Various: Mick Foley on Reasons for Lack of Interest in Creative Job in WWE & Impact, Impact News, Indies

Oct 6, 2023

Mick Foley Comments on Reason for His Lack of Interest for Creative Job in WWE and TNA/Impact

A recent episode of the Foley Is Pod podcast featured co-host Mick Foley giving his reasons why he was never interested in a potential backstage creative job during his career in WWE and TNA/Impact Wrestling.

“With WWE, I didn’t — Clint Eastwood said in Magnum Force, ‘A man’s got to know his limitations,’ and my limitations would include not spending any extraordinary amount of time with Mr. McMahon. I love Vince but I don’t think I could operate. He has a certain way of motivating people and like Al Snow said on Wrestlers, ‘A pat on the back is two feet higher than a kick in the ass.’ I always responded better to the pat on the back and Vince is more of a kick in the ass type of guy.
I do regret that I did not get more involved with TNA on the creative end. Yeah, I should have. I did used to have some good ideas storyline-wise. I don’t think I’ve had one in a very long time though. So that would be the reason. My son would just come up — when he worked for the WWE and especially when he worked really closely with the talent NXT on their promos, he could just come up with idea after idea, but I stopped having those ideas a while ago.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Impact Wrestling News & Notes

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Impact officials have had a strong positive feeling over the viewership and ratings for their Impact! shows of late on AXS TV. Impact officials reportedly currently feel that the company is heading in the right direction in terms of creative and work from talent is clicking on all cylinders. Johnson reported that those spoken to stated that viewership numbers for replays of Impact shows on AXS TV have also shown some growth of late.

Impact officials reportedly currently have plans for a Monster’s Ball match to be included in the card for their upcoming Bound For Glory 2023 event on October 21st, according to PWInsider.

Impact Wrestling announced two new matches for the card of their Bound For Glory 2023 event, which takes place on October 21st in Cicero, Illinois:

Impact World Tag Team Championship – ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) vs. Winner of Sami Callihan & Rich Swann vs. The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) (c)
Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship – Tasha Steelz & Deonna Purrazzo vs. MK Ultra (Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly) (c)

Impact Wrestling also announced two new matches for the card of their Bound For Glory 2023 Fallout Impact! television tapings on October 22nd in Cicero, Illinois:

The Rascalz (Trey Miguel, Zachary Wentz, & Myron Reed) vs. Black Taurus, Laredo Kid, & Juventud Guerrera
Will Ospreay vs. Josh Alexander

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that former NXT talent Sloane Jacobs, also known as The Notorious Mimi in the indies, will be joining Major League Wrestling to compete in their Women’s Featherweight division.

As noted before, former WWE NXT and Impact Wrestling talent Kimber Lee was arrested this past May following a DUI incident involving the assault of a police officer in Serbing, Florida. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Lee is currently scheduled to attend a pre-trial hearing on October 24th before the Highlands County Court based on recent court records.

Lucha Blog reported that former Lucha Libre AAA talent Flamita recently suffered a fractured nose injury and is currently expected to be out of action for at least one month.

Netflix recently announced a new wrestling-based series titled The Queen of Villains will be premiering on their service in 2024. It was announced that this upcoming new series will be focusing on the “untold story” of Japanese Joshi legend Dump Matsumoto.

In a recent episode of the Something to Wrestle with Bruce Prichard podcast, co-host Bruce Prichard gave his thoughts about Netflix’s Wrestlers documentary series about Ohio Valley Wrestling. Prichard stated “I think it was an accurate depiction of what life is in Louisville, Kentucky and having to go through that system in an independent wrestling world. I think that it’s — it ain’t easy, man, it ain’t ballad. You got to start somewhere and a lot of times, you’ve got to end somewhere. Some people start and end at the same place, but it’s a tough business and I’m happy for Al Snow. I’m old school, you have to put on your 2023 hat and look at things and I don’t know if there are — there are certain things, it’s just hard. We’ve [WWE] tried to grow the business, we’ve tried to elevate the business but yet at the same time, there are places where it’s still gonna be the wrasslin business and that’s a depiction of the wrasslin business.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced one new match for the card of their NWA Samhain event on October 28th in Cleveland, Ohio:

NWA World Tag Team Championships “Medieval Knights of the Round Tables” Tables match – Trevor Murdoch & Mike Knox vs. Blunt Force Trauma (Carnage & Damage) (c)

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Destruction in Ryogoku 2023 event on October 9th in Tokyo, Japan:

Pre-show: Frontier Zone match – YOSHI-HASHI, Toru Yano, YOH, Tiger Mask, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Takeshi Masada, Kazuma Sumi, Kengo, Jyun Masaoka, & Takahiro Katori

DDT Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Ultimate Party 2023 event on November 12th in Tokyo, Japan:

Saki Akai’s Retirement match -Saki Akai, Yukio Sakaguchi, & Hideki Okatani vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kazusada Higuchi, & Miyu Yamashita

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre recently announced one new match for the card for their Grand Prix De Amazonas 2023 event on October 27th in Mexico City, Mexico:

Team World (Johnnie Robbie, La Catalina, Makoto, Mei Suruga, Stephanie Vaquer, Sumie Sakai, Tessa Blanchard, & Zeuxis) vs. Team Mexico (Dark Silueta, Hera, La Jarochita, Lluvia, Marcela, Reyna Isis, Sanely, & Skadi)

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Fight Club 2023 Night 2 event on October 10th in Atlantic City, New Jersey:

Sawyer Wreck, Joey Janela, & Jimmy Llyod vs. Takashi Sasaki, Toru Sugura, & Violento Jack