Tony Khan says if Mick Foley ever wants to wrestle again, he wants it to be in AEW
With Mick Foley joining the pre-show broadcast team for this Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing comes questions as to what other tasks AEW head Tony Khan has in store for the former Cactus Jack in the future.
Foley will be partnered up with Renee Paquette this Sunday which Khan said Foley thought was a great idea.
Khan was asked during Thursday’s traditional pre-PPV media call about if Foley will wrestle in AEW, something that will cause concern with some given Foley’s medical history and past comments about his attempts to perhaps do one more match.
“I can’t speak for Mick Foley as to whether he’d want to wrestle or if he’s going to wrestle anytime soon but if he ever does, I would love for him to do it in AEW. But I also don’t want to put him in a situation in which he’ll be uncomfortable. I want him to feel good about this and I know he’s taken so many big hits and had such an amazing career with so many spectacular moments. Physically, I would ever only ask him to wrestle if he felt up to it and that he could live up to the physical demand,” Khan said.
Khan was later asked if Foley is strictly under a deal for broadcasting. Khan didn’t give an definitive answer, but said Foley will be an on-air host at pay-per-views and perhaps might make some TV appearances and be a brand ambassador of sort. He also put over Foley’s “brilliant wrestling mind” and how he could be influential to the AEW roster in a variety of ways.
Foley parted ways with WWE last December due to TKO’s relationship with U.S. president Donald Trump. The WWE Hall of Famer has been on a health journey, losing over 100 pounds which has given him a “new lease on life.”
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Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.