Mick Foley Criticizes Fans For Chants During Balor/Ambrose Match

– Mick Foley has posted to his Facebook account criticizing the fan’s vocal criticism of the new Universal Title during the Finn Balor/Dean Ambrose match at SummerSlam. Foley posted the opinion piece earlier this evening, saying that it was disrespectful for a “very vocal minority” of the crowd to chant “self-congratulatory snarkiness” about the Universal Title, which he says was a distraction for those who wanted to enjoy the match itself.

“Yes, the chants were clever,” he said. “Maybe the look of the Universal Championship isn’t the one that I personally wouldn’t have wanted. But remember the Hardcore Title? It was supposed to be a joke when it was presented to me – broken pieces of metal held together by duct tape. But we made that title mean something by busting our asses to show it’s worth. As Seth Rollins writes in his tweet, a title is about more than appearance; it’s about what it represents for the men fighting for it. Remember the WWE title I won from The Rock – that moment that has gone down as among the greatest in Monday Night Raw history? Did you know that title belt reeked of beer and mildew, and stunk up my bag every day for the 37 days (or whatever the exact number was) that I held it? Did you know that I didn’t give an F about the beer and mildew… or what it looked like, what color it was, if it spun or had my name on it? I only cared about the hard work that had gone into winning it, and that those responsible for running the company felt that I was worthy of holding it.”

He continues, “There are so many times when WWE fans act in a way that makes me proud. Last night was not one of them. Last night, that vocal minority in attendance – who thought their clever chants about their displeasure toward the aesthetic design of a FREAKING belt were more important than the two guys busting their asses to have the best match possible, made me feel ashamed.”

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