WWE Classics: Mick Foley vs Randy Orton - Backlash 2004

#2 The match

Evolution was banned from ringside, as was a stipulation to which Orton agreed.

Mick Foley, in correlation to the type of match, wrestled in his Cactus Jack gimmick, and he delivered. Both men delivered.

Orton entered first, with a barb-wired two-by-four, and Foley entered with a barb wired baseball bat. While Foley was on his way to the ring, Orton’s barbed wire got caught on the top rope, and he was immediately on the defense, using a trash can as a shield to defend against Cactus’ barbed-bat. Soon, a chase began, and Orton turned the tables by catching Cactus off guard and striking with the trash can. After a few more shots, Cactus stole the can and began using it as his weapon.

For a while, neither man used a foreign object, and instead brawled inside and outside the ring, until Orton introduced the barb wired bat again, only to get kicked down low. Foley took control and began to make Orton bleed with the bat, and continued to annihilate his face with it. This continued for a while, with Foley now in complete control. The bat was placed between Orton’s legs and used in the groin region, and he was also hit in the head with some kind of metal slab.

Foley would introduce a barbed-wire-filled board, only to have Orton blow some kind of powder in his face and backdrop him onto it. Now, the control was with Orton, who used the board to his advantage yet again, and continued to do so. Eventually, Orton introduced the dreaded thumb-tacks, and attempted to deliver an RKO to Foley on to them, but failed, and ended up with a back littered with the little pins, a spot which remains popular even to this day.

After this, Orton attempted to walk away, but Foley followed him and the two brawled on the entrance ramp. Foley threw Orton off the stage, and through a table that lay below. While doctors attempted to attend to Orton, Foley delivered an elbow drop off the stage and attempted a pin. To everyone’s surprise, Orton, thumb-tacked, blooded, thrown off the stage, elbowed, kicked out.

The action returned to the ring, where Foley delivered a Double-arm DDT, only to have Orton kick out again. The barbed-wire bat returned, as Orton assaulted Cactus with it, and then Orton was hit with the Mandible Claw, Socko included. Orton quickly reversed it into an RKO, but Cactus kicked out as well. As soon as he stood up, Orton delivered another one, this time onto the barbed-wire bat. Yes, Foley’s face fell on barbed wire. With this, Orton picked up the victory.

What a beating both men took, especially Orton. Above is a highlight video of the match.