15 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Mick Foley's Hell In A Cell
12. ‘Taker Didn’t Want To Do THAT Spot
The Undertaker doesn’t appear as a talking head on this Dark Side Of The Ring episode, but there is a clip with him talking about the infamous first bump from King Of The Ring 1998. ‘Taker, off camera, says he wasn’t “on board” with throwing Mick off the top of the Cell. Then, Foley got Vince McMahon into the idea and that was that.
Like a good soldier, The Undertaker followed orders. It was none other than Terry Funk who'd joked behind the scenes that Mick could start the bout on top of the cage then leap off it. The Funker was only kidding on, but wheels started spinning in Foley's head. That was exactly what he needed to do, because it'd help differentiate his match from the one 'Taker had worked vs. Shawn Michaels the prior year.
A certain 'Phenom' thought it was ludicrous to even consider such a spot right at the beginning of any match.
Here's something: VICE didn't mention the fact that Undertaker went into KOTR '98 nursing a broken foot. The dude could barely put weight on his leg before, during or after the pay-per-view, so it's remarkable that he was able to climb the cage or work at all. It's also surprising that Foley, Jim Cornette, Jim Ross or any of the other talking heads missed out on telling that story about a nasty WWE injury.
Sure, this was Mick's documentary, but you'd think someone would say, 'Oh yeah! The Undertaker had a broken foot out there too!'. Nope. It wasn't even touched on. His warrior spirit went without mention.