7 Extreme WWE Hell In A Cell Moments You'll Never See Again
4. Tossed Of The Top Of The Cage
One of the most-played spots in WWE history is something you would expect to see from a stuntman: a man thrown off a 16-foot high structure and crashing through a table to the floor. The differences are that a stuntman would use a crash pad, and the man who actually took the fall went on to be a beloved character and best-selling author. And it all got jump-started with this spot 16 years ago. And its a spot you most likely will never see again in a Hell in a Cell match. The cell, now 20 feet tall, could give just about any superstar Acrophobia (fear of heights). And lets face it, Mick Foleys plunge through the announce table was a dangerous and stupid spot, one he is extremely lucky to have walked away from. Even Rikishis 2000 fall into a truck bed of woodchips is pretty risky, falling backward onto a target maybe six feet wide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S5KWQphRzw Those spots were a product of the Attitude Era and during the Monday Night Wars, when WWF(E) and WCW were trying to outdo each other on a weekly basis. Without a clear No. 2, theres no need for WWE to put their wrestlers through unnecessary risks like this.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
