AEW's Mick Foley Explains Where He Learned To Make Opponents Bleed 'The Hard Way'

If there's one person who knows about bleeding in the professional wrestling industry, from how to make someone else bleed, to putting a crimson mask on oneself, it's the "Hardcore Legend" Mick Foley. The WWE Hall of Famer-turned-backstage AEW correspondent is best known for his wild, death-defying spots, from his time in the then-WWF, to his stints in Japan in the '90s.

On an episode of "The Mick and Kenny Show," Foley talked about all aspects of his career, including the frequent use of blood in his matches. He spoke about being big on bleeding "the hard way," or causing blood without discreetly running a razorblade across his forehead.

"When I was in the business, where, 'Hey, if they don't work out like you hoped, like maybe there's some blood involved,'" he explained. "So, eyebrows, my eyebrows were frequently getting stitched up. In Japan, there was all kinds of different ways [to bleed], like barbed wire. That thing would snatch you and tear you. There was a more traditional way, but we're not going to get into that right now. But, I was a big proponent of the believability of the hard way."

Foley explained that when he worked in the southern territories, where they wrestled in the same cities every week, the wrestlers had to find a way to get enough fans interested to return the following week. He explained blood was one of the ways they would try and up the intrigue.

"It was a way of punching somebody in the eyebrow," he said. "Not necessarily how hard they could punch them, but a punch in a downward motion that would open the [skin.]"

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