10 Craziest Wrestling Moments That Ever Happened Live
3. As God Is My Witness, He Is Broken In Half
It doesnt really get any crazier than the second Hell In A Cell match. Mankind vs. the Undertaker, at King Of The Ring 1998, has gone down in history as the most infamous stunt match in professional wrestling history, and the first fall from the top of the cage and through the Spanish announce table, despite being the planned one, is still the most ludicrous and most talked about stunt in that match. Of course, this is Mick Foley and the Dead Man, so the match wasnt just some huge spot fest. The envelope was pushed for a reason: Mankind wasnt remotely over with the WWF crowd, and hed already faced the Undertaker several times. The Hell In A Cell gimmick was brutal but Shawn Michaels and the Phenom had already worked the first Cell match nine months earlier, a modern classic that had received rave reviews (and five stars), and a match that was still fresh in the minds of the WWF crowd. Foley knew two things: that Undertakers foot was broken, limiting his mobility; and that he, Michael Francis Foley, was no Heartbreak Kid in the ring. His reasoning was that hed need to do something special to have a chance of equalling what Michaels and Taker had accomplished together back in St. Louis the previous October. Special is right Foley annihilated himself that night for the crowd in attendance, and although the second unplanned fall through the roof of the Cell was by far the more dangerous, its the first one, with the iconic visual, thats still talked about today.
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