Mick Foley Reveals Debilitating Health Problems From His In-Ring Career

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley is considered a legend in the pro wrestling industry. Mick Foley worked in other companies and also worked with numerous top stars in the industry.

Mick Foley truly made a name for himself as Mankind, one of the biggest stars of The Attitude Era. He became the world champion numerous times and after retirement, he still put over many younger stars.

Foley has put his body on the line numerous times over the years, and it has truly come back to haunt him. While speaking on “Foley Is Pod” on AdFreeShows.com, Mick Foley went into detail regarding his health problems.

“He said, ‘We’ve been looking over your MRIs and your X-rays. You’ve got too many issues. You got muscular, neurological, skeletal, and even if we are able to help from a neurological standpoint, there’s nothing we can do with those other things.’ I’m looking at all these things I did during the course of my career and I mean, I’m paying a steeper price than I thought imaginable. I thought oh, yeah, of course my hips are going to be sore, my knees are going to be hurting, I’m going to be arthritic, but now I’m curved around like this, you know? I know saying tough times are relative. There’s other people who say, ‘I would trade lives with you. I’m getting up at 6am. I’m working two jobs to make ends meet.’ Nonetheless, this was pretty devastating for me and so I was going back to WWE in a really tough, dark place. It was a tough time for me. The concussions. Seeing the fallout. Seeing how much I lost in height.”

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“The doctor said, ‘We got your MRIs back.’ This is before they even decided not to do the surgery. I said, ‘How is it?’ He goes, ‘It’s a bad MRI’, and I went, ‘How bad?’ and He proceeded to talk like five different discs, all things that I kind of knew, but it still stings when you actually see the proof. Now I find out it’s not just the discs, it’s the spine itself.”

He was also contacted about the upcoming season of Dark Side Of The Ring. We will have to wait and see what is next in store for the WWE Hall Of Famer.

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