10 Things You Didn't Know About WWE's Hell In A Cell Gimmick

7. Mick Foley's Hell In A Cell Bump Changed The WWE... Literally

The memorable Mankind vs Undertaker battle at King of the Ring 1998 was Hell in a Cell's defining match. While the first bump off the structure is the better remembered incident, it was actually the second bump through the cage that really hurt Foley. Impacting through the cage would've been pain enough, but it was the resulting drop through to the canvas that really damaged Mick. To make matters worse, a steel chair had been on the cell roof. The object came cascading down after Foley, clocking him on the jaw as both hit the ring. That resulted in damage to Foley's teeth and is also said to have knocked him out. Afterwards, seeing how much pain Foley was in from his ring bump, Vince McMahon made the decision to change WWF rings. For over a decade the company had used a hard ring that had no visible bounciness. This was no longer acceptable to the WWF's increasingly high risk environment, so Foley's bump ended up ushering in newer and "bouncier" rings. The change proved pretty noticeable. The WWF ring in comparison to the old one is almost like a trampoline. Wrestlers were getting easier bumps, but the bounces were pretty lame. Over time, the audience has basically got used to it.