Mick Foley & SSOW,
Sulphur Springs, Texas,
July 22, 2000

How often do you see an actual legend, still under contract to a major wrestling organization, appearing at a small-town independent wrestling show on his scheduled day off? Well, it happened on Saturday, July 22, 2000, when hardcore legend Mick Foley, on the weekend of the World Wrestling Federation's Fully Loaded PPV show in Dallas, went about 90 miles out of his way to sign autographs and greet fans at a Superstars of Wrestling show at the Hopkins County Civic Center Arena (a rodeo arena, by the way) in Sulphur Springs, Texas. This is my record of his visit.--Rob

(And, by the way, he signed my copy of Have A Nice Day twice---once when he entered the building, and once at the autograph session. Thank you, Mick!)

Mick visits with fans near the dressing room area

Mick signs for a lucky fan

Mick signs autographs for the faithful during intermission; he signed his book, socks, action figures, photos, T-shirts ... anything his fans had

Rear view of Mick greeting his fans

It's a long line of Foley fans

Mick leaves the building (sorry about the darkness; I needed different film.)

Obviously, neither person here is Mick Foley. This is lady wrestler Alexis Devine trying in vain to get her arms around Big Rob. (Thanks to Pam Hernandez for taking the picture!)