Did the Undertaker/Mankind practice the spot from Hell in a Cell?

[seanjohn21276]

[ame=http://youtu.be/WGMxZ861j68]The Undertaker vs Mankind (Mick Foley) King of the Ring 1998, Hell in a Cell: Video Recap - YouTube[/ame]

 

[captaincharisma]

Found this:

Even though the fall from the cage was planned and well executed, Terry Funk and Vince McMahon broke kayfabe at the time, both were involved in feuds with Mankind to come down ringside and check on Foley's condition. Later, Foley would claim that he had introduced the idea of the throw from the top of the cage earlier in the day; the wrestler portraying Undertaker, Mark Calaway, at first resisted, asking him, "Mick, do you want to die?", but reluctantly agreed.

As he was being wheeled up the aisle, Mankind got off of the gurney, and, despite a dislocated shoulder, walked back towards the ring and climbed back on top of the cage, much to the delight of the fans. The match continued, even though the roof of the cage was buckling under both of them with every step they took.


Mankind's second fall through the roof of the CellDuring the ensuing fight, The Undertaker chokeslammed Mankind on the roof of the cage. Unlike the throw from the top of the cell, what happened next was not planned or even anticipated by either Foley or Calaway, as the section of the cage roof that Foley landed on gave way and Foley fell hard into the ring where he suffered a concussion and was knocked out cold for around a minute and a half. Power Slam wrestling magazine claims that this second fall was also planned, and in Have A Nice Day, Foley does not specifically claim that this was unplanned, and he also states that he and Calaway hoped that it might cause a slight break in the cage. The weight from the two wrestlers (almost 600 pounds) on top of the cage both before and after Foley's fall was said to be a key reason for the collapse of the cage. Making matters worse, the ring was one of the older style rings used by the WWF, which had less give to its surface so as to make the matches more realistic looking on television. In addition to the fall, a steel chair lying on the roof of the cage fell through and struck Foley in the face, dislocating his jaw and knocking out one and a half teeth as well as creating a large cut beneath his lip

EDIT: In the end, the match left Foley with a dislocated jaw, a dislocated shoulder, a bruised kidney, 2 broken ribs, one and a half missing teeth, a concussion, and 14 stitches for the cut beneath his lip. He took 2 months to recover, and the match almost certainly helped shorten his active wrestling career.

great read. sure it might've helped shorten his career but we're talking about the same guy wrestling in barb wire and explosives popping off, so not so sure if this was the match to do it.

 

[R=G]

Foley is a fukking idiot. Nothing was planned when came to doing stunts to get over.

 

[patscorpio]

great read. sure it might've helped shorten his career but we're talking about the same guy wrestling in barb wire and explosives popping off, so not so sure if this was the match to do it.

i think hell in a cell clearly pushed him over the edge...kind of like when a boxer has that one hard grueling fight and is never the same again

 

[Sex Drugs & Alcohol]

Found this:

Even though the fall from the cage was planned and well executed, Terry Funk and Vince McMahon broke kayfabe at the time, both were involved in feuds with Mankind to come down ringside and check on Foley's condition. Later, Foley would claim that he had introduced the idea of the throw from the top of the cage earlier in the day; the wrestler portraying Undertaker, Mark Calaway, at first resisted, asking him, "Mick, do you want to die?", but reluctantly agreed.

As he was being wheeled up the aisle, Mankind got off of the gurney, and, despite a dislocated shoulder, walked back towards the ring and climbed back on top of the cage, much to the delight of the fans. The match continued, even though the roof of the cage was buckling under both of them with every step they took.


Mankind's second fall through the roof of the CellDuring the ensuing fight, The Undertaker chokeslammed Mankind on the roof of the cage. Unlike the throw from the top of the cell, what happened next was not planned or even anticipated by either Foley or Calaway, as the section of the cage roof that Foley landed on gave way and Foley fell hard into the ring where he suffered a concussion and was knocked out cold for around a minute and a half. Power Slam wrestling magazine claims that this second fall was also planned, and in Have A Nice Day, Foley does not specifically claim that this was unplanned, and he also states that he and Calaway hoped that it might cause a slight break in the cage. The weight from the two wrestlers (almost 600 pounds) on top of the cage both before and after Foley's fall was said to be a key reason for the collapse of the cage. Making matters worse, the ring was one of the older style rings used by the WWF, which had less give to its surface so as to make the matches more realistic looking on television. In addition to the fall, a steel chair lying on the roof of the cage fell through and struck Foley in the face, dislocating his jaw and knocking out one and a half teeth as well as creating a large cut beneath his lip

EDIT: In the end, the match left Foley with a dislocated jaw, a dislocated shoulder, a bruised kidney, 2 broken ribs, one and a half missing teeth, a concussion, and 14 stitches for the cut beneath his lip. He took 2 months to recover, and the match almost certainly helped shorten his active wrestling career.

If you tally up, this, his Japan deathmatches and that I Quit match with Rock, hes allowed to be looking nowdays, even if its not a good sight to see while watching in HD

 

[Riley Escobar]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEOCz5Lg6Qs"]Undertaker Interview Hell In A Cell vs Mick Foley - "Timed Stopped" when Foley Falls - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Riley Escobar]

When he eventually gets up, Taker punches him and he just CRUMBLES. Foley said that was the only time he's ever been knocked out totally during a match.

 

[Da King]

Foley said Undertaker choke slamming him through the cell cage was much worse then being tossed off the top because the mat had no give

 

[MoneyBags]

i got lucky as hell, for some reason i got this ppv for free. i planned on listening to the scrambled channel, but it never went into scramble. i thought he died no lie.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

This match was the turning point in wcw vs wwf for me. Saw this match and finally was like.."yea wcw isnt better anymore"..

This match gave mick the belt..he deserved it too. I actually felt bad and i went into the match wanting to see him get destroyed so I was also in shock like the others have stated..I thought itd be micks last match and that wwf was screwing him by booking the punishment to him that they did. Thought it was a contract dispute honestly cuz I just didnt get it. This match actually forever made taker a heel to me, especially in light of the fact that he didnt get nearly the damage that mick got...didnt know bout that broken ankle..sounds revisionist


His whole career was justified by the greatness of this match, and it was a shrewd move by mick to go through with it all at the end of the day, but those injuries during the match

 

[CJ]

This match actually forever made taker a heel to me, especially in light of the fact that he didnt get nearly the damage that mick got...didnt know bout that broken ankle..sounds revisionist

It's funny you say that because I always thought that this would have been a great opportunity for the E to pull off another perfect double turn, just based off the way the match went. I don't remember the storyline specifics at the time though.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

It's funny you say that because I always thought that this would have been a great opportunity for the E to pull off another perfect double turn, just based off the way the match went. I don't remember the storyline specifics at the time though.

Totally agree. It was so perfect for a double turn I just pretended it was a double turn. I was young

Vince and Funk were supposed to be against mick I think..them coming to aid him and check on him maybe was supposed to be the marking of the double turn, but everyone was caught up in the bumps to properly announce it as such or act like people cared about terry funk in the direct aftermath of mick basically dying..thatd be like if jim neidhart got beat up after the owen fall.

 

[ZEB WALTON]

most iconic match of the era

 

[Psychosis]

His wife pimped him out his entire career:

Collette Foley would negotiate with Vince to get more money if Mick took certain bumps & other abuse.

Micks been practicing that spot his entire career

 

[RhymesWell]

His wife pimped him out his entire career:



Micks been practicing that spot his entire career

Damn his bytch was cold.