5 Attitude Era characters that wouldn't work in WWE today

#4 Mick Foley's hardcore nature in WWE

Mick Foley was an integral part of WWE's Attitude Era.

Mick Foley wasn't something that this generation of WWE fans would have liked to watch every week on their TV screens. Way too violent for today's programming, Foley would be an outcast if he dropped straight into this generation.

Known for his violent personas, Foley was a hardcore wrestling legend. From being thrown off a cell to crash-landing through flaming tables, Foley was never a visual treat for the faint-hearted.

If you take away the hardcore element from Foley, what remains is a mundane visage of an overweight wrestler that does not fit the mold of how a desirable superstar should look.

It's 20 years to the day since Undertaker threw Mankind off the top of the Hell in a Cell. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to have a midlife crisis. pic.twitter.com/znwk3yED9p

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 28, 2018

It is simply astonishing to realize what Mick Foley had his body to endure to make other wrestlers look like a million bucks. There is no part left in his anatomy that has not been broken or busted. The man has been put through thumbtacks more times than we can count. Foley had lost half of his ear while wrestling a match.

These are the things that got him his identity and made him get over it. These things eventually made him a living hardcore legend.