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| Cactus Jack is back! By Seth Mates Jan. 14, 2000 The most demented of the "Three Faces of Foley" has returned! Saying that Mankind just wasn't ready for a street fight, Mick Foley ripped off his mask and his dress shirt to reveal the infamous Cactus Jack T-shirt! The fans went nuts as Foley's attitude shifted from "Have a nice day!" to "I'm going to kick your @#$!!!" Considering all that Foley has been through lately, the change shouldn't be a surprising one. After all, Mankind is the comic everyman, and Foley's other persona - Dude Love - is the hippie chick magnet. Cactus Jack seems to be the only persona capable of the kind of violence necessary at the Royal Rumble on Jan. 23. The "Cactus Jack" character has been around for years. In his best-selling book, "Have a Nice Day," Mankind explains how he first got the name: "I wanted to be Dude Love," writes Foley, "but I knew that I just didn't have the experience or the talent to be Dude Love yet … In the meantime, I needed another name … I thought back to a wrestling fantasy game that I had ordered a few years earlier, in which I had been Mick 'Big Train' Foley, and my dad had been Cactus Jack … so when [ring announcer] Hank [Hudson] asked me my name, 'Cactus Jack' was the answer that came out." Cactus Jack is back (cont.) Foley then picked the fictitious hometown of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, which he says fit the character like a glove. Soon after, he added his famous catchphrase "Bang bang!" to the mix. Working in Texas, Japan, and everywhere in between, Foley gained a reputation as a Hardcore superstar. Knowing that he didn't have the traditional wrestling look, his deranged and maniacal attitude set him apart from the pack. Indeed, Cactus Jack was known worldwide for his toughness and his daring ways. After stints in nearly every organization in the world, Foley finally packed his bags and headed to the World Wrestling Federation in 1996. But Foley was re-packaged as Mankind. Then, in July 1997, Foley reprised his Dude Love gimmick, teaming with Stone Cold Steve Austin to win the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship. But Cactus Jack never graced a Federation ring. Until September 1997, that is. The event was a live RAW, ironically enough at Madison Square Garden. And Foley's opponent was, ironically enough, Triple H. The two men had been in a huge feud every since Hunter defeated Foley in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament, and Triple H was set to face Mankind that night, ironically enough in a street fight. But as Hunter stood in the ring, Mankind appeared on the TitanTron and said he wasn't in the mood to compete that night. And neither was Dude Love. So the man who would face Triple H was … Cactus Jack! Cactus Jack is back (cont.) After a dynamic brawl, Cactus actually delivered a piledriver through a table! That was enough for Cactus to secure the win. Fans thought that would be the last time we ever saw Jack in the Federation, until later that year, when Cactus developed an issue with the New Age Outlaws. Cactus brought in his friend Chainsaw Charlie, and the two men started a few with the Outlaws, which culminated in tag team gold at WrestleMania XIV. After that, Cactus Jack disappeared for a long while, as Foley instead competed as Dude Love for a few months before reverting back to his Mankind persona, a persona that helped him secure three World Wrestling Federation Championships and numerous tag title reigns in the ensuing months. In May 1999, Cactus Jack was brought back for a night when commissioner Shawn Michaels decreed that Cactus would have to face Mideon and Viscera in a Handicap Match. But since that match, Cactus had been dormant. Until now. Cactus Jack represents the most sick, the most twisted, the most delusional side of Mick Foley's personality. Triple H must have forgotten what happens to Foley when he's wearing that T-shirt. All of a sudden, there are no rules. Pain becomes fuel. And whoever's in the ring across from this maniac usually wakes up with a headache the next morning. My advice for Triple H heading into the Royal Rumble? Buy a copy of Mick's book. Then maybe you will understand why Cactus Jack is such a sick individual, and why it was a mistake ever to provoke Mick in the first place. |
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