Mick Foley pitched Son of Abyss in TNA, but it was never used

Mick Foley, the WWE Hall of Famer known for his Mankind, Dude Love and Cactus Jack personas, said in recent interviews that he once pitched a flamboyant new character while working in TNA Wrestling: the Son of Abyss. Foley described the idea as a ready-made storyline during the period when Hulk Hogan was an on‑screen mentor to the masked wrestler Abyss, and said the angle would have culminated in a dramatic reveal and possible pay‑per‑view match.

Foley told interviewers that the conceit was for Hogan to confide in Abyss that an encounter nearly two decades earlier had produced a child, who would be revealed as Abyss’s long‑lost son — Foley himself in the new role. Foley said he envisioned teaming with Abyss as a secret partner, appearing in the Abyss mask to turn the tide in a match against opponents aligned with on‑screen authority figures. He repeatedly referred to the idea as “money,” saying, “The one character that got away from me, oh man. This was money. The smell of money is still around.”

In the pitch Foley described a theatrical moment in which an announcer or authority figure would pronounce the gimmick with crowd participation, repeatedly chanting “Son of Abyss” to...