10 Wrestling Matches With Backstories You’ll NEVER Believe

When: WWF King Of The Ring 1998

What Happened: OK, so pretty much everybody knows something about this iconic stunt show. It's one of the most infamous matches in wrestling history, and helped turn Mick Foley into a legend. However, the bout is still worthy of inclusion here simply due to the eye-watering amount of lore behind it.

Some newer fans might not know that WWF officials didn’t want Mick Foley and ‘Taker to start their match on top of Hell In A Cell. The team setting up HIAC were totally unprepared for that, which is presumably why the panels on top were held together by cable ties! Also, ‘Taker worked the bout with a broken foot, and Mankind went in worrying that he wouldn't be able to match the heroics of Shawn Michaels in the first Cell clash.

Vince McMahon was legitimately fuming with Mick afterwards (more out of concern for his wellbeing than anything else), but still sent Foley out to do a run-in on the main event anyway. As if that wasn't enough, the second big bump wasn’t even supposed to happen; Foley was meant to take a chokeslam on top of the cage, but not go through it.

Unreal.