When Mick Foley was announced as the General Manager of Raw, it was a surprise to many. Most expected Commissioner Stephanie McMahon to pick her husband Triple H to be her co-chair on the flagship brand. Instead, Stephanie swerved us and chose a man who she loathed 16 years ago as she tried to rid him from wrestling. Foley wasn’t necessary a bad pick as his passion cannot be questioned and, despite the chair shots and bumps, is a knowledgeable man.
In just over a month as the Raw General Manager, Foley has disappointed.
In honor of Chris Jericho and The List of Jericho, allow me to give you 50 reasons as to why Mick Foley has been a poor General Manager. We’ll call it, The List of Jerecho.
- Tipped picks at the draft, allowing Smackdown to get Becky Lynch
- Lacks intestinal fortitude to stick up for himself as Stephanie berates him
- Booked a best-of-seven series between Cesaro and Sheamus even though Cesaro was already up 2-0
- Forced Cesaro and Sheamus to team together instead of giving us a definitive conclusion to the series.
- Could you imagine if The Warriors and Thunder were tied at the end of Game 7 and David Stern was like, “Instead of playing overtime, you two are going to combine teams next season.”
- I guess that sort of happened anyway
- Fuck Kevin Durant
- Armbar
- Gave Seth Rollins a title shot at Clash of Champions even though Roman Reigns also got screwed in the Fatal Four Way match
- Gave Roman Reigns a chance to get into the title match at Clash of Champions, but did nothing about Rusev’s interference
- Gave Roman Reigns a rematch in a cage, but made it non-title
- What I’m saying is Roman Reigns kinda got screwed
- Told Seth Rollins not to get involved in the match between Owens and Reigns
- Rollins got involved
- There was no punishment for Rollins
- I guess he had to face Rusev, but that doesn’t really seem like much of a punishment because even Rusev was upset at having to wrestle
- Should have had him face Kane
- Remember when anytime someone was going to get punished, they always had to face Kane?
- The Demon Kane
- Knows Stephanie has talked to Triple H in the month since Kevin Owens won the title and is no closer to finding out if she knew about the interference
- Is trying to drive a wedge between Chris Jericho and his best friend Kevin Owens
- Flubbed his lines when introducing the Cruiserweights
- Needed notecards to introduce the Cruiserweights
- Left Enzo and Cass off Clash of Champions even though they are the most popular team on the show
- Booked a bunch of rematches following Clash of Champions
- That shows a lack of creativity
- Seriously, The Club and Brian Kendrick lost, why do they get rematches?
- Used the word “arse” even though he’s not European
- Didn’t sign Bayley sooner
- Didn’t give Bayley a one-on-one rematch after she pinned the champion
- Doesn’t feature his daughter Noelle on TV
- Armbar
- Terrible fashion sense
- Allowed Reigns to interrupt the wedding of Rusev and Lana and rewarded him for such behavior
- Booked Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens a month after they had a match that was supposed to end their rivalry and keep them away from each other
- Why were they even drafted to the same show?
- Let Jack Swagger walk as a free agent and got nothing in return
- Did not make an offer to The Miz while he was unhappy on Smackdown and trying to re-negotiate his contract
- Makes bad jokes
- Probably thought the Old Day segment was funny
- I have no proof of #40 but the record shows that I’m right
- Daniel Bryan was right about his creepy obsession with women
- Called out Daniel Bryan for stealing James Ellsworth
- Didn’t actually do anything about it
- Failed to sign Heath Slater
- Armbar
- Punishes Dana Brooke for no reason
- Allows Charlotte to slap around Dana
- Maybe he sees Charlotte and Dana as he sees Stephanie and himself and he’s taking out his anger on Dana but really he’s just angry at himself?
- That’s 50
