3 Superstars who weren't WWE fans growing up and 3 who were die-hard fans

#5 Mick Foley (WWE fan)

Mick Foley

Mick Foley, dubbed as "The Hardcore Legend", was a die-hard WWE fan while growing up. While he was a student at the State University of New York at Cortland, Foley traveled to Madison Square Garden, NYC, to watch the now-iconic Steel Cage match pitting his favorite wrestler, Jimmy Snuka, with Don Muraco.

Snuka's flying body splash that he connected from the top of the cage has now gained legendary status, and Foley has stated multiple times that this was the moment he decided that he wanted to become a professional wrestler. Foley made a name for himself in several promotions, including WCW and ECW, before finally signing with WWE.

Foley's WWE title win over The Rock on an episode of RAW that was aired on January 4, 1999 went head-to-head with WCW's "Fingerpoke of Doom" moment.

WCW didn't recover from the blow and never beat WWE in the ratings war again. Foley went on to become a living legend who engaged in a string of memorable hardcore encounters with the likes of Triple H, Edge, and Randy Orton. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013, for his contributions to pro-wrestling.