Former world champion, former General Manager, and always beloved figure in the hearts and minds of wrestling fans Mick Foley returned to WWE‘s Monday Night Raw this week. He was ostensibly there to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his legendary and meme-spawning Hell In A Cell match with the Undertaker. However, the audience soon found out the true reason for his return: to announce that he will be the special guest referee in the Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman Universal Championship match at the upcoming Hell In A Cell pay-per-view.
But before Mrs. Foley’s Baby Boy did that, he, like returning Attitude Era icon Trish Stratus before him, had a confrontation with Elias.
The two men mostly exchanged insults, but Foley also told Elias, “If you keep your head straight and your eyes on the prize, I see in front of me a future WWE Universal Champion.” For fans annoyed with Elias’ current role of punching bag to the stars, this may have sounded like a welcome endorsement of the Drifter from The Powers That Be. Judging from Foley’s tweet the day after the show that, it’s at least a shoot endorsement from the three-faced wrestler.
https://twitter.com/RealMickFoley/status/1039698774199857152
Foley also took a picture with Ronda Rousey backstage, and tweeted his belief that WWE has a potential pillar for the company going forward in the Raw Women’s champion. At the very least, it’s safe to say Foley’s latest trip to Raw gave him optimism about the future of WWE.
