#1 Undertaker vs Mankind Hell In A Cell
Number one on my list is probably number one on everybody's. Who can ever forget this match when it took place? The entire match was essentially one big OMG moment as the heated rivalry between Undertaker and Mankind took its most brutal turn.
From Boiler Room Brawls to Buried Alive matches, the Undertaker and Mankind always were involved in highly physical and violent matches, but their Hell In a Cell match makes everything else they've ever done to one another seem less chaotic.
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The 1998 King of the Ring pay-per-view will remain etched in our minds as fans forever because of this match. Mankind was out first and he tossed a chair to the top of the Cell and climbed to the top. Undertaker joined him on top of the Cell after his entrance and the two began to brawl back in forth atop the structure.
The Undertaker then threw Mankind from the top of the Cell crashing through the Spanish announcers' table. Jim Ross made the iconic call of "Good God almighty! Good God almighty! That killed him! As God as my witness, he is broken in half!"
Mankind dislocated his shoulder as a result of the fall and after being stretchered to the back he made his way back down the ramp and back to the top of the Cell with the Undertaker.
The two went back and forth again on top of the diabolical structure when the Undertaker chokeslammed Mankind causing the cell's roof panel to give way sending Mankind crashing hard onto the ring below. Jim Ross again made another memorable call saying "Good God... Good God! Will somebody stop the damn match? Enough's enough!"
The top of the cell was never intended to break and the Undertaker has since stated that he thought Mankind was dead following the fall through the top of the cell. Mankind was knocked unconscious and his life long friend Terry Funk and WWE personnel rushed to the ring to check on the battered Mankind. Funk stated that he thought he watched his friend die, so he rushed out to the ring to make sure he was still alive.
Mankind also stated that had he taken the chokeslam properly he would have died, but thankfully he didn't land properly as he normally would and that actually saved his life. The TV cameras focused on Mankind's face as he was sitting in the corner of the ring and there was a tooth that clearly pushed through his lip and into his nose from the chair that hit him in the face after the fall which also dislocated his jaw.
ou would think that after these two massive falls, there is no way a human being could possibly continue, but the match went on a little longer with Mankind trying to mount a brief comeback.
He dumped a bag of thumbtacks onto the mat and then applied the mandible claw to the Undertaker who then picked up Mankind and backdropped him into the tacks. Mankind got back to his feet and was then chokeslammed onto the tacks before finally being Tombstoned and pinned by the Undertaker ending one of the most barbaric matches in the history of the WWE.