Before Netflix docs, Mick Foley made himself a wrestling god with a camcorder and delusion.
The Loved One is a home-made film created by Mick Foley and Dan Zucker, detailing the fictional life of Dude Love, from his roots as pathetic loser Mick Foley into a wrestling superstar who captures the WWF gold as well as the hearts of ladies all over the world.
Practical Effects
Zero-budget cardboard sets that somehow work.
Acting
Foley playing three versions of himself with zero shame.
Writing
Satire so sharp it predicted wrestling's self-aware era.
Director
Mick Foley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mick Foley later brought Dude Love to actual WWE television in 1997, making this perhaps the only backyard film to become canonical pro wrestling lore.
This predates wrestling's 'Attitude Era' self-awareness by a decade—Foley was roasting the business before the business learned to roast itself.
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