On Sunday, November 20th, at Survivor Series, Monday Night RAW and SmackDown Live will battle for brand supremacy in there Red on Blue elimination matches featuring the top men, women, and tag teams from both shows. Plus, the Miz will defend his Intercontinental Championship against Sami Zayn and "The Beast" Brock Lesnar will face off against the returning Bill Goldberg.
I recently had a quick chat with WWE Hall of Fame Mick Foley, who's been filling the role of RAW General Manager for the past few months, alongside Commissioner Stephanie McMahon, about the upcoming Lesnar/Golberg match. Plus, Foley offered up his thoughts on the Hell in a Cell match between Sasha Banks and Charlotte, Vader possibly going into the Hall of Fame, and...President Rock?
IGN: Let's talk about Survivor Series and the big singles main event between Bill Goldberg and Brock Lesnar. It's not the first time these guys have met, but it's been a long time. Is this the right time for this match and is it something fans really want to see?
Mick Foley: Yeah, I do. I think the tagline "Fantasy Warfare Just Got Real" really captures what it is. It has been a while for them so fans who didn't get to experience it the first time around can now see what it's like. The difference here, between this match and the one in 2004, is that they're both super excited. It's not a case where Brock is journeying off to try his hand with the NFL. This time the two guys are there because they want to be there and I think they've always wanted to redeem themselves from their effort back at WrestleMania XX.
IGN: On RAW this week, some parallels were drawn between you and Shane McMahon and your wrestling styles and how you both take huge risks in big match scenarios. Do you agree with that?
Foley: Oh, yeah, I definitely do. Shane had that tremendous match at WrestleMania with the Undertaker. He's fearless. And there are similarities there between he and I and how we handle a cage match. But Stephanie and I have both questioned him taking a spot on the SmackDown team. We believe that our RAW team will, basically, exploit Shane's lack of regular wrestling. I just don't think he'll be on the same level as the other RAW and SmackDown superstars, you know, having only had one match in the past decade.
Mick Foley laying the verbal smackdown on SmackDown Live bosses Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon.
IGN: As someone with a storied career inside Hell in a Cell, what was it like to not only see the first ever Women's Hell in a Cell match, but also see it go on last as the main event?
Foley: Oh, I was really proud. But also legitimately nervous. I was. I was nervous. Because I know both of the women really well and care about them. It's no joke in there and you can get seriously hurt. In a way, it was like watching my own kids in that ring. so I was very proud and very nervous, and I was relieved when it was over.
IGN: Did you talk to them after it was over?
Foley: Yeah, I was one of the first people they saw when they came through that curtain. I was sitting with Ric Flair there in what we call the "Gorilla Position" and we were the fist people they saw when they got done with the match. Which was a great, historic match.
IGN: Vader recently announced online some unfortunate news about his health and since then you've been making a push for him to get into the WWE Hall of Fame. Can you talk about him and what he meant to your career?
Foley: There was a time when Vader and I had a main event Pay-Per-View match, back in 1993 at Halloween Havoc, and I firmly thought that it was going to be the biggest match of my career and that everything after would just be going downhill. That it was going to be a pinnacle and nothing else would be able to live up to it because Vader and I wrestled with such intensity. I always thought that he was underrated, historically, and was somebody who should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time ago. The reason I've been making the push is because he expressed to me personally that he wanted it when he broke the news to me a few weeks ago about the status of his health. Being inducted into the Hall of Fame would be the biggest thing for him and, in a way, a reason to live. It's not just me voicing an opinion, it's also me try to fulfill the last wish of one of the greatest wrestlers of his time.
IGN: It's just a soundbite, but The Rock was recently asked if he'd run for president in 2020 and he said he wouldn't rule it out. What's your take on that? As someone who's known him a long time, do you think The Rock could lead this country?
Foley: Yeah, I do. And I hope he will run. I think he has great leadership skills. He's probably the hardest worker I've ever seen. He's a guy who not only likes to take on new projects but also masters them, and I think he's somebody the country can rally behind. I think he can unite the country in a way that this election definitely didn't. To take an old quote from a previous president, I think The Rock could be a uniter and not a divider.
Survivor Series airs Sunday, November 20th on the WWE Network.
Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at http://ift.tt/2aJ67FB.
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