10 Wrestling Mistakes That Made Matches Better

Mankind's first Hell In A Cell bump in his and The Undertaker's famous King of the Ring 1998 match was very much planned. It was Terry Funk's idea, with 'Taker asking Foley "Mick, do you want to die?', when presented with it, though he eventually agreed. 21 years later, the sight of Mankind being thrown to his near-death from 20ft high remains iconic.

That Foley returned to the match, let alone took another bump from atop the cell, is remarkable. That second fall wasn't meant to happen, though. Undertaker's Chokeslam was supposed to plant Mankind on top of the structure's roof, not through it, which, according to Funk, is how the prop guy had designed the set. Panels would sag under the performers' weight without giving way completely.

But the panel did give way, and Mick's body crashed into the mat below. 'Taker later revealed that he thought Foley was dead but he couldn't break character to react. Mick, meanwhile, called it the "best and worst Chokeslam I ever took," claiming that the only reason he had survived was that he was too exhausted to properly lift his body for the move.

Either way, his second fall to hell somehow escalated the horror of the first.