10 Wrestling Moments That Literally Made You Jump
7. Mankind Is Thrown Off The Cell
It's a great bump, which obviously isn't considered much when, even 22 years later, it must be asked whether he should have taken it to begin with.
Mick Foley measured his trajectory perfectly to absorb the unprecedented blow across the biggest possible surface area, rotating to make it seem that he was going to go through the f*cker head-first when in reality he was scouting the spot. This rotation also allowed for his legs to flail into the descent, making it all seem as helpless as it was brutal.
King Of The Ring 1998 seared itself into the memory of all those watched it. This bump disrupted everything you once thought of professional wrestling. It created a moral panic and an appetite for yet more insanity, though mercifully, every outrageous stunt thereafter was cushioned in some obscured way. Foley's bump was not.
The velocity of the descent, combined with his not inconsiderable frame, meant that the table fell apart quicker than a finger click.
Disturbing, controversial, unforgettable: when you watched it, you jumped out of fear, as much as anything else.