Mick Foley looks back on his memorable Hell in a Cell match at WWE King of the Ring 1998.
In their first encounter inside Hell in a Cell, The Undertaker threw Mick Foley off the top of the structure. This caused him to plummet down over 20 feet before crashing through the nearby announce table. While appearing on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, Foley reflected on the series of events. Which had the wrestling world, including The Undertaker, nervously holding their breaths afterward.
“Even though it wasn’t the end of my career, it put an exclamation point. It gave me the moment,” Foley said. “There are football players who are known literally for one play. Basketball player Willis Reed, great career. He’s known for playing two minutes in game seven with an injured ligament in his knee.
“Joe Montana’s career, great, great quarterback. But it’s the catch, I think they just called it a catch. I don’t know if I would have had one of those moments. Beating The Rock for the WWE title was a great moment for WWE and for me. But I’m not sure if that would be something that would be passed on to the next generation.”
The Events Of Hell In A Cell Live On
Despite the initial shock and awe surrounding his descent from the caged structure, Foley admittedly didn’t expect the moment to live on in future waves of wrestling fans. That’s why he was genuinely surprised when former classmates of his kids referenced it during their early school days.
“… I would estimate half of the people that talk to me about that match were not born when it took place,” he said. “There’s even a story I’ll mention from time to time, and I did it on the 20 Years of Hell tour, saying it was really powerful when my wife said my kids wanted to watch the Cell match.
“I said, ‘How do they even know about the Cell match?’ And she said, ‘Well, kids are talking about it in school.’ I said in preschool? But it’s something that parents have handed down, and it’s the go-to for wrestling fans to show their non-fan friends who don’t understand what it’s about.”
After crashing through the announce table, Foley somehow was able to finish his match against The Undertaker, which later included a chokeslam through the top of the cell. Undertaker eventually defeated Foley, who had lost several teeth in the process, via a Tombstone Piledriver.
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