WWE Hall Of Famer Explains Why He Never Asked For A Creative Role In WWE Or TNA/IMPACT

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A WWE Hall of Famer has explained why he never asked for a creative role in WWE or TNA/IMPACT.

Throughout a career that has spanned three decades across WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA/IMPACT Wrestling, Foley has proven to be one of the most creative minds to ever bless the business.

With a brain that thinks about wrestling, structures and promos in such a unique way, Foley has been credited for some of the best ideas in wrestling. However, he has never worked in any creative role.

On the latest Foley Is Pod, Mick Foley was asked why he wasn’t more involved with creative in WWE or IMPACT Wrestling. On his time in WWE, he answered:

“With WWE, I didn’t — Clint Eastwood said in Magnum Force, ‘A man’s got to know his limitations,’ and my limitations would include not spending any extraordinary amount of time with Mr. McMahon.”

“I love Vince but I don’t think I could operate. He has a certain way of motivating people and like Al Snow said on Wrestlers, ‘A pat on the back is two feet higher than a kick in the ass.'”

“I always responded better to the pat on the back and Vince is more of a kick in the ass type of guy,” 

On the TNA/IMPACT Wrestling portion of the question, Foley replied:

“I do regret that I did not get more involved with TNA on the creative end. Yeah, I should have.”

“I did used to have some good ideas storyline-wise. I don’t think I’ve had one in a very long time though. So that would be the reason.”

“My son would just come up — when he worked for the WWE and especially when he worked really closely with the talent NXT on their promos, he could just come up with idea after idea, but I stopped having those ideas a while ago.”

Mick Foley worked in IMPACT Wrestling from 2008 to 2011 where he won the TNA Heavyweight Championship. He would then go on to return to WWE shortly thereafter.

Foley’s son Dewey worked in a creative position from 2016 to 2022.

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