Mick Foley destroyed his body to stand out from the crowd and achieve wrestling stardom; however, it took years of his wrestling career and left him dealing with persistent pain. And now, during the latest episode of his podcast, he has been discussing his return to WWE in 2011 and opened up on how he couldn’t get medically cleared to wrestle. Revealing a doctor told him he had “too many issues,” leaving him knowing the true price he’d paid for what he’d done inside and outside the ring.
He said, “We’ve been looking over your MRIs and your X-rays. You’ve got too many issues. You got muscular, neurological, skeletal, and even if we are able to help from a neurological standpoint, there’s nothing we can do with those other things.” I’m looking at all these things I did during the course of my career, and I’m paying a steeper price than I thought imaginable.
I thought, “oh, yeah, of course, my hips are going to be sore, my knees are going to be hurting, I’m going to be arthritic,” but now I’m curved around like this, you know? I know saying tough times are relative. There’s other people who say, “I would trade lives with you. I’m getting up at 6 am. I’m working two jobs to make ends meet.” Nonetheless, this was pretty devastating for me, and so I was going back to WWE in a really tough, dark place. It was a tough time for me. The concussions. Seeing the fallout. Seeing how much I lost in height.”
Mick FoleyThe Hardcore Legend hasn’t wrestled since the 2012 Royal Rumble match and based on his injuries, it certainly sounds like he made the right decision to retire. Because despite not being able to get cleared to perform for WWE, it’s likely he could have still regularly worked big-time indies, which would almost certainly have left him in worse physical condition than he is today. Nevertheless, Foley has revealed in recent years he’s potentially open to a cinematic match given the right circumstances, and while that would likely attract significant interest, it certainly wouldn’t be risk-free.
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