Even taking the effect on Williams’ career out of the equation, Foley would still view the Brawl for All as a failure. In his eyes, there were several major oversights in the planning of the tournament.

“They forgot that Marc Mero was a heck of a boxer,” Foley stated. “It was just a mess. You had guys suffering serious knock-outs and then driving home.”

More than 25 years later, the Brawl for All is now agreed upon almost unanimously as a disaster, including by many of those involved and who worked backstage at the time. The Brawl for All tournament was the focus of an episode of “The Dark Side of the Ring” in 2020, showcasing the various ways in which the tournament derailed careers and lives.

“Bart Gunn got more over than he was supposed to,” Foley continued. “He did come back, and got knocked out by Butterbean, which just called into question how good Bart could’ve been if he got knocked out that quickly, even though [Butterbean] hit him with a punch that would’ve knocked a mule out. So no — no, there were no real winners, except for Bob Holly. Bob mixed it up with Bart Gunn, came back, and said, ‘That was fun.’ And it kind of became the dawn of the ‘Hardcore’ Holly era.”