Foley "Ashamed" At Fan Chants During Balor-Rollins Match At SummerSlam

WWE Hall Of Famer and RAW General Manager Mick Foley was less than pleased with the fans who were chanting about the WWE Universal Championship during the Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins match at SummerSlam pay-per-view on Sunday night. So much so, that he wrote a lengthy blog on his official Facebook page about the situation.

Foley noted that he was honored to be ringside for the match, but spoke about it being robbed of the “magic” that can make a good match great, such as the reaction from the fans to the performers who are working their butt off specifically to elicit certain reactions from the live crowd.

“Instead of that element of magic necessary to turn that great match into a classic, what Finn and Seth got instead was the stench of self-congratulatory snarkiness from a a very vocal minority of the sold-out Barklay’s Center. But a couple thousand self-important chanters, mixed in with 14,000 other people who genuinely WANT TO WATCH THE FREAKING MATCH is an awful distraction.”

The RAW GM continued, admitting that the negative chants about the Universal Title belt design may have been clever, but reminded fans that the performer makes the title, not the other way around. As he explained, he found himself in a similar situation when WWE made the Hardcore Title for him during the Attitude Era, but pointed out that through hard work, he and his fellow WWE Superstars ended up making the title mean something.

Foley said that he felt “ashamed” as a result of the fan chants during the Balor-Rollins match and reminded them that Balor had his parents fly in all the way from Ireland to watch him become the first-ever WWE Universal Champion in his SummerSlam debut.

“There are so many times when WWE fans act in a way that makes me proud. Last night was not one of them. Last night, that vocal minority in attendance – who thought their clever chants about their displeasure toward the aesthetic design of a FREAKING belt were more important than the two guys busting their asses to have the best match possible, made me feel ashamed.

“I hope some of those people who were chanting about the Universal Championship – many of whom are Finn Balor fans – will read this article, and realize that Finn flew his family in from Ireland to be part of the event last night. I hope they will take a good look at themselves in the mirror, and realize they made the evening a little less special for him by trying to make the evening about themselves.”