The Undertaker recalled the scariest situation he’s ever encountered in a WWE ring.
The Hell in a Cell match between Mick Foley and The Undertaker at King of the Ring 1998 is the stuff of legend. While The Undertaker had competed inside the structure against Shawn Michaels on a previous occasion, his bout with Foley has become synonymous with the cage itself. Near the beginning of the bout, Foley and Undertaker ascended to the top of the Cell, and Foley was thrown from the roof onto the announce table, leading Jim Ross to yell that he was “broken in half.”
Despite falling from such a height, Foley continued the bout, and later found himself on the roof again with his foe. When The Deadman chokeslammed Foley onto the roof of the cell, the fencing gave way and Foley fell into the ring below, knocking out multiple teeth and giving him a concussion. Even though he was severely injured, Foley still managed to appear in the main event match between Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
“That Was Pretty Gnarly” – The Undertaker On Mick Foley Going Through Hell In A Cell
Speaking on a recent edition of his Six Feet Under podcast, The Undertaker called Foley’s fall through the cell the scariest moment of his in-ring career.
“I think probably the scariest moment was when Mick went through the Cell. When I choke slammed him through it. Not when I threw him off, but when I choke-slammed him through the cell. The way that he landed. I was legit like, ‘Come on, please move,’ because I didn’t know that he was going to. That was pretty tense there for a little bit.
“And I’m thinking the worst because of just the way that it looked from my perspective. From my perspective, it looks like he landed on his head. And regardless of the reason why or how, in my head, it’s like, ‘You’re the one that just choke slammed him through it.’ So if he doesn’t get up, all those things are already going through your mind like ‘Are you going to be the guy that crippled Mick Foley?’ Yeah, that was pretty gnarly.”
Mick Foley once opened up about pitching the infamous Hell in a Cell spot to Vince McMahon.
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