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WWE legend Mick Foley announced Tuesday that he will part ways with the company due to the promotion’s ties to President Donald Trump’s administration.
Foley, 60, had been a longtime critic of the president and spoke out against him ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
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Mick Foley on stage at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” on October 30, 2010 in Washington, DC (Paul Morigi/WireImage)
When Trump returned to office, he appointed Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education. WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque was at the White House when Trump signed an executive order re-establishing the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition and the Presidential Fitness Test.
“While I’ve been concerned about WWE’s close relationship with Donald Trump for months — especially in light of his administration’s ongoing cruel and inhumane treatment of immigrants (and pretty much anyone who ‘looks like an immigrant’) — reading the president’s incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the last straw for me,” Foley wrote on Instagram.
Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner sparked pushback from GOP leaders on Monday.
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Boca resident Allan Saunders takes a selfie with wrestler Mick Foley during UltraCon at the South Florida Fairgrounds Expo Center on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (DAMON HIGGINS/THE PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
“I no longer want to represent a company that coddles a man seemingly void of compassion as he marches our country toward autocracy,” Foley continued. “Last night I informed @WWE talent relations that I will not perform for the company as long as this man remains in office.
“Furthermore, I will not be signing a new Legends deal when my current one expires in June. I love WWE, will always cherish my time with them, and I am deeply grateful for all the opportunities they gave me. But, in the words of Popeye the Sailor, ‘I’m taking all I can take and I can’t take it anymore.'”
Pakinomist Digital reached out to WWE for comment on Foley’s impending departure.
Foley was a three-time WWE Champion who appeared in multiple promotions and took many hits from a Hell in a Cell cage as he participated in brutal hardcore matches.
President Donald Trump gestures as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Washington, after returning from a trip to Florida. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
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Trump played a role in WWE lore. His old Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey sponsored WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V, and he participated in a hair vs. hair match at WrestleMania 23 at Ford Field in Detroit.
