Mick Foley knows a thing or two about pain — but when it comes to using a microphone as a weapon in the ring, “The Hardcore Legend” says there’s a way to make it look brutal without actually causing damage.
Foley recently appeared on Maven’s YouTube channel to break down different wrestling weapons and how much they really hurt. One item that ranked surprisingly low on the pain scale? The microphone.
According to Foley, wrestlers can make the mic shots look and sound vicious with some old-school trickery.
“There really is a way to get the noise where there is contact, but most of that contact is made elsewhere,” Foley explained. “If you can hit someone’s head hard here [with your forearm], then that microphone is still going to make that sound, still going to thump, and it’s so much better than if you just had the microphone, because this way you get the big wind up.”
Foley added that done properly, the mic shot is all show and no pain — a nice break from the usual bumps and bruises that come with the job.
“It’s the way you use it, but if it’s done correctly, you should bear — there are going to be plenty of other situations where you’re going to suffer, for your art, but the microphone should not be one of those.”
Given Foley’s history of barbed wire, steel chairs, and falls off cages, it’s safe to say if anyone deserves to take the easy route with a mic, it’s him.
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