10 Wrestling Matches To Entice New Fans

2. Undertaker Vs. Mankind - King Of The Ring 1998

The original jaw-dropper. The famous Hell in a Cell match between The Undertaker and Mankind certainly isn't the most brutal match in the history of the business - far from it - but it remains unique in its influence and importance. Mick Foley hurtling through the air like a particularly hungry cormorant, his strangely graceful body crashing through the announce table as Jim Ross makes that most iconic of calls, the whole thing has transcended the match and the story in which it took place.

Because there wasn't really a story, outside of it being the Attitude Era and the then-WWF finding itself ever desperate to ramp up the brutality. Mankind and 'Taker had been blood rivals but their feud had peaked two years prior, in a series of matches that saw Paul Bearer turn his back on the Deadman and join forces with Foley. By the time King of the Ring 1998 came around, the Hell in a Cell stipulation was almost tacked onto the match in order to create a vague interest in it.

The creative build to the match was bereft, but what happened from bell to bell became what many consider to be the most famous wrestling match in history. Desperate to top the Undertaker/Shawn Michaels Hell in a Cell match, Foley suffered a series of bumps that remain etched in the memories of all pro wrestling fans. The match itself is a non-event, second to those iconic moments of wickedness that Mrs. Foley's baby boy put himself through in the name of professional neurosis.

There are more brutal matches, but nothing stirs the primal conscience like the most famous Hell in a Cell match in history.