Mick Foley open to possibility of having AEW match
Mick Foley isn’t closing the door on the idea of having one last match, but it would have to be the perfect scenario where all of the stars align.
The 60-year-old Foley appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show today to discuss the news that he has signed with AEW. He debuted as a broadcaster at Double or Nothing and views himself as a “Swiss army knife” who can help in a variety of ways. Foley could see himself as a manager — and he has even thought about the possibility of wrestling one more time.
“It’s definitely crossed my mind. You know, the cinematic matches have opened up the door for guys whose cardio may be suspect,” he joked. “But I’ll tell you what, this loss of 100 pounds has made my life so much easier. Like, I used to have to stop a couple times just walking up a moderate hill. And now I don’t even realize I’m walking up hills when I do them because I’m not really getting winded, not like I used to.
“I don’t know. I think that clearly if I had a match, it would have to be a match that would avoid trauma to the head. Luckily, there’s a whole lot of me to traumatize below the neck. So I think I have one last good match in me. I just believe — all the stars would have to align. All the stars would have to align. It would have to make sense.”
Along with losing 100 pounds, Foley has undergone hip and knee replacements that have greatly improved his quality of life. He does not want to do anything that would risk that. If he does wrestle again, he would need to come up with enough moves to have a good match without putting his health in too much jeopardy.
“If I can come up with enough of those type of moves that allow me to risk a little bit less while still giving fans a good match, and if I feel like I’m up to it, then maybe a couple of years down the road we will look into that,” Foley said. “Stranger things have happened.”
Mick Foley’s previous comeback attempt —
Back in 2024, Foley started the process of coming out of retirement for one last match in celebration of his 60th birthday in 2025. But he suffered a concussion while doing light training and quickly called off those plans.
AEW World Champion MJF was in strong consideration to be Foley’s opponent when he was planning that comeback. At Double or Nothing, while hosting the pre-show, there was an angle where Foley took a low blow from MJF. That would make sense as the matchup if Foley does wrestle for AEW, though his comments on The Ariel Helwani Show made it seem like an in-ring return is more of a possibility down the line rather than something that is particularly imminent.
Tony Khan has said that, if Foley does feel physically up to wrestling, he would love for Foley’s last match to be in AEW.
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