why did foley retire when he did?

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His body simply gave up on him, the irony being that if he'd taken care of himself and wrestled a different style he'd probably have never made it in the business
I would like to say based on his talent he would have made it, but this is probably true.
 

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His body simply gave up on him, the irony being that if he'd taken care of himself and wrestled a different style he'd probably have never made it in the business
to an extend but what was the real problem was he felt the need to do that shyt in EVERY match every house show every wcw saturday night ever raw and smackdown he could of tamed his style and not have to do a crazy spot in every single match and just save it for the big matches like he did later in his career

but he truly cared about the fans so damn much he felt a need to go out all regardless of the size of the crowd or how big the paycheck

plus he made a ton of money off his book and no longer needed to be on the road
 

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to an extend but what was the real problem was he felt the need to do that shyt in EVERY match every house show every wcw saturday night ever raw and smackdown he could of tamed his style and not have to do a crazy spot in every single match and just save it for the big matches like he did later in his career

but he truly cared about the fans so damn much he felt a need to go out all regardless of the size of the crowd or how big the paycheck

plus he made a ton of money off his book and no longer needed to be on the road
Aint Randy whatever in Memphis tell him that there was "a pecking order" and that you should save the big bumps for people that matter?
 

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^^^^^^^ :wtf: foley is 48 now. when he finally "made" it, he was 35 (in terms of winning the WWF belt).
Aint Randy whatever in Memphis tell him that there was "a pecking order" and that you should save the big bumps for people that matter?
he was told a shytload of times to tame his style most famously by ole anderson who pretty much fired him his first run in wcw....but he cared deeply about his craft and started to get a name for being this crazy wrestler so he felt like he had to have a good match anywhere regardless

if you watch the For All Mankind dvd in there extras there is this match where he just beats a no name jobber and it was crazy how many big bumbs he did for a fukking squash match where he was the one doing the squash
 
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