Mick Foley tells the story of when he made Sabu ‘cry’ in the ring

Mankind vs Sabu WrestleFest 1997

WWE Hall of Famer and new AEW on-screen personality Mick Foley recently discussed his history in hardcore wrestling. Speaking on Something To Wrestle With, Foley recalled the time that he made Sabu ‘cry’ from a chairshot.

“I’ve seen Sabu get what would have been 100 stitches for anyone else [during matches]. But he’s super glus it, and instead of stopping the match, he just comes back out. It’s one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen, his genie pants are torn to shreds.

“But I remember hitting him [with a chair], and Sabu had tears coming down his eyes. And he goes, ‘am I bleeding? Am I bleeding?’ He did a moonsault and overshot me, he just flew over my head and impaled himself in the guardrail. And he was just going, ‘give me time, give me time, give me time.’ And then he came back [like nothing happened]. So we’re talking about a tough dude…and I kind of brought him to tears.

Foley didn’t confirm which match this happened in, but it was likely in ECW.

Mick Foley vs Sabu

Foley and Sabu have 7 official matches against each other listed on Cagematch, and they are as follows:

#DatePromotionMatch fixture
111.09.1997Terry Funk’s WrestleFestMankind vs. Sabu
229.12.1995ECWCactus Jack vs. Sabu
321.10.1995AAACactus Jack, Psicosis & Sabu vs. Rey Misterio Jr., Super Calo & Winners
413.01.1995National Wrestling ConferenceCactus Jack vs. Sabu
529.10.1994National Wrestling ConferenceCactus Jack vs. Sabu
630.09.1994ECWCactus Jack vs. Sabu
724.06.1994ECWCactus Jack vs. Sabu

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