Mick Foley discusses using the microphone inside a wrestling ring as a weapon. He says it's one of the easier items to use to get a reaction without causing significant harm.
Mick Foley is "The Hardcore Legend" of professional wrestling. That doesn't become your alias unless you've explored how to use every tool at your disposal at one time or another in your career. Recently, Mick Foley appeared on Maven's YouTube channel to rank various weapons by the extent of the actual pain they inflict.
One weapon that was far down that list is the microphone. Mick Foley explains that there is a way to hit opponents with a microphone without causing any damage, but still getting a nice thud and reaction.
"There really is a way to get the noise where there is contact, but most of that contact is made elsewhere. If you can hit someone's head hard here [with your forearm], then that microphone is still going to make that sound, still going to thump, and it's so much better than if you just had the microphone, because this way you get the big wind up. It's the way you use it, but if it's done correctly, you should bear -- there are going to be plenty of other situations where you're going to suffer, for your art, but the microphone should not be one of those."
Elsewhere in the video, he spoke about fire extinguishers. Learn why those are actually painful to Mick Foley at this link.
Mick Foley also spoke about using the ring bell correctly. Read his comments here.
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