Mick Foley praises the creativity of W*ING Kanemura.
During a Q&A session at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City, WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley was asked about the best wrestlers he's worked with in terms of creativity. Foley praised Shawn Michaels for how well their styles gelled together, but also put over W*ING Kanemura for how many good ideas he had when they wrestled each other in Japan.
Mick Foley would say that Kanemura had so many good ideas that he wouldn't feel the need to add his input.
"Shawn Michaels and I did some really creative stuff in Mind Games 1996, and our styles blended seamlessly, even though they were very different. He let me come up with some of the weird stuff on that one, and we just put it together. It was our first singles match, and it was one of the best matches I've ever had.
"Also, there's a guy named W*ING Kanemura who wrestled for FMW in Japan, and I have to tell you, he had so many great ideas when I showed up in Japan that I just said, 'Sounds good to me,' and had zero input that match maybe for the first time in a long time because I like to have input. But if somebody's stuff is really good, yeah, I'll do it. It's just like if I do a TV show or a small movie. If the dialogue is good, I don't feel the need to rewrite it."
Mick Foley was recently quoted as saying that one of the biggest regrets of his career was not working a long-term singles program with either Shawn Michaels or Bret Hart. Read those comments here.
Foley doesn't name him here, but he has said that his match with Randy Orton at WWE Backlash 2004 is his favorite match of his career. Read those comments here.
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