Mick Foley: Reach for the Ring & Smell the Roses Simultaneously

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This is one of those dream shows for us at Edge of Sports. We’ve spoken to Kareem. We’ve spoken to Martina. Now we talk to Mick, as in pro wrestling legend Mick Foley. The hardcore legend is also a militant anti-sexist, a Tori Amos fan, and a national spokesperson for RAINN – the Rape Abuse Incest National Network. We in addition get him to answer whether Pro Wrestling deserves some of the blame for the rise of Donald Trump. To help me, I have my friend pro-wrestling aficionado Damian Smith riding shotgun. Also, in our Choice Words section, I speak about the alarming rise in the use of “Trump” as a racial slur at high school sporting events. Lastly, in the just stand up award, a big shout out to the first US Olympian to compete while wearing a hijab: fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.—Mick Foley:http://realmickfoley.comhttp://twitter.com/RealMickFoleyhttp://fb.com/RealMickFoleyRape, Abuse & Incest National Network RAINN http://rainn.org/mickfoleyGet Help Online https://ohl.rainn.org/online/‘Trump’ Has Become a Racial Taunt at High School Sporting Events http://thenation.com/article/trump-has-become-a-racial-taunt-at-high-school-sporting-events/Olympic Fencer, a Muslim, Settled on a ‘Sport Without Alteration’ http://nyti.ms/1LdE7bA—http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | [email protected]: John Legend - Used To Love U (instrumental, Kanye West,) WWE: Wreck (Mick Foley) Theme Song, Winter - Tori Amos, NEDARB NAGROM - "mexikodro listens to american football once" http://soundcloud.com/nedarbnagrom Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to Edge of Sports, the podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. On this show, The Legends come to talk. People like Chuck D. Kareem, Martina, Chomsky, and John Legend. Yet, of all these folks, we've never had anyone on the show who's been compared by thousands of people to a god, to a god, to a god.
0:26.0	We do now.
0:29.4	We have pro wrestling legend Mick Foley.
0:40.0	Mick Foley, aka Cactus Jack, aka Dude Love, aka Mankind.
0:46.1	And to help me, I have my friend in pro wrestling aficionado, Damian Antoine Smith.
0:47.3	Damian, how you doing, sir?
0:51.4	I'm doing great, but I wanted you to call my pro wrestling name Damien the Omen Smith.
0:53.2	I've been working on this for a long time.
0:54.7	Damien, the Omen Smith. I love it. We this for a long time. Damien the Omen Smith.
1:00.3	I love it. We're also going to speak to Mick Foley about his advocacy for rain, the Rape Abuse Incest National Network. And now without further ado, W.W.E. Hall of Famer, New York Times
1:08.3	bestseller, Mick Foley. Before we start, I just had to ask you this, because I was watching some old interviews with you to prepare for this.
1:16.4	And I just got to know if this was true or not.
1:18.6	Is it true that, you know, the song and the artist you would listen to to psych yourself up before matches, that was Tori Amos?
1:25.8	Is that true?
1:27.0	Oh, yeah, that's definitely true yeah.
1:29.2	Snow can wait.
1:30.7	I forgot my mittens.
1:35.6	Wipe my nose.
1:37.4	Get my new boots on.
1:41.4	I get a little woman my heart when I think of winter.
1:47.4	There was a song called Winter, and there were other songs along the way that I may have listened to occasionally,
1:53.9	but I can't recall like any specific match or event, whereas the Torayamas songs songs are really pronounced, like, the song itself,
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