15 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Mick Foley's Hell In A Cell
2. The Grim Reality Of Latter Day Matches
What's your favourite post-2000 Mick Foley match? A brutal, star-making battle with Randy Orton at Backlash 2004 always comes up every so often, and nobody could forget Mick's flaming table spot with Edge at WrestleMania 22 a few years later. Colette doesn't look back on any of those bouts fondly, because she says her husband "should not" have been wrestling at all past a certain point in his life.
During that time period, Mick was apparently driving around lost and unable to remember where he lived. His concussions were so severe that it's a miracle this man is still upright walking and talking today. Various top level neurologists warned him not to wrestle again, so he sought different opinions and went from there; Mick was free to do so, but he kinda regrets ignoring frankly correct medical advice from people who know what they're talking about.
It's so strange to picture Foley struggling to find his own family home. Should he even have been driving if he was in that state? That sounds dramatic, but that kind of question is valid considering the catastrophic effects of CTE and brain injuries generally. Colette didn't hide her worry when talking to VICE, and there was a bit of follow on from Mick himself that puts a negative slant on some of his best late-career moments/matches.
Nothing else in the season six opener of 'Dark Side' could've prepared you to hear Foley acknowledge his own mortality the way he did. Brace yourselves, because the thought of this is very disheartening and dismal indeed.