Mick Foley has named a number of modern stars he’d love to face in a hardcore match.
The 59-year-old was supposed to come out of retirement this year. Mick Foley had the plan to lose weight to have one more death match, with MJF his proposed opponent for a final feud.
However, health issues meant he had to pull out of the idea. Despite that, Mick Foley hasn’t stopped daydreaming about potential opponents he could face if he did step into the ring one last time.
Mick Foley spoke with Monopoly Events about some dream matches he’d love to have. The WWE Hall of Famer named Darby Allin, Jon Moxley and Kevin Owens as three men he’d love to take on in the ring.
However, he also put across the idea of working with Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania. In this scenario, Foley and Ripley would align, seemingly going against a Dominik/Liv Morgan pairing.
“I could have torn it down with Darby Allin in a regular match. When it comes to that wild stuff, you know, Jon Moxley and I could have torn it down. Kevin Owens and I—hardcore rules, not necessarily a death match, but just something really physical. No shortage of people. I still think a 59-year-old Mick Foley and Rhea Ripley would draw at WrestleMania. Maybe I come on Mami’s behalf and seek vengeance on Dirty Dom—that could work.”
He has wanted to work with Jon Moxley for a long time. He planned to have a feud with him prior to the formation of the Shield in WWE, but he couldn’t get cleared to wrestle.
Mick Foley: What Some People See As Botches, I Call Doses Of Reality
Mick Foley thinks botches only add to a match, not take away from them.
He spoke with WWE Vault on YouTube about them match, and the former WWE Champion gave his view on the mistake, and how botches are like “doses of reality”.
“It was like watching a car wreck.” Foley said. “I don’t like my sports entertainment to look perfect. I’m the protégé of Terry Funk, who would deliberately make sure certain moves didn’t look perfect because life’s not perfect. What some people see as botches, I see as doses of reality.”
“The table breaks, okay? And this is where I take a sideward bump onto the concrete—bam. Because I didn’t land flat, but more on one shoulder blade than the other, I ended up with a serious, serious bone bruise. Now, you’d think that’s enough to end a match, right? But instead, I see the scoop shovel.”
