Top 10 Part-timer WrestleMania matches of all time

#2 Edge vs Mick Foley

Mrs Foley’s baby boy’s moment

It’s funny to think that when Mick Foley got his main event spot 6 years earlier, in the McMahon 4-way elimination match, he was content to retire, having achieved his WrestleMania moment.

Little did he know at the time, that Mania 22 would see him return in a part-time role, and for a brief moment, the Hardcore legend would lay down his true mark as a competitor on the grandest stage.

Edge deserves enormous props for what he went through to give Foley this match.

It was not that Edge was not helped as well by his brilliance, its more that he had already hit big on some memorable high-risk spots on the stage and really was in the prime of his career as the Rated-R Superstar in 2006.

He would go on to main event himself (I’d imagine regardless of this match), but we are nonetheless grateful to see a match like this that is unique in the legacy.

Barbed wire, thumb tacks and burning tables are unlikely to emerge in the near future when the PG WWE is advertising the ‘Ultimate Thrill Ride’ rather than blood and guts brawls.

I must concede that I am happy that this is the case more often than not, but I guess there is always the chance to make something stand out and give a part-timer the best chance at doing what they do best.