It all seems insignificant in comparison to the Hell in the Cell match between Foley and The Undertaker on June 28, 1998.
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Mick Foley took part in bursting Barbed Wire Death Matches, throughout the years of his illustrious career and suffered ear loss, won world championships, and developed three unique identities that became well-known in the WWE. It all seems insignificant in comparison to the match between Foley and The Undertaker on June 28, 1998, which took place in a Hell in a Cell. During that match, Foley suffered what are arguably the two most infamous bumps in wrestling history when he was first thrown through the Spanish Announcer’s table and later chokeslammed through the cell.
Foley thought back on that memorable match at “Foley Is Pod” twenty-five years later. Foley also claims that the bout wasn’t initially intended to include those two maneuvers, but rather, it was planned to center around another chokeslam bump. “The idea was that Undertaker, this is the big visual I was looking for, Undertaker’s going to chokeslam me, and a corner of that cell, of that panel, would just give way,” Foley said. “And he’s eventually going to stuff me down, headfirst.” Expressed Foley.
“So the visual I thought was ‘I’m going to be upside down, flailing my arms around, and eventually he’ll let go of my knees, where he’d be kind of holding me, and I would just have to take my own bump into the ring, just doing a semi-turn. It would be a big height, but I thought I could do it. And it was only during the course of the day that I said ‘Hey, how about you throw me off the top of that thing?’ going back to what Terry Funk said.” He added.
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Although the table position came off with no hitch, the chokeslam spot deviated from the initial plan, with Foley claiming Undertaker was supposed to chokeslam him numerous times before the mesh gave way, resulting in Undertaker lowering him into the ring. Instead, the initial chokeslam pushed Foley through the jail, hitting hard in the ring and causing a chair above the cell to fall on his face, knocking numerous teeth out. According to Foley, it wasn’t until he and Undertaker reached the top of the cell that they realized it wasn’t as structurally solid as expected, being tied together with twist ties and zip ties.
“We can actually see these little things … shooting off the cell,” Foley said. “And I remember thinking ‘I don’t know there being twist ties in that match with the Undertaker and Shawn.’ At first, I thought ‘I’m like 70, 80 lbs heavier than Shawn, but that shouldn’t be enough for this thing to be giving way. There’s this moment where I attempt to … suplex the Undertaker on top on the cell, and brother, he shot that s**t down in a hurry. Just cut me off, and the next thing I know, I’m taking flight. He just said ‘Are you ready?’ I said ‘Yup.’ And off we went.” Exclaimed Foley.
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