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WWE legend Mick Foley announced Tuesday that he would part ways with the company due to the promotion’s ties to President Donald Trump’s administration.
Foley, 60, has long been a 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 named Linda McMahon Secretary of Education. Paul “Triple H” Levesque, WWE’s chief content officer, was at the White House when Trump signed an executive order reinstating the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition and the Presidential Fitness Test.
“While I have been concerned about WWE’s close relationship with Donald Trump for several months – especially in light of his administration’s cruel and inhumane treatment of immigrants (and almost anyone who looks like an immigrant) – reading the President’s incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me,” Foley wrote on Instagram.
Trump’s comments about Rob Reiner drew backlash from Republican Party 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, September 21, 2024. (DAMON HIGGINS/THE PALM BEACH POST/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
“I no longer wish to represent a company that coddles a seemingly compassionless man as he moves our country toward autocracy,” Foley continued. “Last night I informed @WWE Talent Relations that I will not be making any appearances for the company while this man remains in office.
“Also, I will not be signing a new contract with Legends when my current contract expires in June. I love WWE, I will always cherish my time with them, and I am deeply grateful for all the opportunities they have given me. But, in the words of Popeye the Sailor, ‘I take as much as I can, and I can’t take any more.'”
PK Press Club Digital has reached out to WWE for comment on Foley’s impending departure.
Foley was a three-time WWE Champion who competed in several promotions and knocked out numerous bosses from a Hell in a Cell cage while competing 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 former Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was the sponsor of WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V, and he participated in a hair-on-hair match at WrestleMania 23 at Ford Field in Detroit.
