Foley talks about the origin of the Mankind character. Foley mentions that the Mankind mask was actually a mask that WWE had made for The Undertaker when he broke his orbital bone, but they ended up choosing the “Phantom of the Opera” look instead. When Foley came in Vince McMahon gave him the mask, and Foley mentions that he took a large responsibility for the character’s development from that point onward.
He developed the character’s name and theme music, and was given a lot of creative freedom to come up with the mannerisms that we all associate with Mankind. He admits that he signed a piece of paper saying that WWE owns the character, but he was the one who developed that character into the Mankind we all know.
X-Pac informs that he’s writing an autobiography right now, and he recalls watching Foley write his initial book on an airplane nearly two decades ago. Foley informs that he wrote that whole book in 50 days. There were some days when he wouldn’t get the chance to write at all, but on other days all he’d do was write. That was a great experience for him as he proved to himself that he could try anything.
