8 WWE Hall Of Famers Who Couldn't Stay Retired

2. Mick Foley

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Mick Foley won't be wrestling again any time soon, as he has been told by neurologists that it would be an extremely bad idea indeed. It was that same damn neurologist who nixed the burgeoning Dean Ambrose feud, but in hindsight it was for the best. As a result, Foley has been formally retired since 2012.

This Hardcore Legend has cried retirement wolf on a number of occasions however, and many have conflicting opinions on his various returns. His first retirement came in 2000 after losing an absolutely brutal Hell in a Cell match against Triple H. This would have been a truly apt way to go out, but the dangling carrot that was a WrestleMania main event was too much. Foley's first retirement lasted all of six weeks.

It seemed like he was then gone for good, but four years later Foley returned and did so with aplomb. Mrs. Foley's Baby Boy had a great match with Randy Orton that really put the Legend Killer on the map, and in 2006 he also had his true WrestleMania moment when Edge speared him through a flaming table.

Foley wouldn't be done there though, having his own ill-advised TNA run between 2008 and 2011.

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