Mick Foley discusses his current health: ‘Walking better than I was 15 years ago’
At 60 years old, Mick Foley feels like he’s able to move around better than he did when he was 45.
The Hardcore Legend was honored at the 2025 Cauliflower Alley Club Reunion this August, where he was presented with the “Iron” Mike Mazurki Award. Foley spoke with the Kayfabe Friends Wrestling Podcast at the event and gave an update on how he’s feeling physically.
“Not too bad all things considered,” Foley said about his health. “I don’t have to wonder when I wake up what I did for a living. You know, I’m sore. But I’m not as sore as I thought I’d be. And I’m actually, thanks to the hip and knee replacement, then, you know, I did lose 99 pounds. I’ve gained some of it back on, but I’m still walking better than I was 15 years ago, I would say. I actually once in a while pass people in the airport when I’m walking. So I’m doing better than I thought I’d be doing.”
Foley had been planning to come out of retirement for one last death match in celebration of his 60th birthday, but he scrapped those plans last year after suffering a concussion during light training. He sustained another concussion this April while thankfully walking away mostly unscathed from a scary looking car wreck.
Cauliflower Alley Club is a charity organization that financially assists wrestlers who have fallen on hard times, and Foley said it’s a cause that he is happy to help support.
“I think if you would have polled a lot of the guys in the business, you know, the old-timers, as to how I’d be doing at age 60 — I don’t think they’d tell you that I would be getting around as well as I am,” he said. “So I feel really fortunate. I feel like I want to give back.”
The Mike Mazurki Award “celebrates individuals who have transcended the squared circle, achieving notable success in multiple fields and bringing widespread recognition and respect to professional wrestling through their crossover achievements.”
“I’m so grateful because I know my style wasn’t for everybody, but somehow I’ve been accepted and respected by different generations,” Foley said about the honor. “And I’m really grateful for that. You know, that I can walk around at age 60 — I wear a title belt as a fanny pack as of a week ago. And I get to walk around in sweatpants and no socks because people out there made that a reality for me. Not only by supporting me when I was wrestling, but in conventions and doing my thing on the one-man shows. The older I get, the more grateful I’ve become.”
