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May 15, 2012 · www.wrestlingdisclosure.com
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- Wrestling Disclosure
Apr 24, 1993 · This fight between Cactus Jack and Vader goes to the outside and ends in disaster.
- 5 min
- “I Was A Hard Guy to Feel Sympathetic for.”
- “It Was So Brutal.”
- “Everything Seemed Darker That Day.”
- “They Had Taken A Surreal, Goofy Take on A Very Serious Situation…”
- “I Was Wrestling That Match Like It Was My Last Ever.”
- “There Was So Much Potential Left on The table.”
Mick Foley, then known as Cactus Jack, arrived in WCW in 1991 and immediately stamped out a place in the minds of fans. “The thing that stands out was how legitimately frightened some of the spectators were of me,” Foley told WWEClassics.com. He gave them plenty to be afraid of as he teamed with the equally terrifying Abdullah the Butcher to make l...
The first bout between Cactus Jack and Big Van Vader took place on WCW’s flagship show at the time, WCW Saturday Night. On April 17, 1993, neither the fans packed into Atlanta’s Center Stage Theater nor the viewers at home could have been prepared for the carnage that was about to happen. “It was so brutal,” Foley said of his first encounter with t...
One week after the vicious match, on April 24, 1993, Cactus Jack emerged to speak with Tony Schiavone on WCW Saturday Night. He addressed the previous week’s thrashing, as well as a challenge the champion had laid out for that night. With his face covered in bandages, Jack explained to Big Van Vader how tough that task would be. “You want to destro...
Foley used the time after the powerbomb-induced injury to have some needed surgery done. “That’s my vacation, knee surgery,” he joked. To explain his absence, WCW created a series of vignettes based around the idea that Cactus Jack had amnesia following the powerbomb by Big Van Vader. Jack was placed in a mental institution, but had escaped somewhe...
Cactus Jack made his return to WCW at Clash of the Champions on August 18, 1993. If Foley had any trepidation about his return, his nerves were eased when one of the most infamous gaffes in sports-entertainment history occurred earlier that night. “I was in my dressing room when I saw The Shockmaster fall,” he recalled. “It took me about 10 minutes...
The Halloween Havoc melee with Vader was obviously not Mick Foley’s final foray inside the squared circle. He went on to become a decorated champion in WWE, holding multiple championships, including the WWE Title. WWE fans fondly remember his dust-ups with Superstars like The Rock, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Undertaker and Triple H rather than ...
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Jun 22, 2014 · Big Van Vader vs. Cactus Jack (WCW Saturday Night 04.17.1993) (Full Unedited Version from Mick Foley DVD) *Includes aftermath and Vader/Race Interview*. Show less.
- June 22, 2014
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Sep 23, 2012 · Watch Cactus Jack vs Vader - WCW Saturday Night April 1993 - f100003570148919 on Dailymotion.
- September 23, 2012
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On this episode of Foley Is Pod, Hardcore Legend Mick Foley and host Conrad Thompson look back at two of Mick's most iconic matches in WCW.
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Dec 22, 2021 · This is a review of a Texas Deathmatch between Vader and Cactus Jack from WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 - one of the most violent matches of the 1990s.
