Kemo
09-14-2015, 12:12 AM
Mick Foley was recently involved in an odd altercation with a drunken fan at a recent Q&A session he took part in.
The WWE Hall Of Famer wrote about the incident in the following blog posted on his official Facebook page:
NAME YOUR TOP 5 ANNOUNCERS OF ALL-TIME
Last night, the Q&A session at the #FiftyYearsOfFoley show threatened to get ugly, when a lad, with the help of a few too many pints took great exception to my oft-stated stance that #WWEHOF announcer Jim Ross is the best wrestling announcer of all time. The lad was a little tough to understand...sometimes a few extra pints will do that to a guy. But in the end with great concentration I grasped the point he seemed to be so desperately trying to make: my belief that JR is the greatest Wrestling commentator of all time was downright offensive to him and his earnest belief that the duo of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon were the greatest announcers of all time.
I broke the tense standoff the only way I knew how. "Dude", I said. "These are OPINIONS. They're not facts. You are entitled to your opinion - and I'm entitled to mine, right?"
Thankfully, the guy calmed down, apologized for creating a disturbance. I shook his hand and headed back to the stage. I heard him call out to me.
"Mick?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think Eric Bischoff was underrated as an announcer?"
I had him thrown out of the building immediately.
From there, Foley asked fans to engage, telling them to vote on who they feel the top-five best pro wrestling announcers of all-time are.
The WWE Hall Of Famer wrote about the incident in the following blog posted on his official Facebook page:
NAME YOUR TOP 5 ANNOUNCERS OF ALL-TIME
Last night, the Q&A session at the #FiftyYearsOfFoley show threatened to get ugly, when a lad, with the help of a few too many pints took great exception to my oft-stated stance that #WWEHOF announcer Jim Ross is the best wrestling announcer of all time. The lad was a little tough to understand...sometimes a few extra pints will do that to a guy. But in the end with great concentration I grasped the point he seemed to be so desperately trying to make: my belief that JR is the greatest Wrestling commentator of all time was downright offensive to him and his earnest belief that the duo of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon were the greatest announcers of all time.
I broke the tense standoff the only way I knew how. "Dude", I said. "These are OPINIONS. They're not facts. You are entitled to your opinion - and I'm entitled to mine, right?"
Thankfully, the guy calmed down, apologized for creating a disturbance. I shook his hand and headed back to the stage. I heard him call out to me.
"Mick?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think Eric Bischoff was underrated as an announcer?"
I had him thrown out of the building immediately.
From there, Foley asked fans to engage, telling them to vote on who they feel the top-five best pro wrestling announcers of all-time are.