Mick Foley effectively retired as a wrestler in October 2010 while working for TNA. He would later team with Terry Funk for a short tag match on a JCW show in 2011 and make a surprise Royal Rumble appearance in 2012, but he has avoided wrestling since then. However, the 56-year-old has now given hope to fans that he may wrestle again. The revelation would come during one of his Nice Day Tour shows when a fan would ask him about having one more match. Rather than saying no as expected, he would reveal he would be open to wrestling again as long as it could be a cinematic match.
While Matt Hardy helped bring cinematic matches to prominence, they became an accepted part of wrestling once WWE featured two of them at WrestleMania 36. The Boneyard Match between The Undertaker and AJ Styles actually headlined the first night of the event and was so well-received that The Undertaker decided to retire knowing he couldn’t top his performance in a regular match. The concept would also be used for Sting’s first match in AEW and proved he could still compete at a high enough standard.
While Foley’s violent and self-destructive wrestling style has led to multiple issues for him in later life, a cinematic match would allow for his limitations to be covered. With numerous takes, camera cuts, and even crash pads possibly used if needed. Where the match would occur, though, could be an issue, as Foley is not popular with WWE management right now due to uploading a video to YouTube and social media criticizing them. In the video, he would question how they book new talent and even say that he isn’t sure he’d trust them with his career if he were an aspiring talent today.
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