WWE News: Mick Foley Recalls Leaving WWE After Being Screamed at By Vince McMahon, Elias To Appear on TLC

– Mick Foley discussed the story of his getting screamed at by Vince McMahon during his time on commentary in 2008. Foley spoke with Sirius XM’s Jim Norton and Sam Roberts (per Uproxx) and recalled the moment that caused him to leave for three years.

“There was a female wrestler named Layla, and when I returned to WWE [in 2011], she was cowering, backing away — she was terrified of me,” Foley said. “She said I was the meanest person she had ever seen based on one interaction she observed with me and Mr. McMahon [in 2008] where I did not take well to being cursed at on the headset. She just happened to be there when I just snapped [at McMahon] and said, ‘I don’t care who you are or how much you’re worth, you’re not gonna talk to me that way ever again.’ Then three years later, the same finger that was wagging in his face was dialing the phone and going, ‘Hey, can I come home?’ I left for three years.”

Recalling his return to the company, he said, “It had been a year and a half since we’d spoken, and I’d gotten a message on my phone that said, ‘I know you don’t like me, but I know you love this company.’ There was a time when some people were badmouthing the company, and he wanted me to weigh in on my feelings. I called him back and told him, ‘I like you.’ Deep down, I like him. I didn’t like that [commentator] job; it wasn’t the right job for me. I was a pat-on-the-back guy, not a kick-in-the-butt guy, so I didn’t deal well with that.”

– Elias is set to appear in a segment on tonight’s TLC. Kurt Angle confirmed the news oin the Kickoff Show, saying that Elias would perform on the show.

There's a lot on @RealKurtAngle's mind tonight, but he DOES have time to grant @IAmEliasWWE a 🎶🎶🎶 performance at #WWETLC! pic.twitter.com/6MfGT2MtSP

— WWE (@WWE) October 22, 2017