By Lucas for WWF Raw
magazine
Everyone has a story from their childhood about a
special toy that seemed to come to life when all the
doors were closed and the lights went out. At the
store, church, grandma's house or anywhere in
between, the toy was right there at our side. At
night we slept, arms tightly wrapped around it so
that nothing could come between us. And when Mom and
Dad tried to persuade us to leave it home, we
screamed abd cried until there were no more tears. To
everybody else it was just a stuffed rabbit or a torn
blanket, but to us it was much more than that. It was
a best friend and it was alive. But at
only three years of age we didn't know any better. By
the age of six, we couldn't even remember what the
toy looked like anymore. Al Snow and
Mankind have taken this childhood memory and refuse
to let it go. Althought it may seem very silly to the
rest of the world, the thought of fighting over the
supremacy of their inaimate sidekicks is nothing out
of the ordinary for these two unstable superstars.
Most fans find "Head" quite amusing, but in reality
the detached mannequin head offers a revealing look
inside the human psyche Snow talks to
Head, claiming it is the tangible culmination of all
the voices in his own head that are constantly
telling him what to do. While Snow may actually
believe that Head controls his every move, the rest
of the world sees nothing more that a crazy guy
yelling at-and blameing all his mistakes on-a plastic
head. While joining Snow for a team
action, mankind lets his contemporany know that
talking to a severed plastic head is the stupidest
thing he has ever seen-and Al Snow doesn't appreciate
the remark. Althought no one else can
understand the relationship between Head and Snow, he
views it as an extension of himself and takes it very
personally when someone speaks out agaisnt Head.
Besides, what right does Mankind have to be calling
anyone else stupid? At first Mr, Socko seemed that
Mick Fooley drew a face on with black marker. Mick
provides the squeaky, child-like voice of Mr. Socko
and always gets a reaction from the Federation fans
when he pulls it out. Even though there is perhaps no
more bengn a comic prop then a sock puppet, there is
also something very amusing about it. It's easy to
see why fans love Mr. Socko, but Mick has taken his
relationship with a sock too far. Weeks
after debuting his cotton buddy, Mankind proved that
he did not look at Mr. Socko as just a sock puppet
originally created to entertain Mr. McMahon. One
night when Foley reached into his trunks to get his
sweat-stained pal, he made a grim discovery-Mr. Socko
was missing! Immedistely, Foley flew into a rage as
he frantically looked for Mr. socko backstage. The
fightening scene resembled a mother's seach for her
child at a crowed amusement park. Soon after that
horrifying night, Head began appearing in public with
a dirty white headband that looked very much like Mr.
Socko. Al Snow claimed he had no idea
where Head got it, but Mankind may not care to hear
it When the Deranged One realized where Mr. Socko has
landed he is to get it back-and for that he'll look
to the "arms and legs" of the rival tandem. There
isn't going to be anything playful about a clash
between Snow and Mankind over the dominace of their
respective sidekicks, and it may be all our fault. As
fans, we encouraged both these superstars to continue
their childish antics by laughing along with
them. The whole situation was vey funny
when Al was just yelling at a plastic head and Mick
was a guy with a sock puppet, but it's gotten totally
out of hand. These two deranged individuals are ready
to destory each other over two objects that have
never, and will never be alive.
Head,Socko,Head,Socko