WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley is known for his wrestling characters, from the deranged Mankind to the fun-loving Dude Love to the hardcore legend Cactus Jack. In a new interview, Foley has revealed another wild character that he pitched during his time in TNA Wrestling, a persona he believes was “money”: the “Son of Abyss.”
The storyline would have taken place during the period when Hulk Hogan was a featured on-screen character in TNA, mentoring Abyss. Foley’s idea was to insert himself into that storyline in a shocking way, creating a new character that would have been a perfect fit for TNA.
In an interview with David Penzer for Cauliflower Alley Club TV, Foley was asked if there was a character he had in his head that he never got the chance to portray. He immediately lit up as he described the “Son of Abyss” concept, an idea he is still passionate about years later.
“The one character that got away from me, man, this was money. The smell of money is still around. This was at a time when Hulk Hogan came into Impact Wrestling, and he took Abyss under his wing, and I wanted Hulk to have a man-to-man talk with Abyss and tell him that the way he had of expressing his love 18 years earlier had actually, you know, resulted in a child who would be revealed to be Son of Abyss. That’s me.”
Foley then laid out the rest of the angle, which would have seen him revealed as Abyss’s long-lost son, a storyline that could have led to a pay-per-view match. He even had a catchphrase in mind that he believes would have rivaled “Austin 3:16” in popularity.
“And I just imagined, like, you know, Abyss and a secret partner, like, working against two of Eric Bischoff’s guys. Yeah, I would be the secret partner, come down on the Abyss mask, you know, win that thing. I just imagined Eric Bischoff in the middle of the ring going, Son of Abyss. And that’s why I have to say, with all due respect to Austin 3:16, Steve, you’re darn lucky. The Son of Abyss shirts never hit the market.”
Foley was recently honored by the Cauliflower Alley Club with their Iron Mike Mazurki Award. His full interview, where he discusses his career and his advocacy work, is available on the Cauliflower Alley Club’s YouTube channel.
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