Mick Foley Defends the Use of Enhancement Matches On WWE Programming

Enhancement matches serve a very specific purpose in wrestling. The point is to get a quick win and elevate only one person. For example, WWE is using these matches to get Braun Strowman and Nia Jax over on TV.

They’re good for getting one performer over, but the bigger issue with them is the audience has no opinion of the loser, so the win doesn’t mean as much as a feud or a win over a well-known jobber would.

Recently, Mick Foley gave his thoughts on enhancement matches and provided some perspective on the importance of them, and the truth is you don’t know who could be a part of them. Foley posted the following:

“When I watched wrestling as a kid, “enhancement talent” was featured more often on TV. Some of my earliest matches were on WWE television as enhancement talent – going up against The British Bulldogs, The Killer Bees, Kamala and Hercules. As soon as I felt like I was getting the faintest whiff of recognition from the fans, I felt like it was time to stop appearing on #WWE TV for awhile. It would be 10 years before I returned to the company in a slightly larger role. Who was your favorite enhancement guy of all time – the guy who did the best job (literally) of making other guys look good.”

Source: PWMania.com

Do you think enhancement matches are useful or boring?