Mick Foley Explains The Origin Of His ‘Bang Bang’ Catchphrase

The Attitude Era produced some of the greatest wrestling catchphrases of all time. Stone Cold had “Austin 3:16”, Undertaker had “Rest in Peace”, The Rock had too many to list. One of the most simple and most iconic belonged to Mick Foley.

Foley’s “Bang Bang” catchphrase began in WCW and now Foley has explained its origin. During a recent edition of WWE Untold, Foley discussed where he got the idea from. Here is the quote, courtesy of Fightful:

“I wasn’t even aware that I made noises throughout my matches. It just came from my subconscious. Bang Bang had, maybe the most humble of wrestling origins. I dropped an elbow on Nasty Ned Brady in Greensboro, NC, I think it was one day before I lost two top teeth in a car accident. The song from the B-52’s, ‘Love Shack’ went through my mind and I looked up at the camera and said, ‘Bang bang bang, on the door baby.’ And I never again used ‘on the door baby.’ The more meaningful and more I believed in the gesture, the better the match was going to be.”

Mick Foley primarily used this catchphrase during his time as Cactus Jack. While he was portraying Mankind and Dude Love the phrase would be put on hiatus.

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