Mick Foley on if Daniel Bryan can take John Cena's spot, the funniest wrestler, WWE going PG

Red Eye Chicago has an interview with WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley, who was promoting his Tales of Wrestling Past comedy show at Zanie’s in Rosemont, IL on August 8th. Here are some highlights from the interview:

If he thinks WWE made the right decision by going to PG: “I really do. With the TV-14, there were a lot of sponsors the WWE couldn’t bring in because of the rating. I think it was frustrating when they were doing gigantic ratings and couldn’t draw the sponsors during the Attitude Era. They did great business during a horrible economic time and continue to draw adults to bring their children to watch the product.”

The funniest wrestler he knows: “Well some of the funniest guys backstage couldn’t translate that humour to the ring. There’s a fine line that guys use their humour for their character and guys that use their humour to define their character. I think every guy who has been successful has used humour to build their career. There was one moment in Milwaukee, where basically there were five guys in the Main Event match that could not control their upheavals of laughter. The Rock gave me an image the night before and when it was time to deliver my promo, I couldn’t get that out of my mind.”

If he thinks Daniel Bryan can take the same spot John Cena currently has: “He is just on fire right now. He is so much fun to watch. Right now he is the best combination wrestler since probably Edge was at his peak. Edge, at that time, was stealing the show whether he was wrestling or not. I love the fact that the two guys fighting for that top spot at SummerSlam are Daniel Bryan and CM Punk. I know Punk likes and respects Daniel but he will do his best each and every night. Stone Cold was on record saying he wanted to steal every show. He and I were good friends, but we both stole the show at different times through the years. There has to be some unique marketing abilities for Daniel, and I have an idea or two I would like to pass WWE’s way. He would be one of the stars of my next children’s book, if and when it gets published.”