champion; World Tag Team Champion; Hardcore Champion; WWE Commissioner; Co-General Manager of RAW; SmackDown commentator

Signature Moves

Two Hand Bulldog

Standing behind

Stump Puller Piledriver

Standing front

Finishers

Love Handle

Standing front

Double Arm DDT 2

Standing front

Attributes

• Strike Power: 80
• Grapple Power: 85
• Submission: 70
• Strike Defense: 85
• Grapple Defense: 85
• Speed: 75
• Jump: 75
• Agility: 75
• Adrenaline: 80
• Recovery: 90
• Toughness: 95
• Durability: 90
• Charisma: 80
• Tag Team: 85
• Overall: 90

Abilities

• Dirty Pin
• Hammer Throw
• Resiliency

WWE Bio

Today, he goes by the name on his birth certificate, but Mrs. Foley’s Baby Boy became one of WWE’s most unlikely success stories under the guise of three distinct personas—the unpredictable Cactus Jack, the demented hippy known as Dude Love and everyone’s favorite mental patient, Mankind. These “three faces of Foley” were dangerously unique, but all shared a common trait—a willingness to always go one step too far. Inspired to become a Superstar after watching Jimmy Snuka leap from the top of a steel cage in Madison Square Garden, Mick Foley adopted Superfly’s fearlessness when he entered the ring himself. As Cactus Jack, he earned a fan following not for winning matches, but for surviving them. In a bout against the punishing Big Van Vader in Germany, Foley’s ear was torn off. In Japan, he suffered third degree burns in an exploding ring. Still, no matter what he suffered through, Foley would keep fighting back. When he came to WWE in 1996, he turned into Mankind, a deranged miscreant who lurked in boiler rooms and shoved his fingers down opponents’ throats. Under the leather mask of this maniac, Foley lived through sports-entertainment’s most shocking moment when he was thrown off the top of the Hell in a Cell by The Undertaker. The unforgettable image of Foley’s body artlessly plummeting to the ground below defined not only his career, but WWE’s “Attitude Era” as a whole. A funny thing happened after Foley’s fall, though. Battered and bruised after years of punishment, he began to depend less on his threshold for pain and more on his sense of humor, intelligence and surprisingly vulnerable nature. His toothless sneer became a cheesy smile. His trusty 2-by-4 wrapped in barbwire was replaced by a sock puppet named Mr. Socko. Now a fan favorite, Foley thrilled audiences by beating The Rock for the WWE Title in 1999 and surprised them even more when he published his insightful, New York Times-bestselling autobiography “Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks.” Later teaming with The Great One as The Rock ‘n’ Sock Connection, Foley brought Raw some of its highest television ratings ever during his inspired interactions with The People’s Champion. In 2000, Foley was sent into retirement after losing a Hell in a Cell Match to Triple H, but he has returned to WWE as a commissioner, a color commentator and even a competitor, most notably against Edge at WrestleMania 22 . Now known as The Hardcore Legend, Foley has achieved more than he ever dreamed he would on that night he saw Snuka take the leap.

Breakdown

Cactus Jack is the definition of hardcore. The fact that he won’t stop—even when half his ear is ripped off—is reflected in his 95 Toughness and 90s in Durability and Recovery. Take your opponent to task for stepping in the ring, and make it a war. He shares the same move-set as his persona Dude Love, but Cactus Jack generates a bit more Grapple Power with an 85. Both of his Signature Moves and Finishers attack the head, so get into chain grapples that promote moves to the head HP, like the Side Headlock and the Front Facelock. He takes a bit of a hit in Charisma down to an 80, so wear down opponents with big grapples build momentum and finish the match.

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