To longtime wrestling fans, however, Cappetta was the announcer in the middle of the ring as now-legendary wrestlers like Andre the Giant and George "the Animal" Steele did battle for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). [...] in a wrestling match in Munich seven years ago, wrestler Mick Foley (known to wrestling fans as Mankind and Cactus Jack) inadvertently severed his own ear while doing his trademark move, the hangman.