Mick Foley Reveals Crazy Bump He Wanted To Take In Second Hell In A Cell Match With The Undertaker
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Jun 8, 2022
While discussing his Hell in a Cell match with Triple H from No Way Out 2000, Mick Foley revealed a bump he had in mind should he and The Undertaker have clashed inside the steel structure for a second time.
The two infamously met in the second Hell in a Cell Match at King of the Ring 1998, in a match where Foley took two of the most spectacular bumps of all-time.
Speaking on the debut episode of Foley is Pod, the Hardcore Legend described in detail what the bump for round two would consist of, likening it to similar ones he had taken from Vader in WCW and Big Show in WWE.
"Same bump I took with Big Show at 'Mania ’99, same bump I took with Leon White but we did on the wooden ramp which should have been the last one [of my career]. I was trying to cash in on my Lloyd's of London policy, I couldn't believe that I wasn't [injured] and I was definitely hurting but not as injured as I thought I would be.
"But essentially when people see that bump you know the one I did with Big Show because Big Show is 400[lbs] and I'm on his back and there's no magic there; if there's a secret to it, it's you just gotta keep your bodies tight, because if he hits and there's a three inch gap then I could break every rib in my body and there's no telling what damage could be done.
"And I thought if Undertaker and I went up there and then, this is the most you know, this is an iconic scene, Undertaker and Foley back up, Undertaker and Mankind fully back up on top of the cell. Here comes the mandible claw, Mr. Socko. Here I am up on Undertaker’s back. But instead of just dropping backwards, he's doing it from 16 feet, may have been 20 by that point. And the key is we got to be tight.
"And the key is we're going to go right through that freaking ring to just and there'll be something underneath it. Not on the surface. I don't know how we, I want it to look more realistic. And I want it to be almost, you don't think you get some holy [sh*t]? For minutes. And then when that first hand whoever it was comes up out of there. I don't know how you finish from there.
"Or maybe that's just the end of it, you know, but that was the big bump. Two stretcher jobs. And I'm getting the buzz again!".
The WWE Hall of Famer said he would have pushed for the potential match when he returned to the company in 2009/10, had he not come back heavier and following several head injuries.
H/T Inside the Ropes