Mick Foley Thinks Lack Of Promos Hurt Sabu During His Career: “He Didn’t Have A Chance To Endear Himself To People”

Sabu was someone who didn’t speak a lot during his career and Mick Foley feels like that hurt the ECW original.

During the most recent episode of his podcast, Foley is Pod, Mick spoke about Sabu and how he feels like he does not the flowers he deserves.

“Sabu is another guy I’d like to see get his accolades. It’s just a shame that when the only crime — the only thing Sabu ever did was get older. A lot of the people who were on the bandwagon see him, you know, he hasn’t gone on to be part of people’s childhoods the way that we had the opportunity to, so the wave of popularity goes from here, then there’s a big downturn and then one day when Halloween, you realize that people are dressing up like you for Halloween. You’re no longer irrelevant. You’re now part of people’s childhoods,” said Mick Foley. “Also, he didn’t have a chance to endear himself to people. I understand why he didn’t speak. He was the nephew of The Sheik, and The Sheik, I don’t think, spoke and if he did, it was rarely. It was never more than a few words. He was sticking to that character.

“[Sabu] never found that other gear to shift into, which usually involves comedy,” Foley continued. “Ric [Flair] was connecting with audiences more efficiently ten years past his physical prime. DX, clearly, humor was on display as Shawn Michaels and Triple H got older. [Sabu] didn’t have that other gear. Unfortunately, as time goes by, you’re seeing the same guy do things a little bit slower. And fans can be man, they can be pretty merciless. Yeah. They can be very forgiving, and they can be great, but they can be pretty merciless when somebody’s stumbling.”

Mick Foley

Sabu is an extreme superstar who relied on his agility and hardcore nature to become very successful in ECW. We will have to wait and see if Sabu will get his credit in the future.

H/T to Fightful

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