The 10 best Superstars from the Attitude Era

#4 Mick Foley

One of the many faces of Foley.

If there was an Oscar for the best supporting role given to a wrestler, that award would undoubtedly go to Mick Foley. Despite having a monster of a singles career of his own, the number of guys he has helped take the necessary step to becoming a main eventer is truly remarkable. And as anyone who knows their wrestling history will appreciate that the period from 1996-1998 was certainly a time when this kind of support was needed.

Debuting as Mankind, Foley began working with guys like Undertaker, Vader and Kane, helping all three to establish themselves as monster heels or babyfaces. Foley's ability to take bumps that other Superstars would have been reluctant to take helped create one of the most iconic matches of all time at the King of the Ring from 1998.

He and Undertaker redefined what it meant to have an 'extreme' match, with Foley being thrown off the top of the cell and chokeslammed through it. Undertaker came away from that match with a brand new aura, just one of the many examples of somebody walking away from a Foley match better than when they walked towards it.

To say Foley is versatile is also quite the understatement. He managed to entertain fans throughout the Attitude Era as three different characters, all able to complement his opponent in their own special way.

The crowning moment of his Attitude Era career came in early 1999 when he finally got his hands on the WWF Championship. After weeks of being denied the opportunity by the evil Mr McMahon and the Rock, Stone Cold marched to the ring to probably the greatest ever pop the company has seen, helping Foley become the company's champion, much to the dismay of the boss.

Fans might instinctively name other Superstars as having the greatest contribution to the company during the Attitude Era, but it's pretty safe to say that it wouldn't have been half as successful without the help of Mrs Foley's baby boy.