Mick Foley Pulls Double Duty At WrestleReunion, Royal Rumble
Jan. 26 2012, Published 5:30 a.m. ET
By Adam S. Levy - Breaking Celebrity News Staff Writer
When he's not doing stand-up, writing bestsellers or getting tossed off 16-foot-cages, Mick Foley is a man of the people.
The pro wrestling mainstay's always been in touch with his fan base, from his early days working the extinct territorial circuit, to his four books (in which he's relentlessly ribbed pal Al Snow), to his time in WWE, where he's held the promotion's coveted championship on three occasions.
Mick's got a busy weekend ahead as he prepares to appear Friday and Saturday at WrestleReunion, a gala convention celebrating its third year in Los Angeles at The Westin Hotel, featuring autographs, photos-ops and three live shows. He'll then hightail it to St. Louis, where he'll be one of 30 participants in the WWE's annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view Sunday.
We caught the three-time WWE champ for a Q&A to touch base on the convention, as well as other goings-on in his near future.
Breaking Celebrity News: What makes this appearance at WrestleReunion unique?
Mick: WrestleReunion does a great job of bringing together some of the biggest names in the business and really getting a great weekend full of activities to the fans.
Breaking Celebrity News: With your imminent participation in the Royal Rumble, will this be your last non-WWE event?
Mick: That, or one of my sporadic comedy shows. It's certainly the last chance people will get to see me in a total wrestling atmosphere. WWE was nice enough to let me finish out all my commitments, and WrestleReunion was nice enough to let me catch a red eye to take a flight out to the Royal Rumble.
Breaking Celebrity News: Big conventions like WrestleReunion make for a mother ship of fans; that said, what’s the most bizarre thing a fan has ever said or given to you?
Mick: Years ago, I was very surprised when a fan asked me to sign something, and then took off her prosthetic leg -- that was unusual -- since then, I've signed hundreds of prosthetic legs. .