Darby Allin thinks Mick Foley should wrestle again if the itch is real. He also has no intention of being the opponent.
Allin was asked about a Foley comeback on the Mark Hoke Show and reached for the closest comparison he has.
It’s like Sting. If he feels that the final chapter is unwritten, there shouldn’t be anything stopping him.
Everybody told Sting, “There is nothing else you can do in wrestling. You retired in 2014 with a neck injury. Why would you come back?” There was something in his spirit, a question that he had to answer. If Mick Foley has that inside of him, by all means, do it.
Allin would know. He spent Sting’s AEW run as his tag partner and was in the ring with him for the retirement match at Revolution 2024.
The question is not hypothetical. Foley signed with AEW after leaving WWE, debuted co-hosting the Double or Nothing preshow in May, and was worked into the MJF and Allin main event story on the same night when MJF went after him and Allin made the save. He has since named Allin as a dream opponent, while being blunt about the shape he is in, saying his cardio is suspect and that he would need to drop another 30 pounds to be in poor condition.
Allin’s answer to that, given to Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown in July, was no.
I would never wrestle Mick. I would never wrestle against Mick. Would I team with him? Absolutely. I would team with him in a heartbeat. Just like I would never wrestle Sting. I would love to team with him.
But that’s the thing for Mick to answer. What does he feel in his career that, if he would even need that, if there’s any questions unanswered?
Foley has been circling this for years. A planned last match against MJF was scrapped when he developed concussion symptoms training for it before his 60th birthday. His last singles match was against Ric Flair on Impact in October 2010, a Last Man Standing match Foley won. He has not wrestled since the 2012 Royal Rumble.
