Mick Foley Reveals Final Match Offer He Turned Down

Mick Foley nearly stepped back into the ring for one last ride — but at FanX 2025, the WWE Hall of Famer admitted that time has finally caught up to him.

Foley revealed he strongly considered doing one final match to celebrate his 60th birthday… until reality set in. As Foley explained it, his mind was ready, but his body wasn’t.

“I was thinking of doing a last match for my 60th birthday, which has come and gone, and so I didn’t do it,” he said. “Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor, and I really thought if I do some of the things I want to do in this match, I will completely mess up my hip and knee replacement.”

The hardcore icon then reminded everyone of just how much he suffered before getting surgery.

“I remember how painful it was to walk for like 10 years before I got that. I don’t want to go back there — not for any match or any amount of money.”

But Foley didn’t rule it out without serious thought. In fact, he shared that one current wrestling star pitched a program so good, he almost reconsidered.

“The guy who put forth the best proposal was MJF. And we would have had a heck of a six-week program.”

It was a revealing moment from a man known for hiding pain behind sock puppets and steel chairs. While the crowd laughed with him throughout the event, this particular story struck a different chord — a sobering look at what decades of physical sacrifice cost one of wrestling’s most beloved legends.

Even without that final match, Mick Foley’s legacy is already carved in barbed wire and blood. And if you ask him, it’s better to walk away than to be carried out — again.

Do you think Mick Foley should do one last match? Or is he right to put his health first, even with MJF on the other side of the ring? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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