Mick Foley’s had enough of the WWE & Trump

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Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025 at 3:39:32pm PST

While I’ve never been a big pro wrestling fan I was briefly into it with my college roommates in the late 90s. This was an era headlined by The Rock and Steve Austin but if you ask anyone, the most entertaining and authentic WWE superstar was Mick Foley who had 3 different personas; Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack. He provided what in my opinion was the greatest performance ever in his legendary 1998 “Hell in a cell” match against The Undertaker in which he sustained serious injuries but carried on.

One of the great things about Mick is that he’s a good guy who’s always on the right side of things. Today he gave the WWE the middle finger being fed up with their ties to the trump crime gang.

I no longer wish to represent a company that coddles a man so seemingly void of compassion as he marches our country towards autocracy,” he added.

“I love WWE, will always treasure my time with them, and I am deeply appreciative for all the opportunities they afforded me,” Foley continued. “But, in the words of Popeye the sailor, ‘I stands all I can stands, and I can’t stands no more.’”

Hours before Foley’s announcement, the wrestler reposted Jack White’s criticism of Trump’s rant to his Instagram Stories and added, “How any of my WWE colleagues can stand by, let alone stand next to this man is beyond me.”

Foley joined WWE (then known as WWF) in 1996 and fought under the name “Mankind.” He is arguably best known for a 1998 match vs. The Undertaker in which The Undertaker threw Foley off the roof of a steel cage, causing him to plummet 16 feet through the announcer’s table in a jaw-dropping

He is an outspoken Democrat, once acting as a surrogate for John Kerry in a WWE-sponsored debate. He also contributed to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

He also isn’t shy about criticizing Trump. In October of 2024, he criticized Trump’s threats to go after “the enemy within.”

Donald Trump’s ties to WWE are well-documented. Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon currently serves as Donald Trump’s education secretary. Trump himself is in the WWE Hall of Fame, and infamously shaved CEO Vince McMahon’s head at Wrestlemania 23.