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Foley's Still A Hardcore Hero

Posted: Mar 1st 2009 By: CMBurnham

Mick Foley reached legendary status with a plunge of the top of a steel cage through a table.

But he's so much more than a hardcore legend. He's a best-selling authour with tremendous insight. A good guy, a wrestler you want to see hang around for a long time. Does he plan on retiring soon?

"I already did that in 2000," he says. "I went for a year without a match when the average time for retirement for wrestlers is about six weeks."

"I won't make a retirement announcement. I'll never say never again."

It seems peculiar to see Foley on TNA Impact each week, but he likes where he is.

"I had been looking back at the last several years of working a reduced schedule and I actually wanted to make more of a committment", he says.

What did WWE boss Vince McMahon think when Foley bolted for TNA?

"At one time I had a really good relationship with Vince. After I almost made the move to TNA in 2005, our relationship was never the same. It was to the point I didn't even feel comfortable going into his office and eating his food while he was in a producers' meeting."

"Making the phone call to tell him was very difficult. Within a day, on Vince's orders I'm sure, I was pulled from the Legends of Wrestlemania video game."

Foley "really enjoyed" The Wrestler, the movie that has seemingly turned around actor Mickey Rourke's career.

"I was fortunate enough that I didn't have to crash-land" says Foley. "I could glide down. I had another creative outlet, doing some writing."

"I encourage (other wrestlers) to get out and talk to kids. You need a stage to do something that matters. It's like going from the toy store aisle next to Superman to doing nothing."