Mick Foley Returns to WWE!

Mick Foley made his long-awaited return to WWE at a house show in Dublin, Ireland of all places, and our reporter Eamonn Bell was the first in the world to report it via Twitter!

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Foley made his surprise appearance when he came out to the ring in the second half of the show. The party was quickly interrupted, however, by Awesome Truth. The Miz started mocking Mick Foley, before John Cena and John Morrison came to the ring. In Teddy Long fashion, a tag team match was booked with Mick as the special guest referee.

According to Eamonn, Foley got "six cheap pops, which may a record even for him!" and unleashed Mr.Socko on The Miz.

This footage from Katie O'Regan shows Mick explaining why he returned:

Mick had teased on his Twitter account in recent weeks that he had resigned with WWE, but refused to confirm any rumours. He was also slated to appear on WWE's European Tour according to WWE.com this past week, but that was quickly removed from the site. Just a few hours before the live event in The O2, Foley tweeted that he was "Off to visit a few old friends", which in hindsight could only have meant one thing: he was headed to the house show.

It's not like WWE to reveal the return of a wrestler or talent on a non-televised event, and one would generally assume that they would wait until such a time as Foley was available to appear on TV. Nonetheless, his appearance will doubtless get the on-line community talking about his return and people will surely be anxious to see his first TV appearance with WWE since 2007. Not a bad tact, considering surprises, such as The Rock's return earlier this year, do not equal ratings.

Foley is now on his way to Cork in the south of Ireland to do the first stand-up comedy gig of his Great Britain & Ireland Tour. He has a show in Limerick the day after, before moving on to Scotland and England.  Foley tweeted a few hours after the show that he "might be stopping by a few @WWE shows on my days off" which are November 5,7 & 8, which may mean he could be available for the TV tapings in Liverpool. If not, he will be available after this tour ends, which is November 11th. In any case, it is hoped that the buzz surrounding his comeback will lead to a higher rating than normal once he does return to television. 


It is not yet clear what role Foley will play in the WWE, whether that be wrestler, manager, commentator and so on, but what we can be sure of is that it will be a somewhat limited role. Foley is booked up with events all the way into 2012, and has plans for another European tour next year too.