Mick Foley/Awesome


 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Being declared the bodyguard of a boy who stuck up for gay rights by Jon Stewart and vowing to bring a world of pain upon those who would give him trouble.
 * Being honored at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, DC in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
 * Also, his final promo on WWE programming. Hell of a way to go out.
 * And if you're going to mention Mick Foley promos, there's only two words you need to know: "Cane Dewey". It's considered the best promo in Foley's career, and some have even gone as far as to call it the best in the history of the industry.
 * The 1998 Royal Rumble, where Foley would eventually (through getting eliminated) wrestle in all three of his personas -- Cactus Jack, Dude Love, and Mankind. JR said it best: "Mrs. Foley's Baby Boy is having himself a triple-header!"
 * His first WWF/E championship win on December 29th. To quote Michael Cole, "Mankind did it! Mick Foley did it!"
 * An often forgotten one happened at the 1999 Summerslam where he won the world title for a third and final time from Stone Cold Steve Austin (Triple H was also in the match.) While Austin had lost a handful of matches since his first title victory, it was usually by either disqualification or by getting screwed (usually by the McMahons). Foley became the first wrestler since Wrestlemania XIV to CLEANLY pin Austin. He lost the belt the next night to Triple H, but the moment stands.
 * His punching out of Bubba the Love Sponge. Seeing how Bubba was the Creator's Pet of TNA, it just made it that much sweeter.
 * His work with Tori Amos and RAINN counseling rape victims, being named Volunteer of the Month.
 * His videos for Jezebel.com, teaching self-defense for women and answering questions about feminism and self-confidence. Yeah, that's right. Mick Foley is a feminist.
 * When Chyna was debuting in the WWF, none of the wrestlers wanted to sell any of her attacks because she was a woman (who was bigger than over half the boys on the roster). The only guy willing to sell for her was Mick. Eventually, the other guys warmed to the idea of her as a threat. Chyna has/had a career because Mick Foley was secure enough in his manhood to get knocked around by a girl.
 * Writing multiple best-sellers.
 * The Cactus Jack promo preceding his Royal Rumble 2000 match with Triple H. Hunter selling it like he'd just seen a ghost was the cherry atop the sundae of awesome.
 * Cactus Jack's Debut three years earlier certainly counts. Again, with this in mind, the reaction Hunter gives three years later before the Royal Rumble is most definitely justified.
 * A couple weeks before Wrestlemania 2000, Vince decides to have the scheduled main event for Wrestlemania (a triple threat between Triple H, The Big Show, and The Rock for the WWF Championship free on Raw. The match commences with Triple H just barely squeezing out a victory but happy he doesn't have to compete at Wrestlemania now. Then, Linda McMahon comes out and declares that Triple will instead compete in a Fatal Four Way elimination match against Rock, Big Show,... and Mick Foley. The crowd becomes positively unglued as Foley comes out and beats the crap out of Triple H and Big Show and hoists the WWE Title high above his head.
 * In 1998, Time Magazine decided to have an online poll to determine who would be their "Person of the Year." Mick Foley ended up winning by the landslide, to the point that they decided to pull him from the poll so someone "proper" would end up winning.