Wrestling legend Mick Foley parts ways with WWE because of its 'close relationship' with Trump

Professional wrestling fable Mick Foley announced Tuesday that helium is “parting ways with WWE” due to the fact that of the organization’s ties with chap WWE Hall of Fame inductee President Trump.

“While I person been acrophobic astir WWE‘s adjacent narration with Donald Trump for respective months — particularly successful airy of his administration’s ongoing cruel and inhumane attraction of immigrants (and beauteous overmuch anyone who “looks similar an immigrant”) — speechmaking the President’s incredibly cruel comments successful the aftermath of Rob Reiner’s decease is the last straw for me,” Foley, 60, wrote Tuesday connected Instagram.

“I nary longer privation to correspond a institution that coddles a antheral truthful seemingly void of compassion arsenic helium marches our state towards autocracy. Last night, I informed @WWE endowment relations that I would not beryllium making immoderate appearances for the institution arsenic agelong arsenic this antheral remains successful office.

“Additionally, I volition not beryllium signing a caller Legends woody erstwhile my existent 1 expires successful June.”

WWE did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from The Times.

Following the killings of Hollywood icon Reiner and woman Michele Singer Reiner, Trump wrote connected societal media that the mates died “reportedly owed to the choler helium caused others done his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a caput crippling illness known arsenic TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”

Trump added of Reiner, who had campaigned for wide causes: “He was known to person driven radical CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his evident paranoia reaching caller heights arsenic the Trump Administration surpassed each goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, possibly similar ne'er before. May Rob and Michele remainder successful peace!”

Nick Reiner, 32, has been arrested connected suspicion of murdering his parents. Trump’s comments person drawn bipartisan backlash.

Foley won the WWF (as the institution was past known) title 3 times successful the precocious 1990s successful his Mankind persona. He has besides won 8 WWF tag squad titles and besides has wrestled arsenic Cactus Jack, Dude Love and nether his ain name. He retired from the ringing successful 2012 but has appeared successful assorted roles for the league since then.

Foley was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame successful 2013. So was Trump, arsenic a personage inductee.

A longtime pro wrestling fan, Trump has hosted WWE events and has been an progressive participant, some successful and retired of the ring, successful a fig of storylines. Late past year, Trump named Linda McMahon — the erstwhile longtime WWE main enforcement and president whose husband, Vince McMahon, is the company’s laminitis — arsenic caput of Education for his 2nd term.