10 Wrestlers Who Didn't Know When To Quit

4. Mick Foley

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Mick Foley's career had a strange ending.

He lost to Triple H with his job on the line at No Way Out 2000, then came back for the main event of WrestleMania 2000 a month later. Can you tell that Terry Funk was one of his biggest heroes?

The first 'Mania of the 21st century was a mess without focusing on Foley though; this is about his comebacks when it seemed like he was done for good.

In 2004 he feuded with Randy Orton, then, when 'Mania 22 came around, it was time for a showdown with Edge. Mick had always sought his own WrestleMania moment, which he got in 2006 after a brutal Hardcore match that turned the Rated-R Superstar into a true main eventer. The former Cactus Jack's work was done.

Then he kept on going. Next he teamed with Edge against his old Extreme Championship Wrestling allies Terry Funk and Tommy Dreamer, before odd feuds and even a random pay-per-view main event for the WWE Championship.

Like all lost WWE souls at the end of the 2000s, Mick made the move to TNA in 2010. Dixie Carter's outfit even slapped their World Heavyweight Champion on him, which summed up the company's tendency to throw belts onto former-WWE stars well past their prime.

Foley didn't know when his career was over, but after walking around in TNA for a year, he went back to WWE for one last Royal Rumble match, then accepted his retirement.

 
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