Mick Foley looked back on his “I Quit” match with The Rock at Royal Rumble 1999, revealing on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that the infamous chair shots were far more painful than he expected. He explained that the plan was for five shots, but his handcuffed hands prevented him from absorbing the impact, leaving him stunned in the ring.

“Plan was yeah, for five. But I was still in the ring at five. I didn’t realize that your body has the ability to give with a chair shot… This isn’t an exact analogy, but once my hands were cuffed… I can see why. If you were hit in the head, it would be far more painful. So I literally could not believe how much that first chair shot hurt, more than any one I’d ever taken.”

The Original Finish

Foley also revealed the original ending to the match, whi

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