Legal Custodian said:
20 years ago today...Mankind was thrown off and then thru the Hell in the Cell by the Undertaker. One of the greatest moments in wrestling history.
Brief oral history of that match:
Some of the better lines.
Referee Mike Chioda told me that a stretcher was coming to get me after the match. I asked him if I had already been on a stretcher that night. When he said, "Yes," I told him that I couldn't be on two stretchers in one evening. I don't know where I got that edict from. I don't remember my dad sitting me down telling me, "Only one stretcher a night for a Foley."
My vision did not include the cage breaking. I know that's been up for debate for 16 years. The greatest blessing of that match is that it's the only time in my entire history of matches with The Undertaker that I did not get height on the chokeslam. Had I taken a textbook choke slam, I don't think I would be talking to you now. I would have landed on my neck or my head in the ring. And believe me, I think it would have been the end of my career. Instead, for whatever reason, I took the lamest chokeslam, but it was the one that allowed me to land on my back. It knocked me out cold, but it didn't end my career as I believe a different type of chokeslam would have.
Following the match, Mr. McMahon came up to me and said, "You have no idea how much I appreciate what you've just done for this company, but I never want to see anything like that again."
From his book: When presented with the idea of throwing Foley off the top of the cage, Undertaker was a little more hesitant, even going as far as to ask Foley, "Mick, do you want to die?"
