Mick Foley praises WWE roster: They’re ‘looking at some really good days’
Mick Foley believes WWE is well-positioned for years to come with the level of talent that exists in the company.
The Hardcore Legend was a guest at GalaxyCon in San Jose, California this past weekend. To promote the appearance, he was interviewed by The Finish with Kor & Tor of KRON News. They asked Foley if there’s one match in particular that impressed him recently.
“Well, I was impressed with so many of the SummerSlam matches,” he responded. “Cody [Rhodes] and [John] Cena, I think really delivered the goods. And I think what ‘Mami’ is doing — Rhea Ripley — is sensational. I love that Becky Lynch is back, so I think WWE is looking at some really good days. They’ve really done a great job getting their talent ready for the main stage, and that pays off in the end.”
The Rhodes vs. Cena street fight headlined night two of SummerSlam on August 3 with Rhodes defeating Cena to become the new WWE Champion.
When asked about the amount of hardcore matches that exist today, Foley said he believes WWE has found a good balance of presenting stipulation bouts while not overdoing them.
“Well, I don’t think WWE does a lot of stipulation matches. It’s easy to just have a card loaded up with stipulation matches, but after a while they kind of lose their importance,” he said. “I think WWE does a good job of making the special matches special, not overdoing it. There’s no formula. Nobody hands you a textbook when you come in telling you the correct number of stipulation versus traditional matches.
“Even though I made my name doing the wild stuff, I still for the most part had traditional — I mean, they were wild traditional matches, but I enjoyed those as well. But no question about it, if I had the chance to do an anything goes, falls count anywhere, [in] Japan we messed around with barbed wire and a bunch of things that I wouldn’t suggest anybody play around with. But in the end, it comes down to whether or not you can have good matches with just about anybody, in any style.”
It’s been more than 13 years since Foley, now 60 years old, last wrestled. He had been planning to come out of retirement for one last deathmatch in celebration of his 60th birthday, but he called off those plans after suffering a concussion during light training.
Foley has been focusing on his health, including losing a significant amount of weight. He suffered another concussion in a car accident this April but was lucky the situation wasn’t worse considering how scary the wreck looked.
