Mick Foley Tells WWE He's Had Enough

If you're fed up and frustrated with the current WWE product, you're not alone. WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley recently made his thoughts public on the state of his former employer, and it's obvious he's just as frustrated as many fans concerning the lack of push many of the most talented wrestlers in the company have received of late. A frustrated Foley wrote the following on his Facebook page after another disappointing edition of Monday Night RAW this week:

I€™m going to quote an article from July, 2014, called €œThe Sad Case Of Zack Ryder€ in which I wrote: €œEventually, people get tired of finding out that the WWE Superstars they have supported with their cheers, their signs, their purchases, their follows, and their likes aren€™t real Superstars €“ and, little by little, those fans lose interest in WWE, find other interests, and become former WWE fans.€ I am one of those people on the verge of becoming a former WWE fan. I€™m tired of being told through Raw, Smackdown and PPV€™s that WWE superstars I have rooted for €“ from Ziggler to Cesaro to Kevin Owens aren€™t top stars €“ no matter how strongly crowd reaction seems to disagree. I€™m tired of NXT stars getting their big €œbreak€ in WWE, just to be treated like jokes. Six months ago, my son and I traveled 12 hours €“ from Eastern Tennessee to Orlando, Florida to watch Sasha Banks wrestle Becky Lynch at €#€ŽNXTTakeover€.- One of the greatest women€™s matches of all time. Last night, in what I believe was their first singles match on #€ŽRAW€ Sasha and Becky were given four minutes. At a time when WWE desperately needs to make new stars €“ when they need to give wrestlers with talent the opportunity to break through €“ they gave Sasha and Becky four minutes. I turned the channel, and watched a pretty good football game instead. I think I can get used to watching football games on Monday night again. I will be watching RAW this Monday. Maybe, as is often the case in relationships, they will give me just enough to remind me why I love wrestling €“ just enough to keep me coming back. Maybe they will even give Sasha and Becky a rematch €“ and a legitimate chance to show the world what they can do. There is an old saying in politics: as Ohio goes, so goes the nation. Think of me as the Ohio of wrestling fans. If I leave, it€™s not just one disgruntled former fan; finding something else to do on Monday nights. Instead, losing a long-time, die-hard fan like me might well be an indication of a larger exodus from WWE. I guess we€™ll see what tale the ratings tell. I want to stay. I really do. So please WWE €“ next week on WWE Raw€ Just give me a reason.

Foley's statements virtually echo what thousands of wrestling fans are saying across message boards on the internet. It's hard to dismiss these fans as out of touch, Internet Wrestling Community elitists when such a high profile former wrestler is saying the same things that they are. Time will tell whether or not WWE acknowledges Foley's wish for a Lynch/Banks rematch on RAW next week. On a three hour broadcast, you would think that the company wouldn't find it hard to give these ladies more than just a couple minutes to show the world what they can do, and it would most definitely be to their advantage to do so. A 20 minute match-up between these two could help ignite what has largely been a stagnant Divas Revolution so far.