King Of The Ring 1998 will be forever remembered for the Hell In A Cell. Not just any Hell In A Cell - THE Hell In A Cell, the Undertaker against Mankind. Since debuting the day after WrestleMania XII, Mankind and the Deadman had been involved in all sorts of macabre wars not for the faint of heart. But on this night, the bar for violence was raised so high that it has never hit that level again (thank goodness), no matter how hard the company has tried.

We all know the match, we’ve all seen it dozens of times and marveled at its brutality. To hear the story from those involved is equally amazing and fans constantly learn more and more about the most famous 17 minutes in wrestling history. Here are 10 Facts Fans Need To Know About Mankind and Undertaker's Classic.

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10 Wrestlers Appreciate The Second Fall More

Several moments into the match, the Phenom hurtled Mankind into the Spanish Announce Table. Foley had no intention of ending the match there, got off his stretcher bolted back to the ring, climbed back up the Cell and got chokeslammed through the cage, with only the ring mat to break his fall.

The initial fall looks a lot more spectacular- there’s a reason for that. The second fall was not planned to be that way at all. According to Bruce Prichard, the cage was supposed to give way several times before totally breaking. Had Taker not sidestepped here, he would have fallen too, landed on Mick and we’d all be remembering this classic a lot less fondly.

9 Mick Apologized For Not Using The Tacks

Once the Undertaker and Mankind were both finally doing battle in the ring, Mankind would eventually introduce thumbtacks into the match – the first time in WWE. The shiny poodle of intended bloodshed was shocking to see in a WWE ring.

But the Deadman would eventually slam Mankind into the tacks and chokeslam the Deranged One into them again. Foley, beaten, bloody, bruised and obviously concussed had apologized to several people in the back that he didn’t get to the thumbtacks, as they were pouring out of his mangled body.

8 Mankind Climbed Up With A Dislocated Shoulder

“Good god almighty, they’ve killed him! As god as my witness, he is broken in half!” Sixteen words to match every foot Mankind fell from when the Reaper heaved him off the Cell.

An inch or two the wrong way…It took several minutes to get Mankind onto a stretcher and nearly to the back. There was no stopping Mick Foley on this night, or any other. He tumbled off the stretcher and stumbled back to the ring with the Phenom still atop the Cell. Which meant Mankind would crawl back up to get it again. Crazily enough, Foley’s shoulder was dislocated during the first fall.

7 Taker Didn’t Want To Toss Foley

Once the match was booked, Foley and his friend Terry Funk had watched the original classic between the Deadman and HBK. Foley didn’t think he would even come close to topping it until Funk joked they should start the match on top of the cage.

Once Foley realized he could handle the bump, he started talking to Taker about it and each time would get a similar answer “Do you want to die, Mick Foley?” Foley didn’t have a death wish, but he did desire to have a good match. The Undertaker eventually relented, and the rest is wrestling history.

6 The Worst Chokeslam Ever

Normally, when the Undertaker hoisted Mankind up for the chokeslam, Foley would jump high to get a good looking chokeslam. But on this night, being completely out of breath might have saved his life.

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He was so exhausted from climbing back up that when the Deadman snatched him, he could only fall back - straight through the cage. Had he been able to get up, he would have tried to land “normally,” rotated too far and done far more damage than he did do.

5 Mick Doesn’t Remember The Match

It should go without saying, but after getting heaved off The Cell, through the Cell, having steel steps smashed into his dislocated shoulder, chokeslammed onto thumbtacks and finally Tombstoned out of his misery, Mick Foley doesn’t remember what had happened during the match.

He remembers pieces of it through experience and other aspects of it like a fan does, from watching the match 800 times.

4 Taker Had A Busted Ankle

While Mick Foley essentially suffered two horrific accidents minutes apart from each other, the Undertaker walked to the ring at the King Of The Ring with a busted ankle. He obviously didn’t complain one bit about it, but it’s an interesting footnote (no pun intended) and seen easily when Taker makes it down into the ring after the second fall.

The fact that he was able to climb up at all on a bad foot is proof that the Phenom will do whatever he had to do.

3 Foley Had Lied To Vince, Twice

One of the funnier stories of this night comes straight from the Hardcore Hall Of Famer himself. As Mick Foley has recounted over the years, while he was getting ready for what was going to be a grueling night, Vince McMahon had come up to Foley and asked him if he had been on top of the structure and Foley jokes that this was the biggest lie he ever told Vince McMahon, because he said he had.

Moments later was the second biggest lie – that he was comfortable on top of the Hell In A Cell. Foley has since stated if he had been atop the Cell, the match would have been far different.

2 One Stretcher Per Night Limit

After Foley got launched off the first time, Vince McMahon, Sgt. Slaughter, Funk, and several trainers had rushed to Foley’s aid and got him on a stretcher to try and get him out of the arena. By the end of the night, Foley had far more damage done to him that just the first fall and out came the stretcher again.

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Mick had gotten Mike Chioda’s attention to ask if he had already been on a stretcher tonight. Chioda had replied yes, and Foley decided he had a one stretcher per night rule and with the help of Chioda and Terry Funk, Mick was able to walk out of the arena.

1 The Match Wasn’t Even Planned

After having a plethora of matches between each other over the past two years, the Undertaker and Mankind feud had completely halted. Mankind, currently working as Dude Love had been feuding with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Vince didn’t want to have those two go at for yet another PPV match in a row.

So, he shifted gears and set Kane up to fight Austin, leaving The Deadman with a Mankind – sized hole to fill.

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