Mick Breaks Into The Wrestling Business

Foley Is Pod

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Sports, Wrestling

4.6 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Foley Is Pod, Mick shares his experiences getting into the wild world of professional wrestling. Mick discusses his time as a college student being called an "F-ing Weirdo" for his corkiness to it leading him to his ultimate dream job. This is a fun look back at our hardcore legend's beginnings that is sure to encourage anyone to take their shot. AN EVENING WITH KEVIN VON ERICH - Iconic wrestler Kevin Von Erich has just announced his first public tour. The show titled “AN EVENING WITH KEVIN VON ERICH: Stories From the Top Rope” will feature Von Erich sharing insight into his career, personal triumphs and tragedies. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 2nd at EmporiumPresents.com or Ticketmaster and will offer a very limited number of VIP tickets which include a meet & greet/photo op. The tour kicks off in Dallas on September 1st which will be hosted by sports reporter Dale Hansen and the following cities - September 2nd in San Antonio, September 3rd in Corpus Christi, September 5thin Houston, September 6th in Shreveport, September 8th in Oklahoma City, September 9th in Amarillo, and September 10th in Midland, all hosted by David Manning. Von Erich, now 65, will be the subject of a major motion picture, “Iron Claw”, which stars Zac Effron and is slated for release in late 2023. ROCKET MONEY - Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses theeasy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/foley. BLUECHEW - Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code FOLEY at checkout--just pay $5 shipping. That’s BlueChew.com, promo code FOLEY to receive your first month FREE FITE + - Fite+ is the ultimate digital platform for live sports and entertainment, and they are now offering a free 7-day trial at TryFite.com FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE TO ALL THINGS MICK at https://linktr.ee/foleyispod Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at SaveWithConrad.com On AdFreeShows.com, you get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9! And now, you can enjoy the first week...completely FREE! Sign up for a free trial - and get a taste of what Ad Free Shows is all about. Start your free trial today at AdFreeShows.com. If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on Foley is Pod. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to AdvertiseWithFoley.com now and find out more about advertising with Foley is Pod. Get all of your Foley is POD merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/foley-is-pod

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0:00.0	Oh yeah, we don't need perfect credit, uh-huh.
0:04.0	Even with credit scores in the 500s, it only takes a cup of coffee to get started.
0:12.0	Dig it? Oh yeah, snap into it!
0:16.0	It's there in your house. You're in your house.
0:23.6	In your house. In your house.
0:24.6	In your house.
0:26.6	Hey, it's Conrad Thompson and you're listening to Foley is Pod.
0:30.6	And of course we couldn't do it without the Hall of Famer, the hardcore legend himself.
0:35.6	Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Mick Foley. Mick, how are you, man?
0:38.4	I'm doing great, Conrad. Doing great. I'm sorry, I was 17 minutes late to be here.
0:43.4	All good. Yeah. It got lost, even with the GPS telling me where to go.
0:49.3	My goodness. But I'm here. I'm safe, and I'm ready for a great show.
0:53.9	It is going to be a great show.
0:55.4	We're going to be talking about you breaking into the business.
0:57.6	I can't believe this is real, Mick.
0:58.9	But today is our one-year anniversary.
1:01.5	Nice.
1:02.1	How about that?
1:02.7	One year of all of his pod.
1:04.3	And they said it wouldn't last.
1:05.9	And they said.
1:07.0	Well, I'll tell you what is lasting. The incredible series that you're working on, you can watch each and every Sunday night on A&E. Man, this Most Water Treasure Show, I loved it. I love the bread episode. We just got to see Goldberg. I think coming up this weekend, you were saying is Piper. Piper. Piper. Piper. Piper. Piper. Piper Teal Piper, Roddy's daughter, and you can
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